“He’ll get us there, it’ll just happen very slowly with the blinker on the whole ride,” Kimmel joked of the president and his 38 percent…
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The Fresh Prince of Belles-Lettres? Will Smith Has a Memoir.
From rap stardom to movie stardom, “Will” traces its hero’s quest out of West Philadelphia.From rap stardom to movie stardom, “Will” traces its hero’s quest…
View More The Fresh Prince of Belles-Lettres? Will Smith Has a Memoir.Dean Stockwell, Child Actor Turned ‘Quantum Leap’ Star, Dies at 85
The actor, who started his career alongside Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly, later had signature roles in “Married to the Mob” and “Blue Velvet.”The actor,…
View More Dean Stockwell, Child Actor Turned ‘Quantum Leap’ Star, Dies at 85Thandiwe Newton Feeds Her Soul With Critical Race Theory and Cleo Sol
The “Westworld” actress talks about her new Audible recording of Tolstoy’s “War and Peace” and why too much entertainment can be bad for you.The “Westworld”…
View More Thandiwe Newton Feeds Her Soul With Critical Race Theory and Cleo SolThe Future Is Big. So Courtney Barnett Still Sings About Small Things.
This Australian musician’s third album, “Things Take Time, Take Time,” rolls in a breakup, therapy and the pandemic as well as death and other certainties.This…
View More The Future Is Big. So Courtney Barnett Still Sings About Small Things.How the Mosh Pit and ‘Raging’ Came to Hip-Hop
The tragedy at Travis Scott’s Astroworld turned attention to how rap festival performances are increasingly oriented toward the rowdy.The tragedy at Travis Scott’s Astroworld turned…
View More How the Mosh Pit and ‘Raging’ Came to Hip-HopA New Novel by Louise Erdrich Haunted by Covid and George Floyd’s Death
Set in Minneapolis mostly during 2020, “The Sentence,” by the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, is a ghost story about America’s current traumas that also evokes those…
View More A New Novel by Louise Erdrich Haunted by Covid and George Floyd’s DeathScholars Cringe at the Term ‘Dark Ages.’ Dan Jones Explains Why.
Jones’s book “Powers and Thrones” is a comprehensive history of the Middle Ages that links the medieval era’s genuine achievements to modern times.Jones’s book “Powers…
View More Scholars Cringe at the Term ‘Dark Ages.’ Dan Jones Explains Why.Lily King Tries Her Hand at Something New: Short Stories
In “Five Tuesdays in Winter,” the longtime novelist strings together a series of small worlds that form their own solar system.In “Five Tuesdays in Winter,”…
View More Lily King Tries Her Hand at Something New: Short StoriesReporting on a Chaotic and Unfamiliar Place That Used to Be Home
In “O Beautiful,” all that stands between a writer and the career of her dreams is a trip to the land of her nightmares.In “O…
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