You probably won’t be watching with a crowd, but you can still have wings, dip and a sub-style sandwich to eat during the game.You probably…
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Sundance Diary, Part 3: Documentaries That Don’t Despair
Given a choice between fiction and reality, the festival’s fact-based films provide a surprising sense of escapism.Given a choice between fiction and reality, the festival’s…
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He was not a comic or a clown, just a smart and genial TV host who for almost a decade spoke to children, not at…
View More Sonny Fox, Whose ‘Wonderama’ Mixed Fun and Learning, Dies at 95Sophie, Musician Who Pushed Pop to the Edges, Is Dead at 34
The producer and performer distilled speed, noise, melody and clarity, working simultaneously at the experimental fringes of dance music and the center of pop.The producer…
View More Sophie, Musician Who Pushed Pop to the Edges, Is Dead at 34Robert Cohan, 95, Dies; Exported Contemporary Dance to Britain
A New York-born protégé of Martha Graham, he and a rich patron revolutionized dance in the U.K. with a cutting-edge new form.A New York-born protégé…
View More Robert Cohan, 95, Dies; Exported Contemporary Dance to BritainWhat to Watch: Televised Spies
From secret suburban Russians to a man known only as “No. 6,” TV has served up plenty of memorable spies over the years. Here are…
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Questlove’s documentary, “Summer of Soul,” is both a vivid history and a reminder of live performance at a difficult time.Questlove’s documentary, “Summer of Soul,” is…
View More Sundance Diary, Part 2: The Promise of Music in a Powerful FilmSharon Kay Penman, Whose Novels Plumbed Britain’s Past, Dies at 75
The author of best-selling books set in medieval England and Wales, she insisted that historical fiction had an obligation to the facts.The author of best-selling…
View More Sharon Kay Penman, Whose Novels Plumbed Britain’s Past, Dies at 75Corky Lee, Who Photographed Asian-American Life, Dies at 73
Mr. Lee was determined to correct history that left out Asian-Americans, and to document their present-day lives and struggles. He died of Covid-19.Mr. Lee was…
View More Corky Lee, Who Photographed Asian-American Life, Dies at 73Museum of the Bible Returns Artifacts to Egypt
Egypt had asserted that the items were ferreted out amid the Arab Spring. The antiquities are among those at the museum lacking proper paperwork.Egypt had…
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