President Trump fired Christopher Krebs, a senior cybersecurity official, via Twitter on Tuesday. “Usually to get rid of Krebs, Trump uses a little comb and…
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What Did Europe Smell Like Centuries Ago? Historians Set Out to Recreate Lost Scents
A project announced this week and funded by the European Union will catalog and recreate the scents of Europe from the 16th century to the…
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The nonfiction prize went to Les Payne and Tamara Payne for “The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X.” The crime novelist Walter Mosley…
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For decades he made his art in dingy Manhattan hotel rooms, living hand-to-mouth, hoping for his big break. It finally arrived, just a few years…
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“We Do Not Dream Alone,” the first Asia Society Triennial of contemporary art, is in search of a reason for being.“We Do Not Dream Alone,”…
View More A Festival of New Asian Art, Seeking a DirectionWho Will Control Britney Spears’s Future?
While her father remains the head of her estate for now, the pop star has signaled she’s ready for change.While her father remains the head…
View More Who Will Control Britney Spears’s Future?‘Funeral Diva,’ a Mix of Memoir and Poetry, Stirs the Body and Mind
Pamela Sneed’s book powerfully recalls the contributions and leadership of lesbians during the height of the AIDS crisis.Pamela Sneed’s book powerfully recalls the contributions and…
View More ‘Funeral Diva,’ a Mix of Memoir and Poetry, Stirs the Body and MindSpike Lee’s Next Project: A Viagra Musical
Lee and Kwame Kwei-Armah will write the movie musical, about the invention of the little blue pill, which will feature music by Stew Stewart and…
View More Spike Lee’s Next Project: A Viagra MusicalTheater to Stream: ‘Uncle Vanya’ and an Ayad Akhtar Revival
Constance Wu and Samira Wiley star in a Zoom-ified Chekhov play, and Ars Nova punches above its weight with a 24-hour telethon.Constance Wu and Samira…
View More Theater to Stream: ‘Uncle Vanya’ and an Ayad Akhtar RevivalJosh O’Connor Didn’t Care About the Crown Until He Became a Prince
As Prince Charles on “The Crown,” the self-described liberal left-winger has thrived in a role he never really sought.As Prince Charles on “The Crown,” the…
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