Month: February 2017
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World News
The Politics of Viola Davis’s Oscars Comment About “the Only Profession That Celebrates What It Means to Live a Life”
Yesterday I praised Viola Davis’s Oscars speech for being memorable without being explicitly political—for simply talking about her job in…
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Corinne Found the Perfect Way to Rebel Against ‘The Bachelor’
This message reveals “conspiracy” points of episode 10 of The baccalaureate Season 21. According to the lexicon made from The…
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Why Viola Davis’s Acceptance Speech for ‘Fences’ Best Supporting Actress Was So Powerful
Viola Davis’ acceptance speech for the best support actress began with a thank you to the Academy and this observation:…
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What the Incredible ‘Moonlight’ Win Says About the Oscars’ Future
The manner of Moonlight’s Best Picture win at the Oscars may have been bizarre and shocking, but in toppling expected…
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5 Ways of Seeing Gary from Chicago and the Tour Bus That Crashed the Oscars in a Jimmy Kimmel Prank
If the last minute touch to the Oscars was seen To echo all the last -minute twists and turns lately,…
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The Oscars and That Flub and the Rare Power of Shock
Last year, the comedian Marc Maron brought the author Chuck Klosterman on as a guest on his WTF podcast. The…
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The Shadow of Trump at the Oscars
President Donald Trump was 3,000 miles from the Oscars on Sunday evening, but his presence was greater at the Dolby…
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‘Sunday in the Park With George’ Is a Thrilling Ode to the Process of Art
Sunday in the Park With George, currently playing in a limited run at New York’s Hudson Theatre starring Jake Gyllenhaal,…
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Andy Warhol and ‘Get Out’: The Week in Pop-Culture Writing
30 years after his death, the spirit of Andy Warhol is still very livelyRC Baker | The voice of the…
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HBO’s ‘Girls’ Shows a Unique View of Trauma in ‘American Bitch,’ Starring Matthew Rhys as a Creepy Author
Why do the girls of Girls act that way? That’s the question underlying five years of baffled cultural responses to…
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