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Arts and entertainment news from The New York Times.
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The K-pop group BTS ended its Love Yourself tour with its first United States stadium show, a demonstration of precise pop showmanship and fan devotion
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BTS is funding a new series of global arts projects, featuring 22 artists including Antony Gormley
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Amanda Gorman is the youngest inaugural poet ever in the United States.
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As the K-pop boy band BTS’s popularity grows, so does the demand for translations of the group’s songs, social media posts and interviews
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Shawn Mendes got his first guitar at age 14, a major-label record deal at 15 and his first No. 1 album at 16
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“I want to be a better person, a better adult, because there is this aura that is coming from these artworks on display,” said RM, the leader of the South Korean pop group BTS, about his collection.
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A new kind of pop star stormed 2018: How the dominance of streaming (and the power of hip-hop) pushed BTS, Bad Bunny and Cardi B to the next level
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Davido focuses on lighthearted topics. But one of his latest songs has become an anthem of resistance.
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Asked to define his taste, RM, the leader of the South Korean pop group BTS, mentioned being drawn to art about “eternity, and that comes because of this fast and hectic aura from this K-pop industry.”
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Scenes of excess pepper “RRR,” S. S. Rajamouli’s action epic set in British colonial India.
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On Popcast, a conversation about the different paths K-pop girl groups have had to traverse compared to their male peers, the manner in which they blend music and storytelling and how the worldwide spread of K-pop has amplified opportunities for them.
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The K-pop group BTS has matched a chart feat last reached by another foreign-born boy band: the Beatles
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Streams of Tom Petty’s “Love Is a Long Road,” a breezy, sun-kissed track from his debut solo album, have surged since its inclusion in the debut trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI.
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The singer @halsey identifies as “tri-bi”: bisexual, bipolar and biracial http://t.co/pyTygYGAZn
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Two former students of an acting school that James Franco helped create say the now-defunct program was a scheme to provide him and his male collaborators with a pool of young female performers that they could take advantage of
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Charles Grodin, the versatile actor familiar from “Same Time, Next Year” on Broadway, popular movies like “The Heartbreak Kid,” “Midnight Run” and “Beethoven” and numerous television appearances, has died at 86.
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The first time Alba Reche was able to choose her own song on “Operación Triunfo,” a televised singing competition in Spain, she picked “She Used to Be Mine.” “It was easy to see myself reflected in her words,” she told us.
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Stephen Sondheim, the revered and influential composer-lyricist behind some of Broadway’s most beloved and celebrated shows, has died at 91.
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Brendon Urie doesn’t bother to hide his giggly excitement over starring in "Kinky Boots"
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The platinum-selling country trio the Dixie Chicks is changing its name to the Chicks, apparently in acknowledgment of criticism over its use of “Dixie,” a nostalgic nickname for the Civil War-era South
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.@joecoscarelli talked to @MileyCyrus last week about “Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz” http://t.co/RaSxPDAxXg
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Stephen Colbert on impeachment: “Some people are saying, ‘Why bother? He’s only got nine days left in office.’ To them I reply: He’s got nine days left in office!”
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“As a songwriter and an independent publisher I have been known to be protective of my work,” Tracy Chapman said. “This lawsuit was a last resort.” The singer-songwriter was awarded $450,000 in a copyright infringement dispute.
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For a handful of cultures around the globe, the Arab world among them, this impossibly soft blanket offers a sense of belonging even from a distance.
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For Patton Oswalt the return to comedy has been a long, hard climb
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Batman's bat-signal goes global on Saturday night, shining its beacon in 13 spots including New York, Johannesburg and Rome
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From BTS to Lily Tomlin, inspirational figures who helped people get through the pandemic.
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Despite some tough reviews, "Aladdin" beat expectations at the box office and gave Disney a No. 1 opening
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The @MetMuseum just made 375,000 art images available online for free, including this van Gogh
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Unbuttoned: Lady Gaga Defines a New Role: Fashion Enabler
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“So you just want to let him off scot-free for insurrection because he’s no longer in power? That’s like acquitting Jeffrey Dahmer because he’s full.” — Stephen Colbert, on the arguments against impeaching Trump
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Breaking: Beyonce's "Lemonade" is coming to iTunes at midnight
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Colin Kaepernick's teenage years will be the subject of a 6-episode Netflix series from Ava DuVernay
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She'll be speechless. She'll be without speech. (No, she won't.) Julia Louis-Dreyfus is this year's winner of the Mark Twain Prize.
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Taylor Swift's “Folklore” has been No. 1 for five consecutive weeks — the only album to have notched that accomplishment since Drake’s “Scorpion” two years ago
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The Grammy-winning, best-selling country trio known as Lady Antebellum is no more. Now it’s just Lady A.
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"Our other friends don’t 100 percent get it" -GoT's @Maisie_Williams on her bond with @SophieT
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"Fruitvale Station." "Black Panther." "Sorry to Bother You." Now "Blindspotting." What is going on in Oakland film and why did it take so long?
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The singer @halsey has gone from singing in her bedroom to arena stages in a year http://t.co/pWjADy8UPe.
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Chadwick Boseman wins best actor in a drama for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” at the #GoldenGlobes. “There was a transcendence about Chad’s performance, but there needed to be,” his co-star Viola Davis said about his performance.
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Kelly Marie Tran speaks out for the first time about online harassment: "Their words reinforced a narrative I had heard my whole life: that I was 'other,' that I didn’t belong, that I wasn’t good enough, simply because I wasn’t like them."
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Trevor Noah: "Trump is a problem solver the same way Godzilla is a city planner"
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A "Breaking Bad" movie starring Aaron Paul will premiere on Netflix in October. “It’s a chapter of ‘Breaking Bad’ that I didn’t realize that I wanted,” Paul said to The Times.
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“It’s just a coincidence that during Giuliani’s two hour press conference, she was onstage the entire time. It’s a simple mix-up. They invited Sidney Powell, but they meant to invite Sidney Powell Total Landscaping.” — Stephen Colbert
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“I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that there is a possibility — just a possibility, mind you — that this medieval selective breeding program might be racist.” — Stephen Colbert
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Jimmy Kimmel: “Sean Spicer might be the only press secretary who needs a press secretary”
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Broadway's next Evan Hansen is a 16-year-old high school junior
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The fans who devote their time to interpreting lyrics, tweets and interviews for K-pop listeners who don’t speak Korean are hard-working, passionate and unpaid
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Ava DuVernay made a documentary about mass incarceration and it will open the NY Film Fest
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Stephen Colbert: "So far 1,358 children have reportedly been ripped from their families at the U.S. border. Now, if it sounds evil, then good news: Your ears are working."
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With "Schitt's Creek," Eugene Levy and Dan Levy have created a sweeter, gentler world than ours
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Amy Schneider surpassed $1 million in winnings on “Jeopardy!,” becoming the first woman to reach that milestone on the game show.
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The pleasing Indian drama “Chhapaak” adapts the story of Laxmi Agarwal, who became an activist after she was attacked with acid
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“Hair Love” wins best animated short at the #Oscars. It’s the brainchild of the former N.F.L. player Matthew A. Cherry and it was financed by a Kickstarter campaign.
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Remember your first time in NY? For @ChrisColfer, it was magical, scary and full of musicals
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Yara Shahidi on describing herself as “black-ish”: “As a biracial person, you’re told that you’re half of both, and being half is a really odd feeling. The way I’ve approached it is that I’m fully Iranian and fully black, and they coexist in one body.”
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If either Saoirse Ronan or Timothée Chalamet win an Oscar for their performances — hers in “Lady Bird” or his in “Call Me by Your Name” —they would be among the youngest actors ever to do so
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Atlanta’s rap scene is one of the world’s most consequential musical ecosystems. One of its biggest stars, Lil Baby, just released a new LP, “It’s Only Me.” Taking a raw Southern sound to the top of the pop charts, he could only have come from one place.
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The singer @halsey has gone from singing in her bedroom to arena stages in a year http://t.co/ixoLu6iW25.
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A close look at the roles that have gotten black performers Oscar nods
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A frustrated @GalGadot was abt to give up acting for law school. Then "Wonder Woman" called.
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The Korean boy band BTS made history as the first-ever K-pop group to play on “Saturday Night Live”
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BTS's “Love Yourself: ‘Her’” will likely be the K-pop group's biggest U.S. release yet. @JonCaramanica reviews.
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“So you will probably still get Covid, but on the bright side, you could win the Preakness.” — Stephen Colbert, on the use of the drug ivermectin.
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Beyoncé has joined a new version of "Mi Gente" — and is donating proceeds to hurricane relief efforts
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How did the Indian film “RRR” become the rare crossover hit in the United States? Credit an unusual release strategy.
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Can a quote-unquote band drag rock into the future? The 1975 is trying its hardest
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Lady Gaga will sing the national anthem at Joe Biden's swearing-in ceremony next week
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Uganda has been under authoritarian rule for decades, and the pop star Bobi Wine has doggedly challenged its leader. The documentary “Bobi Wine: The People’s President” shows the price he’s paid for his activism.
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Stephen Colbert told Sarah Huckabee Sanders, “If kids in cages is too much for you to defend, there is one option: You could resign! This is the White House, not an abandoned Walmart. You’re allowed to leave.”
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After a hard-fought and patient two decades of acting, Mahershala Ali has been nominated for an Oscar
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Jimmy Kimmel: “You can’t just sit there and let these scumbags spread these lies about these kids”
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“OK, here’s a simple way to see if it affects you: Take your spare super yacht to your third house that’s on the private island shaped like your own head; look in your garage. If there isn’t a spaceship in there, you’re fine.” — Stephen Colbert
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With her first album in seven years, Shakira “transformed pain into productivity.” Here’s what the the Colombian superstar said about the very personal issues driving “Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran.”
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Chris Evans makes a terrific Broadway debut in "Lobby Hero"
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Wesley Morris, a critic at large for The New York Times, won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism, making him the first person to win the category twice. His work examined the George Floyd protests, Black artists, life under quarantine and pop culture.
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"The history of humanity is the story of people migrating." @JRart reveals his latest work, on the US-Mexico border
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With great power comes great responsibility, but the heroes of the bright and energetic animated film “My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising” aren’t complaining
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Monica Lewinsky will be a producer of “Impeachment: American Crime Story,” about her relationship with President Clinton
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“House of the Dragon” interview: Milly Alcock and Emily Carey discuss their now-completed stint in the HBO epic. “We were forced to hang onto each other for dear life,” Alcock said.
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As "Broad City" begins its final season, Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson get ready to say goodbye: "It’s like your first love. You’re like, I’m going to be with this person forever! And then it’s like, no, I’m not. But I’m going to learn from this forever."
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Even for viewers with no relationship to Toma Ikuta, a former teen idol in Japan, “Sing, Dance, Act” provides a fascinating look into Kabuki theater, our critic writes.
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Andra Day wins best actress in a drama for “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” at the #GoldenGlobes. Day, who plays Holiday, is a canny and charismatic performer, our critic writes.
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'The time has come to move it'; after years of protests, the statue of Theodore Roosevelt at the entrance to the American Museum of Natural History won't be greeting visitors anymore.
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"Sorry to Bother You" is the movie you will want to talk about this summer
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25 years ago, Kurt Cobain died at the age of 27. Here’s what to read, listen to, watch and explore to dive deeper into his legacy.
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The pioneering performance artist Ulay, best known for his work and relationship with Marina Abramovic, has died
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In the movie 'Bohemian Rhapsody,' Freddie Mercury rules Wembley Stadium at the 1985 Live Aid concert. Here’s why Queen’s real-life set is often called one of the greatest rock performances of all time.
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Renée Zellweger took a six-year break from acting. Now she is a Golden Globe winner for her portrayal of Judy Garland in “Judy.”
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Batman tries out some Batsuit tech in this sequence from “The Batman,” narrated by the director Matt Reeves.
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Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Tick, Tick … Boom!” is a musical adaptation of the “Rent” creator Jonathan Larson’s musical about writing a (real) musical. Yes, our brains hurt, too. Here's a guide to all the shows that went into the new film.
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“Instead, for all of those hours, all the White House phone records just say, ‘Scam likely.’” — Stephen Colbert
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The conservatorship that Britney Spears lives under gave her father broad control over the singer’s life and finances. She has been largely silent on the subject in public, but records show that she expressed serious opposition much earlier.
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