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SINCE THE ROMANTIC PERIOD two centuries back, lyric poetry has long been presumed the genre most suited for expressing intense and powerful emotions. For anguish, there is Keats; for longing, Whitman; for exaltation, Neruda; for rage, Plath (and Sexton). And so on. Gravitas is the route to greatness;…
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Protesters marching in Philadelphia against the bombardment of Gaza chanted about genocide Sunday outside an Israeli-style restaurant, leading Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro to call the…
Above: Gottheimer with Rep. Lawler and Julio Pena, co-owner of NYC restaurant Il Posto Accanto.
NEW YORK, NY — Today, December 4, 2023, U.S. Congressmen Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) and…
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“So magnetic it’s almost obnoxious”- ranking Taylor Swift’s 1989 (TV) Vault tracks
On Oct. 27, Taylor Swift released her fourth album rerecording– “1989 (Taylor’s Version).” Originally released in 2014, the new release allowed Swift to own the legal rights to the album, which sold over a million copies almost…
My butler arrives to talk me through the features of my room (controlled by an iPad, which are always a Marmite move for hotels mostly affordable to the over-50s). He offers to unpack my suitcase, which, as a Brit, of course gives me the horrors. “The contents…
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Michael Fassbender coolly stalks his targets in David Fincher’s The Killer.
The Killer (R, 118 mins). Streaming on Netflix.
Directed by David Fincher.
Widely billed as a thriller, David Fincher’s The Killer is more of a psychological drama, a hunt for the inner workings of an…
ZERO AT THE BONE: Fifty Entries Against Despair, by Christian Wiman
“One grows so tired, in American public life,” Christian Wiman writes with sudden invigoration, “of the certitudes and platitudes, the megaphone mouths and stadium praise,…
Disney CEO Bob Iger blames the pandemic effect as part of the reason for the dismal box office results on The Marvels.
Speaking at a New York Times business summit earlier this week, Iger said the studio needs some revitalization.
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