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Why Electronic Arts Shut Down BioWare

Facing financial pressure, the video-game publisher chose ‘Star Wars’ over ‘Mass Effect’

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New York Times culturesportsentertainment
Patrick Stewart, Captain Picard on ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation,” Dies (Gift Article)

The British actor was 86. He achieved pop-culture stardom as Capt. Jean-Luc Picard on “Star Trek: The Next Generation.”

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The Atlantic politicsentertainment
A New Season of Autocracy in America

Anne Applebaum’s podcast asks: Can we repair the American institutions Donald Trump is breaking?

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The Atlantic cultureentertainment
The Cat Who Saved Me

I will never owe another cat the debt that I owe her.

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New York Times entertainmentscience
‘The Lowdown’ Season 2 Episode 4 Recap: The Milk of Human Unkindness
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New York Times entertainmentsports
Barbara Barrie, Oscar Nominee Known for Mom Roles and More, Has Died (Gift Article)

She was nominated for “Breaking Away,” appeared in the original Broadway cast of “Company” and was seen on “Barney Miller.” She was 95.

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New York Times cultureentertainment
At the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Visitors Enjoy the Music (Gift Article)

The program “Met Live Arts” aims to create immersive experiences with notable performers in surprising museum locations.

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The Atlantic cultureentertainment
What Horror Films Have to Say About God

Scary movies may appear irreverent or profane—but many of them are deeply interested in theological questions.

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National Observer entertainmentscience
Joshua Kutryk becomes fifth Canadian astronaut to perform a spacewalk

Astronaut Joshua Kutryk spent more than seven hours hovering in the vacuum of space on Thursday, making him the fifth Canadian to perform a spacewalk.

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Medium entertainment
‘Clayface’ Is Shapeless in More Ways Than One

The latest DC Studios’ film succeeds at body horror but fails at maintaining emotional investment

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New York Times technologyentertainmentculture
How Sam Bankman-Fried’s Crypto Empire Collapsed (Published 2022)
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New York Times entertainmentculture
Opinion | You Never Forget the Password to Your DVD Player (Gift Article)

I like that our DVD player is neither smart nor intelligent. You put in the disc, and the movie appears.

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NRC cultureentertainment
Josh Homme, frontman van Queens of the Stone Age: ‘Ik genoot van confrontaties omdat ik niet wist wat ik met mijn gevoelens moest’

Josh Homme | zanger en gitarist: Na zware jaren heeft Queens of the Stone Age-frontman Josh Homme rust gevonden. En er is een nieuw album: Perfecth. Een gesprek over zijn band, acceptatie en hoe een v...

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New York Times culturesportsentertainment
Chanel Looks to Build Cultural Capital With Arts Magazine (Gift Article)

The fashion house hopes the new title, Arts & Culture, can extend Coco Chanel’s legacy of surrounding herself with “audacious creatives.”

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The Times (UK) cultureentertainment
Sir Patrick Stewart obituary: classical actor famed for Star Trek

Mellifluous stage and screen actor who came to global prominence in the Star Trek and X-Men franchises, dies aged 86

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New York Times cultureentertainment
Lewd, Leering and Reveling in Opera’s Queerness (Gift Article)

Heartbeat’s Drag Opera Extravaganza, a yearly event around Halloween, is an off-color pastiche of opera and pop culture. This year: “Queeney Todd.”

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New York Times sportsentertainmentculture
Patrick Stewart: A Life in Pictures (Gift Article)

The motley mix of roles that won the British actor acclaim includes a Shakespearean hero, a “Star Trek” captain and an “X-Men” mutant.

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New York Times entertainmentculture
The Most Novelistic Part That Patrick Stewart Ever Played (Gift Article)

“I acted Macbeth for exactly 365 days,” says the actor, whose new memoir is “Making It So.” “The role got into me so deeply it dominated my life at the time and caused me to drink too much alcohol aft...

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New York Times politicsentertainment
Taryn Simon Fills Guggenheim With Evidence in ‘Father Country I Do Love You’ (Gift Article)

The photographer Taryn Simon spent a decade channeling an F.B.I. agent’s life into pictures. Is it good art? Does it matter?

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The Atlantic healthentertainment
America Is About to Go Over a Peptide Cliff

Popular gray-market drugs may soon be easy to get through mainstream channels.

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New York Times sportsentertainmentculture
After a midseason position switch, Twins’ Brooks Lee is a Gold Glove finalist at third (Gift Article)

Lee wasn't always known for his range in the infield. A move to the hot corner led to significant progress.

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New York Times cultureentertainmentsports
For long-suffering Brewers fans, a World Series of life and death, grief and joy (Gift Article)

Brandon Woodruff held the World Series trophy and told fans, "I know it means the world to you.” For some, the memories are bittersweet.

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New York Times entertainmentpoliticsmedia
Bruce Blakeman Wants to Save New York from ‘Rampant’ Crime. Will it Resonate with Voters? (Gift Article)

Bruce Blakeman is good friends with President Trump, an ex-husband to a Beatle’s wife and a Republican power player on Long Island. Now he wants to be governor.

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New York Times cultureentertainment
LeVar Burton on His Favorite Books and New Memoir (Gift Article)

That genre “has always been a place where we can imagine a better future,” says the actor and longtime “Reading Rainbow” host, who has a new memoir.

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New York Times entertainmentsportsfood
7 Memorable Patrick Stewart Performances (Gift Article)

The actor’s long and varied career included Shakespearean roles, “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” comedy and a stint in the Marvel Universe.

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New York Times cultureentertainment
30 Classic Horror Movies to Stream (Gift Article)

From silent monsters to digital-age demons, these scary-movie cornerstones are available to scream — sorry, stream.

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New York Times entertainment
This Philosopher Thinks It’s Time We Call Out Evil in Our World (Gift Article)

In a new book, Susan Neiman argues that by defining evil in terms of individual monstrousness we fail to perceive its widespread hold on our culture.

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The Atlantic cultureentertainmentlegal
The Myth of the Kindly General Lee

The legend of the Confederate leader’s heroism and decency is based in the fiction of a person who never existed.

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The Times (UK) opinionentertainmentpolitics
Trick or treating’s gone soft. In the 1970s we’d deflate tyres

Once or twice one of us was caught and duly leathered. Not badly. It wasn’t the done thing, even in those violent days

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New York Times sportspoliticsentertainment
Sunderland to discuss Brian Brobbey availability with the Netherlands (Gift Article)

The striker suffered a hamstring injury while playing for his country against Germany last month and has only just returned to fitness

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New York Times culturescienceentertainment
Our Favorite L.A. Movies: Artists, Directors and Other Locals Share the Films That Capture the City (Gift Article)

Artists, directors and other locals on their favorite films set in the city, both in and beyond Hollywood.

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Defector cultureentertainment
Pat McAfee Declares Himself A "Girl Dad" In Apology To Harassed College Student | Defector

Pat McAfee ended his daily ESPN show on Wednesday by finally addressing the role he played in ruining a college student’s reputation. To nobody’s surprise, he was extremely annoying about it. Back in ...

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Medium cultureentertainment
‘Beneath the Trees: Folktales at DEFA 2’ — more visual treasures for scholars

Collected are some of the greatest and strangest folktale films made in the German Democratic Republic: The Tinderbox, Snow White, Snow…

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Medium entertainmentculture
PLATFORM SIX—The City Beyond the Last Stop—Episode 3

The train didn’t take me somewhere new — it took me somewhere I never left

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New York Times cultureentertainment
Siena and the Art of the Butt (Gift Article)

A show of bronzes at the Frick Collection reveals a divine and ancient craft they’d revived — and lessons in gluteal grace.

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Medium cultureentertainment
Supernatural Scrolls

Exploring the spooky Japanese art that has recorded the surreal world of yōkai for centuries, from woodblock to celluloid…

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New York Times cultureentertainment
Elias Pettersson looks like a star again. But is his resurgence real?
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Medium legalhealthentertainment
La Fille du Peuple

she has opinions…

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Medium entertainmenthealth
Toto IV: Where We Met Rosanna and Blessed The Rains Down in Africa

A look at Toto’s classic album from 1982

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New York Times cultureentertainmentsports
New Orleans’s Legacy of Death and Rebirth Helped Shaped Anne Rice’s Imagination (Gift Article)

The Big Easy celebrates the 50th anniversary of ‘Interview With the Vampire,’ the first novel by Anne Rice, whose hometown served as her greatest muse.

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The Atlantic entertainmentculture
The Man Who Risked Death Documenting ISIS

Omar Mohammed on life in Mosul under ISIS rule

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New York Times cultureentertainmenttechnology
5 Horror Movie Locations to Get You in the Halloween Spirit (Gift Article)

Here’s one fan’s guide to visiting some of the genre’s fabled filming locations, from “The Shining” to “Friday the 13th.”

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New York Times entertainmentculture
This ‘Flying Dutchman’ Tests the Limits on Artists Speaking Freely About Israel (Gift Article)

A Berlin production of “The Flying Dutchman” transforms Wagner’s opera into a provocative allegory amid fears of political interference and censorship in the arts.

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Washington Post entertainmentculture
A folk singer was found bloodied on his bus. His death wasn’t the end of the story.

As Todd Snider’s last album arrives, questions surrounding his early demise linger.

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New York Times entertainment
Tommy Robinson Found Guilty of Harassing 2 UK Journalists (Gift Article)

The anti-immigrant agitator, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, will be sentenced in December.

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The Atlantic cultureentertainment
How American Girl Doll Lost Its Way

At 40, the brand faces a midlife crisis.

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New York Times politicsentertainment
Jimmy Kimmel Turns Trump Heckler’s Taunt Into a T-Shirt (Gift Article)

Kimmel was inspired after the president’s “‘Tone-Deaf Comedy Jam’ got tripped up by a heckler.”

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New York Times culturesportsentertainment
Josh Johnson, a Trusted Music Producer, Has a New Jazz LP Coming Out (Gift Article)

Josh Johnson became a trusted producer of Meshell Ndegeocello and Flea for knowing when to guide and when to let go. He gives himself that license on a new LP, “Animative.”

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New York Times entertainmentculture
Hong Kong’s Property Market Is (Literally) the Stuff of Horror Movies (Gift Article)

In the city’s “apartment horror” films, one of the world’s least affordable housing markets is a backdrop for exploring superstition and socioeconomic anxiety.

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Bloomberg politicscultureentertainment
Catch Me If You Can! Bolsonaro Flees to Miami and the Memes Fly in Brazil

Is that Flávio Bolsonaro instead of Leonardo DiCaprio on the poster for Catch Me If You Can? In the wild world of Brazilian political memes, yes.

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