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Ode to Linnea Quigley — Queen of the Scream Queens

A tour of the B horror badass’s oeuvre for fans and newcomers alike

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The Atlantic cultureentertainment
The Best Kind of Book Adaptation

A new opera based on George Saunders’s novel “Lincoln in the Bardo” makes some fantastically shocking choices.

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New York Times cultureentertainment
To Get an Orchestra Job, Study ‘Jaws’ as Much as Mahler (Gift Article)

As orchestras increasingly program film soundtracks and music by contemporary composers, the excerpts used in auditions are changing, too.

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Machado regresó a Venezuela. ¿Qué significa eso para la influencia de EE. UU. en el país? (Gift Article)

Ahora que la principal líder de la oposición está de vuelta en el país, ha cambiado los cálculos políticos del gobierno de Trump y de la presidenta interina venezolana.

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‘The Substance’ and the “How Much Is Too Much” Dilemma

A movie with no room for subtlety

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Utah Investigators Link Teenager’s 1974 Death to Ted Bundy (Gift Article)

Recent developments in a similar case and advances in forensic science linked the death of Melissa Ann Smith, 17, to one of the nation’s most notorious serial killers, officials said.

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Sir, This Was an Indictment, Not a Personality Quiz

Those questions were rhetorical. But since you filled out the questionnaire anyway, I suppose we should discuss your score.

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In the Land of 1,000 Bars, Milwaukee is ready to toast to a Brewers World Series (Gift Article)

The World Series returns to Milwaukee on Friday, so pull up a barstool and order a draft.

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Anthony Edwards to undergo arthroscopic procedure on right knee: Source
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‘Sinners’: Why Vampires Need to be Invited Inside

Where did this classic vampire myth originate? Why is it so central to the story?

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Book Review: ‘Public Access Afterworld,’ by Jane Schoenbrun (Gift Article)

In the filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun’s first novel, a strange broadcast invites curious outsiders to an alternate world behind the screen.

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A New Dwarf Planet (Probably) Spotted Beyond Pluto (Gift Article)

The object, known for now as 2026 ED138, is one of the first discoveries by the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile.

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10 Reasons Celtic Frost was the greatest band ever.

In no specific order.

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He spent his life building a $1 million stereo. The real cost was unfathomable.

Ken Fritz spent 40 years turning his living room into what some audiophiles called the world’s greatest hi-fi system. What would it all mean in the end?

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Haiku: Hola, Holly

Colors are changing for the season

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Susan Saint James, Emmy Winner Who Starred in ‘Kate & Allie,’ Dies at 80 (Gift Article)

In a long career, she was best known for starring opposite Jane Curtin in “Kate & Allie,” a 1980s sitcom about two divorced women raising three children in New York City.

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‘Rent Live’ Review: How Do You Measure a Show You Were Never Meant to See? (Gift Article)

Fox’s TV production of the hit musical hardly went off as planned. What to make of this barely live show?

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‘Event Horizon’: The Cosmic Horror Flop That Rose From the Void (Gift Article)

Paul W.S. Anderson’s nightmarish 1997 space film starring Sam Neill became a pulpy horror classic after shocking viewers expecting a simple space adventure.

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The Atlantic cultureentertainmentopinion
We Can All Make Life Feel Like a Movie. Should We?

Sophia Stel’s music fits an era in which the meaning of cinematic applies to more than just films.

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Bolsonaro’s partij erkent nederlaag in Braziliaanse verkiezingen – Bolsonaro zelf, Trump en Musk zijn nog niet zover

Brazilië: De Liberale Partij heeft erkend dat haar kandidaat Flavio Bolsonaro de verkiezingen heeft verloren van de zittende president Lula da Silva. De buitenlandse geestverwanten van Bolsonaro zijn ...

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How the Vikings are 6-0 despite an offense that looks like it's from the 1920s

Kyler Murray still appears to be acclimating to the Vikings' passing scheme, but the problems on offense go far beyond the new quarterback.

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The Brewers authored a signature inning in Game 3. It started with Christian Yelich (Gift Article)

“The whole game was changed when Yeli was safe at second,” Brewers manager Pat Murphy said.

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Joe Redner, the ‘Strip Club King’ of Tampa, Has Died (Gift Article)

More than just the owner of an adult venue, Joe Redner was a political gadfly and fierce advocate for free speech and gay rights. He was 86.

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Conor Kennedy and Giulia Be Share Their Love Story and Wedding (Gift Article)

By the time the couple met in person in Los Angeles, they had already fallen for each other after months of messaging on WhatsApp. They celebrated their marriage with three days of festivities in Rio ...

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I Spent 24 Hours With The iPhone Duo. It Felt Like My First iPhone Again.

I thought I knew the iPhone inside out. Then I unfolded the Duo.

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AMC wants to keep Kips Bay movie theater but NYU wants them out

The 15-screen movie house, located in a two-story retail strip at Second Ave. and 31st St., is slated to close Jan. 3 to make way for a new medical facility for NYU Langone Health System

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Jay-Z Announced as 2027 Super Bowl Halftime Show Performer (Gift Article)

It will be the eighth Super Bowl halftime show produced by Roc Nation, the entertainment and sports company founded by the rapper and businessman.

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Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now (Gift Article)

In this month’s picks, alien encounters, sinister deepfakes, fantastical time loops and postapocalyptic woe.

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Bingeworth Horror TV Series

Load Up Your DVR, Series To Watch With The Lights On

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Tv-recensie | ‘Ik ben minder dom dan Henk Krol!’ – een avond quizzen met BN’ers

Tv-recensie: Dit weekend begonnen er meerdere nieuwe quizprogramma’s op de televisie. RTL4 won de kijkcijferstrijd, maar tegen welke prijs? Hitster wilde maar niet gezellig worden. En in Nederlands Do...

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Do You Bait the Click — or Click the Bait?

My experience with sort-of baiting the click, clicking the bait, and hoping someone reads past the title.

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Duncan Robinson’s 3s, passing have been vital centerpieces to Pistons’ 3-0 start (Gift Article)

The shots that he's making aren't always easy shots, so those frustrate defenses as well," Bickerstaff said of Duncan Robinson postgame.

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Trump calls Norway a ‘shithouse country’ after not receiving Nobel prize

The president, who also said the Scandinavian country ‘sucks’, used an insult he has previously applied to Haiti, Libya, Somalia and Yemen as he spoke at a rally

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A Cat’s Love

A poem about pets

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‘Donnie Darko’ Oral History: A Mind-Twisting Cult Classic Turns 25 (Gift Article)

Jake Gyllenhaal, Seth Rogen and others explain how an audacious 2001 sci-fi indie flop overcame early disaster to become a phenomenon.

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The Atlantic cultureentertainmentopinion
A Halloween Myth That Can Finally Die

Sugar doesn’t make kids hyper.

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He Voices Porky Pig, and That’s Not All, Folks (Gift Article)

Listen to the performer Eric Bauza voice the characters Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny and more. His work appears in the new animated feature, “The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie.”

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‘Nosferatu’ is Masterful in Technique, but Lacking in Tone

Robert Eggers’ interpretation of the classic 1922 film is intriguing and pretty to behold, but lacks depth of characterisation or feeling

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Austin’s Moon Towers, Beyond ‘Dazed and Confused’ (Gift Article)

Part of classic movie history thanks to Richard Linklater’s 1993 film, these soaring street-lamp-like structures in the Texas capital have their own story to tell.

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Voor Isabèl Usher komt de popdoorbraak op het juiste moment: ‘Ik heb geleerd mijn mannetje te staan’

Interview met Isabèl Usher over haar doorbraak in de popmuziek.

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New Fight at Gritty Manhattan Park Is Over ‘Punk Rock’ Pull-Up Bars (Gift Article)

The Parks Department has a $10 million plan to renovate the northeast corner of Tompkins Square Park, but fans of its workout bars want things to stay just as they are.

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Sixteen Days, Four Black Celebrities, and Every One of Them on a Leash

Tyson got a helicopter, Mayweather got a microphone, Gurley got a selfie, and Nicki got her ass graded on stage. Black people got nothing.

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The Atlantic politicsentertainment
A Lab-Leak Story You Haven’t Heard

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. believes that RSV originated in a government science experiment.

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A Trump Family Project Spurs Resignations and a Criminal Charge in Serbia (Gift Article)

A group of preservationists has thrown a wrench in the plans for a Trump-branded hotel complex backed by the president’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, in Belgrade.

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5 Years After His Death, John Prine Gets a Cinematic Send-Off (Gift Article)

The singer and songwriter died in April 2020 of Covid-19, delaying proper tributes. Now he is the subject of a new documentary, “You Got Gold.”

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Mark Bittman’s Banana Bread Recipe • 5★ (Gift Recipe)

This banana bread from Mark Bittman's "How to Cook Everything" is really something special. One-fourth of the flour is whole wheat, which contributes a kind of depth you’d miss if it weren’t there.

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Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Banana Bread Recipe • 5★ • 2 hrs (Gift Recipe)

Maggie Gyllenhaal and Jake Gyllenhaal, both longtime fixtures of film and theater, warmly recall the banana bread that their mother, Naomi Foner, would often have waiting for them when they returned h...

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Studentenlijst wint verkiezingen Servië, autocraat Vucic verslagen

Servië: De gloednieuwe ‘studentenpartij’, bestaande uit onervaren experts en geleerden, kreeg 51 procent van de stemmen, de regerende partij SNS 40 procent. Ondanks repressie en zonder boegbeeld sloeg...

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A Historical Thriller Follows the Race to Make an Atomic Bomb
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How It’s a Wonderful Life Director Frank Capra Produced America’s Earliest Known Soccer Footage

One of the greatest filmmakers of all-time is only recently credited for capturing the earlier known footage of soccer being played in the…

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