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‘Redshirts’ Takes Hugo Award for Best Science-Fiction Novel

John Scalzi's novel is about members of a spaceship crew who discover they are actually part of a television show.

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‘Fifty Shades’ Film Gets Its Christian and Anastasia

Charlie Hunnam will play Christian Grey and Dakota Johnson will be Anastasia Steele in the movie adaptation of E.L. James's blockbuster novel.

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Images of Her Russian Aunts Win Award for Brooklyn Photographer

Nadia Sablin is the winner of the Firecracker Award for her documentary project, "Two Sisters."

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Beatles Albums Go Platinum in Britain, Belatedly

Changes in methodology by a British music industry trade group mean that "Revolver" and "Rubber Soul," among other albums, now get the designation.

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Iran Signals Cultural Thaw With Oscar Choice

Iran selects "The Past" as its foreign-language Oscar nominee, something of a surprise given the subject matter.

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A Few Controversies Amid a Record Number of Foreign-Language Oscar Entries

A few small controversies emerge as a record 73 countries plus three other entities offer submissions for for the foreign-language Oscar.

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Which Jazz Greats Were Left Off the Blue Note 100?

Blue Note Records is rereleasing 100 of its most "essential" albums. Which records should have been included and which should have been left off?

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Smithsonian’s ‘Most Iconic’ Item: Bao Bao the Panda

Online voters chose the baby giant panda from the National Zoo in a competition run by the Smithsonian Institution.

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New York Film Festival: A ‘Genius’ Grant Winner and His Unblinking Camera

Joshua Oppenheimer, a newly minted MacArthur fellow, follows up his groundbreaking documentary "The Act of Killing," about the 1965 government-directed mass killing in Indonesia, with a companion film,...

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Glen Campbell Sued Over Documentary

The artist, who has Alzheimer's, is the subject of a film about his condition, and a production company alleges it was cut out of the project.

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2015 Oscars: With Russia’s Unexpected Choice, Foreign-Language Race Takes Shape

"Leviathan," a film criticized by the culture minister, is the Russian entry in a diverse field with no obvious front-runner.

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Judge Rules Tommie Rae Hynie Brown Was Married to James Brown

The dispute over whether the woman James Brown long treated as his wife was also his legal spouse neared its conclusion, as a South Carolina judge found that the couple had been legally married.

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Images of Her Russian Aunts Win Award for Brooklyn Photographer

Nadia Sablin is the winner of the Firecracker Award for her documentary project, "Two Sisters."

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Beatles Albums Go Platinum in Britain, Belatedly

Changes in methodology by a British music industry trade group mean that "Revolver" and "Rubber Soul," among other albums, now get the designation.

View Article

Iran Signals Cultural Thaw With Oscar Choice

Iran selects "The Past" as its foreign-language Oscar nominee, something of a surprise given the subject matter.

View Article


A Few Controversies Amid a Record Number of Foreign-Language Oscar Entries

A few small controversies emerge as a record 73 countries plus three other entities offer submissions for for the foreign-language Oscar.

View Article

Which Jazz Greats Were Left Off the Blue Note 100?

Blue Note Records is rereleasing 100 of its most "essential" albums. Which records should have been included and which should have been left off?

View Article


Smithsonian’s ‘Most Iconic’ Item: Bao Bao the Panda

Online voters chose the baby giant panda from the National Zoo in a competition run by the Smithsonian Institution.

View Article

New York Film Festival: A ‘Genius’ Grant Winner and His Unblinking Camera

Joshua Oppenheimer, a newly minted MacArthur fellow, follows up his groundbreaking documentary "The Act of Killing," about the 1965 government-directed mass killing in Indonesia, with a companion film,...

View Article

Glen Campbell Sued Over Documentary

The artist, who has Alzheimer's, is the subject of a film about his condition, and a production company alleges it was cut out of the project.

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