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Can You Teach an Old Sport New Tricks? The Great Gatsby on Broadway

 Singing through the ash dump. By Sara Holdren
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An Evictable Menagerie: Paula Vogel’s Mother Play

 Revisiting her chaotic upbringing with intermittent insight. By Jackson McHenry
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Can 400 Comedians Convince You to Keep Netflix?

 Talking to the streamer’s head of stand-up about live events, SNL, and Matt Rife. By Josef Adalian
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Shōgun Won the Attention War

 When so much of the battle for TV viewership is getting audiences to watch a single screen, translation is Shōgun’s not-secret weapon. By Kathryn VanArendonk

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    A Timeline of Normani Not Releasing Her Debut Album Five years … she’s sick. But we finally have Dopamine’s release date (and its first single).
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    Harvey Weinstein’s Accusers React to His Overturned Rape Conviction “This, today, is an act of institutional betrayal,” Ashley Judd said.
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    The L.A. Clippers Scandal Will Be Clipped for TV And FX dropped a trailer starring Laurence Fisburne and Ed O’Neill to prove it.
  6. another one thank you
    Sophia Bush Makes Relationship With Ashlyn Harris Cover-Story Official Coming out as queer (and denying home-wrecker allegations).
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    The Royals Smeared Meghan Markle’s Jam It’s a jam-down slam down.
  9. song of the summer
    The Challengers Score Should Be Played at the Club The movie feels like when your friend tries to say something on a dance floor. Does it matter what they said? No, we’re just out here dancing.
  10. the charts
    All Hozier Needed Was Time A decade after “Take Me to Church,” the Irish singer finally has a No. 1 song with “Too Sweet.” How did he pull it off?
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    Benny Blanco Says He and Selena Gomez Have a Clueless Kind of Love “It’s crazy how your partner could just be sitting there the whole time, right in front of your eyes.”
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    Walton Goggins Elevates It The best Goggins performances blend Southern charm with manic energy.
  13. coming soon
    Jonathan Bailey Brings His Dreamy Self to Heartstopper Season three will feature true gay wish fulfillment: an Instagram crush and a fun aunt.
  14. a bad idea worth considering
    The Guys in Challengers Should Have Switched Names Mike Faist is clearly a Patrick Zweig, while Josh O’Connor is a total Art Donaldson.
  15. celebrity memoirs
    Sacha Baron Cohen Allegations Redacted in U.K. Edition of Rebel Wilson Memoir “For legal reasons,” publisher HarperCollins says.
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