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Commentary on the worlds of entertainment, style, and media.

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04/08/2024

Cutting Up

Painter-poet Brion Gysin and the invention of the cut-up

by A.D. Amorosi

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04/04/2024

The Art of the Photo Dump

Reminding the world you still exist

by Lindsey Staub

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04/01/2024

The Successful Gesture

How Marlon Brando kept it real

by Matt Hanson

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03/14/2024

Me and Bobby Miller

Everybody needs an oldies station

by Angela Townsend

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03/11/2024

Brilliant Zingers and Vodka Stingers

Capote at the crossroads of "La Côte Basque"

by A.D. Amorosi

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03/01/2024

‘Tis the (Oscar) Season

Hollywood posturing in real time

by Melinda Lewis

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02/19/2024

The Children of Julia Child

Modern French cooking in the 21st century

by A.D. Amorosi

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02/05/2024

Central Asia in Film

The cinematic portrayal of the world’s most obscure region

by Komron Ergashev

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01/25/2024

Sondheim. Now.

The American soundtrack sustains

by A.D. Amorosi

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01/11/2024

Toilets, Papers, Cardboard Boxes of a Country’s Secrets

How images have come to define Trump’s legacy, and what the indictment photographs teach us about the state of American politics

by Marek Makowski

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