An Influential French Director Is Accused of Sexual Abuse. The Reaction Has Been Muted.
Allegations against Luc Besson have not set off a chain reaction in the French film industry, showing how #MeToo has played out differently.
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Dogs Took Over the Internet. Our Souls Are at Stake.
Dogs are order. Cats are chaos. Dogs are loyal and compliant. Cats are … not. Why has the internet suddenly switched its allegiance? Episode 1 of our video series.
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CreditDavid James/Paramount Pictures Tom Cruise’s Most Dangerous Stunts in ‘Mission: Impossible’
The director Christopher McQuarrie ranks the hardest sequences in the latest films. His criteria: risk to his star multiplied by time exposed to that risk.
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After the Play, a Supreme Encore From Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Following “The Originalist,” the judge talked fondly about its subject: her frequent legal sparring partner Antonin Scalia.
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CreditWCVB Channel 5 Boston, via YouTube Violin Worth $200,000 Is Sold to Pawnshop for $50. The Catch? It Was Stolen.
An 18th century instrument finds its way back to its owners amid an investigation by the Somerville Police Department into a spate of burglaries in the Massachusetts city.
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CreditPaul Drinkwater/NBC Review: The D.I.Y. Joys of ‘Making It’
Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman host this crafty contest show.
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CreditAndrew Spear for The New York Times An Artist Honors Tamir Rice, One Orange Object at a Time
Can you remove a color from an entire city? Michael Rakowitz is trying, and is asking Clevelanders to participate in his community-based art project.
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Credit A Rough Rehearsal, a Suicide and a Broadway Show in Turmoil
The death of Jeff Loeffelholz, a longtime standby actor in “Chicago,” has rattled the cast and brought attention to workplace behavior on Broadway.
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CreditAn Rong Xu for The New York Times Drake’s ‘Scorpion’ Is No. 1 for a Fourth Week in a Row
The rapper’s latest album was streamed another 212 million times, easily holding on to the top spot on the Billboard chart.
