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Published: 2024-11-27 13:00:57

Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s radical reinvention of portraiture

The National Portrait Gallery’s “Felix Gonzalez-Torres: Always to Return” expands what a portrait can be: Strings of lights, piles of candy or collections of words.

Published: 2024-11-27 13:00:00

As Maria Callas, Angelina Jolie had to find her voice to lose it

The third film in Pablo Larraín’s trilogy centers on the turbulent final weeks of Maria Callas’s life.

Published: 2024-11-27 13:00:00

‘Wicked’ is a hit on screen. Not everyone wants to hear you sing it.

Movie theaters have long frowned on talking and singing. Some are warning “Wicked” fans not to annoy their fellow attendees.

Published: 2024-11-27 11:00:53

‘Moana 2’ is a sea-plus musical

With less Dwayne Johnson and no Lin-Manuel Miranda, this uninspired sequel struggles to stay above water.

Published: 2024-11-27 11:00:35

Angelina Jolie goes full-on diva in a daring, sad turn as Maria Callas

Pablo Larraín’s ‘Maria’ dramatizes the delusional opera singer’s final days with cold beauty.

Published: 2024-11-27 11:00:12

How ‘Say Nothing’ sidestepped the miniseries trap

FX’s “Say Nothing,” based on Patrick Radden Keefe’s book of the same name, is a late contender for one of the best shows of the year.

Published: 2024-11-27 10:00:00

Drake claims Spotify, Universal schemed to boost Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’

Kendrick Lamar’s song topped the Billboard charts and was a summer hit, but a company owned by Drake claims in a court petition that it was rigged against him.

Published: 2024-11-26 21:56:54