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Where was the rager, the explosive madman who years later would inspire a viral supercut on YouTube of the climactic outbursts that marked such films as “Moonstruck” and “Face/Off” and “Vampire’s Kiss”? From what I can tell, Cage leaves it all on the set. In person, he’s courtly, gentle, careful with his words, reflective, and quick to be silly. The yawning divide between his performances and his personality is deliberate: having appeared in more than a hundred films since he began acting as a t…
9 months ago
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During their time in Los Angeles, Wine and Kyagulanyi kept up a hectic schedule of press interviews and the meet-and-greet parties that are standard Oscar campaign events, in addition to the luncheon, where Kyagulanyi was seated next to Cillian Murphy and took a selfie with Emma Stone. Wine, who was at a different table, didn’t recognize his seatmates. “I don’t get to watch contemporary films,” he explained, noting how much time he’s spent in and out of prison over the past few years. “But I’m s…
about 1 year ago
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Preparing meals is a Sisyphean task, and anything that promises to make it faster, or easier, or better, or healthier, or more fun, is irresistible.
almost 2 years ago
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A painted plane that flew the Alaskan coast.
almost 2 years ago
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Kwame Brathwaite’s landmark work, beginning with a show in 1962, had a titanic impact on fashion and identity.
almost 2 years ago
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Gloria Dea began performing when she was five years old. Even then, she was sassy and self-assured.
about 2 years ago
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For nearly seventy years, Burny Mattinson drew many of the studio’s best-loved characters.
about 2 years ago
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She reigned at San Francisco’s Palace of Fine Arts, but life wasn’t always easy.
about 2 years ago
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How Harry Yee put “paradise”—and those little umbrellas—in a cocktail glass.
about 2 years ago
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Apart from the charm-school classes, Maxine Kline relished her time in the girls’ professional baseball league.
over 2 years ago
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Dillie, a whitetail from Ohio, defied many expectations during her unexpectedly long life.
over 2 years ago
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Eugene DeLeon liked that he was doing something helpful in town.
over 2 years ago
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LaDeva Davis was a major presence on Philadelphia’s dance scene—and dancing was just one of her talents.
over 2 years ago
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Perhaps, during these feel-bad times, losing a simple delight feels especially unsettling.
over 2 years ago
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She seemed animated by the attention she received, even when it was negative.
over 2 years ago
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Steve Greig shares his Colorado home with lovable last-chance creatures.
almost 3 years ago
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Discovering puppeteering changed Margo Lovelace—and the art scene in Pittsburgh.
almost 3 years ago
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Shane Yellowbird, as it happens, was an accidental singer.
almost 3 years ago
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Fran Andrews’s story became a book, a miniseries, and an inspiration.
almost 3 years ago
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How Lupe Liang’s restaurant in L.A.’s Chinatown fed everyone.
almost 3 years ago
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Back in the nineteen-eighties, Bud Clark was aligned with where his city was heading.
almost 3 years ago