Known for both his openness and his mysteriousness, the rapper, producer — and now actor — keeps people guessing.
Category: Content Type: Personal Profile
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How David Henry Hwang Remade Theater in His Own Image
Long the leading Asian American playwright, he was writing autofictional works about identity politics decades before those were cultural obsessions.
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Glenn Close on ‘Sunset Boulevard,’ ‘Fatal Attraction’ and Her Storied Career
For half a century, she’s brought her singular talents to the stage and screen. Now, the actress wants one more shot at the role that helped make her a star.
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For Madison Cunningham, ‘Ace’ Is a Hard Reset
The California guitarist’s last LP, “Revealer,” was named best folk album in 2023. But after a divorce at 27, she returns with a defiant edge.
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At a Bastion of Classical Music, She’s Amplifying the Experimental
Caterina Barbieri, 35, plays gigs on banks of synthesizers. That makes her a surprising choice to lead the cerebral Venice Music Biennale.
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Lauren Greenfield, Bard of Excessive Wealth, on Seeing Her Work on Broadway
The artist’s 2012 documentary on a particular pursuit of excess arrives on Broadway when, she says, “we have gotten farther and farther away from the value of modesty.”
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Tessa Thompson on Playing ‘Hedda’— and Finding What You Really Want
In Thompson’s latest film, she plays an unhappy housewife who blows up her life. In reality, the actor and producer has left relationships with much less fallout.
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Ozzy Osbourne’s Memoir and Doc: 8 Takeaways
“Last Rites,” a book detailing the final 15 years of the metal luminary’s life, is arriving at the same time as “No Escape From Now,” a documentary about a challenging period.
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‘TrueAnon,’ the Lefty Podcast, Takes Listeners Down Rabbit Holes
On the left-leaning podcast “TrueAnon,” three friends take a true-crime approach to subjects often thought too risky for liberals to touch.
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Madi Diaz: A Little Bit Country, a Little Bit Pop, and Beloved by Both
The Nashville singer and songwriter has written songs for Maren Morris and toured with Harry Styles. Her new album, “Fatal Optimist,” is bravely bare.
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Can Cory Doctorow’s Book ‘Enshittification’ Change the Tech Debate?
Cory Doctorow’s new book looks to offer comfort, and solutions, to the inescapable feeling that digital platforms have gotten worse.