Melena Ryzik
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‘Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret’: Beloved, Banned and Finally Adapted
Judy Blume’s 1970 novel hits the big screen at a difficult political moment for a story with themes of bodily autonomy and religious choice.
Ruston Kelly Survived Addiction and Heartbreak. It’s in His ‘Dirt Emo.’
The singer-songwriter has been making his way in Nashville and reckoning with his past. On his third album, “The Weakness,” he leans into his love...
Kelsea Ballerini Is Ready for Lift Off
The country singer and songwriter has long tested Nashville’s boundaries while revealing herself to her listeners. Touring behind a recent album and a surprise EP,...
The Unstoppable, Unsinkable, Uninhibited Margo Price
Country songs are often filled with tragedy and hard times. Price has detailed her own catalog of traumas in a memoir and her music, but...
Alexandra Pelosi on Filming Her Mother, Nancy Pelosi, on Jan. 6
The documentary had long been in the works and was nearly finished before Paul Pelosi was assaulted at home. The events together have left the...
For Emma Corrin, Identity Is an Ever-Evolving Project
Onscreen and off, the nonbinary star of “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” and “The Crown” has been exploring gender and the cost and responsibility of being heard.
Steve Keene Made 300,000 Paintings in a Home Full of Easels
The artist’s studio and living space, created with his wife, Starling Keene, an architect, houses a one-man assembly line of affordable art — enough to...