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Bidders Chase Elton John Memorabilia and a Banksy in First Week of Sales
The objects most closely associated with John’s public persona as a performer, showman and style icon captivated the Christie’s crowd.
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Tammy Faye Bakker Is Broadway Bound. As a Musical.
A show about the televangelist, with songs by Elton John and Jake Shears, had a run in London last year…
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‘Saturday Night Live’ Offers Up Little Debate
Timothée Chalamet hosted an episode that presented former President Trump as an aggrieved forerunner. The musical guest was boygenius.
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Is the Republican Speakership Cursed? Johnson Is About to Find Out.
Kevin McCarthy was just the latest in a series of Republican speakers and speaker wannabes who faced revolts. Speaker Mike…
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World
How Mary Harron, Film Director, Spends Her Sundays
The director of “Dalíland” and “American Psycho” loves the Cloisters, secondhand furniture from Housing Works, and New York’s old-school movie…
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John Mellencamp Just Might Punch You
The irascible rocker, now 71, reflects on how America plays into his music, his relationship to his biggest hits and…
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John Stobart, Celebrated Maritime Painter, Dies at 93
Dismissing modern art as “baloney,” he made millions as a master of historical harbor paintings.
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Politics
Huey ‘Piano’ Smith, New Orleans Rock ’n’ Roll Cornerstone, Dies at 89
With songs like “Don’t You Just Know It,” “Rocking Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu” and “Sea Cruise,” he put…
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The Gay Rights Movement Before the Gay Rights Movement
In his debut novel, “The New Life,” Tom Crewe reimagines the lives of two pioneers who studied, and supported, homosexuality…
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US
The Full Guest List for the State Dinner
More than 300 guests were invited, including government officials, French fashion designers, actors and big donors.
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