Jorja Smith Puts a Beat Behind Mixed Emotions on ‘Falling or Flying’
The English songwriter uses vocal nuance instead of volume and lets the rhythms stir things up on her second studio album.
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The Award-Winning Polish Sinema That Poland’s Leaders Hate
The director Agnieszka Holland says her movie “Green Border” encourages empathy with migrants trying to enter Poland. But the government has likened it to Nazi propaganda.
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Hattie McDaniel’s Historic Oscar Will Return to Its Desired Home
The plaque that McDaniel, the first Black winner of an Academy Award, bequeathed to Howard University has been missing for about 50 years. Now a replacement is on its way.
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A Silvery, Shimmering Summer of Beyoncé
The Renaissance tour is a blueprint for how to cultivate pleasure and hold onto it at all costs.
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After Hurricane Ian, Who Will Get to Call This Beach Town Home?
Melissa Hill has gotten used to the transformed view outside the restaurant where she tends bar in Fort Myers Beach: the concrete slabs where bustling businesses once stood, the bald fishing pier pilings, the elevator shaft that is the only, eerie …
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A New Standard-Bearer for French-Girl Style
Jane Birkin made the look famous. Now Jeanne Damas is selling her version of it to the masses through her clothing brand, Rouje.
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Peace Corps Sued Over Mental Health Policy
Applicants have challenged the Peace Corps practice of rescinding invitations to applicants on the basis of mental health conditions.
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In El Paso, Migrants With Nowhere to Go Strain a Welcoming City
The pressure felt in one Texas city reflects an increasingly untenable situation all along the border with Mexico.
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Judge Denies Trump’s Request That She Recuse Herself in Election Case
Judge Tanya Chutkan rejected arguments from the former president’s legal team that she could not fairly conduct his trial on federal charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election.
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People in Their 20s Aren’t Supposed to Be This Unhappy
Sian Leah Beilock was playing goalkeeper for an elite soccer team in California, part of the Olympic development program, when she became aware that one of the national coaches was standing behind the net, scrutinizing her performance. Soon after …
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