Arts & Life
'Before Midnight': Jesse And Celine Are Older Now, And So Are We |
It took Jesse and Celine 18 years to find themselves back where they started in the lovely third installment of the series that began with 1995's Before Sunrise.
Book News: Lydia Davis Wins Man Booker International Prize |
Also: Amazon to begin publishing fan fiction; Paul Ryan and Elizabeth Warren are writing books; Keith Richards' exorbitant library fines.
Heartbreaking Choice Sets Siblings On Separate, Unequal Paths |
A poor father sells his daughter to a wealthy, childless couple, dividing her from her beloved brother and setting a chain of stories in motion in Khaled Hosseini's And the Mountains Echoed. Moving and morally complex, this is the most ambitious book yet from the author of The Kite Runner.
Cannes Diary: Delusions Of 'Gatsby' (And Dreams Of Notoriety) |
All is Gatsbyish excess on the Croisette, where the Cannes Film Festival's early tone might well have been set by Baz Luhrmann's lavish film — and by Sofia Coppola's accomplished The Bling Ring.
China's Artist Provocateur Explores New Medium: Heavy Metal |
In 2011, police detained Ai Weiwei for 81 days. Now, he's released a song that's turned the experience into a heavy metal protest song, along with a dystopian nightmare video. The lyrics are explicit and angry. Ai says his music is for the many political prisoners who remain jailed.
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Fictional 'Mothers' Reveal Facts Of A Painful Adoption Process |
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Real Butterscotch: The Beauty Of Sugar And Dairy Transformed |
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Book News: Newly Found Pearl Buck Novel To Be Published This Fall |
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China Builds Museums, But Filling Them Is Another Story |
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Soderbergh's Liberace, 'Behind The Candelabra' |
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'Arrested Development' Leads The Charge For Old Brands In New Media |
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The Starfleet Divide: The 'Star Trek' Universe Revisits One Of Its Great Debates |
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At L.A.'s UnCabaret, 25 Years Of Letting It All Hang Out |
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After Crashing In Canadian 'Abyss,' Four Men Fight To Survive |
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Courtside Chemistry: How NBA's Phil Jackson Won 'Eleven Rings' |
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