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November 27, 2024There’s not a more menacing or imposing smile in the movies than Denzel Washington’s, which is funny, because his grin is nevertheless the brightest, broadest, most...
November 7, 2024The first couple minutes of Quincy—the 2018 documentary about Quincy Jones, co-directed by his daughter Rashida—are really a quite striking prologue. The shots are simple...
October 8, 2024A couple of weeks ago, The Voice—you know, the prime-time reality singing competition, the showcase that gave us good ol’ Morgan Wallen—returned for its 26th season...
July 25, 2024The phrase “music culture in the streaming age” often gets listeners rumbling about the death—or, at least, the increasingly strained relevance—of genre. We...
April 11, 2024In February, Jennifer Lopez released a bundle of multimedia projects that were each part of a larger statement—arguably, a misguided one—about the power of love or...
March 11, 2024On Friday morning, Bird Studio, a small production workshop in Nagoya, Japan, announced the death of its founder, Akira Toriyama, the legendary manga artist, character designer, and...
February 12, 2024It’s been 20 years, 12 albums, 24 Grammys, two marriages, and 10 seasons of Yeezy apparel since Kanye West released his debut album, The College Dropout, a very good and very...
