Arts

What’s on TV This Week: ‘Below Deck Sailing Yacht’ and ‘Abbott Elementary’

What’s on TV This Week: ‘Below Deck Sailing Yacht’ and ‘Abbott Elementary’

Shivani Gonzalez
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Politics

Bravo airs its reality show about “yachties,” and ABC is back with its Emmy-winning sitcom.


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Who Gets to Be a Daddy?

Who Gets to Be a Daddy?

Mark Harris
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Politics

The best compliment a man — gay or straight, old or … not so old — can receive is to enter the pantheon of daddies.


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Olivia Bell Reprises Her Role in ‘Signs’ for City Ballet

Olivia Bell Reprises Her Role in ‘Signs’ for City Ballet

Gia Kourlas
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Politics

Olivia Bell, 20, a radiant member of New York City Ballet, reprises the role she knocked out of the park as a student: “I want to do it right.”


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Osvaldo Golijov’s ‘Ainadamar’ Opera Makes Its Met Debut

Osvaldo Golijov’s ‘Ainadamar’ Opera Makes Its Met Debut

Brian Seibert
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Politics

Osvaldo Golijov’s opera about Federico García Lorca makes its Met debut in a dance-heavy production, directed by the choreographer Deborah Colker.


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‘Pavements,’ ‘My Undesirable Friends’ and Other Documentaries at New York Film Festival

‘Pavements,’ ‘My Undesirable Friends’ and Other Documentaries at New York Film Festival

Alissa Wilkinson
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Politics

In epic takes like “My Undesirable Friends” and playful biopics like “Pavements,” the vital art of the documentary is on full display.


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‘The Big Gay Jamboree’ Review: A Golden-Age Fantasia on Steroids

‘The Big Gay Jamboree’ Review: A Golden-Age Fantasia on Steroids

Elisabeth Vincentelli
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Politics

The goofball spirit that made Marla Mindelle’s “Titaníque” a hit is missing from her equally campy new show drenched in pop-culture references.


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Lore Segal, Mordant Novelist of Émigré Life, Dies at 96

Lore Segal, Mordant Novelist of Émigré Life, Dies at 96

Penelope Green
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Politics

Transported to safe haven in England as a Jewish child in 1938, she explored themes of displacement with penetrating wit in autobiographical fiction like “Other People’s Houses.”


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Looking For Gift Suggestions This Holiday Season? Ask T For Help.

Looking For Gift Suggestions This Holiday Season? Ask T For Help.

T Magazine
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Politics

Send us a question about a picky person on your holiday gift list and we’ll respond to the most intriguing ones with suggestions.


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The Cases Against Sean Combs

The Cases Against Sean Combs

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Politics

A discussion of the accusations the music mogul faces, the court of public opinion and how the entertainment press covers morally complicated figures.


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Review: Robert Lepage’s Latest Is as Unstable as a Deck of Cards

Review: Robert Lepage’s Latest Is as Unstable as a Deck of Cards

A.J. Goldmann
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Politics

Robert Lepage’s latest play, “Faith, Money, War and Love,” runs for five hours, and aims to depict Germany since the end of World War II.


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Chappell Roan Seeks the Line Between IRL and URL

Chappell Roan Seeks the Line Between IRL and URL

Jon Caramanica
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Politics

The rising pop singer has been transparently navigating the demands of fame — onstage and online — as she’s grown from cult queer-pop hero to zeitgeist-shaping star.


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Cissy Houston Dies at 91; Gospel Star Guided Daughter Whitney’s Rise

Cissy Houston Dies at 91; Gospel Star Guided Daughter Whitney’s Rise

Glenn Rifkin
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Politics

Hailing from a musical family, she won Grammys, sang backup to Elvis Presley and Aretha Franklin and helped shepherd Whitney Houston to superstardom.


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4 Takeaways From ‘The Menendez Brothers,’ on Netflix

4 Takeaways From ‘The Menendez Brothers,’ on Netflix

Shivani Gonzalez
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Politics

The documentary, based on extensive new interviews with Lyle and Erik Menendez, adds fresh nuance and details about their parents’ murders and the aftermath.


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‘The Menendez Brothers’ Review: Reframing a Case

‘The Menendez Brothers’ Review: Reframing a Case

Ben Kenigsberg
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Politics

To the extent this documentary about Lyle and Erik Menendez has appeal, it is of the tabloid variety.


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Seth Meyers: Trump Rallies Are Like an Escape Room

Seth Meyers: Trump Rallies Are Like an Escape Room

Trish Bendix
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Politics

“Generally speaking, if you’re at an event and the host of that event keeps insisting no one is going to leave, it is time to start worrying,” Meyers said on Monday.


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