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The National Book Awards Longlists Arrive With Enough Great Reading to Ruin Your Weekend Plans
Marlon James, Louise Erdrich, Edwidge Danticat and Karl Ove Knausgaard are among the authors on the 2026 National Book Awards longlists.
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Nostalgia, pop culture, forgotten technology, and the era that raised itself.
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Dolly Parton Is Now a Corn Maze, and Honestly She Still Has Better Hair Than the Field
Twenty farms across the United States and Canada created Dolly Parton corn mazes supporting her Imagination Library.
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Jalen Brunson Is Joining “Law & Order: SVU,” Because a Knicks Title Apparently Unlocks Everything
Knicks star Jalen Brunson will appear on “Law & Order: SVU” after winning an NBA title and before hosting “Saturday Night Live.”
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Martin McDonagh Sends John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell to Easter Island With CIA Baggage
Martin McDonagh’s “Wild Horse Nine” pairs John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell in a dark comedy about CIA officers and old secrets.
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Rosalind Eleazar Gets the Role of a Lifetime in “Misty Green”
Rosalind Eleazar’s lead performance in Chris Rock’s “Misty Green” emerged from TIFF as a career-changing breakthrough.
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Snoop Dogg Is Hosting the VMAs, and MTV Just Remembered Gen X Has the Remote
Snoop Dogg will host the September 27 VMAs in Los Angeles, where Madonna leads nominations and Nirvana receives the Video Vanguard award.
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Burna Boy Will Headline the NFL’s First Paris Halftime Show, Because Football Has a Passport Now
Burna Boy will headline halftime when the Steelers and Saints play the NFL’s first regular-season game in Paris on October 25.
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Carly Rae Jepsen Made a Double Album Because One Disc Could Not Hold the Feelings
Carly Rae Jepsen’s new double album “Day & Night” pairs bright synth-pop with a stranger, psychedelic after-dark counterpart.
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The Jewish “Appetizing” Store Is Back, With Lox, Schmear and No Need to Reinvent Anything
A younger generation is reviving Jewish appetizing stores, the fish-and-dairy counterpart to the better-known deli.
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Gustavo Dudamel Takes Manhattan, and the Philharmonic Finally Lets Its Hair Down
Gustavo Dudamel begins his New York Philharmonic tenure with genre-crossing concerts, seating changes and a mission to make classical music feel open.
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Ethan Hawke Smuggles Gold Through the Depression, Because Rent Was Apparently Not Stressful Enough
Ethan Hawke leads “The Weight,” a gritty Depression-era thriller involving a work camp, forbidden gold and a desperate father.
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The Latin Grammys Nominate Everybody Excellent and Daddy Yankee Finally Gets His Flowers
Karol G, Rosalía, Jorge Drexler and Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso lead the 2026 Latin Grammy nominations, while Daddy Yankee receives a historic honor.