Conan O’Brien Wants to Scare Himself With the New, Shorter ‘Conan’
The host of TBS’s “Conan,” which returns Jan. 22 in a half-hour format, talks about ditching his desk, embracing the unknown and Calvin Coolidge. Really.
By Dave Itzkoff
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CreditFrank Micelotta/Invision, via Associated Press Why It Could Be Hard to Mute R. Kelly
Many people have called for repercussions against the R&B star following a documentary about his treatment of women, but legal and commercial hurdles stand in the way.
By Elizabeth A. Harris and Ben Sisario
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CreditIllustration by Pedro Piccinini. “Breaking Bad,” AMC. The 20 Best TV Dramas Since ‘The Sopranos’
It’s been 20 years since those ducks landed in Tony’s pool. A flock of extraordinary shows followed. These are the best dramas since 1999.
By The New York Times
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CreditAnia Shrimpton The New Angry Young Men: Rockers Who Rail Against ‘Toxic Masculinity’
Songs by rising artists like Sam Fender and Henry Jamison, and the bands Idles and As It Is, protest old notions of manhood.
By Jim Farber
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CreditLacey Terrell/HBO The Second Season of ‘True Detective’ Wasn’t as Bad as You Think. Here’s Why.
Before Season 3 begins, we wanted to know: Was Season 2 really that bad? A brave writer argues that it wasn’t.
By Brian Tallerico
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CreditGreg Allen/Invision, via Associated Press The Playlist: Radiohead’s Glooming, and 13 More New Songs
Hear tracks by Adia Victoria, Sam Smith and Normani, Potty Mouth and more.
By Jon Pareles, Jon Caramanica, Caryn Ganz and Giovanni Russonello
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CreditMerrick Morton/Netflix ‘Bird Box’ Is Full of Plot Holes. We Tried (and Sometimes Failed) to Plug Them.
For a certain type of fan, half the fun of watching a movie is pointing out the logical inconsistencies. “Bird Box” gave us plenty.
By Jennifer Vineyard
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CreditRozette Rago for The New York Times Wakanda for Oscar?
Director Ryan Coogler and his female department heads helped bring “Black Panther” to life. Will they get the credit they’re due?
By Kyle Buchanan
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CreditClockwise from top left, Peter Mountain/Paramount Pictures, HBO, Pixar The Best Movies and TV Shows New to Netflix, Amazon and More in January
Every month, subscription streaming services add a new batch of titles to their libraries. Here are the ones we think are most interesting for January.
By Jennifer Vineyard
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CreditLibrado Romero/The New York Times Woodstock Returns Again on the Festival’s 50th Anniversary
Michael Lang, one of the event’s original producers, will present Woodstock 50 in Watkins Glen, N.Y., with a focus on activism.
By Ben Sisario
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CreditDana Scruggs for The New York Times Female Composers Are Trying to Break Film’s Sound Barrier
They’re rarely hired to score movies, even female superhero films like “Wonder Women 1984.” Some in the field are trying to change that.
By Tim Greiving
Critic’s Notebook
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CreditAlex Bailey/Twentieth Century Fox, via Associated Press Queen, Ally and the Alchemy of Musical Stardom on the Big Screen
What Rami Malek tries — and fails — to capture in “Bohemian Rhapsody” is the same elusive quality Lady Gaga gets right in “A Star Is Born.”
By Wesley Morris
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CreditNetflix ‘Bandersnatch,’ ‘The Sopranos,’ and the Myth of Certainty
Both the choose-your-own adventure gimmick in “Black Mirror” and debates around the “Sopranos” finale appeal to the same fallacy of knowable destiny.
By James Poniewozik
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CreditMatt Kennedy/Annapurna Pictures What It’s Like to Be a Female Movie Critic in the #MeToo Era
For Manohla Dargis, who spent a lifetime loving movies, ordinary, unremarkable sexism was so much harder to glide over. And it deserves outrage too.
By Manohla Dargis
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