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‘A Horse Walks Into a Bar’ Wins Man Booker International Prize

Photo The translator Jessica Cohen with the Israeli author David Grossman. His book, a novel that centers on a stand-up routine, has won the Man Booker International Prize, for work written in a language other than English. Credit Daniel Leal-Olivas/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images LONDON — “A Horse Walks Into …

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Modern Love Podcast: Griffin Dunne Reads ‘Before the Web, Hearts Grew Silent’

On this week’s podcast, the actor Griffin Dunne reads “Before the Web, Hearts Grew Silent.” In it, the author David Vecsey writes about love in the time of no cellphones or social media. Photo Credit Brian Rea Mr. Vecsey is a staff editor at The New York Times. Follow him …

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Mastering the Master: A London Gallery’s Homage to Rodin

Mr. Bowman started to look for, and study, Rodin works wherever he could find them, and spent time at the Rodin Museum in Paris learning about its collection and the casting process. Photo The Bowman show includes eight rarely seen drawings, as well as works in bronze and terra cotta. …

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Anita Pallenberg, Actress and Muse of Rolling Stones, Dies at 73

And it was rumored that she had an affair with Mick Jagger, the group’s lead singer, when she appeared with him in the 1970 film “Performance.” She always denied that and attributed the intensity of their onscreen chemistry to “method acting.” Continue reading the main story Her relationship with Mr. …

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Foxconn, assembler of iPhones, considers building a plant in Wisconsin

Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Foxconn employees on the assembly line in Longhua, Shenzhen, China. A Taiwanese company that assembles Apple’s iPhones and other electronics is considering building a plant in Wisconsin that could employ thousands of people. A person with direct knowledge of the negotiations who was …

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P&G finance chief Jon Moeller to add vice chairman title July 1

Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images File photo of Jon Moeller, chief financial officer of Procter & Gamble Co.,left and Jay Rasulo, chief financial officer of Walt Disney Co. in 2011. Procter & Gamble said Jon Moeller, its chief financial officer, will add the title of vice chairman, effective …

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Review: In ‘The Man in the Ceiling,’ Jules Feiffer Adapts Himself

Photo Erin Kommer and Jonah Broscow in the musical “The Man in the Ceiling,” by Jules Feiffer and Andrew Lippa. Credit Barry Gordin SAG HARBOR, N.Y. — Lots of family-friendly musicals don’t aim very high; they rely on lightweight songs and simple storytelling that any kid could grasp. “The Man …

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Google Drive will soon back up your entire computer

Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Larry Page, Google co-founder and CEO speaks during the opening keynote at the Google I/O developers conference. Google is turning Drive into a much more robust backup tool. Soon, instead of files having to live inside of the Drive folder, Google will be able to …

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The Fed maintains 2017, 2018 rate forecast

Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Janet Yellen, chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve. The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that it still sees the federal funds rate at 1.4 percent by the end of 2017, unchanged from its March forecast. The U.S. central bank also maintained its 2018 projection, …

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Jennifer Jones Animates ‘The Wild Heart’ at MoMA

Photo Jennifer Jones and David Farrar in “The Wild Heart.” Credit The Archers and London Films Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s British melodrama “Gone to Earth” — at the Museum of Modern Art on Wednesday, June 21, as part of “Modern Matinees: Becoming Jennifer Jones” — has a reputation often …

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