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The Tony Awards Get the Red Carpet Blues

Slide Show 2017 Tony Awards Red Carpet CreditDimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images Three years into the Great Fashion Experiment that is Anna Wintour’s takeover of the Tony Awards red carpet, I think it’s fair to say that while things are looking, literally, better — there is less kooky costume, and more simple …

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Nigel Farage to be given role in Brexit talks under DUP-Conservative deal – reports

Getty Images ormer UKIP leader Nigel Farage canvasses for votes for UKIP candidate Victoria Ayling ahead of the Sleaford and North Hykeham by-election on December 5, 2016 in Sleaford, England. British Prime Minister Theresa May could be under pressure to give extreme Eurosceptic Nigel Farage a key role in Brexit …

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Exit the Dungeon Master. Tonys Rehearsal Is Calling.

The game, as Mr. Rogers and his crew play it now, is simple: The boys roll the dice, and he, serving in the role of Dungeon Master, does the same. The young men’s fate depends on how high they roll, compared with Mr. Rogers, who invents a plot twist on …

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China Eastern Airbus A330 returns to airport with hole in engine

William West | AFP | Getty Images A man inspects the damaged engine cowling of a China Eastern Airbus A330 passenger aircraft parked on the tarmac at Sydney Airport on June 12, 2017. A passenger jet was forced to turn back after an in-flight problem left a gaping hole in …

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Nero Rock Opera Is a Burning Issue in Rome

For some critics, too, the musical is a symbol of how commercialism has increasingly and clumsily encroached on the country’s cultural heritage, once seen as a sacred bastion for research and learning. Photo Giorgio Adamo plays the emperor in “Divo Nerone.” Credit Andrea Leonetti di Vagno “There’s the growing idea …

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Foxconn says Apple, Dell part of its bid for Toshiba chip business

Tomohiro Ohsumi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Toshiba signage is displayed at Hamamatsucho Building, which houses the Toshiba headquarters, in Tokyo, Japan, on Tuesday, March 14, 2017. Apple, computing giant Dell and Kingston Technology are members of a Foxconn-led consortium bidding for Toshiba’s chip unit, the CEO of the world’s …

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Bill Cosby Trial Day 6: What to Expect

• The prosecution rested its case on Friday. Now the defense must decide whom to call as witnesses to defend Bill Cosby — or perhaps decide not to call anyone at all. • There was some speculation Mr. Cosby himself might testify. • Judge Steven T. O’Neill said that the …

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South Korean Pianist Wins the Van Cliburn Competition

Photo The Cliburn winner, Yekwon Sunwoo, center, with the bronze medalist Daniel Hsu, left, of San Francisco, and the silver medalist Kenneth Broberg, right, of Minneapolis. Credit Ralph Lauer Yekwon Sunwoo won the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition on Saturday, besting 29 rivals over two weeks of playing to become …

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At the Tony Awards, Avoiding Politics for the Most Part

Photo Kevin Spacey with an impersonation of Bill Clinton at the Tony Awards. Credit Sara Krulwich/The New York Times Despite the hyperpartisan times, the Tony Awards skirted politics, for the most part. While recent awards shows have featured full-blown attacks on President Trump, including Meryl Streep’s speech at the Golden …

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What’s on TV Monday: ‘There Will Be Blood’ and ‘The Putin Interviews’

Photo Dillon Freasier, left, and Daniel Day-Lewis in “There Will Be Blood.” Credit François Duhamel/Paramount Vantage “There Will Be Blood” tops The New York Times movie critics’ list of the best films of the 21st century. “Lake Bodom” recreates an unsolved murder in Finland. And Oliver Stone interviews Vladimir V. …

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