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Audrey Hepburn Shines at Auction, but Celebrity Sales Are Changing

But the two auctions appealed to subtly different audiences. At Christie’s, the 246-lot Audrey Hepburn “private collection” sale, held on Wednesday by her sons, Luca Dotti and Sean Hepburn Ferrer, consisted mainly of photographs and fashion items. Ms. Hepburn was one of the great global style icons of the 1950s …

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Events for Children in NYC This Week

Photo Graciela, 11, and Angélica, 2, in Hidalgo, Mexico, in 2012, from “Dreaming Up North: Children on the Move Across the Americas,” at El Museo del Barrio. Credit Valentina Glockner Our guide to cultural events in New York City for families with children and teenagers. ‘CARTOON NETWORK: 25 YEARS OF …

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New Trailer: ‘Annihilation’ Puts Natalie Portman in Danger

Photo Natalie Portman in a scene from the trailer for “Annihilation.” Alex Garland follows up his 2015 directorial debut, “Ex Machina,” with another creepy sci-fi drama featuring Oscar Isaac. Only in “Annihilation,” Mr. Isaac’s character vanishes early on, during a mission into an environmental danger zone, and his wife, played …

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Trump sparks firestorm after lashing out at San Juan’s mayor over handling of Puerto Rico

Carlos Barria | Reuters President Donald Trump talks with reporters as he departures the Oval Office of the White House for Indianapolis, in Washington D.C., U.S. September 27, 2017. Puerto Rico’s governor, Ricardo Rosello, said earlier this week that the administration has been responsive to the island’s needs, and contrasted …

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Study Finds More Diversity Among First-Time TV Directors

Photo Thomas Schlamme in 2015. He’s now the president of the Directors Guild of America. Credit Richard Shotwell/Invision, via Associated Press The pool of first-time television directors has grown more diverse, according to a new industry report, but not everyone is convinced of the findings. The Directors Guild of America …

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Make-A-Wish helps Hunter Allis create mobile game Planet SCRAM

Courtesy of Make-A-Wish Hunter Allis, 13, developed mobile game Planet SCRAM with mobile app developer Bottle Rocket thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Like many 13-year-old boys, Hunter Allis loves video games. His dream is to create them. Allis also suffers from a rare congenital heart disease called hypoplastic left heart …

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US ‘probing” to see if North Korea interested in dialogue: Tillerson

Yuri Gripas | Reuters U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson holds a press briefing at the State Department in Washington, U.S., August 22, 2017. The United States is probing North Korea to see whether it is interested in dialogue and has multiple direct channels of communication with Pyongyang, U.S. Secretary …

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Spanish police move in to stop banned Catalan independence referendum

PAU BARRENA | AFP | Getty Images Catalan police officers ‘Mossos d’Esquadra’ try stop pro-referendum people from going into ‘Escola Collaso i Gil’ school on September 29, 2017 in Barcelona. Authorities in Madrid have moved to stop an independence referendum in the Spanish region of Catalonia this weekend, with reports …

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The World According to Dan Brown

“Origin,” is to be published by Random House Oct. 3, with an initial printing of 2 million copies, eventually extending to several dozen countries in 42 languages, according to the publisher. Readers will find in it a familiar swirl of big ideas and nonstop action, so that those who aren’t …

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Spanish police occupy Catalan tech hub before banned vote

PAU BARRENA | AFP | Getty Images People hold Spanish flags and a banner reading ‘Government of Spain, comply with and enforce the constitution: article 155 now’ during a demonstration organised by the Spanish right-wing party Vox in front of the Spain Government Delegation in Barcelona, on September 6, 2017. …

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