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Club 57, Late-Night Home of Basquiat and Haring, Gets a Museum-Worthy Revival

“At any given time, the club was a dance hall, a screening room, a watering hole, a theater lab, an art gallery, or a self-styled ‘let it all hang out’ encounter group,” Ann Magnuson writes in MoMA’s “Club 57” exhibition catalog. “Sometimes it was all those things at once.” Photo …

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Tattoos, Bieber, Black Lives Matter and Jesus

“The way I try to preach is the way I tried to write this book,” Mr. Lentz said, his words dancing with a hint of the South, carried through from Virginia Beach where he was raised. “I’m going to preach straight, and hopefully open a wide enough door that even …

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Trump says Clinton team funding for Russia info ‘a disgrace’

Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump speaks about his tax reform proposal in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, October 24, 2017. President Donald Trump and fellow Republicans latched onto revelations tying Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign to a dossier of allegations about …

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Ex-Theater Agent Sentenced to Six Months for Fake Play

Photo Roland Scahill was sentenced to six months in jail after he admitted to defrauding 10 investors of $205,000. Credit via Twitter A former theater agent has been sentenced to six months in jail after admitting that he bilked investors of hundreds of thousands of dollars to back a nonexistent …

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The Rockettes Own Christmas. But Spring Is a Tough Nut to Crack.

Devising a new annual entertainment tradition in an era when people have so many options, however, has bedeviled producers across fields like theater, circus, art, and concert festivals. “The ‘Christmas Spectacular’ is spectacularly successful, but a strong part of its pull is nostalgia and tradition,” said Drew Hodges, the founder …

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Saudi Arabia is opening up its stock market to foreign investors

Simon Dawson | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Kingdom Tower, operated by Kingdom Holding Co., centre, stands on the skyline above the King Fahd highway in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Foreign investors are now able to participate in initial public offerings within Saudi Arabia and will be given access to a …

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John Grisham Prosecutes For-Profit Law Schools in ‘The Rooster Bar’

Gordy, a friend of the three law students, has pasted all these company names, plus pictures and connecting lines, on a board in his apartment, like any good wild-eyed conspiracy theorist. The monstrousness of what he discovers drives him out of his mind. Photo John Grisham Credit Fred R. Conrad/The …

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What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Van Helsing’ and an Ashley Judd Interview

Photo Diane Sawyer, left, and Ashley Judd. Credit ABC News Ashley Judd tells Diane Sawyer about her encounters with Harvey Weinstein. And a fabled family hunts vampires on Syfy. What’s on TV GOOD MORNING AMERICA 7 a.m. on ABC. Ashley Judd played a pivotal role in the downfall of Harvey …

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6.8 billion euros in revenue, vs. 6.84 billion euros expected

Krisztian Bocsi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Statues stand outside a Deutsche Bank AG branch in Frankfurt, Germany, on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016. German lender Deutsche Bank reported a strong increase in third-quarter net profit Thursday, beating analyst expectations despite a drop in investment bank revenue. Here are the key …

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‘Mr. Robot’ Season 3, Episode 3: What About Wellick?

His toxic ambition seemed driven mostly by his even more toxic wife, by her demands and his need to meet them. But his devotion to Elliot (really Mr. Robot), one-sided though it might have been, suggests that what he mostly craves is someone with answers to tell him what to …

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