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Review: In ‘The Defiant Ones,’ a Revealing Portrait of Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine

This is clear from the beginning of this docu-series, which opens with the 2014 sale of Beats, a headphone and music streaming company founded by Dr. Dre and Mr. Iovine, to Apple, but told through a misstep — a notorious Facebook video. In the video, Dr. Dre, partying with the …

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American Ballet Theater Promotes 4 Dancers

Kevin McKenzie, the company’s artistic director, said in a statement, “It is gratifying to tap the depth of our homegrown artists.” Continue reading the main story Ms. Lane joined Ballet Theater as an apprentice in 2003 and became a soloist in 2007. Alastair Macaulay of The New York Times called …

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‘GLOW’ Season 1: Watched It All? Let’s Talk

Photo From left, Rebekka Johnson, Kimmy Gatewood, Alison Brie and Sunita Mani in “Glow.” Credit Erica Parise/Netflix This is a recap of the entire first season of Netflix’s “GLOW.” “GLOW,” the delightful Netflix comedy about an all-women’s pro-wrestling league in the 1980s, spent its entire first season inching toward opening …

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Before ‘Game of Thrones’ Returns, Let’s Revisit Season 3

You may have heard that “Game of Thrones” is returning to HBO on July 16. To prepare for Season 7, we’re reviewing and reassessing the first six seasons of the show, with the benefit of hindsight. Each article will have spoilers for all six seasons. We previously revisited Seasons 1 …

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Selling Old Masters Now Requires Learning New Tricks

The eighth annual Masterpiece fair ran through Wednesday; Sotheby’s and Christie’s had auctions of old masters; and a wealth of older material was on offer in salesrooms and in the 42 dealerships featured in this year’s “London Art Week” promotion. Continue reading the main story The Christie’s video was filmed …

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In Praise of Daphne du Maurier

Why do we love du Maurier so? There’s an element of nostalgia, to be sure, for the books we read when we were young and impatient not to be. Her novels, in particular, reify adulthood. Youth is treated as an embarrassing if unavoidable affliction, thankfully temporary. Photo Credit Patricia Wall/The …

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Film Series in NYC This Week

Photo Kathleen Turner and William Hurt in Lawrence Kasdan’s “Body Heat” (1981). Credit Warner Bros. Our guide to film series and special screenings. All our movie reviews are at nytimes.com/reviews/movies. COOL MOVIES at the Quad Cinema (July 7-13). Are the summer temperatures too high for you? Bask in the chill …

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Fireworks and a Birthday – The New York Times

Slide Show Slide Show|20 Photos Fireworks and Birthdays Fireworks and Birthdays CreditCasey Kelbaugh for The New York Times The Southampton Fresh Air Home, which provides camp for physically challenged children, held a summer picnic on June 30 with fireworks. The New York Asian Film Festival held its opening night ceremony …

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The Art at the End of the World

Adding to the excitement I presumed we now shared: The road conditions near the jetty were highly variable, which was to say not always roads. The lake’s water levels, too, needed to be below 4,195 feet for us to see it, and those levels were partly dependent on snowfall (this …

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Review: In ‘Swim Team,’ Autism Is No Barrier to Competition

Photo Mikey McQuay and his father, Michael, the coach of the Jersey Hammerheads, in “Swim Team.” Credit Nicole Chan/Argot Films Autistic children typically don’t have an easy time learning to swim. “Every kid in the pool is different,” notes Michael McQuay, the coach of a youth team in Perth Amboy, …

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