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Modern Love Podcast: Danielle Brooks Reads ‘About That Rustle in the Bushes’

On this week’s podcast, the actress Danielle Brooks reads “About That Rustle in the Bushes,” the story of a father who compiles private-investigator-grade dossiers on the men his daughter dates. Photo Credit Brian Rea The author, Amelia Blanquera, was a writer and activist before her death in March. You may …

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‘Jerry Springer — The Opera’ Is to Open Off Broadway at the New Group

Photo Harvey Keitel, center, in a concert staging of “Jerry Springer — The Opera” at Carnegie Hall in 2008. The satirical musical will have its first proper run in New York next season at the New Group Off Broadway. Credit Sara Krulwich/The New York Times “Jerry Springer — The Opera” …

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She Swipes Right on Tinder, and Everyone’s in on the Joke

Ms. Moore makes it clear that she wants to avoid “a mean show,” and works hard to avoid mocking the men she talks to, although some are asking for it. After catching the crowd up with what happened to people she talked with online during the last show (she will …

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What’s on TV Thursday: ‘The Bureau’ and Scarlett Johansson

Photo Mathieu Kassovitz as Malotru in “The Bureau.” Credit Sundance Now “The Bureau,” the smash French spy thriller starring Mathieu Kassovitz, is back with a chase through the Middle East. And Scarlett Johansson talks about her day job on “Inside the Actors Studio.” What’s Streaming THE BUREAU on Sundance Now. …

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New Han Solo Movie Loses its Directors Over ‘Creative Differences’

Photo Christopher Miller, left, and Philip Lord were let go from the production of a new “Star Wars” spinoff because of artistic differences with the movie studio Lucasfilm. Credit Scott Roth/Invision, via Associated Press The hotly anticipated new Han Solo movie — a “Star Wars” spinoff centered on the life …

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Twyla Tharp Returns to the Music of Bob Dylan

Photo Kaitlyn Gilliland and Matthew Dibble in Twyla Tharp’s “Beethoven Opus 130” at the Joyce in 2016. Ms. Tharp’s latest dance, “Dylan Love Songs,” will have its premiere at the Joyce in September. Credit Caitlin Ochs for The New York Times Twyla Tharp, who set Bob Dylan’s music to dance …

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Just What Was on Trial in the Bill Cosby Case?

MORRIS Oh, feelings. They obviously had a role to play in this case and yet aren’t the usual basis for a legal strategy. So little of this trial was concrete. Mr. Cosby didn’t take the stand in his defense, which meant the case, in some sense, came down to Ms. …

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Stephen Colbert Doesn’t Want to See Sean Spicer Go

Photo Stephen Colbert reacted to reports that Sean Spicer is searching for his own replacement. Credit CBS Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown that lets you sleep — and lets us get paid to watch comedy. What do you think of it? What else are you interested in? …

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Review: ‘Outrageous Acts of Danger’ Makes Science Life-Threatening

Photo Todd Sampson tests the laws of physics with a one-ton wrecking ball in “Outrageous Acts of Danger.” Credit Discovery School’s out in most places, but you can still induce your kids to learn a little something. If, that is, you don’t mind having them watch a television show that …

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Diana Vishneva Bids Farewell to Ballet Theater, but Not to Dance

She’ll also use the space to help cultivate new choreographers, which will expand on her work with Context, a dance festival she initiated five years ago that will be in Moscow and St. Petersburg this November. She welcomed the Martha Graham Company in 2011 (its first time in Russia) and …

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