After taking a shot at Memphis during the Western Conference semifinals, Klay Thompson continued to talk about having something to prove. He, Stephen Curry and Draymond Green had played many different kinds of playoffs with Golden State and won three of them all, but still felt something was missing. “I think we still need to …
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This article is part of our latest article Special section on museumsfocusing on new artists, new audiences, and new ways of thinking about exhibitions. The Tampa Museum of Art on Florida’s west coast has raised $71 million in a $100 million capital campaign to expand the city’s footprint along the Riverwalk that follows the Hillsborough …
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SEATTLE — On a trip to the Pacific Northwest this week, President Biden observed the construction of an earthquake-proof airport runway, paid for with funds from the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure law. He unveiled a plan to restore national forests devastated by wildfires. It supported a largely unfulfilled climate agenda. He also spoke out loud …
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Superstar soprano Anna Netrebko, whose international career collapsed after the invasion of Ukraine due to her support for Russian President Vladimir V. Putin in the past, was invited to sing at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo in Monaco this month. Ms. Netrebko was originally scheduled to sing the lead role of Puccini “Turandot” at the Metropolitan …
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Nine days before Coachella’s return, the festival confirmed reports that Kanye West was leaving as one of the event’s three headlines, being replaced by The Weeknd and the Swedish Mafia House. No official announcement was made about West’s departure, which was the best performer for the third night of the festival and has been repeating …
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It looks like Rachel Zegler, who played Maria in Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story,” is going to the Oscars. She was invited to host at the Oscars, and according to two people briefed on the matter, Disney is working on reorganizing the production schedule for its current project, a live-action version of “Snow White.” . …
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It looks like Rachel Zegler, who played Maria in Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story,” is going to the Oscars. She was invited to host at the Oscars, and according to two people briefed on the matter, Disney is working on reorganizing the production schedule for its current project, a live-action version of “Snow White.” . …
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The Oscar-nominated film “CODA,” in which a hearing child of a deaf parent follows his passion for singing, is being turned into a stage musical by the producers. Deaf West Theatera respected Los Angeles-based not-for-profit organization with a strong track record in musical theatre. The project, which does not yet have a creative team or …
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Growing up in a poor village in Burkina Faso, Francis Kéré did not play football with other children. He helped repair houses. After winning a scholarship to a professional carpentry school in Germany and attending architecture school at the Technical University of Berlin, Kéré was in no hurry to join a prestigious firm. As an …
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Cameras are not neutral – they change their subject. But while everyone lies to the camera, some people live inside camera. Throughout the movie, West often seems wary of how history might look at him, driven by the sense that the most important connection he can make in a room full of people is with …
Netflix’s three-part documentary on the rise of Kanye West, “Jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy,” doesn’t dwell on the best-known of the rapper’s famous outbursts or try to fix the record. George W. Bush, Taylor Swift, Donald Trump and Kim Kardashian aren’t much of a factor. The West has never had a problem analyzing your own painsFinally. …
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English football club West Ham United said it fined Kurt Zouma, a defender who also plays for France’s international team, on Wednesday “the maximum amount possible” after video footage of him kicking and slapping his cat circulated online. imagesObtained by The Sun, a British newspaper, it was first shared on Snapchat by Zouma’s brother Yoan. …
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