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Ricky Gervais generally has reliable comic timing. He helped usher in a renaissance of documentary-style cringe comedy as a creator and star of the original British version of “The Office.” And he has successfully positioned himself against the well-heeled Hollywood crowd that occasionally invites Gervais to mock them to their faces as host of...

Trevor Noah joked that Trump is finding ways to keep busy while Americans are “finally getting around to watching ‘Ozark’ and trying to bake bread for the first time.”Source link

Back we go to Bach. Musicians everywhere seem to be turning to his music as the soundtrack of despair and hope, for both private solace and public streams.One such artist is the cellist Alisa Weilerstein, whose #36DaysOfBach project has her streaming a daily live performance on social media of one movement of the six...

Eva Holland grew up “carrying, as most of us do, a quiver of assorted fears,” she writes in her new book, “Nerve: Adventures in the Science of Fear.” But chief among them was the fear of losing her mother. She felt confident that such a loss could be a “life-destroying force,” since she saw...

A cross-platform global concert seeking to raise funds for Covid-19 response efforts will feature performances by some of the biggest names in music on Saturday.With eight hours of performances, the event, which was organized by the antipoverty organization Global Citizens, has a scheduled run time almost as long as its name (“One World: Together...

CARAMANICA It’s funny, there’s this moment on “Cosmonauts” that took me right back to “Tidal,” musically. And by that point in the album, I very much did not need that callback. If this is Apple’s most experimental work, I also find it to be the most soothing — as if she has arrived at...

This adaptation of Sally Rooney’s best-selling novel is a rare TV show about teenagers that respects intimacy as a powerful storytelling tool, both on and off camera.Source link

Ms. Cooley said that when the company realized the extent of the misunderstanding, its employees were very upset. After all, their intentions were good. 250 teachers were made very happy. But while it is true that the company is small, Ms. Witherspoon herself is big, maybe even “one of the most powerful people in...

Though many libraries have sent workers home, with pay, several systems in states like Texas, Massachusetts and Colorado have required at least some staff members to keep coming to work. This has prompted criticism from some librarians, including those whose systems have made different arrangements.“People get into librarianship because it’s a service profession and...

This includes spoilers for the new follow-up special for “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness”Hey, all you cool cats and kittens! Inspired by the phenomenal response to its bizarre documentary series “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness,” Netflix dropped a new “after-show” episode on Sunday called “The Tiger King and I,” hosted by the...