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My 2018 Oscars Predictions |

The lengthy span of Oscars campaigning—from the time that a movie secures its festival-première slot to the banqueting and junketing, from the slog of previous awards bestowed by critics’ groups and craft guilds to the media-chatter circuit (such as this…

The Otherworldly Concept Albums of Janelle Monáe |

The concept album is an extravagant obfuscation of what we imagine as the artist’s “self”—think of Pink Floyd’s comments on sanity in “The Dark Side of the Moon”; David Bowie adopting the costume of the alien androgyne Ziggy Stardust; George…

Jared Kushner’s very bad week, explained

Jared Kushner’s past 36 hours could make someone miss Manhattan’s cutthroat real estate market. Things aren’t going well for the investor and real estate businessman turned presidential adviser. (For that matter, it’s not looking great for his wife, Ivanka Trump,…