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      Issa Rae Is Learning to Make Her Big Voice Heard

      She talks about “Little,” her new film with Regina Hall and Marsai Martin; the future of “Insecure” — including a drinks- and pool-fueled discussion of its end — and a golden moment for black women.

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    How Billie Eilish Is Redefining Teen-Pop Stardom

    The fastest-rising pop star of the moment is 17 and writes off-kilter hits with her older brother from their parents’ house. Breaking down Billie Eilish’s “Bury a Friend,” we show a new model for making it big.

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    How We Hang Out at Work Together Online Now

    Instagram is for vacations. Facebook is for families. But TikTok takes us into the classrooms, airplanes, firehouses and fast-food franchises of our real lives.

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    Boy Bands, Now Featuring Grown Men

    Backstreet’s back, the New Kids have a new single and groups in the K-pop ecosystem are thriving. Why are boy bands so central to pop music?

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    This Is Lupita Nyong’o. Hollywood, Please Keep Up.

    The Kenyan-Mexican star of “Us” and “Black Panther,” who seems to excel at everything — even rap — is an exception in her industry, for better and worse.

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    Down the ‘Fosse/Verdon’ Rabbit Hole

    A new FX series recreates the professional and personal relationship between Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon. Here are some of the onscreen highlights from their careers.

    By Aisha Harris

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    Country or Not, Lil Nas X’s ‘Old Town Road’ Hits No. 1 on the Billboard Chart

    The viral, genre-defying single may have been deemed insufficiently country, but the controversy helped send it to the top.

    By Joe Coscarelli

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    In Venezuela, Comedy Is Protest. Until the Government Finds Out.

    With TV and radio controlled by the state, stand-ups like Nacho Redondo see the stage as an outlet. But even that wasn’t safe and the comic is now in exile.

    By Jason Zinoman

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    An Indian TV Show Points the Way for a New Generation

    Amazon’s “Made in Heaven” complicates the glamour of wealthy Indian weddings by confronting patriarchy, homophobia and class.

    By Priya Arora

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    Beyoncé’s ‘Homecoming’ Documentary on Netflix Showcases Coachella Performance

    The nearly two-hour headlining set last year was one of the most critically lauded concerts in recent pop history. The film will be released April 17.

    By Joe Coscarelli

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    A Netflix Nature Series Says to Viewers: Don’t Like What You See? Do Something About It

    “Our Planet” depicts melting glaciers, plummeting walruses and other effects of climate change in real time. The series creators share their behind-the-scenes stories.

    By Jennifer Vineyard

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    2019 ACM Awards: Women Make Noise Outside the Top Categories

    Reba McEntire, the host of Sunday’s Academy of Country Music Awards, said the weather in Las Vegas was so cold it “froze us women out of entertainer of the year.”

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    Review: In ‘Fosse/Verdon,’ a Portrait of the Artist as Problematic Fave

    This dual Broadway biopic has style and moves but gets tripped up by an overfamiliar story of a brilliant, toxic man.

    By James Poniewozik

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    ‘Old Town Road,’ Lil Nas X and the Long History of Country-Rap

    “Old Town Road” is the latest flash point in the two-decades-long dialogue between Nashville and hip-hop.

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    ‘Pet Sematary’ Has a Shocking Change. Yes, Stephen King Approved.

    The filmmakers opted to kill off a character who was alive in the novel. Then they had to explain their thinking to the author.

    By Mekado Murphy

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