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Mozart in the Jungle: Mad Genius, or Drama Queen?
The Binge
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FROM THE TITLE I thought it was an adaptation of Fitzcarraldo, the Werner Herzog movie about a would-be rubber baron who dreams...
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LERWICK, UNITED KINGDOM — Residents of Scotland’s remote Shetland Islands brandishing swords and shields celebrated their Nordic roots on Tuesday at a spectacular fire...
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A WOMAN’S CELLPHONE hovers above everyone else’s heads. Another girl has found a tiny space to put out her...
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A borough’d life
Movie Review
Brooklyn
Directed by John Crowley
By Noel Vera
JOHN CROWLEY’s Brooklyn is a beautifully gauzy dream of a movie where all the folks...
Sri Lanka destroys giant illegal ivory haul
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Sports come to KidZania
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NESTLÉ Philippines’ long-standing commitment to educate kids on the importance of living an active and healthy lifestyle gets an added...
Santana reunites lineup after 45 years
NEW YORK -- Carlos Santana, one of the pioneering Latin rockers in the United States, has reunited with his early band for its first...
Cloud 9 and magic
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Benghazi the film Clinton’s newest headache
THE DEADLY militant attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya in 2012 continues to haunt Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton, this time in the...
How to exercise at your desk, in secret
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YOU’VE HEARD IT a million times: sit less. Your desk is slowly killing you.
But standing desks -- and their juiced-up descendants, treadmill...