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Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman on the Perks and Pitfalls of Playing Superheroes

The two friends have learned a lot about being the stewards of major pop-culture characters, an education that led them…

To Bring Back a College Football Video Game, It Took 11,000 Paydays

More than a decade after N.C.A.A. Football was shelved amid legal challenges, the rebranded franchise is back. For the first…

‘You Think, So You Can Dance?’ Science Is on It.

How does an art of the body affect the mind? “Epiphany Machine,” a performance that’s also a scientific study, paints…

In ‘Life and Trust,’ the Details Are in the Devil

What’s the going rate for a soul these days? A little more than $200 on weekends, less on weekdays, handling…

The Photographs That Made Trump an Incarnation of Defiance

In video footage, everything was pandemonium. It was still images that defined the attack and its aftermath.

How to Watch Shannen Doherty’s Most Notable Performances

The actress, who died on Saturday, was best known for “Beverly Hills, 90210,” but she wasn’t only a teen idol.

3 Critics + 100 Books = Something to Argue About

The good news: Our “Best Books of the 21st Century” list showed surprising affection for works in translation. But where…

50 Years Ago, ‘Jaws’ Hit Bookstores, Capturing the Angst of a Generation

In 1973, the first chapter of an unpublished novel was photocopied and passed around the Manhattan offices of Doubleday &…

Don’t Worry, It’s Only Your ‘Friendly Neighborhood Slasher’

In Stephen Graham Jones’s new novel, a young outcast is forced to become a murderer fated to enact gory revenge.

A Phenomenally Weird Tale of a Man and His Rodent Metropolis

In “Rat City,” Jon Adams and Edmund Ramsden explore the life, times and influence of the scientific Pied Piper, John…

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