Arts + Entertainment
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Friendship in Black and White
A single line by the funky British pop band Hot Chocolate sums up the pleasant worldview of Frances Ha: ''Everyone's a winner, baby, that's the...
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Sensually Cerebral
One of the things that separate playwright Tom Stoppard from the herd is his near ruthless assumption of his audience's intelligence, his plays racing with...
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Wintry Mix
There are two challenges to Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale. The first is protagonist King Leontes's near-instantaneous and murderous conviction that his pregnant queen Hermione is...
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Amazon UK prices Xbox One at $900
Amazon UK has tentatively priced Microsoft’s Xbox One, revealed last week, at over $900. Worry not, however, as the finished item is likely to cost...
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Minecraft creator Mojang to launch Scrolls open beta on June 3
Mojang, the company behind the wildly successful Minecraft, an innovative online gaming experience whose 8-bit simplicity defies its underlying depth, emotion and complexity, is rolling...
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Olney’s Edge
'' were a little concerned that this might not be the kind of show you should take your children to,'' says David Elliott. ''Another person...
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Long Story Short
''There's no real local GLBT theater company that's producing regularly,'' says Matt Ripa. ''When you do see theater companies that are doing plays with gay...
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Microsoft crams three operating systems into One console
The new Xbox One, unveiled today, will run three operating systems. Yes, three. Microsoft, obviously not content with just a standard gaming OS, has seen fit...
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New Kinect and redesigned controller for Xbox One revealed
With today’s unveiling of the Xbox One, Microsoft detailed the power of their new console. They also shed some light on the console’s peripherals, specifically...
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Microsoft unveils new Xbox One
As expected, Microsoft today unveiled the latest iteration of its Xbox gaming console — and with it dropped the previous codenames floating around the internet....
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Billy Porter: From Kinky Boots to Top of the Pops?
“I feel like the Internet and social media have created a world where theater can transcend New York, and get out in a way that...
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And the Stephen Schwartz Nod Goes to…Nathan Lane in The Nance
In a Metro Weekly cover feature as part of our Special Broadway Edition, celebrated composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz discussed the 10th anniversary of Wicked and...
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“The Wii U is crap” tweets EA engineer
Things aren’t going well for Nintendo. After announcing less-than-stellar sales of their Wii U console, the follow-up to the massively successful Wii, they were dealt...
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Star Trek Returns
What does it mean to make a Star Trek movie? Director J.J. Abrams skirted this question when he brought the U.S.S. Enterprise back to life...
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All for One
Though the urge to wax lyrical is almost overpowering (and follows below), let's cut to the chase: Synetic's The Three Musketeers is a joyously accessible...
