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Death of a Storyteller vulture Rare is the actor who can locate the specific in the universal and vice versa. Michael K. Williams was that actor. • How Michael K. Williams Made Omar Little His Own on ‘The Wire’ nyt Williams and his colleagues on the show once spoke about how the role evolved for an oral history of the series.
The disastrous voyage of Satoshi, the world’s first cryptocurrency cruise ship
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Last year, three cryptocurrency enthusiasts bought a cruise ship. They named it the Satoshi, and dreamed of starting a floating libertarian utopia. It didn’t work out
Life, death and gabagool: how The Sopranos explains everything
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Ahead of the release of prequel The Many Saints of Newark, a look at how David Chase’s classic mob drama saw the world in a grain of parmigiano
HOW ASIAN AMERICAN INTERNET TRAILBLAZERS GAVE NEW LIFE TO SHANG-CHI
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A generation of Asian American voices on the internet prepared a populace for Marvel's 'Shang-Chi.' How will their efforts fare in the face of a pandemic.
In Fashion, Copying Is Now Cool
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Virgil Abloh, Marc Jacobs, and others quote freely from other designers. Are we missing the point by “calling it out”?
The Surprisingly Big Business of Library E-books
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Increasingly, books are something that libraries do not own but borrow from the corporations that do.
The Drake ‘Certified Lover Boy’ Exit Survey
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We’re giving our initial reviews, plus answering the most important questions: Who is winning the Drake-Ye feud? Was ‘Certified Lover Boy’ worth the wait? And is “Way 2 Sexy” trash or classic?
Anarchy, and $$$, in the Vintage Punk Clothing Market
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Sid Vicious would never believe how much his old clothes are worth, and the lengths to which counterfeiters will go to fake them.
