Tag: storytelling
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The Extremely Enchanting, Totally Perplexing, Possibly Never-Ending Quest for the Golden Owl
For 30 years, this labyrinthine treasure hunt has had thousands of players cracking codes and digging up the French countryside. After a sudden death and bitter disputes, will the prize ever be found?
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Art meets action: how Emily Blunt became Britain’s biggest Hollywood star
The oh-so-British star embraces the mainstream without embarrassment – but accolades have come her way anyway
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Can Noah Hawley Do for ‘Alien’ What He Did for ‘Fargo’?
The celebrated writer-director has taken on the biggest challenge of his career. Can he pull it off while learning to be a Texan?
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I’m 22 and I Just Watched the Original Gossip Girl for the First Time. Here Were My Thoughts
Connivery, thievery, treachery, infidelity, romance, deceit. Are all of these…the characteristics of a Shakespearean play? Perhaps a soap opera? Not quite—try a mid-aughts show about a group of preppy high schoolers whose favorite accessories are thousand-dollar designer shoes and candy-colored leggings. I’m talking, of course, about the original Gossip Girl.
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Kendrick Lamar and the Mantle of Black Genius
Kendrick Lamar has pushed the pop landscape toward jazz and soul sounds and made space for more radical forms of Blackness in entertainment.