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Defenders of Secrets, Unite!
As the die-hard fans of Harry Potter count the minutes until they can get their hands on the final installment in the series, they are engaging in a frenzy of speculation and rumor-mongering.
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9 Statues Uprooted From Africa Head Home
Yesterday all nine wooden statues that were displayed in the Park Avenue apartment of the producer Lewis M. Allen and the screenwriter Jay Presson Allen were formally handed over to the Kenyan government.
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Collecting Antiquities, Cautiously, at the Getty
Karol Wight, who was named antiquities curator at the J. Paul Getty Museum last week, does not seem to be on tenterhooks over her curatorial role, despite pressures.
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He Sings the Borough Forgotten
Brooklyn has Walt Whitman to sing praises of its “ample hills.” Manhattan has Woody Allen to capture its outsize style and neuroses. And Staten Island? Well, Staten Island has Thomas W. Matteo.
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The Glory of France, Restored to Louis XIV’s Glittering Ideal
This week, after a $16 million makeover, the full spectacle of the Château de Versailles finally resumed, with The Hall of Mirrors looking, as closely as possible, the way it first appeared to Louis XIV in 1684.
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Scientology Cited in Ban of Cruise Film in Germany
German officials banned United Artists, the mini-studio of Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner, from shooting a film at German military sites because of Mr. Cruise’s adherence to Scientology.
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New DVDs
What the 12 films in the “Cult Camp Classics” box sets have in common is a starless obscurity that makes them difficult to release into the name-driven DVD market. .
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Dance Theater of Harlem Reminisces and Looks to the Future
At a reunion of performers from Dance Theater of Harlem, attendees told one another how lucky they were to have found a place where classically trained African-American dancers could perform.
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A Contest for the World, Led by South Koreans
South Korean dancers dominated the field at the New York International Ballet Competition’s closing gala.
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Major Archive Goes to the Anne Frank House
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Harry Potter: Good Kisser
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African Refugees, Transported by Song
The filmmakers, Zach Niles and Banker White, spent three years with the Refugee All Stars, a handful of musicians from Sierra Leone.
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Taking Composing Cues From the Number of Gods
The alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa performed with the pianist Vijay Iyer, his partner in the duo Raw Materials, in the small, beautiful Rubin Museum of Art..
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Spaniards Had Help in Conquering the Incas
Can a single 500-year-old skull change the way we think of the Spanish conquest? Can a TV show make us care? .
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Polished Young Choristers Evoking Eternal Mysteries
It can sometimes be hard to think of the Brooklyn Youth Chorus, founded by Dianne Berkun in 1992, as anything but a polished ensemble of miniature professionals.
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Lighten Up, Overeaters. This 7-Foot Giant Is in Touch With His Inner Child.
Shaquille O’Neal, the 325-pound, 7-foot-1 center for the Miami Heat, takes on obesity in his own way on ABC tonight, but not to pontificate.
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Walking With Presidents and (Hollywood’s) Kings
Jack Valenti, who died on April 26, was a warrior, and he knew how to win. He just looked harmless.
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Hefner Greenlights His Life
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New York Review of Books Plans a Fiction Issue
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Tom Sizemore Sentenced
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Nice Night for ’60 Minutes’
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The Frankenstein Family
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