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The Shark Is Broken' Brings the Making of 'Jaws' to Broadway

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  ' The Shark Is Broken' Brings the Making of 'Jaws' to Broadway The play examines the tensions stirring between the film's three leads as they navigate a chaotic production process Teresa Nowakowski

An Upcoming Opera Will Tell the Story of Ukraine's Kidnapped Children

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  An Upcoming Opera Will Tell the Story of Ukraine's Kidnapped Children Commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera, the work will be based on the accounts of mothers who traveled 3,000 miles to get their loved ones back Teresa Nowakowski

The Medieval Sect That Inspired the Video Game 'Assassin's Creed

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The Medieval Sect That Inspired the Video Game 'Assassin's Creed ' The Order of Assassins is loosely based on the Nizari Ismailis, who formed a Shiite Muslim state that relied on political assassination to achieve its goal Nicholas Liu

From Wild West Shows to 'Killers of the Flower Moon,' Revisit the History of Native Americans on the Silver Screen

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  From Wild West Shows to 'Killers of the Flower Moon,' Revisit the History of Native Americans on the Silver Screen How American Indians in Hollywood have gone from stereotypes to starring roles Sandra Hale Schulman

The Real History Behind 'Killers of the Flower Moon'

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  The Real History Behind 'Killers of the Flower Moon' Martin Scorsese's new film revisits the murders of wealthy Osages in Oklahoma in the 1920s Meilan Solly

How the Osage Changed Martin Scorsese’s Mind

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  How the Osage Changed Martin Scorsese’s Mind “Killers of the Flower Moon” sets a new standard in its nuanced portrait of Osage life. Decades of prior films about Native Americans didn't even try Chris Klimek

Watch the New Trailer for the Final Season of 'The Crown'

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  Watch the New Trailer for the Final Season of 'The Crown' Part one of the new season will follow Princess Diana through the final weeks of her life in 1997 Christopher Parker

The Real History Behind Netflix's 'Rustin' Movie

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  The Real History Behind Netflix's 'Rustin' Movie A new film finally spotlights Bayard Rustin, the gay civil rights activist who organized the 1963 March on Washington Zachary Clary

Watch the Trailer for 'Masters of the Air,' Steven Spielberg's Long-Awaited Follow-Up to 'Band of Brothers

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  Watch the Trailer for 'Masters of the Air,' Steven Spielberg's Long-Awaited Follow-Up to 'Band of Brothers' The upcoming miniseries follows the 100th Bombardment Group, an Air Force unit nicknamed the "Bloody Hundredth" Meilan Solly

How Princess Diana's Death Transformed the Royal Family

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  How Princess Diana's Death Transformed the Royal Family The last season of "The Crown" will examine the aftermath of the beloved royal's death in a car accident in 1997 Meilan Solly

The Real History Behind Empress Joséphine in Ridley Scott's 'Napoleon

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  The Real History Behind Empress Joséphine in Ridley Scott's 'Napoleon' A new Hollywood epic traces Napoleon Bonaparte's rise and fall through his checkered relationship with his first wife Nathan Smith

The Real History Behind Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre's Marriage in 'Maestro

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  The Real History Behind Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre's Marriage in 'Maestro ' The Bradley Cooper-led film is a dramatization of the storied composer and conductor's complex love life Ellen Wexler

How Lee Miller, a Magazine Model and Muse, Became a Daring World War II Photographer

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  How Lee Miller, a Magazine Model and Muse, Became a Daring World War II Photographer The bold journalist, who made a splash on both sides of the lens, is the subject of a new biopic starring Kate Winslet Kate Wheeling

How 'Schindler's List' Transformed Americans' Understanding of the Holocaust

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  How 'Schindler's List' Transformed Americans' Understanding of the Holocaust The 1993 film also inspired its director, Steven Spielberg, to establish a foundation that preserves survivors' stories Emily Tamkin

The Real History Behind 'The Zone of Interest' and Rudolf Höss

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  The Real History Behind 'The Zone of Interest' and Rudolf Höss Jonathan Glazer's new film uses the Auschwitz commandant and his family as a vehicle for examining humans' capacity for evil Meilan Solly

The Real History Behind 'Masters of the Air' and the 100th Bomb Group

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  The Real History Behind 'Masters of the Air' and the 100th Bomb Group The long-awaited follow-up to "Band of Brothers" and "The Pacific" centers on an American aerial group nicknamed the "Bloody Hundredth" Meilan Solly