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August 27, 2024

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‘Twilight Love’: Shanghai’s Lonely and Retired Are Looking for Love

By Alexandra Stevenson

China has the world’s largest population of people 65 or older, and more and more of them are unattached.

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The Year Tom Cruise Gave Not One but Two Dangerously Vulnerable Performances

By Amy Nicholson

Twenty-five years ago, the superstar starred in “Eyes Wide Shut” and “Magnolia,” and opened himself up for the camera in ways he rarely has since.

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The ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Reunion Reunion: How It Came Together

By Kyle Buchanan

Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara and their director, Tim Burton, look back on the first movie, the “Day-O” scene and their ghost comedy’s afterlife.

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On the Covid ‘Off-Ramp’: No Tests, Isolation or Masks

By Emily Baumgaertner

For many, Covid is increasingly regarded like the common cold. A scratchy throat and canceled plans bring a bewildering new critique from friends: You shouldn’t have tested.

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If Liza Minnelli’s Jewelry Could Talk

By Christopher Barnard

Studio 54. Versailles. The Oscars. Some of the pieces worn by Ms. Minnelli have seen a lot.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 21, 2024, covering August 27, 2024.

1
The Tortured Poets Department
Taylor Swift
Last week
1
Peak
1
Weeks
17
2
The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess
Chappell Roan
Last week
3
Peak
2
Weeks
21
3
One Thing At A Time
Morgan Wallen
Last week
4
Peak
1
Weeks
76
4
Hit Me Hard And Soft
Billie Eilish
Last week
5
Peak
2
Weeks
13
5
The Great American Bar Scene
Zach Bryan
Last week
7
Peak
2
Weeks
7