The Obamas, Kim Kardashian and Other A-Listers Are Now Broadway Co-Producers

The latest trend on Broadway is celebrity co-producing: A-listers who now have credits as backers of plays and musicals.

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U.S. Government Will Stop Paying for Test Strips to Detect Deadly Drugs

In a letter to states and other grant recipients, the Trump administration says the strips encourage drug use.

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Supreme Court Appears Divided Over Roundup Weedkiller Case

The case could help determine the future of thousands of lawsuits against the maker of a popular herbicide over claims that it causes cancer.

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Luis Puenzo, Director of Oscar-Winning Argentine Film, Dies at 80

“The Official Story,” set during Argentina’s brutal military dictatorship, won the country its first Academy Award for best foreign language film, in 1986.

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Pregnancy With Lupus Is Risky. Would She Be Able to Carry Her Baby to Term?

Fatimah Shepherd’s kidneys were compromised, and pregnancy could send her into kidney failure.

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The Cult Music Documentary ‘Heavy Metal Parking Lot’ Turns Middle-Age

The film capturing the scene outside a Judas Priest show was 17 minutes long, only available on VHS and won the hearts of a generation of rock fans.

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‘The Lost Boys’ Review: Live, Die, Reprise

A Broadway musical adaptation of the 1987 movie gets a lot of mileage from ’80s rocker aesthetics and over-the-top spectacle — until its second half.

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