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    How’d You Make That?Three masterpieces from glimmer through struggle to breakthrough.
    By Adam Moss
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    She Had Razors Hidden in Her HairOn the glory of blaxploitation icon Pam Grier’s two greatest onscreen catfights.
    By Odie Henderson
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    ‘The Last Samurai’ Director Ed Zwick on Tom Cruise’s ‘Intimidating’ EnergyThe Last Samurai director Ed Zwick on the “joyous, challenging, and exhausting” experience of working with Tom Cruise.
    By Ed Zwick
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    Nicolas Cage’s Miserable Times at Ridgemont HighPassed over for a lead role, mocked by his costars. Looking back, Eric Stoltz hopes he “didn’t cause him too much pain.”
    By Zach Schonfeld
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    How Barbra Streisand Got The Broadway Album Made“Why are you singing these cockamamie songs?” the record executives asked her.
    By Barbra Streisand
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    Truth Is What a Comedian Makes of ItComics have long strived for some version of authenticity. But what that looks like — and how genuine it is — continues to evolve.
    By Jesse David Fox
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    ‘I Don’t Want to Be Erased’Frustrated by his failing health and fretting about his own legacy, Lou Reed spent his final days intent on making something “really astonishing.”
    By Will Hermes
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    ‘This Was Simply How This Story Had to Go’Jesse Armstrong outlines his path to Succession’s final shot.
    By Jesse Armstrong
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    I Killed GodMaria Bamford’s eulogy for her beloved best friend.
    By Maria Bamford
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    ‘Can We Sing With You?’How a chance encounter at New York’s Peppermint Lounge birthed the Ronettes.
    By Laura Flam and Emily Sieu Liebowitz
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    ‘Let’s Let the Squirrel Out of the Bag’On the Anchorman set, improv-comedy masters had the freedom to reimagine the film one line at a time.
    By Saul Austerlitz
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    In Video Games, There’s a Fine Line Between Difficulty and DisrespectFromSoftware’s miserable, massively popular titles complicate what it means to “enjoy” a game.
    By Jordan Minor
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    ‘I Gotta Go Explain to People What Emo Is’The punk subgenre wasn’t supposed to go mainstream. Then MTV met Dashboard Confessional.
    By Chris Payne
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    A Harry Potter Fan’s Dilemma‘What role does shame play in this dynamic between fan and fallen artist?’
    By Claire Dederer
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    How Bret Hart Wrestled Back Into the StoryThe WWF icon had his legacy buried for years —until he decided to play Vince McMahon’s game.
    By Abraham Josephine Riesman
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    Tilda Swinton Loves to Play With Bong Joon Ho“He’s so encouraging and welcoming of flights of fancy … he encourages us to just go there and to not second-guess even the most surreal ideas.”
    By Karen Han
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    To Fix the Broken Game of Thrones Pilot, HBO Called on Its Secret WeaponThe blockbuster dragon show may have never taken flight if not for the efforts of a trusted fill-in director.
    By Felix Gillette and John Koblin
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    When Real Life Is Scarier Than a Slasher MovieThe Friday the 13th franchise soothed a queer kid growing up during the panic of the AIDS epidemic.
    By Grant Sutton
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    Hear Tina Fey As a Suburban Mom With Mighty Literary AspirationsAn audio excerpt of the George Saunders story “The Mom of Bold Action” from his new collection, Liberation Day.
    By George Saunders
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    ‘What Do I Really Know About the ’80s?’Ralph Macchio lived in a 1980s bubble, positioned too far inside the era to be well versed on the enduring nostalgia for it.
    By Ralph Macchio
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    Adapting Sesame Street for Russian TV — What Could Go Wrong?“Our preschoolers are much smarter than American children,” a professor insisted. “We will need a more advanced curriculum for the show.”
    By Natasha Lance Rogoff
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    The Day Deadwood DiedHow a single phone call and “a clash of fucking egos,” as star Ian McShane put it, led to the abrupt end of the beloved HBO series.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz and Jeremy Fassler
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    What Happened When I Started Going Back to the TrackHow the TV series Luck coincided with the biggest disaster in David Milch’s life.
    By David Milch
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    ‘Omar Became a Superhero Costume I Wore to Hide From Myself’As The Wire’s breakout character, Michael K. Williams felt invincible — leaving him vulnerable to his real-life demons.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
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    An American Tail Was My Own Test of EnduranceDon Bluth went from box office hell to a meeting with Steven Spielberg and “the perfect story.”
    By Don Bluth