Outgoing Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour has kept quiet about her feelings on 2006 film The Devil Wears Prada—until now. Speaking to New Yorkereditor David Remnick during a recent episode ofThe New Yorker Radio Hourpodcast, Wintour reflected on the comparisons between her and Meryl Streep‘s Miranda Priestley. Remnick asked Wintour if …
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There’s art, there’s entertainment — and then there’s “content,” the catch-all term that refers to the endless supply of stuff that is pumped out in the name of numbers and inventory. Art enlightens. Entertainment provides escapism. Content is simply there, clogging up the arteries of streaming services and clickbait sites, …
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The Pope is dead. For years, his Holiness had helped to move the Catholic church toward modernity and serving its constituents in a manner befitting the 21st century. Now, however, “the throne of the Holy See is vacant,” and a group of high-ranking cardinals — some of whom called the …
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