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The Huntington News

Noah Kahan sings while playing the guitar on stage. Kahan played to a sold-out audience in Fenway Park July 18 and 19.
Review: Noah Kahan knocks it out of the park at sold-out Fenway show
Claudie Bellanger, deputy lifestyle editor • July 26, 2024

“It’s good to be home,” New England native and fast-rising star Noah Kahan said to the crowd of 38,000 people that packed into Fenway Park...

Retro Review: ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ fuses beauty with terror
Retro Review: ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ fuses beauty with terror
Meagan Ellis, news correspondent • July 26, 2024

Even over 50 years after its original release, “2001: A Space Odyssey” left the audience at my local theatre gasping, laughing and begging...

Review: Season three of ‘The Bear’ plates up a new vision
Review: Season three of ‘The Bear’ plates up a new vision
Rachana Madhav, news staff • July 24, 2024

“The Bear”: An intense cacophony of familial love, pride, food porn, loyalty and friendship. The show is a claustrophobic mess of fast-paced...

Review: ‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ is about an alien invasion — but all Sam wanted was pizza
Review: ‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ is about an alien invasion — but all Sam wanted was pizza
Mikayla Tsai, news correspondent • July 15, 2024

Sam knew she was going to die. It wasn’t a matter of how, but when.  After attending a puppet show, Sam (Lupita Nyong’o) begrudgingly...

Review: Gracie Abrams opens her diary for ‘The Secret of Us’
Review: Gracie Abrams opens her diary for ‘The Secret of Us’
Camryn Cunningham, news correspondent • July 7, 2024

Only a year after the release of her debut album, “Good Riddance,” Gracie Abrams released her highly anticipated sophomore album, “The...

Lana Del Rey holds a microphone as she sings. Her performance was delayed by two hours due to wind and lightning.
Review: Lana Del Rey’s ‘One Very Special Show’ disappoints amid stormy chaos
Ian Dartley, news correspondent • July 5, 2024
Review: ‘Inside Out 2’ is a sequel that grows with its grown-up audience
Review: ‘Inside Out 2’ is a sequel that grows with its grown-up audience
Lawrence Brown, news correspondent • July 3, 2024
Review: ‘Babes’ is hard to pin down, yet easy to watch
Review: ‘Babes’ is hard to pin down, yet easy to watch
Meghan Hirsch, news correspondent • June 16, 2024
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Anthony T. Goss stars as Elzie in “Toni Stone.” The play opened at The Huntington Theatre May 17 and will run through June 16. Photo courtesy T Charles Erickson, The Huntington Theatre.
Anthony T. Goss puts his ball cap back on for ‘Toni Stone’
Heidi Ho, news staff • May 21, 2024

Lydia R. Diamond’s play “Toni Stone,” about the first woman to play professional baseball in the Negro Leagues, is running at The Huntington...

The cast of Mermaid Hour poses for a photo. David Valdes set the play in Boston because of the Boston Children’s Hospital’s role in providing gender-affirming care for adolescents and pediatrics. Photo courtesy Nile Scott Studios
‘Mermaid Hour’ breaks stereotypes, celebrates transgender identity
Heidi Ho, news staff • April 23, 2024
Column: Online treatment of Ottessa Moshfegh, Anne Hathaway reveal the insidious consequences of being ‘woman’d’
Column: Online treatment of Ottessa Moshfegh, Anne Hathaway reveal the insidious consequences of being ‘woman’d’
Ella Warner, news correspondent • April 22, 2024
Two visitors climb the Grand Staircase at the Boston Public Library’s McKim Building in awe. Over 2 million people visited the Boston Public Library’s 25 locations in 2023.
Libraries beyond Snell: 3 spaces for final studies
Curtis DeSmith, photo correspondent • April 15, 2024

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Sports betting companies are targeting underage fans, experts say. Northeastern students are among those getting hooked.
Sports betting companies are targeting underage fans, experts say. Northeastern students are among those getting hooked.
Harrison Zuritsky, news correspondent • May 12, 2024

Jacob Pollock and a few friends started betting on sports games when they were seniors in high school. But once he discovered Fliff, a “social...

A student examines the content preferences page in Instagrams settings. Instagram started limiting “political” and “social” content for users by default in mid-March with no announcement.
A new update to Instagram is putting politics on pause
Devyn Rudnick, news correspondent • April 23, 2024
Three cosplayers pose for a photo with a PAX East sign. The convention ran from March 21 to March 24.
PAX East forges bonds within gaming communities, creates platform for indie developers
Darin Zullo, news staff • March 31, 2024
An Apple Vision Pro on display in the Apple store at 815 Boylston St. Officially for sale Feb. 2, the device marked Apple’s first new product category to launch since AirPods in 2016.
Review: I tried the Apple Vision Pro so you don’t have to
Ethan Wayne, news staff • March 11, 2024

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Review: ‘HIT ME HARD AND SOFT’ cements Billie Eilish’s legacy as a modern pop icon
Carol Queiroz, news correspondent • June 14, 2024

After almost three years with no new releases, singer-songwriter Billie Eilish dropped her third studio album “HIT ME HARD AND SOFT” May...

Anya Taylor-Joy steps out of a car with a shotgun during a scene in “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.” The movie was released in theaters May 24. Photo courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures.
Review: ‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’ is all gas and no brakes, but occasionally trips on its own ambition
Ian Dartley, news correspondent • June 12, 2024

When “Mad Max: Fury Road” hit theaters in 2015, it instantly became a beloved action film among the franchise’s fans and general moviegoers...

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Harriet Rovniak, photo correspondent • May 31, 2024

Over Memorial Day weekend, Boston hosted the annual Boston Calling music festival, headlined by Ed Sheeran, Tyler Childers and The Killers. The...

Mike Faist, Zendaya and Josh OConnor (left to right) star in Challengers as Art Donaldson, Tashi Duncan and Patrick Zweig, respectively. The tennis-focused film hit theaters April 26. Photo courtesy Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios.
Review: ‘Challengers’ is a cinematic ace
Jake Guldin, news staff • May 26, 2024

Before Leo the Lion, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s iconic furry mascot, even unleashes his signature primal roar, “Challengers” establishes itself...

Ryan Gosling (left) and Emily Blunt in The Fall Guy. Leitch created The Fall Guy to celebrate the stunt industry and bring attention to the work of stunt doubles. Photo courtesy Universal Pictures.
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Daniel Patchen, news correspondent • May 13, 2024

Ryan Gosling was just Ken. Now, he’s just the stunt guy. Hollywood’s stunt industry is given its long-overdue spotlight in “The Fall...

Kirsten Dunst stars as Lee in Civil War. Though “Civil War” had real potential, it failed to provide interesting critiques. Photo courtesy A24.
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Emily Boyle, news correspondent • May 12, 2024

For most Americans, the idea of civil war is one restricted to the confines of a classroom. Vague images of good triumphing over evil resound...

Isola kicks off The 502s’ show on the banjo. From the second the band graced the stage, the group’s radiating happiness and infectious energy captivated the audience’s attention and had them on their feet bouncing to the beat.
Vibing with the happiest band on Earth: The 502s rock the House of Blues
Sofia Sawchuk, photo staff • May 10, 2024

Imagine zooming down the highway on a beautiful summer day, the wind whistling by as music blasts out the car windows. The American indie folk...

Retro Review: ‘Pride and Prejudice’ (2005) is beloved, celebrated for a reason
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Ben Churney, news staff • May 8, 2024

This article is part of the “Retro Review” series. Each month, four films — united by a singular theme — are assessed. The theme for...

Retro Review: ‘Little Women’ (1994) needs way more love
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Ben Churney, news staff • May 5, 2024

This article is part of the “Retro Review” series. Each month, four films — united by a singular theme — are assessed. The theme for...

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Laura Emde, news staff • May 1, 2024

When the clock struck midnight April 19, the world listened to Taylor Swift’s 11th studio album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” for the...