The Modernist of Musical Theater

It was Madonna who first introduced me to Stephen Sondheim, which sounds infinitely more chic than what happened in reality: Someone gave a 7-year-old girl a cassette of I’m Breathless, the 1990 album Madonna recorded during her gauzy showgirl period, pegged to her role as Breathless Mahoney in the movie …

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Akon Releases AKOIN Crypto Card

R & B singer and crypto entrepreneur Akon has officially released his very own crypto card. The African entertainer took to Instagram to share the news with his 7.6 million followers. “It’s Done,” he wrote last week. “The official AKOIN Card!!! Which allows you to now spend your AKOIN (AKN) …

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Hometown Heroine: Barbados Declares Rihanna a National Hero

Barbados’s Prime Minister Mia Mottley (L) asks the country’s new President Sandra Mason (seated R) to make Barbadian singer Rihanna (C) the country’s 11th National Hero on November 30, 2021.Photo: Randy Brooks / AFP (Getty Images) While Rihanna may not be the queen of Barbados following the country’s recent transition …

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When Multilevel Marketing Met Gen Z

So you’ve been scrolling through Facebook for a while—dull, dull, dull—when you hear the sound of tropical bird chatter. You glimpse a 20-something woman floating in a natural pool of water with her eyes closed, and then she starts to talk to you about her passion for “manifesting money” and …

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<em>The Atlantic </em>Daily: What We Know About the Omicron Variant

The coronavirus is flying through the Greek alphabet. On Friday, the World Health Organization designated Omicron a “variant of concern”—spooking stock markets and triggering a new round of international travel bans. Today, President Joe Biden echoed the WHO’s language, calling Omicron a “cause for concern,” but warned Americans not to …

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