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By allowing public vote to decide player of the match awards, Fifa has again leaned into the cult of celebrity with predictable consequences ...

A series win over the Baltimore Orioles this week helped the Chicago White Sox get back on track with their play on the road before a make-or-break series later this week against the Cleveland ...

From windswept Sweden to humid Singapore, La Bruket’s inaugural perfume collection eschews pretty florals for the raw, primal textures of nature and myth. In the humid, high-density sprawl of ...

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You’d think the number of animators would grow accordingly, but it didn’t increase that much,” said Fukumiya Ayano, of Nippon Anime and Film Culture Association (NAFCA), an advocacy group. In 2010 it ...

In his inaugural address, President John F. Kennedy warned against trading one form of tyranny for another. “Those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside.” On ...

As young men flinched and gasped around me at the Los Angeles premiere of “Obsession,” I almost had to laugh. A slight head tilt, creepy smile or strange movement from star Inde Navarrette was enough ...