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profile Moonlight in the Lion’s Den Why Barry Jenkins gave up his improvisational shooting style to spend four years making Mufasa on a soundstage. By Matt Zoller Seitz

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Elon Musk Is Trying to Force a Government Shutdown

Mike Johnson carefully negotiated a bill to keep the government funded past December 20. It collapsed instantly when Musk attacked it. By Ed Kilgore

early and often Trump Claims Nonexistent Youth-Vote Landslide The president-elect’s habit of wild exaggerations about his election performance is getting worse. By Ed Kilgore
health What We Know About America’s First ‘Severe’ Bird-Flu Case The C.D.C. said it has confirmed a case of bird flu in Louisiana that resulted in “severe illness” that required hospitalization. By Nia Prater
early and often Johnson Grovels Before Musk to Save His Stopgap Spending Bill Conservative critics of the bill the speaker built to avoid a government shutdown have been joined by the edgelord leading DOGE. By Ed Kilgore
politics Could Liz Cheney Actually Face Criminal Charges Over January 6? A Republican-led House committee calls for Cheney to be investigated by the FBI, but Biden could make her legal problems disappear. By Nia Prater

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What Can Secretary Kennedy Actually Do in Office? And will Trump let him? By Matt Stieb

early and often Backlash to Trump Agenda Could Begin in His Rural Base Tariffs, mass deportations, health-care cuts, and school vouchers could all undercut Trump’s support where he might least expect losses. By Ed Kilgore

tremendous content Trump (Jokingly?) Insists Canada Should Be 51st State He keeps taunting “Governor Justin Trudeau of the Great State of Canada.” It sounds like a stupid joke, but he did try to buy Greenland. By Margaret Hartmann

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The Cut

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The Luxury Fashion Gifts We Can’t Stop Thinking About

By Hanna Flanagan and Emma Oleck

2024 year in review The Real Housewives’s Bumpiest Year Yet From the highs of “high body-count” hair to the lows of unfunny pranks, 2024 was a roller coaster for the franchise.
astrology Your Weekly Horoscopes by Madame Clairevoyant: Dec. 15–21 A Gemini full moon and the end of Mercury retrograde makes everyone a little more impulsive this week.
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okay?? What’s Up With Donald Trump’s New Hair? In a new video, Trump looks like a mother cat has perhaps spent too much time grooming him. By Danya Issawi
politics Trump Found Another Disgraced Politician to Nominate Remember Herschel Walker? He’s Trump’s choice for ambassador to the Bahamas. By Danielle Cohen
disease California Has Declared a State of Emergency Over Bird Flu Governor Gavin Newsom is taking “proactive action” after more cases were reported in cows in Southern California. By Olivia Craighead

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Vulture

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Come for the Art, Stay for the Art

Punching Nazis is just a bonus in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. By Lewis Gordon

SNL’s Opera Man Sings What We’re All Thinking About the End of Game of Thrones

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business partners A Complete Timeline of Cardi B and Offset’s Complicated Relationship It all comes down to love and hip-hop. By Zoë Haylock and Alejandra Gularte
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Missionary Is a Museum Exhibit Dr. Dre and Snoop make an edgeless return to their old stomping grounds. By Craig Jenkins

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The Strategist

gifts 52 Gifts for Moms (at Every Price Point) From fruit-shaped sticky notes to an initialed silk pillowcase. By Ambar Pardilla
cookware and utensils Everything You Need to Bake Holiday Cookies, According to Professional Bakers Including picks from Dorie Greenspan, Erin Jeanne McDowell, and Molly Yeh. By Emma Wartzman
sales Here Are 26 of Our Favorite Tech Gifts on Sale Including a reusable film camera that would make a great stocking stuffer. By Jeremy Rellosa
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toys The Best Outdoor Toys for Kids, According to Experts From classic sidewalk chalk to a Squishmallows snow tube. By Liza Corsillo

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Curbed

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Architecture Is an Act of Vengeance in The Brutalist

The film uses the field as a metaphor within a metaphor about trauma and mediocrity. The result is murk. By Justin Davidson

rendering judgment A First Look at Audrey Gelman’s Six Bells Hotel The ruffly 11-room hotel is set to open in the Hudson Valley next spring. By Kim Velsey
getting around They Missed Their Cruise Ship. That Was Only The Beginning. A group of nine passengers were stranded on a remote island in Africa. They spent seven days trying to catch back up with the boat. By Bridget Read
celebrity real estate Gigi Hadid Has Terrace Rats She’s addressing the issue. By Clio Chang

under a million A Boerum Hill One-Bedroom With a Cobalt-Blue Fireplace for $575,000 And a sunny little co-op in Jackson Heights that’s so cheap, you’ll faint. By Kim Velsey
historic preservation The Slow Death of Neon Rockefeller Center is proposing to rip out its glowing glass signage in favor of LEDs. It joins a heap of others. By Christopher Bonanos
mysteries Why Does Home Depot Sell a White Paint Called Climate Change? A windy investigation into paint-naming processes. By Adriane Quinlan

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Grub Street

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The Rest of the Best Food I Ate This Year

Our columnist revisits her old stories and offers a few new suggestions.

year in review Grub Street’s 20 Most-Read Stories of 2024 Dumplings, diners, a “missing” birthday cake, a wine-world grifter, and more. By Grub Street
drinks Why Martinis Keep Getting Dirtier They’re beyond filthy at this point. By Robert Simonson
shondas Why Did Absolute Bagels Close? An Upper West Side landmark shutters and locals can’t believe it. By Chris Crowley
the grub street diet Eli Zabar Does Not Scoop His Ice Cream “Keep skimming across the top; you don’t want to compress the air or deflate it. Don’t dig in — ever.” By Paula Aceves

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All of Our ‘Where to Eat’ Picks, Mapped Whether you’re looking for the Bed-Stuy spot with the great calamari salad, or latke-crusted sea bass in Hell’s Kitchen, we’ve got you covered. By Grub Street

the grub street diet Youngmi Mayer’s Grub Street Diet “90 percent of my job is trying to surreptitiously eat food and drink wine, then being yelled at for it.” By Emma Alpern

restaurant review Borgo Shows Its Age Andrew Tarlow’s first Manhattan restaurant possesses the kind of assured confidence that can come only from experience. By Matthew Schneier

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