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Movies
From Frances McDormand funny to un-gainly Gwyneth to Kevin Spacey, alien: Here’s this season’s cinéma-vérité
Theater
Neil Simon’s 45 Seconds; ABBA at the Winter Garden; an Australian invasion (no, not Rupert Murdoch)
Television
Bernie Mac talks TV; Richard Dreyfuss plays professor; good news for freaks, geeks, and Trekkies
Art
Jacob Lawrence jazzes up the Whitney; Alfred Jensen comes to the Dia; MoMA goes Giacometti
Music
Q-Tip comes clean; Dylan, Jagger, and Elton keep on dancin’; and the King of Pop promises to thrill
Classical/Dance
John Jasperse at BAM; Kurt Masur’s swan-song season; Yo-Yo Ma couples with Elliott Carter
Books
Jonathan Franzen’s family saga; Neutron Jack’s memoirs; Salman Rushdie, New Yorker
Restaurants
Jonathan Morr’s Theo; Da Silvano’s new neighbor; fabulous fare at Fiamma; TanDa – the next Moomba
Nightlife
De Niro’s latest bar; Junior Vasquez at Exit; Mother’s new Daddy, and other nocturnal novelties
Shopping
The rebirth of Benetton; Armani for the home; Issey Miyake downtown