Much of the artist’s new album, “Hit Me Hard and Soft,” is about wanting a relationship but failing, in some fundamental way, to sustain closeness with another person.

In the past decade, pregnancy has proved to be the ideal vehicle for raunch—and for observations on class and social mores.

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After a thirteen-year absence, a great American director returns with an ambitious vision of a city—and a world—in need of renewal.

Anne Hathaway, as Solène, is a vision of relatability, self-sufficiency, and poise, in a film that proves the rom-com isn’t dead.

A feud between two of the biggest names in rap quickly escalated into a mutual smear campaign. How did a conflict based in craft become one that was about so much more?