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Popcast (Deluxe): Did Dua Lipa Flop? + Miserable Pop Music Films
Discussing the imperfect rollout of Dua Lipa’s latest album, “Radical Optimism,” and the recent music movies “Back to Black” and “The Idea of You.”
Discussing the imperfect rollout of Dua Lipa’s latest album, “Radical Optimism,” and the recent music movies “Back to Black” and “The Idea of You.”
In the biopic “Back to Black,” Marisa Abela wears some of the singer’s actual clothes, but the hair and makeup team chose to tone the signature beehive down.
By Simran Hans
Several depictions of the singer’s life have explored her tense relationship with fame. The new biopic “Back to Black” instead centers her romantic life.
By Simran Hans
Marisa Abela was not widely known before being cast as the troubled singer-songwriter in “Back to Black.” That’s over now.
By Jessica Testa
In her perceptive cultural history, “Eyeliner,” Zahra Hankir shows that liquid versus pencil is only the beginning.
By Cat Marnell
A selection of recent softcover releases by Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Bolu Babalola and more.
By Shreya Chattopadhyay
Among the rarities on view at the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair are also a 1555 treatise on tennis and Amy Winehouse’s personal library.
By Jennifer Schuessler
In “Amy: Beyond the Stage,” the Design Museum in London explores — and tries to somewhat reframe — the “Back to Black” singer’s life and legacy.
By Desiree Ibekwe
No hagiographies to be found here, with looks at the lives and careers of Quincy Jones, Nina Simone and Taylor Swift, among others.
By Noel Murray
Appointment viewing is back. Find out what online events to look for today, and when to tune in.
By Maya Salam
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