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Documentary Download: Ukrainian Stories of Sustenance and Strife

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Documentary Download: Ukrainian Stories of Sustenance and Strife

Veselka, the Ukrainian diner on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, is one of the few restaurants in the city that truly deserves to be called venerable, even iconic. Mention it to most anyone — especially those of us who were here around the turn of the 21st century — and it provokes pierogi- and borscht-inflected rhapsodies, … Read more

John Bailey, Oscars President at a Time of Strife, Dies at 81

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John Bailey, Oscars President at a Time of Strife, Dies at 81

John Bailey, an accomplished cinematographer who was president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 2017 to 2019, a tumultuous period when Harvey Weinstein was excommunicated from the group and complaints mounted about the Academy Awards ceremony, died on Friday. He was 81. His death was announced by the academy, which did … Read more