| 单词 | contentious |
| 例句 | He became contentious and started making comments that were audible to the judge. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The whole issue of Santa Claus is a rather contentious one when it comes to African Christmas, a matter of pride. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Carvie Oldham, head of the Durham Housing Authority, was also a frequent caller, notifying the Klan leader whenever a particularly contentious meeting was scheduled so that the Klansman could attend and back up Oldham’s position. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “He also gives us daily bread to nourish our bodies, that we may have strength for our work in the world,” I say, feeling a contentious spirit rise in me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The actual number is slightly contentious because the heavy, synthesized elements exist for only millionths of seconds and chemists sometimes argue over whether they have really been detected or not. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “He’s a sweet husband,” she said aloud, “but contentious.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Because land tenure was a contentious issue in Peru, he had asked Dobyns to finalize the lease and learn more about the estate’s history. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It proved so contentious that Darwin withdrew it from the third edition of the book. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z But I held my tongue after this retort. f Would I always be so contentious? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “Liza says I am contentious, but now I’m caught in a web of my children—and I think I like it.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It is the beauty of small areas of order—a large yard, a group of trees, three similar dormitories, a circle of old houses—living together in contentious harmony. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Benighted, contentious, passionate, ignorant souls, countryfolk of a poor land, their generosity gave a noble ending to that hard journey. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Klingons could be notoriously contentious when it came to their food. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I suspect that Judge Norton had scheduled the final Rule 32 hearing in part because he wanted to get this contentious, complicated case off his docket and out of his court. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The event was often informal, contentious and unruly. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “We found to our surprise that our preschool audience didn’t like it when the adult cast got into a contentious discussion,” he remembers. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Groves joked later that when this complex and contentious job was done, “I was hoping to get to a war theater so I could find a little peace.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “But, Mother—” “Samuel,” she said, “you’re the most contentious man this world has ever seen.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z And yet these privileged protesters did not allow their actions in support of maintenance workers to be blurred by the other contentious issues of the day. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The term ‘relativism’ is contentious, but I use it, rather than ‘constructivism’, because I want to refer to those who hold that reality does not constrain the beliefs we can hold about the real world. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The issue, like all issues involving race, was extremely contentious. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z There was a formal debate on the always contentious proposition that “the East is a better place to live than the West.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z A former teacher in Newport News’s public schools, he had taken the Newsome Park job after being fired for joining what was one of the most bitter and contentious of all of Virginia’s teacher-pay-equalization lawsuits. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z That was the context going into the interview, which Singleton would later describe as “the most contentious I’ve ever had in twenty- four years in law enforcement.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Given the charged relations between white societies and native peoples, inquiry into Indian culture and history is inevitably contentious. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Joining a famously contentious reality show is a way of testing limits, too. Leah McSweeney of ‘Real Housewives’ Takes a Cold Plunge 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Richardson’s unflinching look at one family’s decision and the contentious Oregon law that allows physician-assisted suicide for the terminally ill comes as the debate over assisted suicide is set for another round. Unflinching End-of-Life Moments 2011-01-24T22:53:04Z Green subsequently deleted that and other contentious postings, later apologizing for them. R&B singer CeeLo Green booted from festival over online rape comments 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z Mark H. Dubester, the lead prosecutor on the case, says the trial was “unusually contentious” but that “on a personal level, I’m satisfied. The jury spoke.” Inside an eccentric mogul’s quest to save D.C.’s most distinctive buildings 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z On Sunday night, Baron Cohen revived his contentious alter ego at the Kennedy Center Honors — where he was slated to pay tribute to U2 — to slam the rapper's outspoken antisemitism. Sacha Baron Cohen as Borat mocks Kanye West as "too antisemitic" 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z It is a fine little corner, in other words, in which to escape the shrill din of a contentious political fall. Review: ‘Finian’s Rainbow’ and the Perils of a Pot of Gold 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z The vibe was more cozy living room than formal drawing room; the conversation was wide-ranging and occasionally contentious. Here’s What We Learned From Prince Harry’s Interviews 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z Aiming to steer clear of one of the most contentious debates in the street art world, Google says it will not include images from groups seeking to sell the art or images of it. Google Adds Graffiti to Its Art Portfolio 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z This is a contentious time in a polarized nation. Noble American Viewers Kill Terrible Show 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Still, making a city centre “pay-to-play” is a contentious issue and Italy’s tourism minister insists that “cities must stay open and free”. Venice world heritage status under threat 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z To make this contentious issue go down more easily, Oliver used sloths as props. John Oliver Tackles Abortion On 'Last Week Tonight' 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z Food for thought for our contentious age, when discussion of perfectly solvable problems seems to turn inflammatory so easily. Television Review: ‘The Abolitionists,’ on PBS, About Advocates Before Lincoln 2013-01-07T23:37:57Z Novak is also swift to dismiss the swirl of controversy caused by Four Lions' contentious jihadist subject. Prankster's paradise: Fonejacker hits the streets 2010-04-09T23:11:00Z It’s a project nobody asked for, dropped into a highly contentious election season, as if the very lessons it hopes to impart somehow do not apply to its own sense of self-importance. Review | Showtime’s ‘The Comey Rule’ is like replaying a nightmare while we’re still having it 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z The equally contentious issue of custody of the couple's infant daughter will be handled in closed session, the court announced. Mel Gibson and ex-girlfriend reach settlement 2011-08-27T10:40:10Z At this time last year, advertisers and broadcasters were heading into a protracted, contentious and frustrating upfront market. Less drama, more money in TV dealmaking season 2010-05-07T19:23:00Z Bossert predicted that the TSA would reissue the proposal in basically the same form, with modifications to the most contentious language. Will applying for TSA PreCheck outsource your privacy? 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z The vinyl box collects the three Neu! studio albums from the 1970s; the CD collection also includes “Neu! 86,” which sounded less radical and more jovial, but still contentious. Boxing Up the Past: The Year in 16 Pop, Rap, Soul and Jazz Sets 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z Part of the reason it’s contentious and emotional is because of how Katrina is understood, or misunderstood, everywhere else. Don’t Call It Katrina 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z The treatment of detainees can be an contentious topic in France. From Behind Bars, Inmates Award France’s Latest Book Prize 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z Now in its second day, the trial is already proving contentious. Jian Ghomeshi’s ugly defense: “She’s a liar” is a too-common refrain heard by women accusing men of sexual assault 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z Trump long had a contentious relationship with the arts world. Biden to attend Kennedy Center Honors, resuming tradition 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z Beyond the obvious obscenity, you want to know what exactly it was about this, and the other painting, “The Big Night Down the Drain,” that proved so contentious. Review | Georg Baselitz is an overrated hack. Art collectors fell for him — but you don’t have to. 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z Like most Christmas miracles, the song’s genesis is both contentious and shrouded in mystery. How Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ Finally Hit No. 1 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z One of the more contentious and convoluted exchanges involved religious freedom and the sweeping healthcare law passed under . Romney, Santorum clash in testy debate 2012-02-23T06:03:00Z Mr Chomsky says those who disagree with his ever-more contentious ideas are either blind or hucksters. Noam Chomsky 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z The coronavirus disaster has sharpened the already contentious political debate about income inequality. The pandemic is testing the generosity of billionaires, according to a Washington Post survey of the 50 richest Americans 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z The races for best leading musical performers are especially contentious. The 75th Tony Awards: Here’s What to Expect 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z It would have been enough to behold the assortment of thrilling footage of Hammons at work, in conversation and, in one contentious encounter, under interrogation by a group of students. ‘The Melt Goes On Forever’ Review: David Hammons Makes, and They Take 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z The contract negotiations, the most contentious at the Met since a previous lockout in 1980, had been suspended for a week while an independent analyst studied the Met's finances. Met Opera extends lockout deadline in musicians' labor dispute 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z In this contentious political season, the show suggests a kind of radically moderate unity ticket of revolutionary and functionary. ‘Game of Thrones’: Tyrion, Daenerys and the Art of the Deal 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z These bands are often called post-hardcore or, sometimes, post-punk, though precisely what qualifies a band for either genre distinction remains contentious. The Nostalgia in Beto O’Rourke’s Indie-Rock Videos 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z Despite Mystery Brewing’s earning national acclaim for brewing a fund-raising “protest beer” in dissent of North Carolina’s contentious “bathroom bill,” it closed in October, citing undercapitalization and bad luck. Craft Beer Looks Beyond ‘Young White Dudes With Beards’ 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z The contentious election and its stunning result had left Americans bitterly divided. Trump Has Changed a Night at the Opera, Too 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z But his tenure at the Met, which had begun in 1964, turned contentious in the early 1970s when he sounded alarms about the museum’s acquisitions practices, especially its purchase of pieces of unclear origin. Oscar White Muscarella, Museum ‘Voice of Conscience,’ Dies at 91 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z What was, and remains, revolutionary about “1776” is that, in following the long and winding deliberations of contentious men in a closed room, it dares to be as dull as real politics can often be. Review: ‘1776,’ a Musical Portrait of Squabbling Politicians 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z To this day, the origins of the hamburger are contentiously debated. Was the cheeseburger actually invented in Louisville, Kentucky? 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z On Saturday night, the group was the musical guest on “Saturday Night Live” for the first episode after the contentious election. A Tribe Called Quest Returns to a Changed World With Joy and Grief 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z “You can write what you want,” he told Ms. Macur, a New York Times sports reporter who had what she called a “contentious” reportorial relationship with Mr. Armstrong since she began covering him in 2004. Books of The Times: ‘Cycle of Lies’ Details the Fall of Lance Armstrong 2014-03-11T19:43:21Z It clawed at the limits of verses and choruses, screaming melodies of its own, making notes slide and wriggle; sometimes it scraped out funky, contentious rhythm chords. Jeff Beck’s 10 Essential Songs 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z Moving some of them off site was one of the more contentious aspects of the previous plan. For the Mid-Manhattan Library, a Redesign for the Future 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z But the art form is in a state of rude, contentious health. Best Movies of 2019 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z This latest go-round, directed by Iqbal Khan, is the best yet, sharpening the focus on an admittedly difficult, even contentious work. Theater Review: In the City of Second Chances 2010-10-19T11:34:00Z The question of responsibility or, indeed, liability is a contentious one. Pirate sites are raking in advertising money from some multinationals 2013-02-05T08:08:18Z The Armenians were consistently stuck between larger and contentious powers, between the Byzantine Empire and Persians, and often unhappily on the front lines of incursions into the Mediterranean world by the Mongols. Review | In New York, a look into the early days of the world’s oldest Christian nation 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z Art and image-making have been a contentious flash point in every season of “Shtisel” — perhaps never so much as in Season 3, in which Akiva’s striking canvases acquire the weight of an actual character. How the Artists Behind ‘Shtisel’ Brought Akiva’s Journey to Life 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z Another involved a crew member wearing racist T-shirts in her presence that no one in production dealt with, until she tweeted about the incident, resulting in a call from Murphy Ross described as contentious. The problem with Ryan Murphy, a potent Hollywood advocate with a habit of crossing the wrong lines 2023-10-08T04:00:00Z His relationship with Twitter was contentious from the start, bordering on verbal abuse. John Mayer is still gross 2012-06-06T18:50:00Z In the publicity wars, an appearance by Lincoln aboard the Abraham Lincoln in a contentious part of the world considerably raises the ante. ‘Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’ Courts the Military 2012-05-23T13:45:25Z But all of that drama only made the lives of the jurors more contentious, tenuous and unpleasant. The People v OJ Simpson episode eight – bring on the Dancing Itos 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z As in Jane Austen’s novels, the narrative centers on the war between individual attraction and social constraints in a complex, contentiously hierarchical society. So You’re Rivals? And You’re Fake-Dating? Classic. 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z But the book is full of contentious, unresolvable voices, and never gives us an objective spot to stand on. How Archival Fiction Upends Our View of History 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z Nijinska, whose father had abandoned the family, and who had two difficult marriages and contentious relations with male colleagues and employers, saw the drama in “Les Noces” from the woman’s point of view. Why Is Bronislava Nijinska Still Waiting in the Wings? 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Inauguration day just got a little more contentious. Watch House of Cards' Bleak Inauguration Day Message 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z “It shows that portraits of the queen were being copied and presumably displayed in Scotland around the time of her execution, a highly contentious and potentially dangerous thing to be seen doing,” he added. Rare, hidden portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots revealed 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z The country in that contentious period was no doubt full of Mugginses sputtering incoherent rage. ‘Lincoln Speaks: Words That Transformed a Nation’ at Morgan Library 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Trump's presence at the summit in Charlevoix, Canada was obviously contentious. Photo from G7 Summit resembles widely-mocked pro-Donald Trump portraits 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z The use of child witnesses is as contentious now as it was then. Blake Morrison: under the witches' spell 2012-07-20T21:55:10Z Repatriation of artwork by American museums can often be contentious, but in this case the children of Mr. Mayer said their father would have approved, Mr. Hicks said. Colgate to Give Aboriginal Art to Australian University 2013-05-07T21:58:20Z Last week, musicians and management at the symphony orchestras in both Chicago and Atlanta reached new contracts after contentious negotiations. Labor standoffs silence orchestras in Minn., Indy 2012-10-02T20:17:14Z Given the sometimes contentious relationship between African-Americans and Africans, do you ever fear that your audience will be laughing at the culture and not with you? Yvonne Orji, the ‘Insecure’ Star, Returns Confidently to Stand-Up 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z What are your thoughts on this contentious subject? Head to head: should councils cut arts funding? 2013-06-20T15:34:09Z This play was performed at a really contentious moment in American history. He Took Her Parts in ‘Fires in the Mirror.’ All 29 of Them. 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z Other foreign celebrities with Weibo accounts, such as Tom Cruise and Bill Gates, have steered clear of contentious topics. Radiohead appear to launch microblog in China 2011-07-06T16:10:27Z But in the show's third season he's combative, even with friends, punch-happy and contentious enough to divide fans. "Stranger Things 3" gives us a meaner Hopper, and we're not loving it 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z But while Mat Smart’s historical drama is an earnest attempt to illuminate an extraordinary — and sometimes contentious — friendship, the play struggles to move beyond a few biographical markers that it emphasizes, again and again. Two heroes of 19th-century America seek justice. They get none in ‘The Agitators.’ 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z The executive e-mails that induced shivers of schadenfreude were not only juicy gossip but also gave historians and journalists a candid glimpse of filmmaking as contentious creative endeavor and industrial practice. When you were at the movies this year, reality wasn’t too far away 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z In an often contentious campaign, it seemed one of the few tactics both men agreed on. Trump vs. the Disappearing Tie 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z Her cranked-up rhythm guitar was a force of nature as she led her trio, with her words hoarsely tumbling out, carrying Velvet Underground basics into her own contentious present tense. All the Best Shows, of What the Critics Have Seen 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z It became a dip for vegetable sticks and chicken wings, a dry seasoning for Chex Mix and "fire crackers," and perhaps most contentiously, an accompaniment to pizza. The story of ranch, the "Cool American" condiment that has divided a nation (and taken over Etsy) 2021-01-31T05:00:00Z Had the park simply been a place where German Americans celebrated their cultural heritage, it would hardly be contentious. A California suburb reckons with its Nazi past — and present-day controversy follows 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z But Arnold’s manic clowning potentially damaging enough to Trump that it's resulted in a few contentious encounters as well as, by his report, interesting alliances he identifies through name dropping. Tom Arnold is on “The Hunt for the Trump Tapes” 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z It promised to be a tough room, as sexism and what to do about it continue to fuel contentious debate in certain precincts. At the Oscars, Geena Davis will get a humanitarian award for making Hollywood see women as fully human 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z Cable will row back on one of the act's most contentious measures – introducing legislation to block access to copyright-infringing websites – and instead say that the existing Copyrights, Design and Patents Act is powerful enough. Vince Cable: government plans to block illegal filesharing sites unworkable 2011-08-02T13:02:07Z Now with “Detroit,” this Oscar-winning filmmaker could be facing her most ambitious, and contentious, project to date. A White Director, the Police and Race in ‘Detroit’ 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z Conservation work on old masters is a contentious subject, irreparable damage having been done in the past using now discredited methods. Leonardo da Vinci's Virgin of the Rocks restored to original purity 2010-07-14T00:00:00Z A federal advisory panel continues to study whether to ease rules against using electronic gadgets on planes during takeoffs and landings, but the effort remains contentious. In Transit Blog: Walkabout – 6/24: Bike-Sharing in North America; Medical Tourism in Malaysia 2013-06-24T16:58:23Z "The Social Network," the film chronicling the contentious origins of Facebook, was No. 1 at the box office last week. Facebook co-founder gives $100K to pro-pot measure 2010-10-08T21:20:00Z Have you thought at all about “Hysteria’s” relevance in this contentious season of political debate over women’s bodies? ArtsBeat: Tribeca: Maggie Gyllenhaal on Sex Scenes From a Woman's Point of View 2012-04-26T14:00:16Z Its message is sure to resonate with readers in the heat of a contentious presidential election, one whose outcome will determine whether many of the legal victories won by feminists will be rolled back. "The View" receives Hillary and Chelsea Clinton with uncharacteristic bipartisanship 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z Wells struck a more unnerving than usual balance between physical dread and the contentious, melancholy grind of survival. Best TV Shows of 2022 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z But to imagine such a shake-up as contentious would be to get the wrong impression. ‘It’s About Connections’: Alicia Graf Mack Remakes Juilliard Dance 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z Within a month, the Shiba Inu Puppy Cam had drawn three million visitors, serving as a cuddly distraction from a contentious presidential election. Charlie Sheen Helps Make a Name for Ustream 2011-03-14T00:20:09Z In Hollywood today, some of the most contentious debates continue to center on just who can play whom. ‘Crazy Rich Asians’: Why Did It Take So Long to See a Cast Like This? 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z The last round of contract negotiations at the Philharmonic, in 2012, were more contentious. Deal Gives Philharmonic Musicians Modest Gains 2013-12-17T21:57:05Z It also adds an additional element to Kelly’s contentious interview with Brazile last month in which Kelly repeatedly asked Brazile whether she had leaked debate questions to Clinton’s aides. Did Trump get a debate question in advance? Megyn Kelly says no, but questions linger. 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z The only contentious domestic policy topic addressed at any length is the ban on federal funding of stem cell research, which Mallon presents as Bush’s proudest achievement but also has Nancy Reagan eloquently deride. A Comic Novel About the George W. Bush No One Knows 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z Dear Carolyn: My boyfriend is divorced and the relationship with the ex is contentious and bumpy. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Is he oversharing, or are you oversensitive? 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z This is the city that had a contentious protracted legal battle over moving an art museum, the storied Barnes Foundation, from the Main Line to the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. It’s Philadelphia, hon, so relax! 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Since then, the check mark has become a somewhat contentious symbol. On Twitter, Who Needs a Check Mark When You Can Have a Rat? 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z He even appended the contentious word on the end of his work in progress shows. Why was Reginald D Hunter ever booked for the PFA awards dinner? 2013-04-30T17:26:49Z The A.H.A. business meeting, which was closed to nonmembers, including the press, was contentious but mostly civil, several in attendance said. Scholars' Effort to Condemn Israel Fails 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z Renowned for his vivid, often cruel caricatures and pointed, sometimes contentious commentary, Scarfe rarely pulls punches when it comes to depicting public figures and the political class. Gerald Scarfe's colourful career 2013-01-29T13:10:53Z Bruce Ross, an attorney who represents San Diego Opera, said the attorney general's letter was sent to the opera's former president, Karen Cohn, who resigned last month at a contentious board meeting. Newly reborn San Diego Opera now facing state audit 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z And like the celebrity couple, her dad’s digital life played a role in his breakup as it often does in contentious divorces. What happens in divorce when digital bullying is in play? 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z And it is just the latest example of reattribution in the tricky, and often contentious, field of identifying just who created an artwork. A Painting Sold by the Met Is Declared a True Rubens 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z Set 20 years before the rest of the book, it describes a contentious family gathering following a patriarch’s death. Review | Honoring the dead? Nathan Englander’s ‘kaddish.com’ imagines there’s an app for that. 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z Harkness’s new novel begins in medias res, as the couple find themselves at the center of an informal and slightly contentious family reunion at Matthew’s ancestral chateau. ‘The Book of Life,’ the final volume of Deborah Harkness’s All Souls Trilogy “I am a walking encyclopedia of worthless Manhattan trivia,” he informs Terry, adding, “People either love it or hate it,” as if the ability to spout factoids were a highly contentious trait. ‘Mr. Parker’ Review: Starting Over 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z It has long been one of the most contentious questions in 20th-century intellectual history: Just how much, and what kind, of a Nazi was the German philosopher Martin Heidegger? Heidegger’s Notebooks Renew Focus on Anti-Semitism 2014-03-30T21:44:42Z And in “Pyewacket,” a recent indie gem, the contentious mother-daughter relationship is rooted in such heartbreaking realism that it evokes “Lady Bird,” plus witchcraft. Home Is Where the Horror Is 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z What generates that feeling is when the drama is mechanical, when the characterizations are simplistic or flat, or when the ideas expressed are much narrower, duller, or less contentious than the ones that are implied. The Historical Imagination and “Free State of Jones” 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z The behavior of a woman who appears on the public stage can be counted on to provoke a contentious referendum on the state of women in general. The Carpetbagger: Box Office Heroines 2012-12-07T15:00:34Z I touched on this contentious problem earlier this week, when considering the legal threats made to the Mail on Sunday about the arrest of Rolf Harris. When did we stop 'helping police with their inquiries'? 2013-04-25T09:36:23Z This year, there were several notable moments in celebrity fashion, from one star's iconic maternity style to another's contentious decision to don a historical gown that everyone had an opinion about. The 13 most buzzworthy fashion statements of 2022, ranked 2022-12-25T05:00:00Z Pineapple has been a contentious topping since it was first put on pizza by a Greek immigrant living in Canada named Sam Panopoulos in 1962. Pineapple, pickles and polarizing toppings: How a crowded freezer aisle is inspiring “stunt pizzas" 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z The Primary Wave deal is a major move toward realizing Mr. Brown’s dream of financing the scholarships, a dream delayed by one of the longest and most contentious estate conflicts in entertainment. After 15 Years of Infighting, James Brown’s Estate Is Sold 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z The Revenant, which is already legendary for its difficult and contentious cold-weather production, opens in theaters on Dec. 25. Watch Leonardo DiCaprio in New 'Revenant' Trailer 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z It’s drawing as Twitter post, an in-the-moment thing; weekly updates will help to keep it fresh, though it’s doubtful that viewers will find anything contentious in Ms. Temple’s placement of, say, Col. Art Review: Authorship or Translation? Notes Toward Redefining Creativity 2011-02-24T21:29:53Z Like “Triple Frontier,” “Echo 3” will probably prove less contentious than some of Boal’s earlier work. With ‘Echo 3,’ Mark Boal Stays in His Comfort Zone: Danger Abroad 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z At the same time, since the 2020 murder of George Floyd and subsequent Black Lives Matter protests, there have been contentious debates about what gets included in Britain’s public history. David Olusoga Wants Britain to Face Its Past. All of It. 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z Many parents have seen Google docs or spreadsheets of contentious titles posted on Facebook by local chapters of organizations such as Moms for Liberty. Book Ban Efforts Spread Across the U.S. 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z The crackdown on quality-of-life violations is now contentious again, but on Sunday, the officers who drove by just waved. Impromptu Club 124 in East Village Resumes for a Night 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z “And it was completed before a recent contentious lawsuit was filed by his mother against her son’s talent agency and label, whom she accuses of plying him with drugs.” What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Twenties’ and ‘Dave’ 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z But in recent years, thanks to the miracle of YouTube, contentious classics like "Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs" and "Jungle Jitters" have been popping up again. It's time to release Looney Tunes' racist cartoons 2010-10-15T20:01:00Z Sometimes she drops the anchorwoman persona to speak directly to viewers, like when she wrapped up a contentious segment with Democratic and Republican political aides talking past each other about Medicare. Fox's Kelly gets big role for convention 2012-08-27T11:29:09Z A concern nearer to Mr. Garton Ash’s office is what he calls the “I’m offended” veto, an especially contentious issue at universities, Oxford among them. Timothy Garton Ash Puts Forth a Free-Speech Manifesto 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z The story set in motion the drama of Kavanaugh’s contentious confirmation hearings. Ryan Grim helped push the Tara Reade story into the mainstream. What does he think of it now? 2020-05-30T04:00:00Z “Passion” arrived indoors at the Donmar in September as if to reclaim for keeps a famously contentious show that, truth to tell, had never previously engaged me much. Year in Review: The London Stage in 2010 2010-12-28T15:00:03Z As an "O'Reilly Factor" franchise, the War on Christmas is just the latest chapter in the holiday's contentious history. O'Reilly strikes back against 'War on Christmas' 2012-12-12T16:52:12Z It’s a reliably contentious issue: While studios like Next Door and Phoenixxx confirmed their mandatory testing policy to me, a representative at Falcon refused to comment on its testing policy. Must porn stars get tested? 2012-09-08T21:00:00Z More recently, he called for people to reclaim Spain’s flag from fascists, a potentially contentious endorsement in a country where some associate it with Franco’s dictatorship. A Rapper, Hitting His 30s, Reinvents Himself as a Scion of Spanish Pop 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z It got to be more contentious than it’s been before. Game of Thrones Creators: ‘We Know What Happens in Each Scene’ of Season 8 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z He had a contentious relationship with the elder Sinatra, who was often called the greatest singer of popular music of the 20th century but was absent for much of his son’s childhood. Frank Sinatra Jr., who lived in the shadow of his famous father, dies at 72 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z It is used over and over again in one of the most contentious movies of this awards season, Elle. Hollywood's rape culture is our culture 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z At her recent Supreme Court hearing, Amy Coney Barrett refused to say whether or not climate change was happening since it was a “very contentious matter of public debate”. John Kerry: 'People want a future. The orange menace is not providing that' 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z If this year’s program was any indication, AFI Docs isn’t afraid to make those conversations as pointed and contentious arguments. AFI Docs turns in an exceptionally strong year, often at the expense of the U.S. government The conversation that he has helped form is a much more contentious one, its facts and assertions more disputed, doubted and tussled over. Andrew Breitbart, 1969-2012 2012-03-01T16:24:15Z I would also consider a less contentious approach to your sister; she clearly means a lot to you. My half-sister has rejected my parents. Who is really to blame? 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z And in another instance of apt timing, Peele’s directorial debut lands amid the Black Lives Matter movement and on the heels of a contentious presidential election that exposed the country’s deepening racial divisions. Jordan Peele made a woke horror film 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z He certainly indulged in empire-worship, but this was only one aspect of a paradoxical and contentious man. When Rudyard Kipling’s Son Went Missing 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z Body image is a contentious issue for incarcerated women. Prison food: what we learned from organizing food-themed art workshops for women prisoners 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Jacoby's book, which mixes the intellectual and the emotional, academic studies and personal anecdotes, is intentionally contentious, sometimes to the point of harshness. 'Never Say Die' examines marketing of the myth of a golden old age 2011-02-16T23:37:59Z But the question of exactly how and when the Celtic languages — and the Celtic religion and other elements of Celtic culture — got to ancient Britain and Ireland is, let's just say, highly contentious. Hey, Irish Americans: Your "Celtic" tattoo isn't Celtic — because that whole idea was made up 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z Topics: Sex Addiction, , , Here comes the latest entrant to the contentious debate over sex addiction — and, boy, is it a sassy one. Report: Sex addiction is B.S. 2013-02-06T22:53:00Z Many of the current crop of works can be classified as either “I worked with Steve” books or “I had an ongoing professional and intermittently contentious correspondence with Steve” books. Getting Close to Sondheim: New Books Try to Capture His Essence 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z Speculation as to how fans would hear it -- perhaps in art galleries? -- brewed throughout Wu-Tang’s contentious reunion for the release of its anniversary album, "A Better Tomorrow." Wu-Tang Clan placed an 88-year copyright on secret album 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z Some of the most contentious issues of the day – such as the slave trade, abolished in the UK by the British parliament in 1807 – find only the slightest footing in her novels. Stranger fiction 2011-08-01T11:53:49Z He continued to write, and played South Africa’s first black Othello in a contentious 1987 production. Stage Royalty Joined, and Separated, by Apartheid 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z There’s more housework, more child care, remote learning to manage and a contentious political moment with reproductive rights, among many others, hanging in the balance. Mother’s Little Helper Is Back, and Daddy’s Partaking Too 2020-10-03T04:00:00Z There’s also a recreation of a contentious press conference from 1947. ‘The Real Charlie Chaplin’ Review: Not Enough Funny Business 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Flashbacks show us their contentious give-and-take as it developed over the years. Theater Review: David Henry Hwang’s ‘Kung Fu’ Opens at Signature Theater 2014-02-25T03:00:01Z We’ve been talking about planning a vacation for all of us with my young son to Disney World, and it’s already gotten contentious. Trip to Disney World feels like a mousetrap waiting to be sprung 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z He also addresses some common and contentious questions such as whether Israel can be both a Jewish state and a democracy and if its rule over the Palestinians is akin to apartheid. Finding New Ways to Write About and Grapple With Israel 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z The use of AI remains a contentious topic in Hollywood, especially amid an ongoing actors strike over studios usage of AI to digitally recreate and generate onscreen performances. Tom Hanks, Robin Williams’ daughter slam recent AI recreations used without their consent 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z Some contentious issues remain unsettled on Fifth Avenue, including the ultimate fate of the stacks under the Rose Reading Room, recently designated an interior landmark, in the Schwarzman building. A $55 Million Gift, and a New Name, for the Mid-Manhattan Library 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z Water in California has long been a fraught topic, one that grows more contentious with rising temperatures and worsening droughts. Setting Sail on the Winding Waterways of California’s Delta 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z This book recounts a career through half a century of law enforcement, providing not only an insider’s perspective on one of the most contentious issues in American life but also suggestions for reform. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z People Magazine obtained records that showed the influencer's parents were entangled in a contentious custody battle over Tay. The death hoax of a child influencer: Lil Tay's recent infamy shines a light on a bigger problem 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z Just who should be entrusted with that process of making music visible can be a contentious question. Making Music Visible: Singing in Sign 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z Absent was rhythm guitarist Brad Whitford, who told Reuters in November that he and Tyler have had "a contentious relationship for many years." Aerosmith, singer end feud for European tour 2010-02-25T20:40:00Z The existence of a G-spot is a contentious topic in the sex research community. Is there a G-spot orgasm or isn’t there?: 7 myths you’ve been taught about vaginas 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z The languages of blame and cooperation are indispensible, but they can only take us so far in an issue as complex and contentious as a changing global climate. How to debate climate change deniers (without scaring them off) 2014-03-02T14:30:00Z She was a contentious figure, and when she disappeared in 1995, along with her son and granddaughter from their home in Austin, Texas, that too was controversial. How atheist campaigner Madalyn Murray O’Hair became America's most-hated woman 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z It opens with a jaunty, rustic theme; goes through a pensive episode; and keeps breaking into contentious arguments prodded by feisty exchanges between the soloist and a snare drum. New York Philharmonic Responds to Attacks in Paris 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z Workers returned to their jobs, but not long after that the big silk manufacturers left town for less contentious environs. Art Review: Montclair Art Museum Shows: ‘Oscar Bluemner,’ ‘New Spirit’ 2013-04-25T20:48:24Z Like so many artists of that period, WalkingStick was searching for a meaningful way of moving forward in a climate that was contentious, male-dominated and unforgiving. Kay WalkingStick, painting her heritage 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z The contentious couple raised eyebrows with their bizarre Halloween costumes, which seemed to poke fun at their vast 10-year age gap. The 13 most buzzworthy fashion statements of 2022, ranked 2022-12-25T05:00:00Z He and Mr. Bennett had a contentious relationship. Tony Bennett, Champion of the Great American Songbook, Is Dead at 96 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z His selection in the Australian team was contentious here. Australian swimmers sent home 2012-06-09T15:59:00Z The power brokers and backroom dealmakers have clearly given D.C. a contentious vibe. These Are the Unfriendliest Cities in America 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z It could be Mr. Stewart’s going deep on an issue in the news, remote pieces filed by correspondents or a contentious interview with a newsmaker. On Comedy: Jon Stewart’s Role in Developing Stars 2014-04-16T21:19:38Z One story, The Shooting Star, is especially contentious for its depiction of a villainous character named Blumenstein - considered by some to be an anti-Semitic caricature. Race row 2010-04-28T15:14:00Z “Late Night” host Seth Meyers last night took a “Keener Glance” at Britain’s “contentious debate over whether to leave the European Union.” John Oliver has company: Seth Meyers just brilliantly explained Brexit, “anti-immigrant, right-wing” populism and Donald Trump 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z These issues are difficult and contentious, after all. Perspective | Three women — three! — were on the debate stage, and it was game-changing 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z The response to the coverage was not what you might expect for such contentious territory. You’re doing sex ed wrong: How teaching kids about sex is like teaching toddlers to walk 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z Tracker is convinced the child is dead, but the case touches a deep sorrow in him, and he agrees to join a gang of contentious characters who are convinced they can find him. Review | ‘Black Leopard, Red Wolf’ is the fantasy epic everyone will be talking about 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z Nobody – on either the medical or patient end – wants to get walloped with a contentious bill. Listen up, doctors: Here’s how to talk to your patients 2012-05-23T11:45:00Z Which turns out to be the perfect voice for expressing the thoughts and drives of the diverse immigrants in the American colonies who came together to forge their own contentious, contradictory nation. Review: ‘Hamilton,’ Young Rebels Changing History and Theater 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z The attorney general tendered his resignation in the wake of the contentious firing of nine U.S. attorneys, purportedly for political reasons. The club Julia Pierson is joining: Life after a Washington scandal Ms. Collins does touch on some of the state’s economic and policy barriers to reproductive health care, but the more contentious parts of the picture turn out to be a distraction. Books of The Times: ‘As Texas Goes ’ by Gail Collins 2012-07-02T21:01:09Z Its contentious labor talks, which at one point threatened to delay or cancel the current season with a lockout, imposed costs of their own. Metropolitan Opera’s Deficit Swells to $22 Million 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z It will, she insists, take a “nonpartisan” approach to contentious issues roiling education, including teacher tenure, the expansion of charter schools and the use of taxpayer funds to support vouchers for private education. Campbell Brown has a new education-focused site: Is it news or advocacy? 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z Eventually, if feasible given your contentious history, you want to bring the other siblings in on your discovery. Carolyn Hax: Mom’s efforts to pit siblings against each other a power grab 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z That he refused to be combative or contentious wasn't the main problem. There's a little bit of Larry King in every decent interviewer, whether they like it or not 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z Candy worked with Qatari Diar on the project and is demanding it pays £81m for breach of contract after it withdrew the contentious planning application. How Prince Charles triggered an ?81m headache for the emir of Qatar 2010-05-21T19:26:00Z In these contentious days of bad-faith politics and maneuvering for advantage, the presentation and framing of stories — as well as their dead-on accuracy — are more important than ever. Perspective | A book on Kavanaugh has real news. But it’s lost in the furor over a botched New York Times essay. 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Those who believe that Allen is innocent, or at least may well be, continue to argue that the allegations against him were part of an extremely contentious custody battle. Crimes and misdemeanors: Woody Allen and what we get wrong about sexual abuse 2014-02-06T13:00:00Z In some ways, the renovation — while exceedingly modest, compared with those at many other American art institutions — is an indication of the SculptureCenter’s success in a contentious bet it made 13 years ago. SculptureCenter in Queens Is Ready for Its Latest Act 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z Ms. Moriarty also sends up the kinds of crises that rise to epic proportions in the hothouse of a contentious kindergarten. In ‘Big Little Lies,’ Liane Moriarty Finds New Complications 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z Unlike his bandmate Mike Love’s recent, more contentious “Good Vibrations,” Wilson’s book doesn’t set out to settle any scores. Rock Lives: This Season’s Pop Music Biographies and Memoirs 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z This film adaptation of the 1960 play chronicles a contentious political battle for the presidential nomination. What’s on TV This Week: ‘This Is Us’ and ‘The Haunting’ 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z Ultimately, the restaurant went with a less contentious solution. Want to charge your phone at the bar? You may have to pay, one way or another. 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z Certainly, it is immediately clear that, as he has continued to do throughout his career at risk of censure and censorship in his homeland, the writer was working boldly close to contentious politics and history. The Silent House by Orhan Pamuk – review 2012-10-12T21:55:06Z It premièred at festivals more than a year ago and quickly became the subject of contentious debate. “The World Is, of Course, Insane”: An Interview with Errol Morris 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z The play gathers a contentious, politically fractious family to Brooklyn, where Gus, the 70-year-old socialist patriarch, has decided to end his life. Tony Kushner’s civil war Centuries from now, when our amphibian descendants look back at this contentious era, they may have trouble understanding what exactly we were arguing about. Review | Arthur Phillips shows that choosing a leader was no easier 400 years ago 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z Howe, who died at 72 in 1993, was an especially vigorous presence in that contentious world. ‘A Voice Still Heard,’ a Collection of Essays by Irving Howe 2014-11-09T05:00:00Z The best hope for reviving the common good is to invigorate moral argument in the messy, contentious domain of democratic politics. Robert B. Reich’s Recipe for a Just Society 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z He isn’t an especially contentious man — on the contrary, his manner is generally amiable and serene. ‘A Hidden Life’ Review: Refusing Hitler, Embracing Beauty 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z The Met is seeking to cut costs in contentious labor talks. A Digital Orchestra for Opera? Purists Take (and Play) Offense 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z Cross said his episode’s removal, for example, set off a series of contentious discussions involving his manager, Odenkirk and Netflix executives. What Actually Happens When a TV Episode Gets Pulled? 2020-08-17T04:00:00Z Pilot is also among those executives who expect a stronger -- and less contentious -- sales season. Less drama, more money in TV dealmaking season 2010-05-07T19:23:00Z Sondergard brings an anti-authoritative spirit to an orchestra that, perhaps more than most, values a democratic approach, following a contentious period between musicians and orchestra leadership about a decade ago. Minnesota Orchestra Names Thomas Sondergard as Music Director 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z He was arrested in March 2010 after announcing that he wanted to make a film about the contentious Iranian presidential election in 2009. Critic?s Notebook: A Provocateur Steals Cannes Spotlight 2011-05-19T21:38:11Z Mautz admitted this week that the study’s results are likely to be contentious, but also open up room for spirited conversation. This just in: Women prefer well-endowed men 2013-04-09T14:50:00Z Tell us where you stand in this contentious debate by voting in our poll. Poll: should councils cut arts funding? 2013-06-21T14:45:36Z “Die Hard” has been a contentious holiday movie ever since it was released in July 1988. Yippee Ki Yay: ‘Die Hard’ Comes to the Christmas Stage 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z Elections in the United States are always contentious events, but the 2016 presidential election is a humdinger of deplorable nastiness. Dystopias are fantastic in fiction. But do you really want to live in one? 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z Right now, we’re involved in an expansive, sometimes contentious civic debate about who we are — in newspaper articles and online threads, in bars and cafes. Seattle vs. New England in the supper bowl: how our food cultures compare 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z Others are checking their rosters and poring over social media posts to ensure Russian performers have not made contentious statements about the war. Too Close to Putin? Institutions Vet Artists, Uncomfortably. 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z Mr. Smith, who describes himself as “a recovering Catholic,” said the script was not especially contentious when it was revised by the show’s mostly male writing staff. Banned ?Family Guy? Episode Gets New Life on DVD 2010-07-19T22:20:00Z Noodle’s videos were seen as a safe space on an otherwise contentious internet during the pandemic and a time of political divisiveness. Noodle, Pug Known for ‘Bones’ or ‘No Bones’ Days on TikTok, Is Dead at 14 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z Aspects of the tentative deal will probably be contentious and have already prompted angry responses from some of Weinstein’s alleged victims. Weinstein reaches $25m settlement with more than 30 women – report 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z She reads recent episodes in Latin American history in the contentious but essential key of race relations, which are at the core of the ideological confrontations in this era of national populism. A History of Latin America Embodied in ‘Silver, Sword, and Stone’ 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z These contentious views will take center stage in the final volume, “A Trail of Crab Tracks,” as an armed resistance movement fights for a unified vision of the country. Searching for the Past in Cameroon, Only to Find It Is Still Very Present 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z The Met has been locked in contentious discussions with several of its unions as company leaders have sought to cut expenses at a time of significant financial hardship for the venerated New York institution. Metropolitan Opera sets deadline of Sunday for union negotiations 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z But the prize has long been contentious in Britain, with newspaper critics often complaining that the nominated artists were too obscure or that their work was more activism than art. Black Artists Lead Turner Prize Shortlist 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z Even the most contentious moment, a silent dance sequence evoking horses that precedes the “Ride of the Valkyries,” seemed to draw boos more for its extended duration than for its content. Music Review: A ‘Ring’ Fit for a Time of Austerity 2012-07-17T12:00:00Z But eight seasons and a contentious series finale later, the show’s fans are a “significant” part of the country’s tourism market, Mr. Stanicic said. How to Rebrand a Country 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z To say that this is a contentious position is a massive understatement. Porn wars: the debate that's dividing academia 2013-06-15T23:05:31Z A prominent classical scholar, contentious defender of traditional education and architect of neo-conservative foreign policy. Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2021 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z Librarians are taught to curate well-rounded collections that represent a range of viewpoints, especially on contentious topics, according to the American Library Association; they use award lists, reviews and other publications to inform their choices. With Rising Book Bans, Librarians Have Come Under Attack 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z Their on-screen friendship, both insist, is a more contentious version of their real one. Richard Lewis is not as miserable as he appears. But he’s still miserable. 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z Do you think “Partial Terms of Endearment” would be contentious if Fox showed it? How 'Family Guy' Tried to Talk About Abortion 2010-07-19T22:08:00Z It was in a hurt kind of way, not in a contentious way. Tales From the Warhol Factory 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z Some fans of the show — well aware that its inspirational storylines and gentle edits have helped humanize contentious personalities from Kate Gosselin to Rick Perry — complained loudly, as did high-profile ABC personnel. ‘Dancing With the Stars’ perfected a formula for kitschy, escapist joy. Can it survive today’s politics? 2019-09-13T04:00:00Z The great part about this is how simple it is: no guilting people about conserving rare resources, no delving into the contentious debate over the role of climate change in the drought, no celebrity-studded PSAs. California utility’s clever new way to conserve water: Behavior modification 2014-03-03T20:41:00Z Glossing through the contentious Beethoven Seven score — which included cut upper-trumpet parts and doublings, most conspicuously in the cello — Boulez concluded, as though obvious, “Mahler was having trouble with his orchestra.” 10 Treasures, Unearthed From the New York Philharmonic’s Archives 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z Perhaps the most contentious aspect of his identity was the singer's relationship to race. Was there anything real about Elvis Presley? 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z It also gives occasion to consider Cavett’s role in TV culture as an erudite, risk-taking and durable presence whose guests came on to engage in thoroughgoing, often contentious discussion with a dash of witty repartee. The One About When Groucho Marx and Dick Cavett Became Great Friends 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z Last night’s Jeopardy! featured a contentious “What Women Want” category that prompted answers like “What is a vacuum cleaner?” "Sexist" Jeopardy! Category 'What Women Want' Sparks Backlash on Twitter 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z How shocked are you to find that the play, particularly with its focus on a contentious, possibly balance-shifting Supreme Court judge nomination, is so timely? 'City of Conversation' playwright Anthony Giardina on America's politics of destruction 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z In a capital rocked by scandal, federal investigations, combative tweeting and contentious elections, there are still certain lighthearted, lobbyist-sponsored bipartisan traditions that have carried on seemingly unscathed: The Animal Health Institute’s Pet Night reception. Washington is more polarized than ever — but the bipartisan party scene rages on 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z He's more of a straight news delivery person as opposed to a personality, making him a better choice for the network's a.m. tentpole than the contentious mismatch of Don Lemon, Collins and Harlow. CNN adds diversity, but still needs strategy to reclaim its status as the go-to breaking news source 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z But what do they actually think of this contentious beverage? What do Kentucky bartenders actually think of mint juleps? 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z Ritman protested that he had a separate question about Shia LaBeouf, who was initially cast as the male lead in “Don’t Worry Darling” and left the film under disputed, clearly contentious circumstances. Venice: ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ Faces the Press, but Where Is Its Star? 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z It didn’t really sound like a compliment, but then maybe that’s a relative thing: It’s been a contentious week or so for Zuckerberg, who is again under fire, including at a long congressional hearing Wednesday. Perspective | Facebook launches a charm offensive — and vows to pay (some) news organizations for their journalism 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z It then glides forward in time and style, first towards socialist realism; then, more contentiously, towards Warhol and beyond. The Portrait - review 2011-02-03T16:56:25Z Yet while the material may be contentious, its director insisted that the film be viewed as a dialogue rather than a confrontation. Venice film festival opens with controversial 9/11 drama The Reluctant Fundamentalist 2012-08-29T17:39:46Z But a contentious debate swarmed about ethics, politics and the role of the intellectual as a "free" and "individual." Beat poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti takes vivid shape in new books 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z Waggoner answers all questions about her work, even on the most contentious of issues, with a smile. Inside the Christian legal powerhouse that keeps winning at the Supreme Court 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z She was reminded of this over the summer during a contentious vote to ratify the new Screen Actors Guild contract. Amanda Seyfried Finally Stakes Her Claim 2020-11-29T05:00:00Z We sat down with Ai at his studio on the outskirts of Beijing to ask him about this latest controversy, his contentious relationship with the government and his newest work. Ai Weiwei, art without compromise The collaboration is significant given the contentious debate over the health benefits of kombucha. One woman's quest for healthy beer gets a boost from the lab that birthed the atomic bomb 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z Both Ford and his brother Doug were contentious figures in Toronto politics for their small-government manifesto, gaining popularity with suburban conservatives, but running afoul with left-wingers and unions. Rob Ford, former mayor of Toronto, succumbs to cancer at 46 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z Whether to spend money on outer space exploration or to apply it to solve serious problems on Earth, like climate change and food shortages, is a contentious debate. Space agriculture boldly grows food where no one has grown before 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z Between the contentious talk about Tasers and the queasy video footage of zaps and falls, the movie becomes a dense stew of words and death. Review: In ‘Killing Them Safely,’ a Debate on the Virtues of Tasers 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z And yet several claims are plainly contentious, even to the lay reader. Charles Murray Returns, Nodding to Caution but Still Courting Controversy 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z Efforts to modernise are proving similarly contentious, the traditional dining car experience – steak and cheesecake served on white linen – is being replaced on some eastern routes with prepackaged meals deemed more appealing to millennial riders. Views you don’t get on the freeway … across America by train 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z A recent post on UrbanBaby.com , a popular and often contentious parents’ Web site, asked if anyone had found that their child was more interested in playing with their iPhone than with “real toys.” ?Hi, Grandma!? (Pocket Zoo On Hold) 2010-10-15T20:56:00Z Mr. Klosterman’s contentious, highly entertaining book on villainy offers some clues to that. Books of The Times: Beach Reads From Stephen King, Kevin Kwan, Carl Hiaasen and More 2013-06-06T21:14:31Z “Green Book” chronicles a road trip that, while fraught and contentious, ultimately pays dividends for those involved. ‘Green Book’ Wins PGA Award and Has Best Picture in Sight 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z “Vibrate Higher” ends before last summer’s Black Lives Matter uprisings, though not before its author discovered Twitter, where he established a lively and sometimes contentious presence. Review | Talib Kweli’s ‘Vibrate Higher’ is a plain-spoken striver’s tale 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z Based on the comments, Reddit users seemed to agree that it was fair to ask people to avoid contentious topics at a wedding. Bride-to-be bans guest from wedding for refusing to not talk about politics 2020-09-20T04:00:00Z The choices made are often an important statement and previous issues have been contentious, as was the case with 2010’s all-white issue. Why Vanity Fair's Hollywood diversity cover fails to conceal industry prejudice 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z We had come up with a few pertinent subjects of debate to keep the hub-bub high-spirited and contentious. Learning 'Lear': The How-To's of Hub-Bub 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z It’s contentious for sure, but I’m not here to say if it is or is not an okay thing to do. Salon’s social bootcamp: “Mild friends” get married — how much present do you give? 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z More contentious was the selection of the quotation for her plaque. Flannery O’Connor’s Manhattan Memorial 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z The release of the movie could again raise the contentious political question of whether the Obama administration should have agreed to the exchange. Clinton and Bush Are Already in Hollywood’s Sights 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z And of course, it continues to be contentious. Review | From Basquiat to ‘Black Panther’: How graffiti went mainstream 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z Most importantly, it provides a forum for sometimes contentious discussion. Perspective | A small-town Alabama newspaper takes a stand on Roy Moore. A very careful one. 2017-12-03T05:00:00Z Kirk has produced five out of the last six installments of "The Choice," meaning he's been tasked to shape some of the most contentious and consequential presidential face-offs in memory into an even-handed dual portrait. “The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden” gives insight into the "life method" of our next president 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z “Having a contentious conversation about it is still much better than however many decades ago when there wasn’t even a conversation,” he said. Should Board Gamers Play the Roles of Racists, Slavers and Nazis? 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z Then there is that highly contentious business model. Is streaming a threat to music? Not if musicians have anything to do with it 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z But despite his status, he remains a contentious figure. Chinua Achebe: A life in writing 2010-12-13T08:00:00Z Particularly as a contentious presidential election is starting to heat up — and to combat the record-setting lows its finale ratings have hit in recent seasons ? Watch "Succession" to understand why media companies reward the worst people 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z In recent years, Rowling has emerged as a contentious, radical figure. J.K. Rowling organizes boozy TERF lunch amidst protest and march for transgender rights 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z Getting dragged into teary midnight phone calls or contentious conversations about whose fault the divorce was makes a difficult situation unbearable. Never Too Old to Hurt From Parents’ Divorce 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z The long-term care of others is something that we may think of as being a modern human characteristic and for a long time the issue was quite contentious. My bright idea: Neanderthals could show compassion 2010-10-09T23:06:00Z Mr. Sarsgaard, who is appearing in his first television role in nearly 15 years, said that the contentious response to the “Killing” Season 1 finale did not discourage him from doing the show. Television: ‘The Killing,’ Canceled, Returns to AMC 2013-05-29T12:00:17Z They call on the government to repeal Germany’s contentious “Residenzpflicht,” or residency requirement, which limits asylum seekers’ freedom of movement while their applications are pending. At Venice Biennale, Germany Makes a Case for Welcoming Refugees 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z “But the more interesting letters are the ones where he’s in a contentious relationship with the correspondents.” ArtsBeat: Schlesinger Letters Will Be Collected in New Book 2011-04-27T13:17:16Z But a recording project with friends generated little attention, and after a contentious recording session at LCD Soundsystem’s Brooklyn studio, Mr. Rothweiler changed course. Who Is the Ion Pack? 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z It was followed by Billy Joel’s “Summer, Highland Falls,” a hardheaded song about a contentious couple taking stock of a thorny relationship in which neither partner will give way. Review: John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey, Feeling Deeply, at Café Carlyle 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z It’s a bipolar collection that pumps out effervescent electronic pop before making way for a contentious personal agenda. Critic?s Notebook: ?MDNA,? Madonna?s 12th Studio Album 2012-03-26T18:12:55Z Those theaters house the largest — and possibly the most contentious — ballet company in the world, a place of titanic personalities and deep history. Opening Wide: The Bolshoi’s New, More Poetic ‘Romeo and Juliet’ 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z “Suddenly the idea that we're doing an episode in which a Mexican Jesus, along with a bunch of Mexicans, are doing a border crossing, is huge and contentious,” he said. Neil Gaiman wishes "American Gods" wasn't so "nightmarishly timely" 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z Last month, a contentious dispute over a deadline extension led Dish Network Corp. to remove Turner Broadcast networks Cartoon Network, CNN and Turner Classic Movies from its lineup. AMC warns DirecTV subscribers the network could go dark 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z What made Pascoe’s version a best seller remains a contentious mystery. He Wants to Save the Present With the Indigenous Past 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z But who doesn’t wish that fashion’s most contentious voice were still on the case? On the Runway: Spring Theater of the Absurd 2011-04-15T18:43:26Z The original album was the final one released during his lifetime, as he died less than two years later in an incident that remains contentious. Lee Morgan’s ‘Live at the Lighthouse’ was a masterpiece that turned out to be a farewell 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z And woe to anyone who put money on his vow, after a contentious appearance at Yeshiva University in 1962, that he would “never write about Jews again.” Philip Roth Says He Has Given His Last Public Reading 2014-05-09T21:35:45Z But it isn't poetic sentences or surprising metaphors that propel us forward; it's the hard work of getting the story right — diligence required of any serious project about this, the most contentious of regions. 'Children of the Stone' a moving look at music's power in Palestine 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z Yes, it’s a collection of his essays, stretching through 32 confused and contentious years of American history. Andrew Sullivan, No One’s Ally, Tells It as He Sees It 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z More contentious about Ms. Terry’s double bill is the determined absence of the kind of guiding directorial hand that you expect these days, not least in Shakespeare. Blind to Race, Gender and Disability, Shakespeare’s Globe Goes a New Way 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Gently, he reprimanded me for having written a purposelessly contentious piece about a long-ago contretemps occasioned by his refusal to show Brakhage’s “Anticipation of the Night” at Cinema 16. A Master of Mixing and Matching Movies Gets a Citywide Tribute 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z But it backed down after a backlash; don’t be surprised if the event is more contentious than in years past, or if typically neutral artists, like the show’s host, Brad Paisley, turn political. What’s on TV Wednesday: The C.M.A. Awards and ‘The A Word’ 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z Credit for the style is contentious, but its popularity is often attributed to Joseph Haspel, who began making and selling the fabric to New Orleans haberdasheries in 1909. Haspel's New Take on Seersucker Is Tailor-Made for Fall 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z This latest collection of work by James Wood, the commanding, occasionally contentious critic at The New Yorker, includes pieces about many literary greats: Chekhov, Virginia Woolf, D. H. Lawrence. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z She danced there for several years, departing after a contentious casting decision that put her at the center of a battle between Gustav Mahler, then director of the Opera, and a ballet master, Josef Hassreiter. Dancing by Herself: When the Waltz Went Solo 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z For a long time, Mr. Friend had a contentious relationship with reporters. Rupert Friend Is Tired of Killing 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z One night I nodded off in front of the TV and missed what was sure to be a contentious interview with Shirley MacLaine. Jimmy Kimmel: Watching David Letterman "Was More Important Than Sleep" 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z I think of my stepmother, whom I call nanay, my mother, a name I never called my own birthmother, and I feel the same contentious emotions. “Filipineza” doesn’t mean “servant”: Notes of witness from an immigrant daughter 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z And it would get contentious at times — you edit out a part and someone says, “That’s my favorite part.” The Superbly Original, Gloriously Weird B-52’s Say Farewell to the Road 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z There’s even an extended, sorry-not-sorry sequence about Disney’s contentious copyright tactics. ‘Mickey: The Story of a Mouse’ Review: Disney’s Clown Prince 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z McCormack’s sense of Armageddon is at once familiarly contemporary and blessedly contentious. A Stylistically Daring Novel Considers Fundamental Questions 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z The stranger is fidgety and anxious, and at first Changez's elaborate self-justifications for his contentious sentiments begin to suggest that perhaps he is a more sinister figure than he allows. The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid – review 2012-12-23T00:05:33Z Ocean Terrace Holdings recently emerged from a sometimes contentious five-year process over plans for the neglected North Beach street, where several picturesque hotels have been closed for years. No Room Service, but History’s on the Menu 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z In my pursuit of her ghost, I find myself eyeballing three contentious Canada geese on a floating swim dock in the Willamette River. Following the Lead of the Diving Girl 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z The issue of which producers on a film are eligible to receive the best picture Oscar is frequently a contentious one. Oscars 2016: Academy adjusts rules on producing credits, VFX, short films 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z The answer, which demands challenging and contentious engagement, is left for the reader to squint at between fragments. ‘Why Was It So Hard?’: How the Pandemic Changed Our Children 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z “Five hundred years after the publication of More’s classic, we are inviting countries to interrogate the contentious theme, Utopia by Design,” said Christopher Turner, director of the biennale and deputy director of London Design Week. A New Design Biennale Will Launch in London 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z Israeli-Palestinian hostilities, though, are only part of a minefield of contentious issues on which the U.N. body has to hand down rulings. Drained of cash and riven by rivalries, UNESCO seeks leader to revive fortunes 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z Some of the potential for unrest was not directly related to “Hamilton” — the university is in the midst of contentious labor talks — but some was. Lin-Manuel Miranda Brings ‘Hamilton’ to a Troubled but Appreciative Puerto Rico 2019-01-12T05:00:00Z Twenty twenty-one has, like 1980, brought contentious labor struggles — on top of a pandemic that has threatened the core conditions of live performance and kept the Met closed for an almost unthinkable 18 months. Review: The Met Opera Reunites, With Mahler’s ‘Resurrection’ 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z The music circles through tolling piano chords, while Ms. Harding sings in an adamant, contentious tone. Aldous Harding’s Songs Won’t Be Pinned Down. Nor Will Her Voice. 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z The interviews with Hemingway and V. S. Naipaul are the most plainly contentious. Critic?s Notebook: Paris Review Editor Frees Menagerie of Wordsmiths 2010-10-22T23:00:00Z Yet he does consider many contentious issues, including security and terrorism. Books of The Times: ‘Tubes,’ by Andrew Blum, Explores Physical Reality of the Web 2012-06-19T14:31:24Z The show is “Midtown,” a contentious mix of art, design, craft and various hybrids by more than 60 artists from around the world. ‘Midtown’: That Chair’s Charming, but Can I Sit in It? 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z Like the family it chronicles, “The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso and the Parisian Avant-Garde,” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, is fragmented and contentious, with flashes of brilliance. Art Review: ?The Steins Collect,? Matisse and Picasso, at the Met 2012-03-01T23:11:06Z This is a semester-long film studies survey course compressed into 15 brisk, sometimes contentious hours. Critic?s Notebook: ?The Story of Film: An Odyssey,? by Mark Cousins, at MoMA 2012-01-31T23:43:58Z The result was a contentious shoutfest that went on for several minutes. Perspective | As interviews get tougher, Team Trump doubles down on avoidance 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z But Israeli tour dates are often contentious issues for Western pop artists, especially ones as politically outspoken as Hill. Lauryn Hill cancels Israel concert after bungled Nigeria date 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says an NPR host lied in setting up an interview with him on Friday, but email records support the journalist’s account of how the contentious exchange came to be. Emails support NPR host after Pompeo calls her a liar in setting up contentious interview 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z It has rumbled on for a decade and the on-off deal with Lend Lease has been highly contentious. Anger surrounds demise of 1970s housing estate 2011-02-07T20:33:13Z It may be possible to work our way to new and better symbols, painfully and contentiously, but perhaps we don’t need them. Perspective | What to do when the Confederate statues come down? Leave the pedestals empty. 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z Ewing wrote on Giggles’ Facebook page that, while he considers himself a “pretty forgiving person,” he just couldn’t fathom an ex-convict with such a contentious history with the community holding down a leadership position. A Michigan pig named Giggles is running for mayor — opponent vows to “feast off” him at his victory party 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z Parents and children involved in divorce are often invested in keeping quiet about the most contentious passages in the family past and guarding secrets from public view. Theater Review: ?You Better Sit Down,? by the Civilians, at Flea Theater 2012-04-13T02:00:01Z In 2000, his father back in Cuba won a contentious custody battle to bring him home, inflaming Florida’s vocal anti-Castro community. How two old-school Washington insiders became the cool kids of Trumpism 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z "There are things we do that are contentious," Mr Hudson admits. The village where art is put to work 2014-01-29T09:35:38Z For Portman has taken on one of the most contentious subjects possible: the founding of the state of Israel in the late 1940s, refracted through the experience of Oz and his family. Natalie Portman on Israel, Hollywood sexism and ‘being the boss’ 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z The Marxist theory of ideology is extremely contentious, not least because it is tied to socio-economic hypotheses that are no longer believable. High culture is being corrupted by a culture of fakes 2012-12-19T08:30:04Z But they get on with one another, often splendidly, always intimately and sometimes contentiously. What to see in L.A. galleries: street-art ethos, a mesmerizing digital canvas, wild tapestries 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z The writer, producer and member of sketch comedy group The 1491s is referring to what went down after one of the most memorable, contentious “Daily Show” segments ever. What “The Daily Show’s” Redskins segment didn’t show 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z The one thing I can guarantee, though, is that the process of deciding the winner will be contentious, and the final choice will not be unanimous. Rick Gekoski: It takes judgment, not taste, to pick a Booker winner 2011-08-26T13:25:14Z Suddenly, the scene turns contentious, split between cries of “Keep playing, children” and “Don’t quit your day job.” Books of The Times: Mom and Dad and the Two Kids They Damage 2011-08-03T22:00:29Z A lot is made of "balance" in such contentious subjects, but authenticity is a much more important dramatic measure. Rewind TV: The Promise; Mad Dogs; Outcasts ? review 2011-02-13T00:05:33Z The measure, which civil rights groups instantly decried as discriminatory, would open a new front in the increasingly contentious fight over the treatment of transgender individuals in public spaces. Separate ‘bathroom bill’ for transgender students poised to pass in South Dakota 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z Riley’s brain is controlled by five busy, contentious emotions: Fear, Anger, Disgust, Sadness and Joy. Review: Pixar’s ‘Inside Out’ Finds the Joy in Sadness, and Vice Versa 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z American authorities united the young survivor with some of his relatives in Miami, sparking a contentious custody battle between Elián’s father in Cuba and those relatives. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Elián’ and ‘Asian Provocateur’ 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z A Pakistani American lawyer and his artist wife host a small dinner party that takes a contentious turn in Ayad Akhtar's new drama. Theatrical works to see in spring: From 'A Gentleman's Guide' to John Leguizamo to 'Shakespeare 400' 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z As contentious as their conversation is at times, it now seems quaint that there was once as trusted and far-reaching a journalistic institution as Life for Mrs. Kennedy to use to connect with her public. ‘Jackie,’ art and accuracy in a post-fact world 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z But the seeds of his contentious relationship with the press had already been sown. What happens when you tie your career to Donald Trump? Ask Sean Spicer in a few months. 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z The questioning became so contentious that at one point, Baker-Kinney stared back at Mesereau and said with disdain: “Are you rolling your eyes at me?” The ‘difference makers’: How the testimony of 5 additional women led to a Bill Cosby conviction 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z “He was waiting for me to suddenly take over, or for it to turn contentious.” With a New ‘Sin City’ Film, Frank Miller Extends His Craft 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z What to do about it is a more contentious matter. New Directions for American Foreign Policy 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z William Schallert, a veteran TV performer and Hollywood union leader who played Patty Duke's father — and uncle — on television and led a long, contentious strike for actors, has died. Actor William Schallert, who played Patty Duke's father _ and uncle _ in her '60s sitcom and led a long, contentious strike for actors, died Sunday 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z “It shows that portraits of the queen were being copied and presumably displayed in Scotland around the time of her execution, a highly contentious and potentially dangerous thing to be seen doing,” he added. Rare, hidden portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots revealed 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z Anderson adds a contentious father-son relationship that never existed in the story. How to make a Roald Dahl book into a movie the right way 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z Other aspects of Kip — his youthful fascination with EST, his frequent, contentious and expensive divorces — are my own invention. The unexplained death of “fracking king” Aubrey McClendon and a writer’s peculiar bereavement 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z Like so many other well-intentioned movies about politically contentious issues, it is hobbled by its own sincerity and undone by a confused aesthetic agenda. | 'Miral': Hopes and Struggles in a Difficult Land 2011-03-24T21:53:01Z Although she’s not in direct competition with “The Daily Show” or broadcast late night series, she’s an unmistakable contrast from a contentious news cycle brimming with fury and worry that never pulls back. Bring the joy: Watch "The World's Best" and "Busy Tonight" for a shot of comfort 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z Those portraying Johnson and Nixon — created in a time when the nation was as contentiously divided as it is now, the 1960s and early ’70s — were especially savage in their attacks. ‘Hamilton’ Duel: Addressing the President-Elect on His Own Blunt Terms 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z The term “gender identity” has been a contentious topic of debate across the country, and Louisiana is not immune. Louisiana congressman helping lead GOP effort to limit federal definition of gender 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z Mencher expressed doubt that the Toronto screenings will sway public or industry opinion one way or another, “unless there’s a lot of organized negativism” in the form of protests or contentious Q-and-A sessions. For Nate Parker and ‘Birth of a Nation,’ separating artist from the art may be impossible 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z He later cast him in “Knight Rider” — a high-water mark in what he described as an era of “junk TV” — after a contentious standoff with producers, who originally wanted Laurence Olivier. Reflections on Star Quality From a Golden Age of ‘Junk TV’ 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z Perhaps the most contentious of the two relates to the house belonging to the singer Robbie Williams. Stairway to heaven: Jimmy Page’s castle is his home 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z A staunch radical feminist from the early days of the women's movement, Itzin was never afraid to stand up for what she believed in, however unpopular or contentious. Catherine Itzin obituary 2010-04-12T17:20:00Z The fire — which took the lives of 146 garment workers, most of them young immigrant women — led to changes in workplace conditions and stirred debate over contentious issues of gender, labor and immigrants’ rights. Review: With Protest and Fire, an Oratorio Mourns a Tragedy 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z Jeb Bush is a working on a book about one of the Republican Party's most contentious issues: immigration. Fla. ex-Gov. Jeb Bush working on immigration book 2012-09-12T15:02:09Z National media descended on Steubenville, which reckoned publicly and contentiously with the unspoken assumption, posed by Cleveland Plain Dealer reporter Rachel Dissell, “Is this football town putting its daughters at risk to protect its sons?” Roll Red Roll: behind the chilling documentary on high school rape 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Gelb’s strategy to spend into this wind has been contentious. Metropolitan Opera?s Donations Hit a Record $182 Million 2011-10-11T02:17:33Z It’s a pretty contentious debate and surprisingly so. A night at the vibrator museum 2012-05-20T00:00:00Z Like many film plots, the story of MoviePass has been filled with monumental peaks, contentious rivalries and plenty of confusion. Tracking MoviePass’s Bumpy History as It Slashes Movie Allowance 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z And it is less contentious, I think, than most other approaches that have been tried. Why the new British citizenship test distorts history 2013-01-30T13:00:01Z “This is a long process, and it will be contentious at times,” said Anthony Gardner, an official with the 9/11 Memorial Museum in New York, which has been advising on the Orlando project. At Pulse Shooting Site, a Plan to Remember Renews Pain for Some 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z A more contentious relationship between object and description can be seen in Fox Hysen’s rendition of “Ronald Reagan with Day-Glo shocking pink eyes” on a “chartreuse background.” Last Chance: ‘Raw/Cooked: Ulrike Müller’ at the Brooklyn Museum 2012-09-06T22:21:20Z There's a weird and contentious roll-out period — Britain gets the show first, and then months later it drops in the U.S. Michelle Dockery's new Mary on 'Downton Abbey' 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z It’s a common assumption that accusations of sex abuse are frequently used as a weapon, especially in contentious custody battles, and that an aggrieved mother can turn a child against a father. Crimes and misdemeanors: Woody Allen and what we get wrong about sexual abuse 2014-02-06T13:00:00Z She got the idea from her own family’s tradition of spaghetti dinners; I’ll leave it to the commenters to parse what other things she might be inheriting, intentionally or not, from her parents’ contentious marriage. ArtsBeat: 'Mad Men' Watch: Mother Issues and a Proposal (of Sorts) 2012-04-30T12:15:49Z Their work is almost invisible here, though it commands a fair amount of attention in the flourishing and contentious cinephile wing of the blogosphere. Arts & Leisure Preview: A Golden Age of Foreign Films, Mostly Unseen 2011-01-27T17:15:40Z For consumers, the issue is often less contentious. The Milk Situation 2020-03-14T04:00:00Z So it went through dinner — no raised voices or interruptions, and plenty of thoughtful questions, but very little treading on contentious territory. What happens when two immigrants, five liberals and a Trump voter sit down to dinner 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z But using audiences to fund content in the future is a contentious topic, according to stars at a VidCon panel Saturday. VidCon: YouTube stars mull transition to TV, audience-funded content 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z Perhaps most contentiously for UK audiences, apparently pubescent girls are occasionally deployed in overtly erotic poses. This week's new exhibitions 2012-02-11T00:05:00Z The rights of immigrants and the wages and working conditions of those who pick, process and transport food are still live and contentious political issues. Movie Review: Hero Worship Abounds in ‘Cesar Chavez’ 2014-03-27T22:07:35Z In a period when US headlines are regularly made by contentious police actions involving alleged racial prejudice, it’s unsurprising that the courts should be in the dock. The 50 best TV shows of 2016: No 5 The Night Of 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Most movies about comedians present them as harsh and brooding collectors of neuroses, but Coogan and Reilly even at their most contentious present Laurel and Hardy as gentle, flawed figures. ‘Stan & Ollie’ Review: Laurel and Hardy, a Double Act as Romance 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z Back in March, we learned that AMC’s negotiations to renew “Mad Men” had grown contentious, and when they were resolved, its show runner, Matthew Weiner, said he would be ending the series. ArtsBeat: Vince Gilligan of 'Breaking Bad' Talks About Ending the Season, and the Series 2011-10-10T03:07:01Z There is no question that as civil discourse gets dumber and more contentious the art of a show like Cohen’s will be harder and harder to appreciate. The genius of Sacha Baron Cohen: 5 comedy strategies that make his insane interviews work 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z While “Tár” unfolds in a rarefied cultural space, where aesthetic perfection seems less an ideal than a daily expectation, it also plants itself in a tawdry and contentious zone of contemporary discourse. ‘Tár’ Review: A Maestro Faces the Music 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z It’s a trip, to be sure — but I’m not sure how it illuminates Stirner’s influential and contentious ideas. ‘The Inheritance’ Arrives at a Festival of German Drama 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z The anecdote captures Ms. Grubman’s uniquely contentious place in New York’s pantheon of characters. Is Lizzie Grubman a Changed ‘Party Girl’? 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z The 119-64 vote ended two months of contentious debate on the issue. Baba Booey appointed to Conn. town's parks board 2011-03-15T13:59:27Z Above all, he exhibits the discipline to remain objective and evenhanded on the highly contentious subject of religion. 'Little Hope Was Arson' explores fallout from church fires 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z When the midnight’s children join Saleem for chatty, contentious meetings, the camera’s focus goes soft, which seems fitting, as the children are mostly indistinct here, practically an afterthought, and without much metaphorical power. Movie Review: ‘Midnight’s Children,’ Adaptation of Salman Rushdie’s Novel 2013-04-26T00:22:16Z Potentially contentious decisions about how to divide funding among different needs and departments in a multifaceted museum "is all done in a really good spirit," Jensen said. Lori Bettison-Varga named new president of L.A. County's Natural History Museum 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z But it is sort of crazy to watch “House of Cards” present what is in some ways a rough draft for what might be a very contentious Republican National Convention this summer in Cleveland. The KKK, a brokered convention and cybersecurity — sound familiar?: 5 ways the new “House of Cards” hits close to home 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z Vogel, addressing the occasionally contentious exchanges, called them “a pretty normal dynamic in any big event, particularly in a first-time event.” Drake almost bailed on Landmark Music Festival, emails show 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z In the most contentious debate of the presidential campaign, got a long-anticipated pummeling from his Republican rivals Sunday morning, just two days ahead of the New Hampshire primary. Romney target of GOP rivals at debate 2012-01-08T16:39:00Z And the best relationships in that contentious and unforgiving world were forged in office crises. Thrills More Boardroom Than Bedroom 2010-10-14T21:27:00Z Komen’s also been chastised for pouring its considerable financial resources into attacking other organizations that dare to use the its contentious, wildly ambiguous phrase “the cure.” The sad decline of Komen for the Cure 2013-06-07T14:57:00Z "At a time when religious toleration was still a highly contentious subject, he argued that all the major religions were the products of custom, tradition and 'long and prescriptive usage'," the author writes. Edmund Burke: Philosopher, Politician, Prophet by Jesse Norman – review 2013-05-19T09:00:02Z “We do have an oftentimes contentious relationship,” said Ms. Pool, on speakerphone in a car after a real-life couples therapy session. Podcast & Carol & Ted & Alice 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z On Tuesday and Wednesday, Amber Heard made her first television appearances following the conclusion of a contentious defamation lawsuit brought by her former husband Johnny Depp. Enduring love and fear: 5 surprising takeaways from Amber Heard's "Today" show interview 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z A meeting — formal or informal, routine or hastily gathered, tedious or contentious — amounts to a Wiseman signature, like a shootout in a Tarantino movie or a dirty joke in a Judd Apatow comedy. Frederick Wiseman: The Filmmaker Who Shows Us Ourselves 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z The 1978 play recounted a contentious period in L.A. history: the 1942 Sleepy Lagoon case, in which a group of Mexican American men were unjustly convicted of murder, and the Zoot Suit riots that followed. Playwrights recall the spirit of Gordon Davidson, and how one man changed the face of L.A. theater 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z Consider “Roe,” then, a useful primer — embroidered by the emotional, religious and political motivations of its adherents and opponents — on one of the most durably contentious subjects of our time. At a pivotal political moment, Roe v. Wade unfolds again, this time on stage 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z And, most important, some good movies, chosen by the staff of Film Comment, a venerable, persistently curious and occasionally contentious magazine. Critic’s Notebook: Film Comment Selects Festival Offers 22 Intriguing Picks 2014-02-13T22:30:25Z Such a response may seem odd given a play whose first act contains one of the most contentious scenes in the theatrical canon. Theater Review: Psychological Turbulence Onstage 2011-10-18T13:00:19Z This is perhaps one of the more contentious ranch pairings, but since its founding in the 1950s , it has become the star of numerous duos. Mambo, ranch and Kewpie: Our five sauciest condiment stories of 2021 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z The statements were seen as contentious by some but Leo remains unhappy with any talk of gender. Melissa Leo: 'Things we would call abuse on set? Happens all the time' 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z The two critics then fell into a contentious debate about the inherent relativism of movie reviewing, with Ebert insisting that every film needs to be judged in its proper context. Review: In ‘Max,’ a Shellshocked Dog Reverts to His Heroic Self 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z I wrote recently about a long, passionate and contentious relationship I’d had with Willa Cather’s novel “The Song of the Lark.” Even Margo Jefferson Sometimes Gets Sucked Into a Bad Thriller 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z I would say my relationship to language is more rapturous than contentious. The vapor between languages: Idra Novey on writing and translation 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z The title, “A Short Series of Disagreements Presented Here in Chronological Order,” suggests a quirky/contentious night. Perspective | Will Tina Fey’s ‘Mean Girls’ rule onstage? 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z It also chronicles their role as stalwarts of the civil rights movement who navigated the sometimes contentious lines dividing different parts of the broader black freedom struggle. Portrait of a Marriage, Onstage and at the Barricades 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z The topic proved particularly contentious as Ms. Seymour’s lawyers saw Mr. Brant’s romantic life as fair game. Celebrity Divorce: Stephanie Seymour and Peter Brant 2010-08-20T22:15:00Z Given the sports bars’ contentious relationship with the city, Clifford says he feared the bar could be shut down. Sea Monster Lounge and 700 Funk keep piece of old Seattle alive 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z Israeli-Palestinian hostilities, though, are only part of a minefield of contentious issues on which the U.N. body has to hand down rulings. Drained of cash and riven by rivalries, UNESCO seeks leader to revive fortunes 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z The shop is a bit contentious, with lots of references and confessionals to Tom's spending habits. "Top Chef: World All Stars" meets "Downton Abbey" for an elevated picnic Mrs. Patmore would hate 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z There’s a fascinating film to be made about Compaq’s later years, when it was sold in a contentious deal. Review: ‘Silicon Cowboys’ Tracks the Rise of Compaq Computer 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z This proved to be a contentious point, as former LBJ aides and historians emerged to refute her narrative. Why is Lyndon B Johnson suddenly prevalent in pop culture? 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z One of her most influential and contentious papers showed that when teenagers transitioned from MySpace to Facebook, a kind of “white flight” occurred, in which Facebook became more associated with children who aspire to college. Danah Boyd: Cracking Teenagers? Online Codes 2012-01-20T23:56:23Z The museum actually consists of two houses, joined together in 2003, following one of the more tangled and contentious sagas in American literary history, known in Dickinson circles as “the war between the houses.” Emily Dickinson, at Home in Her ‘Full-Color Life’ 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z Across the film's 94 minutes Boseman transforms Levee from a man hurtling into the midst contentious conversation into someone tangling in on himself until inevitably, his parched pridefulness consumes him. "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom": Chadwick Boseman's finale performance is stunning 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z As polarizing as natural wine has been, as heated and contentious as the arguments have gotten over its name and its reasons for being, its audience continues to expand, as do the number of producers. 12 Natural Wines to Drink Now 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z The topic, President Richard M. Nixon’s 1972 trip to China, was still the subject of international conversation 15 years later, and many of its principal characters were still very much alive and contentious. She Gave Words to Opera’s Nixon 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z But it has re-emerged 30 years later at the center of an esoteric but messily contentious dispute about screenwriting credits involving faculty members at New York University's prestigious Tisch School of the Arts. ArtsBeat: At N.Y.U. Film Department, a Faculty Dispute Over a 30-Year-Old Show 2012-08-31T20:57:50Z However, one of the qualities I miss about contentious interviews such as this one before the era of Trump was the fact that the dogfight yielded substance and insight. "Borat" and Trump's "60 Minutes" interview show what we're missing: a sense of shame 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z That cause is the contentious drilling technique for natural gas known as fracking, which has caused an economic boom — as well as considerable environmental worry — in places that sit atop gas-rich shale. Movie Review: ‘Promised Land,’ With Matt Damon, Directed by Gus Van Sant 2012-12-27T23:24:39Z But these were truly, finally Met forces, brought together amid the contentious labor disputes that still threaten the company’s official reopening, planned for September. Mixing Healing and Strife, the Met Opera Sings Again 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z Still, it certainly helped that Kael was around at a time when movies were newly and contentiously acknowledged as a serious art form while still thriving as a medium of mass entertainment. Pauline Kael and Her Legacy 2011-10-15T22:17:20Z This French choreographer offers his tribute to the contentious classic by incorporating sections of Nijinsky’s diary, read live, with dance performed by a multigenerational cast. Dance Listings for May 9-15 2014-05-08T22:46:10Z At Tuesday’s contentious Trump Tower news conference, the president disparaged reporters, sometimes calling them — as if saying their names — “fake news.” Perspective | This week should put the nail in the coffin for ‘both sides’ journalism 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z Most contentiously, the organization has recently teamed up with Mattel for its first ever corporate sponsored patch. The Girl Scouts love Barbie but ban “Bossy” 2014-03-11T18:57:00Z Others are examining social media posts to ensure performers have not made contentious statements about the war. Pressed About Putin, Russian Conductor Quits Bolshoi and French Posts 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z The episode, featuring musical guest Alabama Shades, also showed Johnson in a contentious parody of a Toyoto Camry ad, in which she plays a fresh high school graduate heading off to join ISIS. Watch Dakota Johnson mock 'Fifty Shades of Grey' on 'SNL' 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z Rudy and Andrew’s mother, Donna Hanover, went through a contentious divorce that began when Rudy, then mayor, abruptly announced at a news conference that he was leaving her. Andrew Giuliani is test-driving his father’s legacy in New York 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z He simply uses this contentious area, with its sharp divisions in levels of appreciation and commercial value, to explain how the human mind operates. Why modern art is all in the mind 2010-06-19T23:05:00Z The next, a series of contentious and contradictory statements were released, and Ms. Cabello found herself on the lonely end of a sharp divide. How Camila Cabello Lost Some Friends and Found Her Voice 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Perhaps more intriguing than the song’s origin, though, is its multifaceted and contentious American development. ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ Has Changed a Lot in 200 Years 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z While, as I said, each of us strives to put the other's wants and desires first, there has to be a final decision maker on contentious issues and that is the husband and father. To Stay Married, Embrace Change 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z The country was in the middle of a contentious debate over its best-known drug-reduction effort. Legal pot on the one hand, opioid crisis on the other. What’s a DARE officer to do? 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z In a nation still so haunted by the divine promise, on the cusp of ever-more contentious debates about abortion and other intrinsically spiritual issues, “The Incendiaries” arrives at precisely the right moment. Review | ‘The Incendiaries’ is the most buzzed-about debut of the summer, as it should be 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z In March his lawyer in a contentious divorce from Mr. Hopper’s fifth wife, Victoria, announced that the actor has terminal prostate cancer and was too ill to appear in court. Arts & Leisure Preview: Dennis Hopper, Riding Out the Ups and Downs 2010-04-07T15:37:00Z When Mary complains, “We try to reason with one another, but only manage to tear ourselves apart,” it’s impossible not to reflect on our own contentious moment. Review | In Barbara Kingsolver’s ‘Unsheltered,’ Trump is just the latest threat to Earth’s survival 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z As announced last year, the book will focus on Clinton's time in the Obama administration and her thoughts on the country's future, apparently bypassing her contentious 2008 presidential primary run against Obama. Hillary Clinton addresses gathering of publishers 2014-03-20T12:57:06Z The request is the latest twist in the contentious relationship between Cornell’s widow and the surviving members of the Grammy Award-winning grunge band. Chris Cornell’s widow Vicky Cornell sues Soundgarden over buyout bid 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z Ornette Coleman, the alto saxophonist and composer who was one of the most powerful and contentious innovators in the history of jazz, died on Thursday morning in Manhattan. Ornette Coleman, Jazz Innovator, Dies at 85 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z But it does illustrate the bafflingly contentious nature of what is in essence a very simple programme. World Cup 2014: why Gary Lineker is a man of two halves 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z His first book, “The Sporting Club” — a novel set in his native Michigan — concerned a contentious boyhood friendship reprised after the men had grown. Stories Filled With Strivers, Schemers and Adventurers 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z The company, at the behest of Scrabble owner Hasbro Inc., left out one possibility under consideration for a hot minute — RBI — after consulting competitive players who thought it potentially too contentious. Scrabble dictionary adds 'OK,' 'ew' to official play along with hundreds of other new words 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z The strike was called after more than a year of often contentious negotiations. A Strike Stops the Music of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z But soon the orchestra needles the cello, as if to make a contentious and contrasting point. Review: She Returns to Lead the Philharmonic. For Real, This Time. 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z In this Playwrights Horizons drama, written by the searching playwright Lucas Hnath and directed by Les Waters, the audience listens in on a contentious sermon that questions what we believe and why. Theater Listings for Sept. 4-10 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z The internal discussions were “not contentious,” a person familiar with the talks said. Within NBC, an intense debate over whether to fire Brian Williams 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z Decades later, women’s sexual autonomy remains a contentious subject, as #MeToo and embattled debates surrounding consent make clear. What I learned about male desire in a sex doll factory 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z Published in 1950, Paz’s essay endures for its imaginative associations and musical prose, though it is contentious: Some anthropologists and historians consider his definition of Mexicanness to be Manichaean and contrived. Read Your Way Through Mexico City 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Caste is a contentious issue in India, but not a predictable one. How Bollywood is starting to deal with India's caste system 2010-12-16T22:30:02Z At last, someone joins up the dots of America's contentious "war on drugs", and the picture is bleak. This week's new films 2012-11-24T00:04:01Z Live favourite Oxford Comma finds thousands singing along to lyrics about social one-upmanship, contentious punctuation, crunk music and the Dalai Lama. Vampire Weekend and?Janelle?Mon?e ? review 2010-12-05T21:31:00Z The film opens, rather curiously, with the camera trained on Liman sitting on a white couch, as a blonde woman asks why he would want to get into something this contentious. Takeaways from Sundance’s secret Brett Kavanaugh documentary 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z The recent violence also coincides with the Trump administration’s contentious relationships with even some of the United States’ closest allies. ‘Trump Slump’ in Travel to U. S.? Not Quite 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z During one contentious conversation, one “Real World” star got up and stormed off in the middle of taping. As Reality TV Reunions Go Virtual, What About the Fights? 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z Yet here, they only occasionally make persuasive connections with their unhappy, contentious characters. ‘A Delicate Balance’ Revival Stars Lithgow and Close 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z His divorce had been bitter and contentious, and it had been a terrible time in his life. The Unbridled Shower: Celebrating Divorce Not With a Whimper but a Bang 2012-09-14T23:48:46Z The position largely involved staffing, scheduling and assigning cases, but Roberts also occasionally presided over contentious trials and hearings. NY judge who was model for 'Bonfire' jurist dies 2010-10-25T15:30:00Z More and more people now find themselves in need of A.R.T.s., but, in a country where abortion and paid family leave are still contentious issues, the hard work of consensus-building has barely begun. The Case for Redefining Infertility 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z The strange allure of a perspective-changing hilltop, known simply as “the Place,” triggers contentious town meetings, where preservationists battle developers who want to exploit the hill’s real estate potential. Millhauser’s ‘Voices in the Night:’ short stories by a master 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z When the dust settled Tuesday, she posted the contentious photo on her own Tumblr. Beyoncé, teens and a Twitter lesson in meanness 2012-05-31T13:56:00Z New York may be a safer, cleaner and less argumentative place than it was in the 1980s, but he remains as contentious, as mischievous and at times as inflammatory as ever. Movie Review: ‘Koch,’ Neil Barsky’s Documentary on the Former Mayor 2013-01-31T16:55:40Z The relationship between New Jersey and New York is close but contentious, with New Jersey’s suburban life often portrayed as less glamorous than the fast life of the city. No, New Yorkers Aren’t Flocking to New Jersey for Legal Weed 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z Heard and Depp settled their contentious divorce on Tuesday, one day before the actors were scheduled to begin a restraining order hearing that would center on Heard's allegations Depp repeatedly abused her during their marriage. Amber Heard says she's donating $7m Depp divorce settlement 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z Australia’s fixation with border security is highly contentious within the country, particularly its harsh treatment of asylum-seekers, but ultimately plays well with voters. ‘Fortress Australia’ has a new message: Come back 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z It's a contentious claim, as yet unproved, but with potentially revolutionary results, affecting millions of people worldwide. Susannah Cahalan: 'What I remember most vividly are the fear and anger' 2013-01-13T00:05:41Z Evidently a prideful, contentious and possibly bibulous character, he left Italy after nearly killing a man in a fight. Art Review: Willem van Aelst Still-Life Paintings at National Gallery 2012-08-10T04:50:08Z But not all the news coverage of the president-elect has been contentious or critical of late. The most glowing stories about Trump run in tabloid media. Why the romance? 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z The Tribeca film festival defended its right to screen contentious material. Robert De Niro steps into autism vaccination row by screening film 2016-03-26T04:00:00Z The danger of fictionalizing a contentious figure lies in maintaining the delicate balance of writing a compelling character while acknowledging the truth of his real-life actions. How ‘The Crown’ shaped a generation’s view of Prince Philip 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z So I can see how calling it a “miracle” might be contentious, but I’m comfortable with the phrase because Texans use strong language. ArtsBeat: Q. and A.: Erica Grieder on What America Can Learn From Texas 2013-05-01T14:00:56Z Paulson, who currently stars in Murphy's "American Horror Story: Freak Show," will portray the relentless attorney who achieved her own celebrity during the contentious murder trial. Cuba Gooding Jr., Sarah Paulson cast in FX's O.J. Simpson project 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z Heard's donation pledges were a subject that came up during the contentious trial. Amber Heard and Johnny Depp drama continues: a potential mistrial and pointed charity donations 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z Things are less contentious with The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, which unites characters from across literature. Alan Moore Is Preparing a Six-Part Finale for Extraordinary Gentlemen 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z The canonization of Mother Teresa of Calcutta on Sunday will be the culmination of a process - sometimes called "the saint-making machine" - that is long, complex, expensive, opaque and often contentious. Mother Teresa borne to sainthood by complex, mysterious process 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z He had a lot of social reforms on his desk which he wanted to get moving first and which were less contentious. Oscars: Selma writer tells his side 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z Here, a panel of experts judge how well the Serial treatment will fit this most contentious of cases. Serial tackles Bowe Bergdahl: our expert panel gives its verdict 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z He broke relations with the neighboring emirate of Qatar, claiming it supported terrorists and was too cozy with Iran, and demanded that it shut down the contentious Al Jazeera television network. ‘MBS’ Chronicles the Shockingly Young, Powerful and Ruthless Saudi Crown Prince 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z So be prepared to contemplate a question he’s asked contentiously by a friend when he wins the Nobel: Whose life did his book improve? A Debut Novel Reimagines the C.I.A.’s Efforts to Promote ‘Doctor Zhivago’ 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z The resulting conversations were, by turns, lively, ugly, sharp-edged and contentious, culminating in years of insults, litigation and rewriting. ‘The Future,’ ‘Cheap Thrills’ and More Offbeat Streaming Gems 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z I suggested a similar strategy that mitigated some risk and was told I was being contentious. @Work Advice: Updates on bullying, bedbug and leave disputes 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z She landed in the tabloids after a contentious custody battle and subsequent fights over child support, and has been open about her time on public assistance. Insult Tonya Pinkins? She Got There First. 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z The first of the new books will follow the contentious 1986 congressional campaign in which Lewis ran against and ultimately beat his close friend and fellow civil rights leader Julian Bond. He’s a Hill staffer for Rep. John Lewis by day — and an award-winning graphic novelist by night 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z So if your city council is dealing with a contentious issue, perhaps tempers might be cooler if the lighting in the chamber isn’t quite so intense. The fastest way to reach a congressional budget agreement? Dim the lights 2014-01-12T17:00:00Z Gerald Scarfe's distinctive style of political satire, with its vivid, often cruel caricatures and pointed, sometimes contentious commentary, has been a fixture of national newspapers and magazines for decades. Gerald Scarfe's colourful career 2013-01-29T11:45:11Z Trying to discuss an even remotely contentious topic with someone on social media is a fool’s errand. Social Media Arguments: Can’t-Win Propositions 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z No matter how contentious the paternal relationship can be, many fathers and sons sit peacefully enough alongside each other on our library shelves. Shelf Talk | Literary fathers and sons 2011-06-17T17:18:45Z He opens with a statement that is presumptive, irrelevant to the office he seeks, theologically contentious, and tritely tautological. Marco Rubio’s real disqualification: New video outlines bizarre religious faith — and he wants to govern by it 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z The Associated Press instructs employees to “refrain from declaring their views on contentious public issues in any public forum.” #Biased? Reporters on Twitter don’t hold back about Trump. 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z “I’m not bitter,” she said, discussing her contentious and well-publicized exit from the News Corporation eight years ago, which eventually won her a reported settlement of more than $10 million. Judith Regan Is Back. Watch Out. 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z The process of interpreting a deceased person’s intentions from the lines of a handwritten document can be a confusing, contentious process, one that made for a gripping story line in the HBO series “Succession.” Is Aretha Franklin’s True Will the One Found in the Couch or a Cabinet? 2023-07-09T04:00:00Z This year however, it’s not a film that’s garnering the most attention, but a new venture – one likely to wedge a contentious divide between exhibitors and studios. Will Sean Parker's Screening Room hurt or help the film industry? 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z Or perhaps you're run down by our contentious national political climate, and looking for a more historically nuanced frame of reference. Inspirational Travel Destinations 2010-12-09T17:15:00Z It was a contentious, sprawling, roller coaster of dashed hopes and false dawns — a mini-series where major characters suddenly die and plot twists shock. The AIDS Fight: Andrew Sullivan on a History of the Movement 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z OK, slightly less contentiously, is it true that you were expelled from school for setting your hair on fire? Ian McCulloch: 'Car parks are a bigger threat than war' 2013-04-11T16:23:18Z With the contentious legume debates, Jews are enacting the futility of human reason—it’s as if they’re saying, “See, God? This is what happens when you leave humans to their own devices.” And, on Passover, God Gave the Israelites Back Their Legumes 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z The center is built on the site of a former headquarters of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, the British police force that occupied a contentious place in Northern Ireland during the sectarian violence. Celebrating Seamus Heaney’s Legacy, at His Birthplace 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z Not everyone agreed that “The Mikado” should be saved, and the process was at times contentious. An Asian-American Reimagining of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Mikado” 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z Although the pope was merely reiterating the Church’s anti-death penalty position, his words rung especially true as the issues of prisoners’ rights remains a contentious one in the United States. Pope Francis condemns use of death penalty 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z The media storm, made worse by several contentious interviews given by Mr. Parker, 37, resulted in a poor performance at the box office for his film and its shunning on the seasonal awards circuit. The Glare Varies for Two Actors on Hollywood’s Awards Trail 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z It ventures onto extraordinarily difficult terrain, playing with stereotypes on both sides of the conflict, and no one should be surprised that it remains contentious. The Met's Klinghoffer Problem 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z It’s like an actual, contentious family reunion, but it’s other people. As Reality TV Reunions Go Virtual, What About the Fights? 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z Allen, whose contentious documentary about the BNP leader Nick Griffin aired on Channel Four earlier this year, has long been outspoken about his drug use. Drugs charities criticise C4 show 2012-07-16T12:11:38Z In an attempt to tease Friendly Ethan back out of the woodwork I go for the least contentious question imaginable. Crystal Castles sparkle with or without The Brain 2010-05-21T23:09:00Z One of the most contentious aspects of the negotiation involved the size of the orchestra. Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Agrees to a New Labor Deal 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z The last election was very, very contentious, and I think the entire country just wants to be in a different energy.” The surreal lives of 2020 campaign spouses: What happens when your loved one wants to be president 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z Early in his career, James Wood, the commanding, occasionally contentious literary critic at The New Yorker — once anointed “the last critic” — used a pseudonym. In ‘Serious Noticing,’ James Wood Closely Reads Chekhov and Others — Including Himself 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z And if you think this is contentious, look up the origins of "marmalade". On the origin of vocab 2012-02-09T10:36:00Z One White House reporter notes with irritation that minders have sometimes cut off contentious questioning or otherwise interrupted the flow of conversation. And minder makes three: For White House interviews, it’s never just one-on-one But it was considered too contentious and the museum offered to move it inside; instead, Mr. Ray withdrew the piece. Charles Ray, Walking a Fine Line With a Hungry Lion 2018-05-13T04:00:00Z Still, the sweet German style is contentious, especially in Germany, where many people would just as soon forget it and drink dry rieslings. Thrilling and Joyless? The Polarity of Sweet Riesling 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z One contentious feature of contemporary writing which the prize won't want to ignore is the number of texts that mix fiction with non-fiction. At last – a books prize that rewards innovation 2013-01-25T19:30:01Z Birth control and abortion, arguably the Catholic church’s most contentious issues, are not always perceived in a negative light by young Catholics. Why millennials are abandoning the Catholic Church 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z This is the contentious heart of The Big Screen. The Big Screen by David Thomson – review 2012-10-12T21:55:01Z ARE you in the mood for a contentious debate? Books of Style: ‘Heels on Wheels’ — Books of Style 2012-10-10T22:30:19Z Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Carol Boas Goodson issued the order Tuesday in Los Angeles against Linda Ransom after a contentious hearing in which the woman repeatedly raised her voice to the judge. Judge grants Jeff Goldblum 3-year stay-away order 2012-06-12T16:55:46Z Scott Walker should be booted from office after 16 contentious months on the job. Milwaukee mayor to face Gov. Walker in recall 2012-05-09T02:56:00Z Keefe’s narrative account of the Troubles is an architectural feat, expertly constructed out of complex and contentious material, arranged and balanced just so. Times Critics’ Top Books of 2019 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z McConaughey had also shied away from going into policy specifics and positions on contentious issues in Texas. Matthew McConaughey won’t run for Texas governor in 2022 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z Yet he does describe how the “snarl-smiling” evangelical pastor Ted Haggard nearly ran him over in a parking lot after a contentious interview conducted for a British documentary. Review: ‘Brief Candle in the Dark,’ by Richard Dawkins, Puts Intellect Over Intimacy 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z Veteran film, TV and theater actor David plays Slow Drag, one of the four vibrantly drawn members of Ma’s contentious backup band. Is August Wilson the 'Shakespeare of our time'? Cast and crew of 'Ma Rainey' say you can hear it 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Do Democrats really want to send a young, inexperienced revolutionary into contentious White House meetings? How Nancy Pelosi turned the condescending ‘feisty grandma’ meme into a political weapon 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z The artists argue that the Neues Museum presents the artifact without sufficient explanation of how it was obtained or of its contentious status. Stealing a Priceless Antiquity ... With a Scanner and a 3-D Printer 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z I thought someone should stick up for Hot Space – the contentious, disowned Queen album – so I did. The Darkness's Justin Hawkins: 'Contrary to expectations, you'd never catch me dogging' 2012-08-23T19:30:00Z Not for the first time throughout an often contentious four-decade relationship with the Joplin family, Mr. Getz sought legal advice, and he was assured of his rights as the song’s co-author, he said. Music: A Piece of Her Heart on a 40th Anniversary 2010-10-03T02:00:00Z Knowing that the text was philosophically and theologically contentious, he did not publish the work during his lifetime. Beyond Cyrano de Bergerac’s nose – the real man behind the swashbuckling hero 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z Recent conversations around this issue, in film and television as well as in theater, have become more contentious, with comparisons often drawn to traditions of blackface. Actors With Disabilities Are Ready, Willing and Able to Take More Roles 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z The NY Phil Biennial approach, however, seems less about making sense of a contentiously noisy environment than merely adding to it. NY Phil Biennial laudable, yet in need of curatorial vision 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Stephanopoulos’ conversations with the president traversed an emotional spectrum ranging from cordial to contentious, as one would expect. ABC's "30 Hours" Donald Trump special was a ratings bust — but in history's long view, it will count 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z The nature and scale of the massacre of Christian Armenians remains a contentious issue. 'The Promise' brings tragedy of 1915 Armenian massacre to big screen 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z In 2014, the issue became especially contentious as arts organizations and auction houses, including Sotheby’s and Christie’s, became mired in political lobbying. California Tried to Give Artists a Cut. But the Judges Said No. 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z More contentious than the show's central figure is the novel appearance of actors depicting several other controversial politicians, among them the late reformist Communist Party chief Hu Yaobang, who Deng ousted. China TV series on Deng stirs questions on political openness 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z During the planning process, which was sometimes contentious, he said he learned that he enjoyed “listening to people and hearing them out and being able to help people come to a consensus.” Met Museum Elects New Chairman 2011-05-10T20:27:27Z “Jeanne du Barry,” in which Depp plays King Louis XV of France, is the actor’s first major film role since a lurid and contentious defamation trial last year. The festival chooses a divisive opener: a Johnny Depp film. 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z The film, with dialogue mostly in Tamil, isn’t didactic but touches on the most contentious issues in Europe today — immigration and integration. For Its Star, ‘Dheepan’ Was the Role of His Lifetime 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty Tuesday to disorderly conduct stemming from a June incident on Broadway in which he disrupted a production of "Cabaret" and went through a contentious arrest. Shia LaBeouf pleads guilty, gets more rehab for 'Cabaret' disruption 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z Of course a 90-minute documentary can only provide a broad-strokes overview of a complicated and contentious issue where science and ideology collide. Katie Couric vs. Big Food: She’s a “strong feminist,” but not an “activist” 2014-05-06T22:59:00Z Grey's victory on a combination of judges' scores and public votes ended one of the most contentious and politically-charged seasons of "Dancing with the Stars" in its history. Controversial "Dancing" final seen by 24 million 2010-11-24T20:22:00Z In these contentious times, it seems fitting that Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument was birthed in flames. At Berryessa National Monument, Wildflowers and Rebirth 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z There are your columnists, like Brittany Driver, who writes about pot and parenting — a contentious topic that has her worried about increased scrutiny from Child Protective Services. Higher education: Here are 5 of the best documentaries about weed out now 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z Drama in dance is the evening’s contentious issue. Review: In ‘Platform 2015,’ the Beauty of Ragged Edges at Danspace Project 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z The conversation is contentious, to say the least. After abuse,"Women Talking" challenges the misuse and metamorphosis of forgiveness 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z In retrospect, the success of “American Idiot” is due primarily to context: It was released during a contentious election year, during what seemed at the time like the darkest days of the W. administration. Green Day: Rock’s saddest joke 2012-07-16T21:10:00Z In an article for The Times, Jason Zinoman called the film an “indie gem,” writing that the “contentious mother-daughter relationship is rooted in such heartbreaking realism that it evokes ‘Lady Bird,’ plus witchcraft.” What’s on TV Sunday: ‘Trump and Taxes’ and ‘Pyewacket’ 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z A preservative and antioxidant used almost universally in wine production, and the most contentious issue among natural wine producers. How to Find (and Discuss) Natural Wines 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z There is a middle ground to nearly every issue, and this holds true in the current contentious debate between sportsmen and environmentalists. Pop culture, according to Jon Huntsman 2011-09-21T15:22:00Z On the same day at the multipurpose Mac another event, even more remarkable though not so contentious, was taking place. NI Opera Shorts – review 2012-07-07T23:05:46Z The lack of supervision I received as a teenager, along with the fallout from my parents' contentious divorce, left me hypervigilant to ensure my children had a different experience. "Am I gay?" I'm a middle-aged woman reinventing her life after marriage and kids — and I'm not alone 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z But political satire has seldom appeared in movie theaters during contentious election seasons, when politicians are crowding television screens. ‘The Campaign,’ a Bipartisan Film Comedy 2012-05-30T22:33:06Z The most compelling portions of this very long volume deal with Kennedy’s contentious relationship with Roosevelt, whom he had campaigned for and who had made him the first chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Books of The Times: David Nasaw’s ‘Patriarch,’ on Joseph P. Kennedy 2012-11-29T21:09:38Z It’s not a nostalgic reunion; it’s a united front, renewed and contentious. The Best Albums of 2015 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z Was it not possible that, with the turn of the century, English language and culture were becoming decoupled from their contentious heritage, disassociated from post-colonial trauma? Globish: the worldwide dialect of the third millennium | Robert McCrum 2010-03-29T12:51:00Z The recording sessions for the previous Depeche Mode album, “Spirit,” had been contentious. The Exquisite Darkness of Depeche Mode 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z Pleasure is more contentious, difficult and subversive, both emotionally and politically, than these authors want to see. Kama Sutra: A Guide to the Art of Pleasure, translated by AND Haskar ? review 2011-03-25T13:00:01Z The problem with such appearances, even the contentious ones, is that they contribute to the image rehabilitation of a man who does not deserve to be let off the hook so easily. Hey, talk show gatekeepers: Let’s not enable Sean Spicer 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z The contentious motion filed by Deputy District Attorney David Walgren disputed the defense's statements, and said prosecutors will agree to tests only if they are done correctly. DA allowing residue for tests by Jackson doctor 2010-12-28T01:08:44Z When they were, they revealed an even more rich, extraordinarily diverse and contentious early Christian culture than previously thought. 'Gnostic Gospels' author Pagels to speak in Seattle 2010-04-29T00:13:00Z And it had a fictional story set in South America, a less contentious proposition and a direction Boal continued to pursue with “Echo 3.” With ‘Echo 3,’ Mark Boal Stays in His Comfort Zone: Danger Abroad 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z The folks behind “Eastbound and Down” and “Vice Principals” have their sights set on an even more contentious point of Southern pride than baseball and education. 19 HBO original programs to be excited about in 2019 — "True Detective," "Watchmen," and more 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z It turned testy as he was challenged on his assertion that Islam was a "religion of war" compared to other major faiths, and his defense of contentious Israeli policies. Hamas scion turned Israel spy making film on Islam 2012-06-19T17:56:05Z The season is the first since the Women’s Project Theater, founded in 1978 with the development and production of new works by women as its mission, went through a contentious reorganization. Women's Theater Project to Present New Laura Eason Play 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z Whether standing alone or in bustling groups of up to 30, as though engaged in contentious debate, the vultures seem to inhabit spaces you wouldn’t have noticed. Ebony G. Patterson Brings a Crowd to the New York Botanical Garden 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z Pricing is a contentious issue in the book business worldwide at a time of major changes in the industry, with big competition from e-books. Bill would protect Israeli authors' royalties 2012-06-14T18:42:08Z The science underpinning the claim that intelligence can be meaningfully predicted by genetic tests is also contentious. IVF couples could be able to choose the ‘smartest’ embryo 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z Brooks takes this role seriously, so it’s no surprise he doesn’t like talking about politics and with very few exceptions, will not wade into contentious issues. Everyone wants Garth Brooks on their side. He just wants everyone to get along. 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z The domestic violence allegations are one aspect of the actors' contentious divorce. Hearing on Johnny Depp domestic violence allegations delayed 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z Dancers with the New York City Ballet voted 63-1 on Tuesday to accept a contract after contentious negotiations over issues like overtime and salary. ArtsBeat: City Ballet Reaches Accord With Dancers 2011-05-03T16:44:48Z McGonigle-Martin’s story highlights just how personal, and at times contentious, the debate has become. Raw milk: a superfood or super risky? 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z A contentious divorce in 1975 was followed by a long legal battle over the substantial art holdings that remained, settled only in 1986, several months after Robert’s death. Art Review: At Acquavella, Art From Robert and Ethel Scull?s Collection 2010-04-15T21:53:00Z Specialists also closely examined the artist’s signature, considered contentious in previous assessments because the style reflected Rembrandt’s signature from a much later period in his career, not when the portrait was painted. Turns Out That Guy in the Painting Really Is Rembrandt, Analysts Say 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z Lee is known to be contentious with reporters, but this afternoon he's friendly, funny — and of course, unfiltered. The academy celebrates Hollywood iconoclast Spike Lee 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z It also, Mr. Rasmussen said, may feed one of the more contentious disputes in Shakespeare studies: whether the playwright was a secret Catholic. Shakespeare Folio Discovered in France 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z The film takes on the contentious fallout from the George W. Bush administration’s decision after the Sept. 11 attacks to approve the use of brutality in interrogations. ‘The Report’ and the Untold Story of a Senate-C.I.A. Conflict 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z This is the contentious climate in which the film arrives. ‘She Said’ Review: A Quiet Thriller That Speaks Volumes 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z And “natural wine,” contentious though it is, continues to rise in popularity. Napa and Sonoma bottles rise to the top of American wine lists. Again. 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z The Met completed a round of contentious labor negotiations this summer in which the company, warning that it faced dire financial difficulties, persuaded its unionized workers to agree to their first pay cuts in decades. Metropolitan Opera’s Credit Rating Is Under Review for Possible Downgrade 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z Ms. Cho discloses that, in her view, the email exchange was contentious: Race, Hollywood and ‘Doctor Strange’: Margaret Cho and Tilda Swinton, Annotated 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z “Keefe’s narrative is an architectural feat, expertly constructed out of complex and contentious material, arranged and balanced just so.” 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z One 2010 review of studies on the topic declared: “The contentious issue of whether cannabis use can cause serious psychotic disorders that would not otherwise have occurred cannot be answered from the existing data.” Popular book on marijuana's apparent dangers is pure alarmism, experts say 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z Hoover, who died in 1972, and Robert Kennedy had an often contentious relationship throughout the 1960s. ArtsBeat: Jeffrey Donovan Joins Eastwood's 'J. Edgar' Film as Robert Kennedy 2011-03-09T16:30:59Z During a contentious, drawn-out merger with Opera Vlaanderen a few years ago, it changed style and artistic director more than once. Review: Ballet Vlaanderen Is a Company in Search of Itself 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z The earthy momentum of the music carries lyrics full of contentious romance, hard knocks and betrayals, in songs with titles like “Trouble,” “Amnesia,” “Substantial Damage” and “Suspicion.” Keith Richards on ‘Crosseyed Heart’: It’s Solo Rock ’n’ Roll, but He Likes It 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z “It’s definitely a very challenging community to get access to. I think there’s kind of a contentious relationship with media,” Eiselt said. 93Queen: the incredible story of the all-female Hasidic emergency service 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z At the Met, Ms. Brown also wanted to address the contentious history of the building of Lincoln Center. Cecily Brown’s Paintings Are at the (Other) Met 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z The ownership of superhero characters continues to be a contentious topic for the comic book industry. ArtsBeat Blog: Marvel Wins Court Battle Over Rights to Ghost Rider 2011-12-29T17:42:26Z They held contentious town meetings on the Flat Rock and issued dire warnings about the perils of the Evil Snakey Forest, which loomed threateningly on all sides. Their Wildest Dreams 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z But, along with edibles, home growing is generally among the most contentious topics within the legalization debate. Should I grow my own weed at home? Here's what you need to know 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z Alsop’s record — a host of commissions and recordings; ambitious tours; the founding of the groundbreaking OrchKids education program — is all the more impressive given how contentiously her time at the Baltimore Symphony began. A Trailblazing Female Conductor Is Still Alone on the Trail 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z And the exhibits don’t yet explore the war on terror, precluding the contentious Guantanamo Bay detention camp from inclusion. Military museums grapple with a mission that’s only getting more complex 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z In November, Mr. Baldwin announced he would curb his Twitter activity in the wake of contentious comments regarding the #MeToo movement. What’s on TV Sunday: The Oscars 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z The book reconstructs the histories of modern Europeans, Indians, Native Americans, East Asians and Africans, and later, takes up the contentious subjects of race and identity. New in Paperback: ‘Directorate S,’ ‘The Friend’ 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z "Apostle" follows the vein of how a contentious religious past resounds in the present. Tom Bissell's 'Apostle' takes a ride-along through unanswerable questions about Jesus' disciples 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z The authors, along with other scholars on the subject, while admitting that it is a contentious matter, assert that policies based on blood quantum are internalized Euro-American fantasies. Waking from the John Wayne dream: Columbus and Jackson are dead, but America’s war against Indigenous people lives on 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z The "negative publicity" showed that the work was "contentious", found the OLD's board, according to its March 2012 minutes, and they "struggled to justify the £1m sought". Olafur Eliasson produces cheap solar lamp for developing countries 2012-07-12T16:48:18Z Dear Amy: My sister committed suicide after a complicated life, contentious divorce and child custody battle. Perspective | Ask Amy: Bank worker is instructed to ‘flirt’ 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z The years after Mr. Borges’s death were often contentious ones for Ms. Kodama. María Kodama, Keeper of the Borges Legacy, Dies at 86 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z The talks were contentious from the start, and 12 of the unions representing workers at the Met failed to reach new agreements before their old contracts expired on July 31. Metropolitan Opera and Two Unions Reach a Tentative Deal 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z We are a contentious club of men and women who love to argue with one another. Rick Atkinson’s Savage American Revolution 2019-05-11T04:00:00Z His film, however, seems a little wide-eyed towards his contentious material. Children of the Revolution ? review 2011-08-25T21:00:01Z In his new book, “The Last Leonardo,” the author and documentary filmmaker Ben Lewis writes about the painting’s twisty, contentious road to the auction block and beyond. ‘The Last Leonardo’ Looks Into a $450 Million Mystery 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z Ranking artists is a risky and contentious sport. Music Review: Serious ?Rite,? Sultry Tango and Skillful Solos 2011-01-28T23:11:00Z If anything, the aim of comedy is to transgress—to broach unsavory, contentious social issues that indirectly may lead to a kind of emotional or psychological catharsis. Reading Amy Schumer: The powerful missed message in “The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo” 2016-08-20T04:00:00Z But the key question in exporting art into contentious territories is the extent to which the work's essential values are diluted, as seems to be the case with Dylan. Bob Dylan's political road ? and Sesame Street's 2011-04-10T18:30:00Z But the humor content increasingly reflected contentious times, and by Season 2, clashes with CBS’s censors were frequent. The Smothers Brothers and the Birth of TV Buzz 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z Mr. Hart and Mr. Mould, both independent-minded musicians and artists, frequently clashed over the band’s direction, and the group’s contentious breakup, late in 1987, came in the wake of substance abuse accusations. Grant Hart, Hüsker Dü Drummer and Singer, Dies at 56 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z Return to earlier, less contentious times by binging the original nine seasons. What’s on TV Sunday: ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ and ‘The Child in Time’ 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z Bush’s letter to Bill Clinton, after a particularly contentious campaign, was moving: “Your success now is our country’s success. I am rooting hard for you.” Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Trump left a letter for Biden. Here’s what I think it said. 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z In the latest in the BBC News Meet The Author interviews, Simon Sebag Montefiore talks about his latest book Jerusalem: The Biography, a history of one of the world's most famous and contentious cities. Meet the author: Sebag Montefiore 2011-01-28T14:03:56Z Since that contentious “She Said” book talk, I’ve kept thinking about the attendees arguing that Woodward was the wrong choice to moderate, that it should have been a woman up there. Analysis | A wave of new books reveals the obstacles #MeToo had to overcome — and why it’s not over 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z Asim was part of a “close-knit but contentious family of bookish eccentrics,” raised in a “hyperliterate household,” by studious, accomplished and artistically driven parents. Review | In ‘Boyz n the Void,’ a ‘malcontent with an allergy to authority’ finds freedom — and confusion — in the punk rock scene 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z On Thursday night, his most contentious speech was about how “greedy” drug companies could help end AIDS. Elton John Stays Flashy on the Long Road to Farewell 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z Cocooned within are some of history’s cruelest, most contentious images — the first photographs, it is believed, of enslaved human beings. The First Photos of Enslaved People Raise Many Questions About the Ethics of Viewing 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z That’s the place for original research and contentious argument to unfold, but the paintings hold order and chaos in pregnant equilibrium. Paul Winstanley conjures a reflective expressiveness at 1301PE 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z A meticulously researched account of the tangled, contentious early years of flight, when the Wright Brothers and Glenn Curtiss were locked in a bitter dispute that would shape the future of the entire aviation industry. Here Are the 15 Best Books of 2014 (So Far) 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z A new artist-residency program, on a highly desirable and somewhat contentious empty lot across from Seattle Center and McCaw Hall, welcomes conversation about these issues and more. New residency program uses shipping containers to foster socially engaged art 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z But with a divided House and Senate and so much on the table, it may be a more contentious cycle than usual. Looking ahead: Top food and agriculture stories for 2023 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z This was, I felt, an attempt to include the people of New Orleans in a discussion about Katrina that is contentious and emotional. Don’t Call It Katrina 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z After years as a journalist, steeped in notions of fairness and balance, Brown has transformed into an advocate, taking a very public side in one of the many contentious battles over public education. Campbell Brown goes after teacher tenure in transition from journalist to advocate Jesse Warren, 38, the town’s mayor, and his opponent, Michael Irving, 67, had been at war for weeks in what Newsday called “likely Long Island’s most contentious mayoral race this year.” It Was Nice Not Running Into You 2021-07-17T04:00:00Z Perry and Tyler have survived a sometimes contentious relationship to become one of rock's most successful songwriting teams over the last 40 years. Tyler, Perry lead Songwriters Hall of Fame class 2013-02-22T13:34:09Z Last spring, the pandemic shutdown sent it into a financial tailspin, leading to the furlough of much of its staff, which was also in the midst of a contentious unionization drive. Tenement Museum Makes Room for Black History 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z The internal dissension and various controversies reinforced the contentious atmosphere that seems to surround the Times. New York Times demotes editor after Twitter controversy as paper takes fire from left, right and within 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z She charms Will into a teasingly contentious big brother/little sister relationship, where she gives him movies in exchange for books. New year, new "You": Netflix's stalker drama seeks romantic nirvana in a twisted Season 2 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z The most contentious issue is whether small amounts of sulfur dioxide, a kind of cure-all antioxidant and preservative, should be employed at all. The Big Reverb of Australia’s Lo-Fi Wine Movement 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z Mr. Lees had strong, often contentious opinions and expressed them forcefully. Gene Lees, Jazz Critic and Historian, Dies at 82 2010-04-27T03:33:00Z She was at times contentious during cross examination, often broke into tears and at one point Judge James Burke ended a day's session early when she was unable to compose herself. Analysis | Harvey Weinstein accuser Jessica Mann’s dramatic testimony is a new kind of test in sex-crime trials 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z Outsiders may imagine that these conclaves are marked by contentious, principled debates like the ones Tommy Lee Jones’ character led over the 13th Amendment. New York Film Critics: A Perfect Score for Zero Dark Thirty 2012-12-04T02:25:40Z So manifold are the contentious aspects of Trump’s brief reign, documentary makers of every persuasion have latched on to the subject. 'How to stop an out-of-control president': the Trump films that may swing the midterms 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z His second is contentious – that economic sustainability need not imply preservation and that economic growth is not an enemy. The Plundered Planet: How to Reconcile Prosperity with Nature by Paul Collier 2010-05-07T23:12:00Z The glib alluring notion that spins through 80 minutes of contentious dialogue is that beneath the surface of civilized behavior lurks an unquenchable animal impulse, a principle of aggression we labor in vain to suppress. | 'Carnage': Roman Polanski?s ?Carnage,? With Jodie Foster - Review 2011-12-15T15:59:53Z The contentious ban was instigated when cities in the South of the country — which, of course, doesn’t include coffeeshop hub Amsterdam — complained of rising levels of drug-related crime. World’s best places to get high 2012-08-13T03:00:00Z But beneath the galleries, hidden in the basement, lies a more contentious collection: 18,000 skulls that include the remains of African tribal chiefs, Cambodian rebels and Indigenous people from Oceania. A Paris Museum Has 18,000 Skulls. It’s Reluctant to Say Whose. 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z Commission on the Arts and Humanities, further dividing an already contentious panel and resulting in a change in leadership. D.C. Mayor Bowser names new chairman of arts commission, which is facing accusations of cronyism and racism 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z The program was formerly a contentious feature at Theater J, where artistic director Ari Roth was fired just over a year ago; now it’s plainly the soul of Roth’s new Mosaic Theater Company of D.C. ‘Wrestling Jerusalem’ revives Roth’s Middle East Festival at Mosaic 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z But after the Las Vegas massacre, the format was suddenly linked with the contentious gun control debate. Country music avoided politics this year. Then Las Vegas happened. Will anything change? 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z The result is a sometimes heartwarming, sometimes contentious relationship. What’s on TV This Week: ‘The Bachelorette’ and ‘Abbott Elementary’ 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z It was also contentious, to say the least, in design terms – enough to cause apoplexy among local residents in plutocratically genteel South Kensington. The V&A goes underground with shortlisted designs for new gallery 2011-03-03T16:50:41Z Your relationship with Robert Irwin, the artist brought in to design part of the garden, was also famously contentious. Richard Meier on the Getty Center as it turns 20 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z But then again, maybe we shouldn’t be surprised: it was less than two months ago that he got some practice, apologizing for visiting a contentious shrine to Japan’s war dead. Justin Bieber's Racist Joke Apology Actually Gets It Right 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, in Manhattan, it also contributed to an unusually contentious onstage debate about Israel at the 92nd Street Y, which took an unusually dramatic turn when one participant simply walked out. ArtsBeat: A Walkout, and a Furor, During Debate on Israel at 92nd Street Y 2013-12-17T17:28:33Z She expects fireworks—it was always a contentious group. Coming Out, and Rising Up, in the Fifty Years After Stonewall 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z I'm a sucker for interesting food origin stories, especially when they're a little contentious. Mambo, ranch and Kewpie: Our five sauciest condiment stories of 2021 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z The chaos of conflict and battle — "Lear" is nothing if not furiously contentious — should be working to strip away and distill. With age, the wisdom of staging 'Lear' becomes less clear 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z The two companies have been involved in an increasingly contentious distribution contract dispute for several Turner channels, including CNN and Cartoon Network. Time Warner easily beats Wall Street's expectations 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z Strong said, "Disagreements happen. It's not a contentious relationship." Opposites Lee Daniels, Danny Strong unite to create 'Empire' 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z The bonhomie belied what had been a very contentious weekend. The Senate gathered to reopen the government, and boy did everyone have fun 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z The scholars succeed in ending the conflict, because the brawlers leave for a less contentious bar. What Is Identity? 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z "As The New York Times put it, 'Mr. Trump kicked off his meetings on a contentious note.' Contentious is his only note! He’s a human air horn," Colbert said. Stephen Colbert has a theory about Trump’s love for Putin and Russia 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z As we become more preoccupied with debates about end-of-life care, is the question of when death arrives going to overtake the question of when life begins as a contentious subject? ArtsBeat: Jill Lepore Talks About Life, Death and the Stages in Between 2012-06-06T21:29:46Z And yeah, it's a very contentious – no, not contentious. Eric Bana on making Aussie thriller "The Dry" in his hometown and escaping "the comedy straitjacket" 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z Reeling from a contentious divorce, a volatile rebound romance and a bout of depression, she decided at 34 to spend a year traveling in Italy, India and Indonesia. Review: ‘Eat, Pray, Love,’ by Elizabeth Gilbert 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z "There is absolutely nothing contentious in our panels. We do not falsify history, nor do we deny it." Croatian leaders tread softly in face of World War Two revisionism 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z Addie visits Rockport several times, and each visit, though straightforward on its surface, is an assertion of her independence in an era when women's suffrage was a contentious issue. 'The Boston Girl' by Anita Diamant is pleasant but lacks bite 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z For several contentious hours, the writers expanded the idea to feature length, using the screenwriting manual “Save the Cat!” as a template for plot points, conflict resolution and the rest of the standard Hollywood vocabulary. Movie Cram II at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater 2014-11-16T05:00:00Z Others asked her about the challenges of writing about such a contentious topic. New Crop of Young Adult Novels Explores Race and Police Brutality 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z The labor battle in Minnesota was one of the most contentious in the world of classical music. President of Minnesota Orchestra to Resign 2014-03-21T01:48:27Z Which is bearable if your crimes were mostly against music and a string of abandoned wives, as with François, but it becomes a stronger sticking point with more contentious figures whose lives affected millions. Cloclo sends its cultural superhero on the same old personal journey 2012-06-20T13:11:52Z The issue of forced separations is the single most contentious one among Yazidis. The Unraveling of an Award-Winning Documentary 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z The two companies are involved in an increasingly contentious dispute over a new distribution agreement for several Turner channels, including CNN, Cartoon Network and Turner Classic Movies. Turner Broadcasting fires back at Dish Network 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z Hourston and the Blue Planet Society decided to call attention to the ecological impact of stone stacking, wading into a contentious debate. People Are Stacking Too Many Stones 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z In a press release, the brewery mentioned several upcoming events, notably the Olympics taking place elsewhere in the Americas this summer – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – and of course the deeply contentious US election itself. Budweiser rebrands as 'America' in lead-up to US election 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z If you release a movie called “Captain America: Civil War” to an ideologically polarized nation in the midst of a notably contentious presidential campaign, you can expect to reap a whirlwind of think pieces. Review: In ‘Captain America: Civil War,’ Super-Bro Against Super-Bro 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z In these contentious times, the spirit of “Star Trek” still speaks to us. “Star Trek” in the age of Trump: Why we need to embrace its 50-year mission now more than ever 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z In July, Anne-Marie Slaughter’s piece in the Atlantic kicked up another contentious debate about whether it was actually possible to achieve the goals of feminism: balancing a super high-powered job with a functional family life. Feminism’s next big step 2012-08-23T13:28:00Z Wednesday's questioning was contentious, with Trump and the plaintiff's attorney talking over each other. Trump testifies for 2nd day at Chicago trial 2013-05-15T15:48:13Z A handsome man with a soaring high tenor, the artist has been playing with the band since they united behind a contentious British miners' strike. Unsung Mekons are a musical beacon of persistence and creativity 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z “Multi_Viral,” Calle 13’s fifth album, is the work of a duo reckoning with both its global perspective and its contentious artistic impulses, determined to maintain a rebellious spirit even as maturity looms. Calle 13 Prepares New Album, ‘Multi_Viral’ 2014-02-21T17:00:01Z Together these talented folks mostly manage to sustain our interest through a series of flashbacks — and flashbacks within flashbacks — portraying 27 years in the life of one contentious family. Theater Review: ‘Giant,’ With Brian D’Arcy James, at the Public Theater 2012-11-16T03:00:12Z Data centers also have high water demands for cooling purposes, so they are especially contentious in dry areas. Can the heat from running computers help grow our food? It’s complicated 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z It’s a hodgepodge — at times contentious and most of the time very symbiotic. ArtsBeat: Emmys Watch: Anna Chlumsky on ‘Veep’ 2013-09-16T12:00:06Z Of course, choosing a different decade for more contentious setting to heighten the stakes for my novel made sense when I was writing it. Why I set my Young Adult novel about abortion in the 1990s 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z Mr. Taleb seems to revel in being contentious and controversial, perhaps betting that such notoriety will win him and his book some added buzz. Books Of the Times: ‘Antifragile,’ by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2012-12-17T05:15:19Z It's so contentious because of what the case revealed about the rest of us and how we view gender, sex, violence, and power. How Kobe's rape case exposed our society's worst value: misogyny 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z Toxic masculinity is a contentious issue and some consider it to encompass traits which contribute to the dominance and brilliance of some men. Sherlock Holmes and the case of toxic masculinity: what is behind the detective’s appeal? 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z When Mr. Trump returned to host “S.N.L.,” now as a contender for the Republican presidential nomination, the circumstances could not have been more contentious. Trump and ‘S.N.L.’: A Look Back at a Complicated Relationship 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z Four finalists for the influential and contentious art prize were announced Thursday. 4 artists up for UK's contentious Turner Prize 2013-04-25T10:46:12Z Less contentious but with equally difficult subject matter is Five Daughters, a British film about the last weeks of the five women murdered in Ipswich in 2006. Raindance film festival announces controversial lineup 2010-09-07T15:10:00Z Steven Spielberg isn’t basking in the glow of Best Picture Oscar-winner “Green Book,” which he supported in this year’s contentious Oscar race. The Spielberg vs. Netflix battle could mean collateral damage for indies at the Oscars 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z Microcosm of Society, Seeking an Anchor In Europe as in the United States, immigration is a politically contentious issue most often addressed in abstract demographic and ideological terms. Movie Review: ‘The Pirogue,’ Directed by Moussa Touré 2013-01-22T23:28:36Z “The Husband’s Secret” was full of women with ethical and emotional issues, men with possibly criminal ones, and contentious goings-on at a school. In ‘Big Little Lies,’ Liane Moriarty Finds New Complications 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z The walls in question are the Western Wall in Jerusalem, a contentious holy site, and the Galveston sea wall, a 10-mile hurricane barricade not far from Knight’s native Houston. 8 Dance Performances to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z Christine is depicted as socially awkward—contentious, sarcastic, detached, clumsy in conversation, insensitive to social cues; her on-air presence similarly tended to be stiff and unemotional. Why Dramatize an On-Air Suicide? 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z At the risk of starting a long and contentious sidebar discussion, I'll suggest that generations of sociologists have tried and failed to establish clear links between watching violence on-screen and committing violent acts in person. "The Killer Inside Me": Much ado about misogyny 2010-06-17T14:01:00Z The campaign dodged policy as the candidate’s contentious team got vexed about its messaging. Notes on political theater: The perils of spectacle 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z After a year of false starts and legal imbroglios, the contentious nightclub Brooklyn Mirage opened last Saturday as a huge, architecturally ambitious destination for deep house and techno parties. Brooklyn Mirage, a Mammoth Techno Club, Finally Opens in East Williamsburg 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z The dispute between the Dish and Turner, owned by Time Warner Inc., has been contentious. CNN, other Turner channels return to Dish Network after blackout 2014-11-22T05:00:00Z In the early going, it seemed as if the debate might become more contentious, as Mrs. Clinton took an opportunity to criticize Mr. Sanders as too soft on gun regulations. In First Debate, Democrats Keep the Drama to a Minimum 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z Bittersweet was King’s long, at times contentious, relationship with Gill. Gang of Four changed the way punk sounded and what it could say. A new box set reveals the peak of their power. 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z Some talkbacks are tedious, some are contentious, but others are lively, surprising, even moving. David Mamet Doesn’t Want to Hear From You. Do Other Playwrights? 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z Nor is this the first inauguration to follow a contentious election. An inauguration like no other 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z “The only really contentious issue was the placement of the names,” Mr. Bloomberg said in a phone interview, adding that through it all, Mr. Arad “never got excited or yelled at anybody.” How the 9/11 Memorial Changed Its Architect, Michael Arad 2011-09-04T04:19:38Z Like the Democrats’, the Republican convention will no doubt be contentious, with an ever-widening rift between the moderate Kid Rock wing of the party and the gun-toting outsiders among Ted Nugent’s caucus. Snoop Dogg to headline Democratic National Convention “unity party” 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z All of these, especially Perry’s “circuit” plays have provoked contentious debates among black people about access, representation, caricature, which are all big parts of the metalanguage of Mr. Jackson’s play. ‘Fairview’: Watching a Play in Black and White 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z No. I did discuss it with my bosses in news in the same way I do any contentious story we are working on. Former BBC Radio 1 boss 'knew about Jimmy Savile sex abuse claims in 1970s' 2012-10-03T12:28:45Z Steinman wrote all of Meat Loaf's hits, and the two had a lifelong, contentious friendship, as intense and sprawling as any of the pair's ballads. Meat Loaf taught me it's OK to have big dreams 2022-01-22T05:00:00Z To Ms. Udofia, the themes within her plays are especially crucial now, as immigration becomes a contentious issue around the world and immigrants are vilified by some politicians. Nine Plays, One Truth: Mfoniso Udofia on Her Immigrant Experience, and Ours 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Most contentiously, it has disposed of many old student records. Ruskin archive: dust-up 2012-10-28T23:24:13Z The rest is history, bloody and contentious and not yet finished. Review: In ‘The Young Karl Marx,’ a Scruffy Specter Haunts Europe 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z Those who follow Sedaris’s autobiographical writing, which has softened and become more emotional and self-reflective in recent years, will recall that the author and his father have long had a contentious relationship. David Sedaris, Dressed Up With Nowhere to Go 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z But the contentious revenge drama “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” also emerged as a very strong contender, receiving seven Oscar nominations in a broad array of categories, including best picture. 2018 Oscar Nominations: ‘The Shape of Water’ Leads the Race 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z His play "The Best Man," about presidential contenders set at a contentious party convention, is currently enjoying a revival on Broadway. 'Burr' author, pundit Gore Vidal dies 2012-08-01T20:25:39Z The mere suggestion of the word – and with it, its contentious, painful history – is obviously powerful. Gwyneth Paltrow didn’t say the N-word 2012-06-05T15:45:00Z The dispute between the Dish and Turner, owned by Time Warner Inc., was a contentious one. Turner, Dish agree to restore CNN, Cartoon Network and others 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z Each one has been fiercely defended and sharply attacked, and in every case the debate has encompassed the kind of issues that are usually too large, lofty or contentious to be tackled on their own. Arts & Leisure: Debated Movies: ?The Tree of Life,? ?The Future,? ?The Help? 2011-08-25T15:03:08Z Because what’s interesting about these conservation practices is that they raise the possibility of constructive change in one of the most contentious issues in agriculture: government subsidies. One way to get Big Agriculture to clean up its act 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z Its politics are not volatile or contentious, but its live-and-let-live message couldn’t be purer. Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water is a much-needed ode to the 'other' 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z His announcement ended months of speculation over the movie, which had apparently been delayed by contentious negotiations with the actors. Entourage movie gets the go-ahead 2013-10-29T13:13:00Z Still, awards observers chuckled as the nominations were read out by rapper-actor Snoop Dogg, perhaps the only notable Black celebrity who would be willing to return the HFPA’s phone call after such a contentious year. Golden Globes nominations 2022: The complete list 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z It’s not the contentious confrontation a casual viewer might expect. The 10 best TV episodes of 2018, from ‘Atlanta’ to ‘This Is Us’ 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z This has obscured the fact that activism is internally contentious by nature. The Somehow Controversial Women’s March on Washington 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z Thanks to his contentious flute riff, the Men at Work multi-instrumentalist currently receives a small percentage of the song's royalties; but not, he claims, for long. Men at Work flautist may sell house after copyright ruling 2010-07-09T11:30:00Z The question of which actors should be allowed to play which roles has become increasingly contentious, especially in regard to portrayals of historically marginalized groups. Should Straight Actors Play Gay Roles? A Star TV Writer Says No 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z Mr. Balint said he had always been drawn to the magazine’s contentious, argumentative style. Benjamin Balint?s Inside Look at Podhoretz?s Commentary 2010-06-11T22:30:00Z That alliance lasted four contentious years and broke up in 1960 while they were shooting The Misfits, from Miller’s script, with Clark Gable. Marilyn Monroe 50 Years Later: In TIME and Out of Time 2012-08-03T12:00:58Z Some people are taking action, explicitly rejecting the idea that minding one’s own business means keeping wine separate from contentious social issues. The wine industry is overwhelmingly white. Now, the push for inclusivity is gaining momentum. 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z “I don’t need to prove myself” is just a different, more contentious version of “You’ll never forget what is going to happen next.” The Mystery of Magic’s Greatest Card Trick 2021-05-23T04:00:00Z Django," too, knowing it won't seem contentious when, in a year, it's on cable TV in the afternoon: "It becomes less controversial by being made. Tarantino unchained: Quentin unleashes 'Django' 2012-12-20T20:01:06Z But in June 1941, when Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa against Stalin's Russia, the British suddenly had a new, contentious ally. Restless – and its roots in the Cambridge spy ring 2012-12-21T22:55:09Z Jeremy Hunt, the culture secretary, last month passed one of the act's most contentious measures – blocking access to websites accused of enabling filesharing – to Ofcom to review whether it is workable. Filesharing curbs face high court delays 2011-03-21T13:22:18Z The contentious, anxious, furiously righteous culture we’re living in doesn’t offer a lot in the way of pure pleasure. 26 Summer Shows, No Mask Required 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z With Election Day nearing in what has been a contentious presidential race exposing deep ideological divides, registration services will be available to help attendees ahead of nationwide deadlines. Harry Belafonte: ‘Movements Don’t Die’ 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z The rest is culled from interviews with the smaller fry who mustered a contentious public protest at what they saw as an ugly, bulging blight on the surrounding neighborhoods. | 'In the Footprint': A Brooklyn Civics Lesson, Offered in Word and Song 2010-11-23T23:00:00Z In the first contentious days of this book’s arrival the author’s real identity has been outed: He is Matt Bissonnette, and the Defense Department has threatened to prosecute him for violating confidentiality agreements. Books of The Times: ‘No Easy Day,’ by Mark Owen with Kevin Maurer 2012-09-02T18:35:49Z "I don't want you to invade my life, you're in a store while I'm trying to buy eggs," she yells, approaching the contentious shooter with her cart. Iggy Azalea gets into it with paparazzo; not 'fuming mad' at Snoop Dogg 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z “This wilderness area, it’s always been a contentious point anyway, because Harry Reid was in on it, and nobody likes Harry Reid in rural Nevada,” Malcolm Harris explained. At Basin and Range National Monument, Landscapes, Art and Aliens 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z The movie is at its most entertaining when detailing the making of “Midnight Express” and the contentious personalities involved. ‘Midnight Return’ and ‘Becoming Bond’: The Smuggler and the Spy 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z Only the Guardian, at that time not connected to the Observer, carried similarly contentious, critical reports on the war. Suez crisis 2011-02-13T00:10:00Z Violence was not uncommon, but it did not accompany contentious politics as often as before. Why conservatives hate college 2013-03-31T22:00:00Z “Say Something Bunny!” is a happy coda of sorts for Mr. Newburge, who remembers his brother as being “pretty contentious on just about everything, specifically politics.” The Detective Was a Performance Artist. The Evidence Is Now a Show. 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z But they were set in contentious arrangements: with noisily scrabbling guitar, sudden drum interruptions or choppy meter shifts that made the melodies sound even stronger for withstanding the attacks. Music Review: ‘Brazilian Explorative Music,’ a Concert of Experimentation 2014-01-16T23:21:55Z “Duet for Cannibals,” which inspired ambivalent reviews in The New York Times and contentious letters to the editor, is open to the same characterization although it is more of a social critique rendered fashionably lurid. Susan Sontag’s Mind Games 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z Yet once you’ve spoken to Waltz, as I did immediately prior to the contentious Q&A, you realize that this is just his way. Christoph Waltz: I love playing the villain 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z But that's the reality in Georgia, where a contentious law prohibits the distribution of food or water to voters at polling places statewide. Is it legal to hand out food and water outside polling stations? 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z In a sometimes contentious meeting in Honolulu last month, they grappled with how best to apply the foundation’s new standards for personal and corporate behavior. James Beard Awards Apply a New Yardstick: Good Behavior 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z But he has the hardest, most contentious job in all of opera, trying to keep a massive ship afloat and getting attacked on all sides. A predicament right out of a melodramatic opera 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z The nature and scale of those killings remains contentious. 'Hotel Rwanda' director revisits historic tragedy in 'The Promise' 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z Potentially more contentious is the mayonnaise squeezed into the rice. Breakfast as It Is in Shanghai, Taipei and (Sometimes) New York 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z Yet the latest battle has become so contentious that Burris published a letter on the front page accusing his own reporters of leading a “propaganda campaign against this newspaper.” The standoff between owners and journalists that’s eviscerating Pittsburgh’s biggest newspaper 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z Dark-haired and a young-looking 27, the producer of two of the year's most contentious films – The Master and Zero Dark Thirty – is no longer the mystery she was a couple of years ago. Megan Ellison, the most powerful new force in Hollywood 2013-02-18T19:56:34Z The latest hot-button debate in this increasingly contentious arena: The newly crafted Internet Radio Fairness Act. Future of Music 2012: A fight over Internet radio scraps 2012-11-14T04:21:00Z Protests over racial justice, a contentious presidential election that ended in an insurrection, horrific gun violence — all in the midst of a pandemic that has taken the lives of more than 1 million Americans. Something in the Water festival packs them in (and leaves a few out) 2022-06-18T04:00:00Z But if you want your home to smell more apolitical, the brand has a variety of other scents – like cornbread and the popular fried chicken – to keep your abode smelling more delicious than contentious. Company releases 'Politics Scented Candle' made from genuine horse poop: 'Subtle notes of bureaucracy' 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z Offering lessons for this year’s race are the most contentious Best Picture competitions of years past. Oscar Robbery: 10 Controversial Best-Picture Races 2013-02-20T13:00:04Z While Prop 12 does address some other animal welfare concerns, like adjusting space requirements for egg-laying hens, the most contentious point is the pork industry's use of gestation crates. With Proposition 12, the Supreme Court could be ruling on more than factory farms 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z In a New York Times weekend interview, the Oscar-nominated actor said the "verbal abuse" the "Harry Potter" author has received over her contentious remarks on transgender rights is both "disgusting" and "appalling." Ralph Fiennes slams criticism of J.K. Rowling as "verbal abuse" and cancel culture lacking "nuance" 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z “Act III” also contains some of the family’s most contentious conversations, published as a video continuously scrolling their group text. Gillian Laub’s Divided House Is Still Standing. What About Yours? 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z I did discuss it with my bosses in news in the same way I do any contentious story we are working on. BBC 'horrified' by Jimmy Savile abuse allegations 2012-10-03T07:40:00Z Contracts for the opera house’s unions expire on July 31, and the opening talks have been contentious. Met Opera Tax Filing Reveals Pay for Gelb and Angers Unions 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z All of this gets at one of the critical points of the piece, which is the contentious historical relationship between white men and black women, one that is loaded with connotations of abuse of power. Art and race at the Whitney: Rethinking the Donelle Woolford piece 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z And often — most of the time, in fact — they are deeply contentious. Joshua Wolf Shenk argues for the dynamism of duos in 'Powers of Two' 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z We continued to divvy up tasks randomly as we always had, but the negotiations grew increasingly contentious. Honey, I Swept the Floor! 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z She was in her fifth year as mayor before she engaged the city in a contentious gay-rights debate, and her handling involved some political missteps. Houston’s Annise Parker, a gay mayor in a red state, ponders political future 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z So there’s plenty you won’t hear about: the contentious contract negotiations; criticisms of the show for casting mainly white actors; personal or health issues. ‘Friends’ Reunion: The One With the ‘Remember the One With … ?’ 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z Then there was a lengthy and at times contentious public approval process, the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure, known as Ulurp. Elsie McCabe Thompson and the Museum for African Art 2010-06-17T18:01:00Z The final scaffolding was removed on Wednesday from the highly anticipated and highly contentious facade of the Broad, the Los Angeles museum being built to house Eli and Edythe Broad’s collection of contemporary art. Broad Museum Shows Its Face 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z Latino demographic of 48 million people - from Spanish music and college recruiting to a bit of politics - even as many cities and states consider English-only policies amid a contentious immigration debate. Poll: English-speaking Latinos turn to Spanish TV 2010-08-12T20:24:00Z The fate of a people hangs in the balance in Cymbeline’s contentious dealings with Rome. Review: In ‘Cymbeline,’ a Drug Kingpin 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z It’s been a contentious and racially charged time across the nation. Prejudice makes us see innocent people as threats, study says: “We have to be more open to admitting we are biased” 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z The summer of 2008 was a busy one: Barack Obama emerged from a contentious democratic primary to become the first ever black presidential nominee of a major party. 'A total blast': our writers pick their favorite summer blockbusters ever 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z It has grown so contentious that the Metropolitan Opera this month announced that it would not be broadcasting, on film or radio, its production this coming fall. In 39th season, Opera Theater of St. Louis shows good health, new work Physics tells us that what we call time isn’t real but mere perception, leaving a contentious philosophical, psychological, physiological and historical conundrum. From John Adams to Mozart: Dudamel's powerful pairing at the Bowl 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z Dark Halloween-themed humor about actual living people — specifically politicians — is contentious, too. Home Depot's giant skeleton is a metaphor for this year's outsized morbidity 2020-10-10T04:00:00Z He reiterated the two main things Americans know about her: She has a desire for privacy and has a contentious relationship with the media. Reluctant First Lady? Melania Trump Wouldn’t Be the First to Claim That Title 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z After what Bruno describes as a “contentious” exchange with a Budget employee in San Francisco, and then several polite emails, the company dropped its $285 cleaning fee. Perspective | Fur flies over travel industry pet cleanup charges 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Mr. Bhakta, who works under the pseudonym *Pardon My Hindi, has had his own contentious relationship with the Asian Art Museum. Asian Art Museum to Remove Bust of Patron. That’s Just a Start. 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z Beyond combat and puzzles, there are dozens of side quests, like meddling in a contentious mayoral election or helping the local newspaper’s investigative reporter get his scoops. To Meet Sky-High Expectations, Tears of the Kingdom Goes Vertical 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z One of her most contentious clients is Michael Lohan, better known as the father of the tabloid favorite Lindsay Lohan. Gina Rodriguez, Former Porn Actress, Helps D-Listers With Their Image 2014-03-06T00:44:21Z The pull of childhood comforts is especially strong for young Americans today, with coronavirus cases climbing, a contentious presidential election just barely in the rearview mirror and an upcoming holiday season mired in travel restrictions. ‘Harry Potter’ and the Prisoners of Quarantine 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z Others saw the encounter with Ryan, who is black, as evidence of the White House’s dismissive attitude toward African Americans and its generally contentious relationship with journalists of all kinds. When radio reporter April Ryan tangles with the White House, people listen 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z The duo’s contentious relationship teeters on the brink of romance leading up to opening night, an occasion that may offer Jake a last chance at meaning and redemption. From Sarah Treem, an exploration of women who are fighting for recognition 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z Amazon announced yesterday that it has reached a settlement with Hachette Book Group, ending a contentious period of negotiation the two entities have waged in public since last year. “The Sword of Bezos is no longer hanging over our head”: Author Douglas Preston on the Amazon/Hachette deal 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z A production of Prokofiev’s “War and Peace” that opens this weekend at the Bayerische Staatsoper was never supposed to be this contentious. A Year Into War, Russian Artists Still Must Navigate a Tricky Path 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z But race is not the only contentious issue the play addresses in blunt language. ‘Bullet for Adolf’ by Woody Harrelson and Frankie Hyman 2012-08-02T15:28:53Z First announced in the summer of 2018, “Battlegrounds” will focus on national security and foreign policy, including his contentious time with Trump. H.R. McMaster book `Battlegrounds’ coming out in April 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z By all accounts, Brecht was belligerent and bossy when mounting his plays, and the "Threepenny" rehearsals were famously contentious. 'The Partnership' looks anew at Brecht's creative circle 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z The claim is just one part of a larger Indonesian request for objects from several Dutch museums, but it is by far the most contentious. Dispute Over Java Man Raises a Question: Who Owns Prehistory? 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z Four years earlier, she had married Arias, a contentious figure in Panamanian politics, who then became his country's ambassador to Britain for several years. Ballerina's clumsy role in coup attempt detailed 2010-05-30T05:46:00Z Put to a vote last March, islanders approved the project, 206-175, in a highly contentious meeting. Robert De Niro’s Caribbean Resort Plan Draws Criticism 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z The Beacon Journal — headquartered just 20 minutes from campus — provided exceptional coverage on May 4 and in the contentious, emotional months and years that followed. Perspective | 50 years ago, a local newspaper dominated the story of the Kent State tragedy. Could that still happen? 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z In accordance with the requirements of the inevitable movie version, the Wildfire team consists of a small group of contentious scientists who are dangerously ill-equipped to trudge into the jungle. Review | Michael Crichton’s classic thriller ‘The Andromeda Strain’ gets a deadly sequel 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z What the blood levels of vitamin D may mean is a contentious topic. Perspective | Don’t throw away your vitamin D supplements yet 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z She lasted all of one contentious, newsmaking season in that role. Rosie O'Donnell boosts 'The View' to top premiere ratings since 2006 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z These characters all inhabit a cultural universe that is easy to caricature, even to ridicule as liberal and elitist in these culturally suspicious, ideologically contentious times. Film: That Unmistakable Streepness 2010-02-20T04:19:00Z He reminds us that Towne’s first draft was an overstuffed monster, bursting with subplots and extraneous characters that took weeks of contentious rewrite sessions in Polanski’s rented Hollywood Hills home to disentangle. My Sister, My Daughter: Behind the Scenes of a Great American Film 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z |
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