The New Yorker: The Oscars: Who’ll Win and Who Should Win

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Culture Desk

The Oscars: Who’ll Win, Who Should Win, and Who’s Overdue

More than in most years, the doctrine of dueness has dominated the 2024 awards season.

ByJustin Chang

The Academy Awards:Join us atnewyorker.comtonight at 7P.M.E.T. for live coverage by our reporters and critics—including dispatches from Michael Schulman, who will be inside the Dolby Theatre sharing updates all night long.

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From the News Desk

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Comment

Will the Supreme Court Now Review More Constitutional Amendments?

After their ruling on a Fourteenth Amendment case, which keeps Donald Trump on the ballot, will the Justices be willing to revisit Dobbs, or Second Amendment cases?

ByJill Lepore

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The Sporting Scene

The N.B.A.’s Rule-Book Problem

Officiating in the league is probably as good as it’s ever been. So why does everyone seem so angry about it?

ByLouisa Thomas

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The New Yorker Radio Hour

In “Great Expectations,” Vinson Cunningham Watches Barack Obama’s Rise Up Close

The journalist’s autobiographical novel reflects his time working on Obama’s campaign, and in his White House.

WithDavid Remnick

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Editor’s Pick

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Photo Booth

A Begrudgingly Affectionate Portrait of the American Mall

“We’re all being manipulated in the mall,” the photographer Stephen DiRado says. But his photos elicit a certain nostalgia, almost in spite of themselves.

ByMargaret Talbot

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Culture Dept.

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Postscript

Iris Apfel Wore Fame Well

Apfel pursued the driving creative project of her life—getting dressed, dazzlingly—for decades without any promise of greater glory. How could she ever have seen it coming?

ByRachel Syme

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The Food Scene

Missy Robbins’s Lowest Key Pasta Paradiso

Robbins’s chic flagship restaurant Lilia is perpetually booked. Her follow-up, Misi, is stuck in a charmless space. With her latest place, Misipasta, I feel like Goldilocks.

ByHelen Rosner

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Poems

“Exorcism in Archaic Form”

“Fetal, fealty, feet of clay.”

BySharon Olds

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Poems

“Invitation”

“Should we take a trip?”

ByDaniel Halpern

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Fun & Games Dept.

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Cryptic Crossword

The Cryptic Puzzle

Mae West smuggles some farm animals: four letters.

ByTrip Payne

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Trivia Break: WhichEGOT-winner performed the song “Fever” on “The Muppet Show” and chastised Animal for his showy drumming?Play our Oscars quiz pack »