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Deceptive Cadence

'Something Develops Onstage Called Love': Baltimore Symphony Celebrates The Bernstein Centennial

Recorded live on stage at the Meyerhoff, Scott Simon joins BSO music director Marin Alsop and Leonard Bernstein's daughter Jamie for a conversation and musical celebration.

Under house arrest since August last year, Russian theater and film director Kirill Serebrennikov will miss the Cannes Film Festival this week. Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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The 2 Directors Missing From Cannes

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Body Camera Maker Weighs Adding Facial Recognition Technology

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Jessica Moreno-Caycho graduates on Saturday from Virginia Commonwealth University. Courtesy of Jessica Moreno-Caycho hide caption

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A DACA Recipient Graduates Amid Deportation Fears

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On The Muppet Show, Miss Piggy was obsessed with Kermit the Frog. But Piggy, her modern incarnation on Disney Junior's Muppet Babies, is BFFs with Summer, a laid back, creative penguin. Disney Junior hide caption

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Sorry, Kermit — In New TV Reboots, The Future Of Friendship Is Female

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The lunch and helmet of a Venezuelan iron worker lie on a table during lunch break, in Ciudad Piar, Bolívar state, Venezuela. Rodrigo Abd/AP hide caption

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Many Venezuelan Workers Are Leaving The Job, And The Country

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'Something Develops Onstage Called Love': Baltimore Symphony's Bernstein Centennial

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