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Some criticisms of Julia Garner’s performance has, I think, mixed up what’s on the page and what’s up to the actors. The writers’ and story editors’ notion of con artiste Anna is less mysterious than simply opaque.

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Netlfix and Shonda Rhimes have teamed up on a series about Anna Delvey. Here's what we know about the show, called Inventing Anna.

The Anna Delvey scam is becoming a series. Here's everything we know about Inventing Anna, the true crime show coming to Netflix from Shonda Rhimes and starring Julia Garner.

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Screenshots and collages by Harvard Magazine And now the pandemic has forced another tradition, nearly sacrosanct, to yield, at least slightly. Harvard has always insisted that honorary-degree recipients be present on campus to receive their accolades (none were conferred last year). But given this second consecutive online ceremony, those recognitions and conferrals will proceed—remotely—too. During the May 27 proceedings, “Honoring the Harvard Class of 2021” (as the graduation is bei...

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: The actress and playwright Anna Deavere Smith has been thinking and writing on what it takes to bring about change. One thing that probably wont get you far - being well-behaved or nice. Its a conclusion Smith came to when she was a student in the late 60s at Beaver College in Pennsylvania. ANNA DEAVERE SMITH: That was a period of time when some schools, as they do now, but in a different way - probably more low-key way - were really making an effort to - I dont even th...

The Atlantic introduces “Inheritance”: A project about American history, Black life, and the resilience of memory © Provided by The Atlantic Too much knowledge has been lost, too many stories distorted, too many people forgotten. We mourn for all we do not know. Yet the vision and resilience of Black America are shaping this nation. Our future demands that we unbury the past. Beginning today, The Atlantic is launching “Inheritance,” a multiyear journalism and tech project that will e...

An unusual production with riveting dialogue.