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"Give me the abbreviated version.” Make it short; we do, after all, live in an abbreviated USA, don’t we? I vowed I’d never text and would never do the “LOL,” etc. thing.

Now, I’ve gotten so used to sending messages via text that when I write I have a hard time remembering to form complete words and sentences.

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NY Times Movies

‘Crab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen, and Candy Stripe Nurses’

Chris Nashawaty explores the career of the film...

Bérénice Bejo Stars in Asghar Farhadi’s Film ‘The Past’

In “The Past,” Bérénice Bejo plays an estranged...

The Carpetbagger: No Rehearsals for a Prestige Cast

The director Scott Cooper explains how he wrote “...

The Carpetbagger: 30 Takes of One Song? No Sweat for ‘Llewyn’s’ Star

Oscar Isaac, star of “Inside Llewyn Davis,”...

On Video: Criterion Releases a Package of Six Foreign Films

On Tuesday the Criterion Collection releases “...

Songwriter Recalls P. L. Travers, ‘Mary Poppins’ Author

Richard M. Sherman, the surviving brother in the...

Paramount Signs a Deal to Rehire Bruckheimer

Jerry Bruckheimer, the heavyweight Hollywood...

Arts, Briefly: Italian Film Wins Honors in Europe

Paolo Sorrentino’s “The Great Beauty” from Italy...

The Carpetbagger: Making ‘Llewyn Davis’ and Crowning Sorrentino

“Inside Llewyn Davis” did well at the box office...

NY Times Music

‘Falstaff’

Scenes from Robert Carsen’s production of Verdi’s...

Opera Review: Robert Carsen’s ‘Falstaff,’ at the Metropolitan Opera

Robert Carsen’s production of Verdi’s “Falstaff”...

Music Review: Basel Rajoub and Saeid Shanbehzadeh at Asia Society

A tenor saxophone blended and provided...

Music Review: Trinity Wall Street’s ‘Messiah’

The Choir of Trinity Wall Street gave the first...

Capital Salutes 5 Stars With Kennedy Center Honors

Five Hollywood stars received the 36th annual...

Crisis for Insane Clown Posse: Getting Saner

The horrorcore rap group Insane Clown Posse...

Music Review: Martin Frost, Clarinetist, and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Martin Frost, on clarinet, soared from Stravinsky...

Music Review: Augustin Hadelich and Charles Owen at Frick Collection

Augustin Hadelich and Charles Owen performed in...

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