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Before the Paul Thomas Anderson film earned a whopping 14 nominations for the Critics Choice Awards 2026, the Titanic alum—who earned a Best Actor nod for his role as Bob Ferguson—emphasized that it ...

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The staff of The New York Times Book Review choose the year’s top fiction and nonfiction. Credit...By Sebastian Mast Supported by The envelope, please: After a full year spent reading hundreds of ...

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