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ART

Fashion Show

Widely considered the first modern fashion photographer, Edward Steichen became magazine publisher Condé Nast’s top photographer in 1923. This 1924 portrait of actress Gloria Swanson, from “Edward Steichen: In High Fashion, the Condé Nast Years 1923–1937,” is on display at the Photographers’ Gallery in London Oct. 31 to Jan. 18.

MOVIES

Race Relations

In the satirical comedy Dear White People (out Oct. 17)–a hit at the Sundance Film Festival–beloved big man on campus Troy (Brandon P. Bell, above) butts heads with ex-girlfriend Sam (Tessa Thompson), a DJ who hosts a controversial radio show.

TELEVISION

Wedding Bells

After dating for six years, Annie (Happy Endings’ Casey Wilson) and Jake (Party Down’s Ken Marino) make a tumultuous journey to the altar in NBC’s Marry Me (premiering Oct. 14), which is loosely based on creator David Caspe’s marriage to Wilson.

MOVIES

Egomaniac

The biggest jerk in your life has nothing on Philip (Jason Schwartzman), a novelist whose ego ruins his relationship with girlfriend Ashley (Elisabeth Moss) in Listen Up Philip, hitting select theaters Oct. 17.

THE WEEK

ABOUT A BOY IS REMADE FOR NBC

‘I HAVE FOUGHT SO HARD TO NOT TAKE ROLES.’

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