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On the evening of Monday, Sept. 17, Bank of America and PBS hosted a preview of Ken Burns’ new documentary The War, about how World War II affected American lives. After the screening, a silent, somber crowd filed into the Museum of Modern Art’s lobby area for cocktails and dinner.

“Well, that was something,” said the actor Peter Regen to a friend at the pasta line. “Holy fuck!”  read more »

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