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Review: Norton crafts a ‘Chinatown’-ish tale in ‘Motherless Brooklyn’ Jonathan Lethem’s novel about a private eye with Tourette’s syndrome, “Motherless Brooklyn,” starts with a brilliant burst of uncontrolled profanity and an explanation of its protagonist’s condition. “Words rush out of the cornucopia of my brain to course over the surface of the world, tickling reality like fingers on piano keys. Caressing, nudging. They’re an invisible army on a peacekeeping mission, a peaceable horde. They mean no harm.” Lethem lets loose a riot of language across the subsequent pages, remaking a classic detective story with an uncontrollable flow of words. In his intelligent, engrossing and derivative adaptation of “ Motherless Brooklyn ,” Edward Norton has something tidier in mind. Norton, who wrote, directed, produced and stars in the film, has shifted the story from the ’90s to the ’50s, taking a then-contemporary twist on an old genre and sending it back to its late-noir heyd...

The singer partied with one of her favorite artists, rapper Drake , at his 33rd birthday party and people noticed her new look. Adele was looking decidedly more svelte and wearing a black, off-the-shoulder gown, cinched with a jeweled belt -- all the better to show off her small waist, which sent Twitter into a spin. "Adele is skinny and gorgeous omg," one person tweeted. There were also plenty of theories that her new look is her "revenge body," given that she announced in April that she split from her husband, Simon Konecki. And where there is heartbreak there are usually also hits for the singer, so there was plenty of speculation about when that new music is coming. ".@Adele with the skinny revenge body," one tweet read. "she about to flame her ex. the heat is coming. we ready sis!" For her part, Adele gave us a hint as to how she's transformed in the birthday message for Drake she shared on her official Instagram a...