As it cancels events amid criticism of its response to the Israel-Hamas war, PEN America faces questions about when an organization devoted to free speech for all should take sides.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/arts/pen-free-expression-gaza.html
Maia Novi stars in her play about a Hollywood-struck actress from Argentina who stops at Yale’s drama school and an inpatient psych ward on her way.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/theater/review-invasive-species-novi.html
Football joins pro wrestling and comedy specials in an expansion of the streaming service’s live offerings, a key step in the company’s overall live TV strategy.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/business/media/netflix-nfl-live.html
Catching up on the conclusion of rap’s heavyweight fight, Zendaya in “Challengers,” a Central Cee freestyle and Post Malone’s single with Morgan Wallen.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/arts/music/kendrick-drake-zendaya-popcast-deluxe.html
The fifth installment of George Miller’s series delivers an origin story of Furiosa, the hard-bitten driver played here by Anya Taylor-Joy.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/movies/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-review-anya-taylor-joy.html
An executive producer said he wasn’t aware of complaints and called the contact “kind hugs and kisses on the cheek.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/movies/francis-ford-coppola-megalopolis-harassment.html
Her palette was entirely personal, making contact with the natural world just long enough to spirit viewers back into her own psychology.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/arts/katherine-porter-dead.html
The choreographers nominated for Tony Awards this year have a broader vision than usual of the possibilities of dance in theater.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/14/arts/dance/tony-award-nominees-for-choreography.html
In a new study, researchers found universal features of songs across many cultures, suggesting that music evolved in our distant ancestors.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/science/universal-music-evolution.html
Five trends the artist has spawned, from men baring it all to waterfalls of ooze.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/t-magazine/matthew-barney-influence.html
A new portrait of King Charles III is bathed in symbolism.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/style/king-charles-iii-portrait-jonathan-yeo-red.html
At 60, the D.J. and producer is inspiring fresh generations with new work, including an LP that approximates the experience of traveling through a black hole.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/arts/music/jeff-mills-tomorrow-comes-the-harvest-the-trip.html
The details of an incident that led to the singer’s disqualification remain elusive. But many Dutch fans have already made up their minds.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/arts/music/joost-klein-eurovision.html
Provocative debuts from two exciting new female filmmakers lead off this month’s roundup of recommendations from your subscription streaming services.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/movies/how-to-have-sex-millers-girl-streaming-movies.html
Hannigan, the rare artist to have a career as a soprano and a conductor, will assume a full-time conducting post for the first time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/arts/music/barbara-hannigan-iceland-symphony.html
In addition to its gaming influences, Lorelei and the Laser Eyes contains traces of postmodern novels and the French New Wave.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/arts/lorelei-and-the-laser-eyes.html
Barbata played with marquee bands of the late 1960s and ’70s, drumming on smash hits such as “Happy Together,” the first song he recorded with the Turtles.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/arts/music/john-barbata-dead.html
For its Joyce season, the company unveils “Juke,” a spiky premiere by Jamar Roberts, along with dances by David Parsons and Penny Saunders.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/arts/dance/review-parsons-dance-jamar-roberts.html
The king, who was diagnosed with cancer in February but has since returned to public duties, unveiled the striking painting by Jonathan Yeo at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/14/world/europe/king-charles-portrait.html
Why it’s so hard to know what to say when the people we’re closest to need us most.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/podcasts/the-bears-liza-colon-zayas-on-loving-someone.html
An intimate portrait of a music star on the rise in the 1960s.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/14/arts/music/daniel-kramers-year-with-bob-dylan.html
The musical comedy, which is now running in Chicago, stars Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard. It is based on the 1992 film.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/theater/death-becomes-her-broadway.html
Although a cyberattack hobbled its website, the auction house held two major sales, totaling $115 million, on Tuesday night. One expert praised the evening’s “really respectable sales in a di...
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/14/arts/christies-auction-cyberattack.html
Fallon thanked his wife, his kids, “and, most of all, my lawyer, Michael Cohen.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/arts/television/jimmy-fallon-10-years-tonight-show.html
Luke Newton has been in the sexy Netflix hit from the start. But a new series, premiering Thursday, will be his first as co-lead — or chief hunk.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/arts/television/luke-newton-bridgerton-colin.html
Why is this long-running film series so gripping and effective? Because it doesn’t monkey around.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/movies/planet-of-the-apes-appeal.html
When two actors who have played the Emcee several times finally met, they discussed fear, courage and Berlin’s bawdiest nightclub.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/theater/joel-grey-eddie-redmayne-cabaret.html
He was best known as a jazz musician, but his shimmering sound was also heard on classic albums by David Bowie, Stevie Wonder and Bruce Springsteen.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/13/arts/music/david-sanborn-dead.html
The actor will star in “Maybe Happy Ending,” an original musical set in a future Seoul. It will begin previews in September.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/14/theater/darren-criss-broadway-maybe-happy-ending.html
Her stories were widely considered to be without equal, a mixture of ordinary people and extraordinary themes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/14/books/alice-munro-dead.html
Lori Beth Denberg, who appeared on “All That,” told Business Insider that he showed her porn multiple times and fondled her once. He says her claims are “exaggerated” and “in most cases...
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/14/arts/dan-schneider-lori-beth-denberg.html
Laura Winters’s romantic comedy pays careful attention to the dynamics of living with disabilities.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/14/theater/all-of-me-review.html
Hear her extraordinary range in 10 tracks.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/14/arts/music/amplifier-newsletter-cass-elliot.html
For 366 days, he captured intimate images of the singer-songwriter as he changed the look and sound of the 1960s.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/14/arts/music/daniel-kramer-dead.html
The video game sequel’s central character struggles to exhume the memory of her former life. Out of the pandemic, our futures are just as murky.
The festival opened with questions for the jury about Indigenous representation, #MeToo rumors and other timely topics.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/14/movies/cannes-jury-greta-gerwig-lily-gladstone.html
The actress is back in concert mode at 76, and doing new material. She’s also looking forward to a bold new take on “Sunset Boulevard.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/14/theater/betty-buckley-concert-joes-pub.html
The percussionist, producer, D.J. and more has been helping artists like André 3000 express themselves for decades. His latest album is due later this month.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/13/arts/music/carlos-nino-andre-3000-placenta.html
Sony Pictures Television said that “Pop Culture Jeopardy!” — which will pit teams of three against one another — would be streamed on Prime Video.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/14/arts/television/jeopardy-pop-culture-streaming.html
Newly restored, Horace Ové’s film about a Trinidadian family in London makes a triumphant return to the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/14/movies/pressure-horace-ove-bam.html
Why have podcasters emerged as the rumpled protagonists of numerous television shows? We’ll discuss after the break.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/14/arts/television/bodkin-podcasting-tv.html
Other artifacts that were the subject of intense online bidding include Sherman’s annotated copy of Ulysses S. Grant’s memoirs, his childhood algebra book and a family Bible.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/14/us/civil-war-sword-william-t-sherman.html
Michael Cohen’s testimony gave the host plenty of fodder, especially when he described Donald Trump speculating about going back “on the market.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/14/arts/television/stephen-colbert-michael-cohen-trump.html
Mohammad Rasoulof, known for the award-winning “There Is No Evil,” had been barred from leaving Iran after his work criticized Iran’s authoritarian rule.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/14/world/middleeast/iran-director-rasoulof.html
Charlotte Lewis, who says the director raped her in the 1980s, brought the lawsuit against him over an interview in which he called the accusations an “odious lie.”
Patrick Carroll began making textiles during lockdown. Last year, several of them appeared at a JW Anderson runway show.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/14/t-magazine/patrick-carroll-knits-art-fashion.html
A conversation about one of the most admired, and divisive, figures in music.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/14/arts/music/popcast-steve-albini.html
Five British fans gathered to watch the premiere, wondering what a new Doctor and Disney+’s co-production would mean for their favorite show.
With the most prestigious festival in the world starting Tuesday, here are the movies, artists and events we’ll be keeping an eye on.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/13/movies/cannes-film-festival.html
Our chief theater critic names the shows and artists he thinks will win, should win and should have been nominated — and suggests a few new categories.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/14/theater/tony-awards-2024-broadway-critics-picks.html
Recent releases like “American Fiction” and “The American Society of Magical Negroes” have used absurdist humor to examine race. But they have also depicted narrow views of Blackness.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/14/arts/black-satire-films-american-fiction.html
The stars of the Shondaland series, streaming on Netflix, are given very different looks when they’re promoted from the supporting cast — a phenomenon fans have dubbed “the Bridgerton glow-...
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/14/arts/television/bridgerton-glow-up-season-three.html
Shows like “Law & Order: SVU,” “NCIS” and “Grey’s Anatomy” have kept fans hooked for 20 seasons or more. How do they do it?
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/13/arts/television/svu-greys-anatomy-ncis-fans.html
Archivists are the heroes of a documentary play about a photograph album depicting daily life among the perpetrators of the Holocaust.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/13/theater/here-there-are-blueberries-review.html
The genre-crossing songwriter’s introspective “Vulture Prince” was a pandemic hit. Now she is returning with “Night Reign,” an LP that reveals her many dimensions.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/13/arts/music/arooj-aftab-night-reign.html
On the Billboard album chart, Dua Lipa’s heavily promoted “Radical Optimism” opened at No. 2, held off by the third week of Taylor Swift’s “Tortured Poets.”
A stage adaptation of the film is planned for next spring, with Clooney playing the journalist Edward R. Murrow.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/13/theater/george-clooney-broadway.html
Of the 40 combined seasons of “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette,” only eight couples have stayed together. We spoke to former contestants and leads about roadblocks to a happy ending.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/13/arts/television/bachelor-bachelorette-breakups-reality-tv.html
The actress has received a Tony nomination for “Appropriate,” in which she portrays a woman who makes a sport out of verbally eviscerating her family members.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/13/theater/sarah-paulson-appropriate-broadway.html
A new book, “The Light Eaters,” looks at how plants sense the world and the agency they have in their own lives.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/13/books/zoe-schlanger-light-eaters.html
He’s managed to turn his supposed absence into a performance, whether on “The Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show” or in your social media feed.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/13/arts/television/bo-burnham-jerrod-carmichael.html