Category: Arts Entertainments

In seven novels, dozens of essays and a collection of short stories, she explored her Jewish upbringing during apartheid and…

He was probably best known for his long tenure with Miles Davis, who praised his ability to “keep the groove…

She had memorable roles on TV shows like “Desperate Housewives” and “Northern Exposure,” and in the dark comedy film “French…

Ms. Hilty, who is nominated for her work in “Death Becomes Her,” runs from a breakfast date with her husband…

Calling the requests “weird in the best way,” the actress worked with Dr. Squatch on a soap that has a…

Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.

The new season opener found most of the women prioritizing their men’s needs over their own. That didn’t seem likely…

Tearing down a garage wall to renovate a park at the performing arts complex may help heal a civic wound…

Mr. Ngugi composed the first modern novel in the Gikuyu language on prison toilet paper while being held by Kenyan…

A Los Angeles police officer said that he observed a Cadillac Escalade with a license plate registered to Bad Boy…

A Zelig-like rocker, the guitarist, singer and songwriter collaborated with the likes of Barbra Streisand and Peter Frampton and composed…

Prosecutors say Capricorn Clark, a onetime assistant to the music mogul, was twice held against her will. The defense denies…

He turned away from a potential career in the law or international relations to produce abstract paintings, and he headed…

Is it Abba? Saunas? Plays by Strindberg? A government initiative to define an official cultural canon has unsettled many in…

Whether minted on a U.S. coin, captured as a bobblehead or painted in a new Miami mural, the late “Queen…

Rolf Saxon thought he was being pranked when the director of the new film contacted him for a role that…

Her book “Against Our Will” argued that rape was a crime of power and violence, not passion; it led to…

Among the 20th century’s most significant choreographers, he led the Bolshoi Ballet for more than 30 years, creating epic ballets…

Known for his powerfully impactful images of nature and the human condition, he was widely regarded as one of the…

New international series include a drama about Jane Austen and her sister, a Netflix reboot of a French institution and…

This year’s DanceAfrica festival at BAM features Song & Dance Company of Mozambique, which a member likened to a mirror…

The rapper is scheduled to take the stand on Thursday to describe how his car was “blown up” after a…

At IBM, he hired a young Jim Henson to make humorous corporate films using his puppet creations. Mr. Henson later…

A burly, easygoing Chicago native, he became a staple of living rooms across the country for more than a decade…

Casandra Ventura’s mother said she tried to pay the mogul to ensure her daughter’s safety, and an escort known as…

With its enormous wealth, the Middle East has long been viewed by the international art trade as a prime market…

Some big shows and troupes will perform, while others will stay away. And in a shift, the center will present…

Casandra Ventura testified that she had been abused and raped by Mr. Combs, while his lawyers sought to challenge her…

Only by writing could the acclaimed novelist Yiyun Li grapple with the suicides of her two sons. But her new…

Austria’s entrant, JJ, took the prize after a tense count that was neck-and-neck until the last votes were revealed.

Watch the Tony nominee Daniel Dae Kim in David Henry Hwang’s comedy, and take in cabaret at 54 Below, all…

Isaac Wright took a vertiginous photograph of the Empire State Building after he climbed to the top of its spire…

Casandra Ventura had testified that Mr. Combs physically coerced her into “freak-offs,” but defense lawyers tried to suggest that jealousy…

In June, the news organization is planning a live broadcast of one of the final Broadway performances of “Good Night,…

In Roberto Minervini’s intimate and impressionistic drama, a group of Civil War scouts faces the harsh realities of the uncharted…

Ms. Ventura, Mr. Combs’s ex-girlfriend, said he threatened to use tapes of their sexual encounters, known as “freak-offs,” to control…

The marriage and family counselor has focused his practice on working with men.

Casandra Ventura testified about drug-fueled sex sessions with male prostitutes that were orchestrated by Mr. Combs and made her feel…

The Combs trial is keeping podcasters, filmmakers and armchair analysts busy.

Prosecutors accused the music mogul of running a criminal enterprise to coerce women into sex. His lawyers acknowledged episodes of…

The music mogul, who is also known as Diddy and Puff Daddy, faces federal racketeering charges. He has pleaded not…

He was best known for the 1970s hits “I Just Can’t Get Her Out of My Mind” and “Ridin’ My…

The Welsh-Ukrainian singer Natalya Romaniw was a late addition to a new “Die Walküre” in London, but she has become…

As a senior designer at G.M., he helped create the exuberant, elongated shape of 1960s and ’70s cars like the…

Guinea-Bissau, where there are virtually no art galleries, no art schools and little government funding for the arts, has just…

Hailed as a visionary (if a difficult one), he drew inspiration for his multivolume work “The First Kingdom” from no…

A look at new design-world events, products and developments.

Vince Vaughn plays a restaurant owner who hires Italian grandmothers to cook for him in this corn-filled gabagool.

Jillian Bell’s feature directorial debut centers on a nerdy teenager who hires a stripper for a sexual education, but the…

Several members of the “Les Misérables” cast are said to be planning to boycott a gala performance at the Kennedy…

This week’s episodes hinge on events that are so shocking — and happen so fast — the main characters aren’t…

In an unusual but not unprecedented move, the prize board chose a fourth option after it couldn’t agree on the…

A painting of the monarch in the regalia of the crowning ceremony is a royal tradition. An official painting of…

“It’s the most surreal day ever,” the playwright said as he learned the news while getting ready to attend his…

Jean-Claude Silbermann joined André Breton’s acolytes at 18. Now 90, he’s showing paintings at the Independent Art Fair and says…

Don’t reduce his career to his unhinged characters. The actor’s work is often more textured and soulful than he’s given…

In Berlin, the director Kirill Serebrennikov’s new production dispenses with the opera’s final sextet and leads directly into Mozart’s Requiem.

After turning a derelict lecture hall into the daring Almeida Theater, he had a long career as a director and…

Fourteen years ago, Teresa Giudice threw Melissa Gorga’s sprinkle cookies in the garbage on “The Real Housewives of New Jersey.”…

Leading the Welsh band known for 1980s anthems like “Sixty Eight Guns,” he later became a strong voice in the…

The comedian, actor and YouTuber attended a London courtroom for the first stage of what could be lengthy criminal proceedings.

Do Ho Suh, whose major survey exhibition in London opens this week, discusses the power of architecture and finding motivation…

Two midlife losers reckon with past mistakes on a despairing and oddly haunting trip into the woods and out of…

Gareth Evans’s action film starring Tom Hardy delivers a fire hose of action. If you want the punches to keep…

This week’s trio of episodes includes visceral kicks while digging into the meat of the new season’s plot and themes.

“My Master Builder,” a new take on the Ibsen classic, reduces a complex play to a tawdry marital melodrama.

The acclaimed 2006 role-playing game was known for its wonky artificial intelligence and character dialogue. A visually stunning remaster preserves…

He brought grace and power to his roles before a serious injury encouraged him to try choreography — “maybe the…

“Urban Stomp” at the Museum of the City of New York chronicles the metropolis’s social dance. It also invites you…

Fans knew Ms. Caliente for her sense of humor, vigorous dance skills and interactions with fellow cast members on the…

Though she long felt a calling, Sister Monica Clare tried Hollywood first. Her book, and a visit, confirm the warmth…

Hear tracks by Haim, Young Thug, Cazzu and others.

Beneath the spectacle of an action-packed vampire movie, the film has plenty to say about what is sacred and what…

In an event that mixed notoriety with earnestness, celebrities like Gayle King and Blake Lively rubbed elbows with athletes and…

New research undermines the traditional view that Shakespeare was a distant, neglectful husband to his wife, Anne.

R.B. Schlather’s vibrant staging of Handel’s “Giulio Cesare,” playing in the Hudson Valley, is a bright spot in a bleak…

The director Dea Kulumbegashvili’s new movie, “April,” shines a light on the complicated situation for women seeking abortions in Georgia.

Among the most successful music producers in the 1970s and ’80s, he helped churn out hits for acts like Queen,…

In the best of the Disney+ “Star Wars” series, returning for its final season, fighting fascism is more than just…

The pianist Jeremy Denk tests three Steinways that the Frick Collection is considering for its auditorium. Watch, listen and guess…

How ancient history and modern calamities have cultivated a national obsession with menacing creatures.

In fictional tales and documentaries, directors approached him as a screen character who was both admired and controversial.

The sophisticated and moody “Star Wars” prequel to “Rogue One” is returning for its second and final season. There’s a…

He produced and directed major events like the Oscars, Emmys and Tonys, as well as Super Bowl halftime shows and…

Ryan Coogler’s original horror film was expected to sell a strong $40 million-plus in tickets over the weekend. But its…

As the 250th anniversary of America’s independence approaches, the president is moving to put his stamp on how the nation’s…

The stand-up comic discusses having a magician for a father, the challenge of mainstream comedy and his aspirations to build…

Heard on Bob Dylan’s “Blonde on Blonde” among other albums, he also sang and was a writer of the perennial…

The subtle expression of longing in the 2005 adaptation wasn’t meant to be a key moment. Even the director is…

He was a busy session saxophonist, but he is probably best known for the Grammy-winning pop hit that he sang…

Readers can decide when “Notes to John,” which shows the writer grappling with guilt and vulnerability, is published next week.

Designed to be an idyllic neighborhood more than a century ago, Forest Hills Gardens is now a hub for music…

At 46, Mireille Silcoff divorced her partner of 21 years, and went on to have more sex and better sex…

For 42 years, Mr. Levy strategized behind the scenes to promote Steven Spielberg’s movies and ensure that the director was…

It was recently determined that the artist painted his last work, “Tree Roots,” in Auvers-sur-Oise. The roots still exist, and…

His stark and stunning work for Playboy, The New York Times and Manhattan’s underground papers heralded a new era of…

Her new role in “The Last of Us,” and a coming turn in “Superman,” show a fiercer version of the…

Take in Shakespeare, experimental theater and a three-play series on the fallout of Brexit, all available to watch at home.

Along the Manhattan skyline, Jennie C. Jones turns Minimalist sculptures into sonic ‘wind’ instruments. It’s the last Roof Garden commission…

A folk troubadour with an eclectic style, he built a devoted following for his songs about love, death, drinking and…

Branden Kazen-Maddox makes time for mud massages, meditation and aerial hoop adventures.

The dealer, Leslie Roberts of Miami Fine Art Gallery, was accused of using fake invoices and forged authentication documents to…

A badly behaving princess is suddenly forced to take on more responsibility than she is ready for in this cynical…

A huge new exhibition at the Louis Vuitton Foundation is a late-career retrospective with a sense of new beginnings.

He revived interest in a “problem child” in the pantheon of high romantic composers, bringing Berlioz overdue recognition as one…

“I’d say he’s like a bull in a china shop, but at 104 percent, I can’t afford to say that,”…

The group argues that efforts to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services imperil the nation’s libraries and violate…

“Geopolitical tensions, economic volatility and trade fragmentation” drove the market down, according to the Art Basel and UBS Global Art…

Patricia Kopatchinskaja, making her New York Philharmonic debut this week, has become one of music’s quirkiest stars by breathing new…

Some characters got happy endings, while some decidedly did not. But there were enough twists to keep viewers guessing until…

The play, about Roald Dahl’s antisemitism, took home three awards at Britain’s equivalent of the Tonys. So did a “Fiddler…

The 2,000-year-old Torlonia collection of Roman sculptures, now at the Art Institute of Chicago, has the urgency of the greatest…

Roche Bobois reintroduces classic pieces that reflect the Spanish filmmaker’s palette.

“Only men understand the secret fears that go with the territory of masculinity,” he wrote. His message resonated: His book…

As the artist’s posthumous retrospective opens at SFMOMA, a reporter visits her family home and studio in Noe Valley, the…

“Has anyone thought about injecting our money with bleach?” Colbert said after President Trump’s new tariffs tanked the stock market…

This week in Newly Reviewed, Travis Diehl covers Kianja Strobert’s silver benches, Anna-Bella Papp’s elegant clay slabs and Amanda Rodriguez’s…

In an interview, the actors Owen Cooper and Stephen Graham explore the social and personal impact of the Netflix hit…

Even his choice of parts could be eccentric. In the end, he’s best thought of as a character actor trapped…

New tariffs will be unveiled at the White House Rose Garden — because “when you elect a reality TV star,…

Textile weavers, tassel-makers, lighting restorers, cabinet makers and muralists forged new traditions at the sumptuous Beaux-Arts museum.

President Trump says there are “methods” by which he could get a third term. “I think you tried one a…

The venerable quartet returned to Zankel Hall with a typically eclectic program and a newfound emotional intensity.

The Hulu show starring Michelle Williams premieres, and the third season of “White Lotus” wraps up.

An overnight star as Dr. Kildare in the 1960s, he achieved new acclaim two decades later as the omnipresent leading…

He was the chief architect of 1 World Trade Center, which soared in the wake of 9/11. As chairman of…

Her L.A. Eyeworks boutique, which she opened with a friend and fellow optician, was a pioneer in turning ordinary frames…

The president complained in an executive order that the Smithsonian had advanced “narratives that portray American and Western values as…

His voice can be heard for only a minute in “The Empire Strikes Back,” but it provided the first draft…

“There are many books and stories to come,” Kimmel said of the Trump administration’s leaky-group-chat scandal, comparing it to the…

After making a fortune in financial services, he funded the arts and made historical artifacts and documents widely available to…

“This operation was about as secretive as a Fortnite Twitch stream,” Jimmy Kimmel said of U.S. officials’ leaked discussion of…

She wrote seven books in a series that went on to be a hit TV show. After she was replaced…

“Signal might be a good app for you and me and our local drug dealer, but it’s not for the…

“Good Night, and Good Luck” grossed $3.3 million last week, breaking a record that was set earlier this month by…

Mushrooms in 19th-century watercolors: The paintings of a self-taught female mycologist are featured at the New York State Museum.

With his engineering background, he thought about his work differently from how other artists did. His abiding interest was in…

A new comedy starring Nathan Lane and Matt Bomer comes to Hulu, and this season of “The Bachelor” wraps up.

As the guitarist and main songwriter for the Damned, he helped spark an explosion on the British music scene in…

Two songwriters had filed a $20 million lawsuit accusing her of infringing on their copyright of a song with the…

A memoir of Greenwich Village; an Argentine story collection.

At a fashion store hidden within Uzbekistan’s oldest market, artists gathered to celebrate the country’s inaugural Bukhara Biennial.

Our critics and editors assess the new conflicts introduced by the Season 2 finale and whether it cleared up enough…

Viewers thrilled to the scheming Thomas Cromwell’s rise. Now, in the new TV series “The Mirror and the Light,” comes…

When the star singer Asmik Grigorian dropped out of the orchestra’s performance at Carnegie Hall, Beethoven’s Fifth and his “Leonore”…

“Ludwig,” streaming on BritBox, stars David Mitchell as a reclusive puzzle setter who solves mysteries. And then the world makes…

Claims on the Guelph Treasure stretch back nearly two decades, and Germany’s plans to change how restitutions are evaluated are…

Alain Guiraudie broke through with “Stranger by the Lake.” In his new movie, “Misericordia,” eroticism and death are also intimately…

The glimmering commode, an artwork by Maurizio Cattelan, was stolen during a break-in at Winston Churchill’s ancestral home in 2019.

A family not unlike Jesse Jackson’s gets barbecued on Broadway by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins.

A new one-woman show from the producer of “Baby Reindeer” and “Fleabag” is an irreverent allegory about wildfires and global…

A new murder-mystery series, starring Uzo Aduba, comes to Netflix, and Oscar-winning films come to streaming platforms.

A mainstay of England’s drag circuit, he performed for over five decades and encouraged other drag queens to flourish.

The president, who recently had himself installed as the center’s chairman, has called a meeting of its board to approve…

On Popcast, a discussion about the singer’s latest “return to form” album and whether her aggressive promotion of it adds…

Hear tracks by Playboi Carti, Haim, Bon Iver, Willie Nelson and others.

In “Terrestrial: The Sprout,” at New York Live Arts, three directors present a show about epic memory and indescribable feelings.

She shepherded the works of George S. Kaufman from the 20th century into the next, encouraging regional theater productions and…

A new exhibition at the Jewish Museum explores the cult of Queen Esther, whose story won the hearts of Dutch…

In more than a dozen books, he created characters who were obsessed with maps, urban walking, sexual fetishes and Volkswagen…

On new solo releases, Jennie, Jisoo, Lisa and Rosé each face a choice: double-down or retreat from their roles in…

A new play about a group of college students putting in one last study session evokes recent stories about young…

In “Sizwe Banzi Is Dead” and other works, bearing witness to forgotten lives and to the moral blindness and blinkered…

He believed that architects could design better buildings if they did the construction themselves. His do-it-yourself approach caught on.

King Charles III showcased 17 artists, mostly from Commonwealth countries, in a personal playlist. Beyoncé, Bob Marley and Diana Ross…

He was the last remaining core member of a group that was both propelled and pigeonholed in the 1970s by…

She was legally blind and used a motorized wheelchair, but she managed to capture what she called the “ironic reality”…

Originally a gospel singer, she went on to meld soulful melodies with dance-floor-friendly grooves on songs like the 1975 Top…

The play’s cast members wrestle, slap and toss one another in ambitiously choreographed fight sequences that took months of training…

As a paragon of the New Jack Swing sound, the band recorded three platinum albums and a slew of hits,…

This month’s picks include a documentary about a Nigerian college film club, a Chinese noir about a man and his…

Errol Morris returns to his main obsessions — evil and delusion — in a new Netflix documentary about the famous…

Simone Ashley (“Bridgerton”) stars as Pia, a talented photographer in London navigating business pressures with her wish for independence in…

A ubiquitous presence in New York’s art world, he also existed outside it, using 19th-century techniques to create ethereal, haunting…

Five recent books collect photographs, memories and ephemera from the hardcore band Agnostic Front, the mysterious dance artist Aphex Twin,…

The sort-of-rebooted series from Marvel and Disney+ pits the blind vigilante against a chaos-inducing, revenge-minded office holder.

The acclaimed revival, which is about to transfer to London’s Barbican, scored 13 nominations at Britain’s equivalent of the Tonys.

Moore had been considered a favorite for her strong performance in “The Substance,” but Madison won for “Anora.”

Adrien Brody won best actor for “The Brutalist” and Mikey Madison best actress for “Anora.” Zoe Saldaña and Kieran Culkin…

The winning actors, directors, pictures and more at the 97th annual Academy Awards.

Mike Myers, as Elon Musk, adds an extra measure of crazy to an already bizarre moment in MAGA-era foreign policy.

For decades, nobody was held accountable for killings and forced disappearances at the hands of Brazil’s military junta. “I’m Still…

A Scott and Zelda roman à clef; a photo collection of 1920s Paris.

Mr. Hackman, who was found dead with his wife and one of their dogs, had written novels and painted since…

His performance in Wes Anderson’s “The Royal Tenenbaums” introduced Hackman to a new generation, and his presence helped define the…

The sheriff’s office in Santa Fe County, N.M., is investigating after the actor Gene Hackman, his wife and one of…

The winner of two Oscars, he was hailed for his nuanced performances in films like “The French Connection,” “Unforgiven” and…

Steve Olive, who has worked in the event carpet business for more than three decades, is the man the Academy…

In movies like “The Last Showgirl,” a new kind of woman has emerged onscreen, our critic writes. That’s thanks to…

The New Group production of Sam Shepard’s classic tragicomedy comes off as disjointed and self-consciously stagy.

Only one of the 13 titles nominated for the prestigious award for fiction translated into English is more than 300…

A story as old as Cain and Abel gets filtered through cellphone and video confrontations in Samuel D. Hunter’s bleak…

For the Oakland dance troupe Bandaloop every surface is a stage. Now its vertical choreography and environmental ethos have come…

The series begins just before he was scheduled to stand trial in the fatal shooting on the set of “Rust.”…

This NBC attempt to capitalize on the surprising Netflix success of “Suits” has almost none of the charming traits that…

Seeking to shed the gauzy influence of Hollywood and focus on Brazil’s ethnic richness and troubled history, he helped forge…

He took a dry topic and made it entertaining, capturing the attention of policymakers and influencing the way cities are…

She played the rapper music as a child, stood by his side during his meteoric career and navigated the legal…

Enda Walsh’s formal experiment, at St. Ann’s Warehouse, finds him in pared-back mode.