![]() | Billy Joel Brings Madison Square Garden Residency to an End |
The singer and songwriter, 75, wrapped his decade-long residency at Madison Square Garden on Thursday night. Up next? A new era in his live career. | |
![]() | Heirs of Jews Who Fled the Nazis Return Art to Heirs Whose Family Could Not |
An Egon Schiele drawing was returned on Friday at the Manhattan district attorney?s office. The heirs said in a statement that relinquishing the work was ?the right thing to do.? | |
![]() | Scenes From Billy Joel?s Final Night of His Madison Square Garden Residency |
At the close of his 10-year Madison Square Garden residency, the singer took a victory lap with some of his most ardent fans. | |
![]() | In Shows Like ?Love Island USA,? the Setting Is Another Character |
Reality TV staples like ?Love Island? and ?Bachelor in Paradise? often take place in luxury resorts to set the mood. But not all resorts love the attention. | |
![]() | Museum of Natural History Says It Is Repatriating 124 Human Remains |
The museum reports having hundreds of consultations with Native American groups and says it is also returning 90 objects. | |
![]() | A New Batman Is Less a Dark Knight Than a ?Weird and Creepy? One |
?Batman: Caped Crusader,? a new animated series, is not concerned with making its hero likable ? either to the citizens of Gotham or to its audience. | |
![]() | ?Deadpool? Refresher: What to Know Before Seeing ?Deadpool & Wolverine? |
The new installment draws on decades of Marvel and X-Men history. It helps to know the back stories ahead of time. | |
![]() | María Félix and Cantinflas Star in Gems From Mexico?s Golden Age of Cinema |
A Lincoln Center retrospective puts the spotlight on midcentury movies aimed at the masses that continue to influence filmmakers. | |
![]() | Celebrities Support Plan to Reopen Upper West Side Movie Theater |
Martin Scorsese, Ethan Hawke and John Turturro are all listed as advisers to a new proposal to buy the former Metro Theater, which closed in 2005. | |
![]() | Saying Goodbye to the Messy, Murderous World of ?Elite? |
A diverse cast of characters and a murder to solve each school year have helped make this teen drama one of Netflix?s longest-running original shows. | |
![]() | Watch a Reynolds and Jackman Diner Chat in ?Deadpool & Wolverine? |
The director Shawn Levy narrates a scene from the latest sequel in the franchise. | |
![]() | Five International Movies to Stream Now |
This month?s picks include a ?90s coming-of-age tale from India, a Turkish noir set in a zoo, a Romanian drama about provincial politics and more. | |
![]() | Why the Olympics? Parade of Nations Is the Heart of the Opening Ceremony |
When the athletes march in ? or float in, as they will in Paris on Friday ? you can enjoy the illusion that it?s a small world after all. | |
![]() | Helen Marden, Grieving in Bright Colors and on Her Own Terms |
The artist?s new paintings at Gagosian show her working through the loss of her husband, the artist Brice Marden, in a hot palette, feathers and shells. | |
![]() | Opening Ceremony Misses the Boat |
The Paris Games began with a new look and sparkled with Celine Dion. But the show suffered from bloat similar to TV?s other spectacles. | |
![]() | Gail Lumet Buckley, Chronicler of Black Family History, Dies at 86 |
She wrote two books about multiple generations of her forebears, including her mother, Lena Horne. | |
![]() | Jerry Miller, 81, Lauded Guitarist With ?60s Band Moby Grape, Dies |
He drew praise for his blues-inflected fretwork as his critically acclaimed band rode high, if briefly, during San Francisco?s Summer of Love. | |
![]() | He Wrote a Story About Joy, Then Built a Tiny World to Match |
Loren Long has illustrated books by Barack Obama, Madonna and Amanda Gorman. His No. 1 best seller, ?The Yellow Bus,? took him in a different direction ? one that required time, patience and toothpicks. | |
![]() | 5 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week |
Whether you?re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about. | |
![]() | In ?Swan Song,? a Ballet Company Faces Racism and Sexism |
The film follows a National Ballet of Canada production of ?Swan Lake? as dancers and others deal with long-simmering issues of racism and sexism. | |
![]() | ?Deadpool & Wolverine? | Anatomy of a Scene |
The director Shawn Levy narrates a sequence from his film starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman. | |
![]() | Stephen Colbert Mocks Trump for Recycling His Old Insults |
Colbert said the ex-president was ?focused on the real issue gripping the country: desperately workshopping a new nickname for Kamala Harris.? | |
![]() | For Billy Joel Fans, a New York Night to Remember |
Thousands of people piled into Madison Square Garden on Thursday to hear Billy Joel?s catalog of hits in the final show of his long residency at the arena. | |
![]() | 6 New Books We Recommend This Week |
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. | |
![]() | Actors? Union to Go on Strike Against Video Game Companies |
The SAG-AFTRA union wants higher pay for the use of voices and images and protection from losing jobs to artificial intelligence. | |
![]() | ?Playground? Is Throwback Reality TV, in More Ways Than One |
The new Hulu series, set at a prestigious Los Angeles dance studio, harks back to the vibes of an earlier age. | |
![]() | Darryl ?Joe Cool? Daniel, Illustrator of Snoop Dogg?s First Album Cover, Dies at 56 |
The 1993 album ?Doggystyle? went on to sell millions of copies around the world and solidified the career of Mr. Daniel, known as Joe Cool, as a hip-hop illustrator. | |
![]() | Bob Booker, Whose J.F.K. Parody Was a Runaway Hit, Dies at 92 |
Most record companies didn?t think ?The First Family,? which he and his writing partner created, was a good idea. It became the fastest-selling album of the pre-Beatles era. | |
![]() | ?Deadpool & Wolverine? Reviews Are In: Amusing or Exhausting? |
Few critics could deny that the highly anticipated super spectacle, starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman, has its charms ? but most left wanting more. | |
![]() | ?Only the River Flows? Review: A Spiraling Murder Investigation |
In this Chinese police procedural, directed by Wei Shujun, solutions are murkier than they first appear. | |
![]() | ?Rhinegold? Review: Rapping With a Rap Sheet |
Based on the life of an Iranian German drug dealer and rapper, Fatih Akin?s interminable drama feels uncomfortably partial to its violent subject. | |
![]() | ?The Fabulous Four? Review: Beaches (and Lots of Mojitos) |
This raunchy comedy features Bette Midler, Susan Sarandon, Sheryl Lee Ralph and Megan Mullally on a bachelorette weekend. | |
![]() | ?Cirque du Soleil: Without a Net? Review: How the Magic Happens |
This documentary chronicles the reboot and reopening in Las Vegas of the acrobatic show ?O,? which shutdown during the pandemic. | |
![]() | ?The Decameron? Review: They Take a Holiday. Death Doesn?t. |
A loose Netflix adaptation turns Boccaccio?s story cycle into a gleeful satire of class war in plague times. | |
![]() | Klaus Florian Vogt?s Strange, Essential Voice in Opera |
Klaus Florian Vogt, a Wagner specialist with an ethereal yet mighty sound, is returning to the Bayreuth Festival to sing in the ?Ring.? | |
![]() | Native Modern Art: From a Cardboard Box to the Met |
Nearly lost, Mary Sully?s discovered drawings riff on Modernist geometries and Dakota Sioux beadwork and quilting. Our critic calls it ?symphonically bicultural.? | |
![]() | ?Didi? Review: 13 Going on Nerdy |
A vibrant coming-of-age story about an awkward teenager in California in 2008 is also a love letter to the director?s mother. | |
![]() | Suicideboys Don?t Care for the Music Biz. They Got Its Attention Anyway. |
The rap duo?s raw songs and festival-like touring strategy has paid off: Its latest album opened at No. 5 without traditional industry strategies or support. | |
![]() | Solving Wanderlust With the Puzzles Beneath Your Feet |
Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure is full of solutions that slide and stump. Play follow the leader in Flock, and take on bulbous hordes in Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess. | |
![]() | Stephen Colbert Wants a Kamala Harris-Glen Powell Ticket |
?I guarantee he will attract suburban women, and I already have his slogan: ?Yes, We Glen!?? Colbert said. | |
![]() | Toumani Diabaté, Malian Master of the Kora, Is Dead at 58 |
He believed that music could transcend national borders set by colonialism and restore ancient ties, even as it embraced the changes of a globalizing society. | |
![]() | Why Is ?Deadpool & Wolverine? Projected to Set Records? |
Opening-weekend estimates have been a Hollywood fixture since the 1980s. But surveys of moviegoers can fail to capture those who infrequently visit the theater. | |
![]() | Maestro Accused of Striking Singer Won?t Return to His Ensembles |
John Eliot Gardiner is stepping down from three renowned period groups he founded, after he was accused of hitting a singer last year. | |
![]() | Lisa Kudrow Brings Her Daffy Charm to ?Time Bandits? |
The actress dialed up the zaniness in the TV reboot of a Terry Gilliam fantasy classic, created by the team behind ?What We Do in the Shadows.? | |
![]() | He Wrote Michael Jackson?s ?Human Nature? and Has 2 More in the Vault |
Steve Porcaro of Toto, who played on some of the biggest hits of the ?80s, has sold the rights to his music, including a pair of unreleased tracks with the superstar. | |
![]() | This Year?s BroadwayCon Raises the Curtain on Mental Health |
The ninth annual fan event will include discussions on topics such as sobriety, self-care and body image. Here are six to look out for. | |
![]() | Lincoln Center?s Audiences Deserve Music Worthy of Them |
When listeners were given the power to program an orchestral concert, the results were surprising. | |
![]() | Dancers Drop Threat to Strike During Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony |
Organizers avoided disruption by agreeing to give performers on temporary contracts a greater cut of broadcast royalties. | |
![]() | A Rarely Seen David Bowie Rom-Com Gets a New Life |
?The Linguini Incident,? a low-budget ?90s film directed by Richard Shepard and featuring Bowie and Rosanna Arquette, makes its way to Blu-ray in a director?s cut. | |
![]() | The Met Museum Is Rebounding, but Not With International Visitors |
The museum said it attracted more local visitors during the past year than it did before the pandemic, but only half the international visitors. | |
![]() | In a New Docuseries, Pete Rose Hustles for Redemption |
?Charlie Hustle & the Matter of Pete Rose? examines the contradictions of one of the best (and most complicated) players in baseball history. | |
![]() | If A.I. Is Coming for Comedy Writers, Simon Rich Is Ready |
The author of humorous short stories finds emotional connections in tales that engage with tech. But he?s more interested in the ties between humans. | |
![]() | These Effects Wizards Made ?Twisters? a Blast at 4D Showings |
For special presentations of that blockbuster and others, companies like CJ 4DPlex have turned splashing and shaking moviegoers into a lucrative art. | |
![]() | Chappell Roan Booked a Tour. Then She Blew Up. |
The rising pop star now has five songs on the Hot 100. The venues her team picked out months ago are struggling to fit her ballooning audience. | |
![]() | ?Inspired by True Events? Review: True Crime Thriller Riddled With Clichés |
The actor Ryan Spahn makes his Off Broadway playwriting debut with an immersive, psychologically shallow dark comedy. | |
![]() | How Horror Movies Solve Their Cellphone Problem |
When one quick call can eliminate danger and undermine screams, filmmakers have to figure out a workaround. Sometimes it can even deepen a story. | |
![]() | The Collapse of Romance Writers of America |
The group worked for decades to build the profile of the genre and its writers. Now romance fiction is booming ? but the R.W.A. has filed for bankruptcy. What happened? | |
![]() | Read These Children?s Books About the Olympic Games and Sports |
Colorful primers, inspirational biographies and books by former champions will get kids excited for the Paris Games ? and teach valuable lessons along the way. | |
![]() | Feel Like an Athlete With These Olympic (Video) Games |
Inspired by the pageantry and competition in Paris this summer? Try some of the many games that will let you taste pixelated glory. | |
![]() | Late Night Breaks Down ?Kamala Is Brat? |
The Harris campaign?s embrace of the Gen Z term puzzled cable news analysts of a certain age, but Stephen Colbert was glad to clear things up. | |
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