Frank Gehry?s Buildings Sound as Marvelous as They Look

Gehry, who died on Friday at 96, made an invaluable contribution to classical music by designing spaces with stunning acoustics.

The Area 51 of New England

Through trinkets and tales, a U.F.O. story that once captured national attention lives on.

Frank Gehry: 12 Essential, Stunning Projects

A singular genius, Gehry redefined architecture with joyful buildings like the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.

Danny Brown Is Proud of His New Beats and Gym Physique

The rapper chats about the experimental pop collaborators and healthy habits that fueled his sixth album, ?Stardust.?

With ?Five Nights at Freddy?s 2? and ?I Love L.A.,? Josh Hutcherson Is Back

The ?Five Nights at Freddy?s? and ?I Love L.A.? star found instant success as a child actor. After his ?Hunger Games? fame, it felt like it almost all went away.

Frank Gehry, the Disrupter, Opened Their Imaginations

Architects, artists, clients and partners assess his life and impact over eight decades.

Best Albums of 2025

The Korean pop outsider Effie and the Brooklyn indie-rock band Geese top our critics? lists this year.

Dancing Babies and Toddlers Are Teaching the Pros a Thing or Two

Everyone loves tiny dancers. Now some artists are considering why they bring us such joy ? and what lessons they might have for grown-ups.

At the National Archives, a Deep Dive Into the American Story

A new $40-million exhibit, opening nine months after President Trump fired the chief archivist, uses technology to explore the 13 billion-plus items in its vaults.

Library Agency Reinstates Grants Canceled by Trump Administration

The Institute of Museum and Library Services restored the funding after a federal court ruled that moves to dismantle the agency were unlawful.

Fans Are Obsessed With This Celebrity Couple. They Star in ?Zootopia.?

WildeHopps, a.k.a. the fox and bunny at the heart of the franchise, has inspired a YouTube movie, TikToks, fancams and more. The obsession goes deep (and sometimes weird).

After ?Working Girl,? Can Christopher Ashley Bring His Sunshine to New York?

Before returning to New York to lead Roundabout, Christopher Ashley is concluding his 18-year tenure at La Jolla Playhouse with the new musical ?Working Girl.?

What ?Hamnet? Lost (and Gained) on the Way From Page to Screen

The filmmaker Chloé Zhao and the novelist-turned-screenwriter Maggie O?Farrell explained the changes they made in the tale of Shakespeare, his wife and their son.

Austria Forms Panel to Study Its Rights to Famed Florentine Diamond

The Hapsburg family claims the gem, which it secretly kept hidden for decades.

Francis Ford Coppola?s F.P. Journe Sells for $11 Million at Auction

Frenzied bidding pushed the polarizing F.P. Journe timepiece into near-record territory despite one dealer calling the design ?goofy.?

Guy Cogeval, Boundary-Pushing Museum Director, Dies at 70

His innovative approach drew crowds to the Musée d?Orsay, one of France?s flagship cultural institutions, which he led from 2008 to 2017.

A Forensic Artist Brings the Protagonist of Karl Ove Knausgaard?s ?The School of Night? to Life

The pair work together to envision Kristian Hadeland, the protagonist of the author?s latest novel, ?The School of Night.?

Bublé for a Day, but He Can?t Sing and There?s Little Resemblance

Dan Perlman, a comedian, looks and sounds nothing like Michael Bublé. And yet, for some reason, he was hired to impersonate the crooner at a birthday party.

Erik Bulatov, Russian Painter Who Undermined Soviet Propaganda, Dies at 92

For years he lived a double life, secretly making anti-Communist paintings. He found fame in the late 1980s, once his work was shown outside the Soviet Union.

Frank Gehry, Titan of Architecture, Is Dead at 96

He designed some of the world?s most recognizable buildings, notably the spectacular Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, his masterpiece.

?A Christmas Carol? Review: A Gentle Interpretation of a Classic

This production, which retains many of the charms of its 2019 Broadway staging, has lost some of its necessary darkness.

20 Holiday Romance Movies to Stream Now: ?Love Actually,? ?Serendipity? and More

From timeless classics to frothy distractions, we?ve picked the best holiday romances currently available to stream.

Five Horror Movies to Stream Now

This month?s movies include cosmopolitan assassins, flesh-slicing swashbucklers and seasoned supernatural detectives.

The Pittsburgh Symphony Plays How an Orchestra Should Sound

Under its music director, Manfred Honeck, the ensemble returned to Carnegie Hall for the first time in over a decade, flying in on a high.

11 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.

?WTO/99? Review: The ?Battle in Seattle? as Seen by the Participants

To tell the story of the demonstrations surrounding a World Trade Organization meeting, ?WTO/99? assembled scenes shot by the participants themselves.

?Spartacus: House of Ashur? Resurrects a Cult Franchise

?Spartacus: House of Ashur,? premiering this month on Starz, brings the cult favorite 2010s action series back in an unlikely way.

Best Jazz Albums of 2025

The most compelling releases of the year reimagined hip-hop tracks, deep-rooted collaborations and longstanding inspirations.

Jeremy O. Harris Is Arrested in Japan on Suspicion of Smuggling Drugs

The Tony-nominated American playwright and actor has been in custody since airport customs officers found Ecstasy in his bag last month.

Dashing Through a Season of Holiday Movies

For one writer, putting together her annual roundup of streaming holiday movies requires open-mindedness ? and a high tolerance for candy-coated clichés.

Jimmy Kimmel Thanks Trump for Google Superstardom in 2025

The host said he wouldn?t have been the third-most-trending person in Google searches this year ?without the support of loyal viewers? like the president.

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, ?Mortal Kombat? Actor, Dies at 75

The actor, born in Japan, starred in dozens of film and television shows, including Amazon?s ?The Man in the High Castle.? His career spanned more than three decades.

Netflix to Buy Warner Bros in $83 Billion Deal

The deal to acquire the Hollywood behemoth?s television and film studios as well as HBO Max will bulk up the world?s biggest paid streaming service.

Art Gallery Shows to See in December

This week in Newly Reviewed, Martha Schwendener covers Meredith James?s anti-architecture monument, Franz Gertsch?s take on Patti Smith, Ragnar Kjartansson?s postcard ode, Analivia Cordeiro?s merging bodies and Guanyu Xu?s hovering photos.

Rebecca Heineman, Transgender Video Game Pioneer, Dies at 62

Fleeing an abusive home life, she went on to win a national Space Invaders tournament, taught herself to program and left a trail of popular games in her wake.

Steve Cropper: 9 Essential Songs

An architect of Memphis soul, Cropper made his guitar sing and sting. And as a songwriter, he collaborated on more than a few indelible anthems.

Inside the Alvin Ailey Gala: Ciara, the Red Carpet and a Madonna Dance Party

Alvin Ailey?s annual gala began with suits and bare chests on the red carpet and ended with dancing to Madonna?s ?Like a Prayer.?

Eurovision Is in Turmoil as Israel?s Participation Leads to Boycott

The Netherlands and Slovenia also said they would not take part in next year?s contest, meant to be its celebratory 70th edition.

?Five Nights at Freddy?s 2? Review: The Robots Are Malfunctioning (Again)

The bigger-budget follow-up to last year?s abysmal cult horror hit about haunted animatronic puppets is, at best, marginally scarier.

Larry Mitchell and Ned Asta?s Queer Cult Classic Debuts in New York

?The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions? is a music theater piece based on Larry Mitchell and Ned Asta?s 1970s book.

In Ephrat Asherie?s ?Shadow Cities,? Club Dance Meets Latin Jazz

Ephrat Asherie?s ?Shadow Cities? pairs her group?s adept dancers with live music by the great Arturo O?Farrill.

?La Grazia? Review: Paolo Sorrentino?s Portrait of Waning Power

The director reunites with Toni Servillo, casting the astonishingly expressive actor as a fictional Italian president facing the end of his term.

Jennifer Packer: Art at the Cosmic Edges of Longing

Where does a painter?s grief go? Onto the canvas, in spectral realms.

Drag Antics and ?a Political Bomb?: Bringing ?La Cage aux Folles? Home

The theater that drew acclaim last year for ?Les Misérables? is hoping Paris can accept a new ?Americano-French musical.?

Best TV Shows of 2025

Many of the year?s best series seemed to be in conversation with one another, including ?Severance,? ?The Pitt,? ?Andor,? ?Pluribus,? ?The Lowdown? and others.

Arthur Szyk: Spotlight Returns to a Forgotten ?Soldier in Art?

An exhibition reckons with the revived legacy of an immigrant artist who created ornate illuminations and scathing caricatures of Nazism and the horrors of the Holocaust.

?Merrily We Roll Along? Review: It?s a Hit (Reprise)

The Tony-winning Broadway revival of the notorious Stephen Sondheim flop, starring Jonathan Groff, Daniel Radcliffe and Lindsay Mendez, gets a live stage recording for the big screen.

?Rosemead? Review: A Mother and Her Troubled Son

In this drama, Lucy Liu offers a compassionate and grim portrait of a parent at the end of her rope.

?Little Trouble Girls? Review: Teenage Infatuation

Despite awareness of taboos, two girls in a Catholic school choir are drawn to each other in this feature debut by the Slovenian director Urska Djukic.

?Jay Kelly? Review: All His Memories Are Movies

Noah Baumbach?s latest film has George Clooney playing the last of the old-school movie stars.

?Happy Holidays? Review: Fissures in a Palestinian Family

In Scandar Copti?s film, set in Haifa, Israel, secrets and deceptions strain relationships.

?Fackham Hall? Review: Keep Calm and Chuckle On

Clever sight gags jazz up this ?Downton Abbey? sendup about a bookish aristocrat under pressure to marry her first cousin.

?Endless Cookie? Review: An Animated Family History

Two filmmaking brothers trade tales in a tonally singular documentary.

?The Chronology of Water? Review: Saved by the Pen

Kristen Stewart?s feature directing debut stars a riveting Imogen Poots in an uncomfortably visceral tale of abuse and addiction.

?100 Nights of Hero? Review: A Feminist Fairy Tale

This flawed but endearing film stars Emma Corrin as a protective maid and features Charli XCX as a sister with a secret.

But Who Is the Snake in ?Zootopia 2??

Gary Goldman, who has battled Disney in court over the franchise, thinks the viper Gary De?Snake is based on him.

Late Night Thinks the War on Drugs Has Gone a Bit Off the Rails

The president who says he?s killing traffickers ?pardoned a man who smuggled in enough cocaine to give every American resting Kash Patel face,? Josh Johnson said.

Steve Cropper, Guitarist, Songwriter and Shaper of Memphis Soul Music, Dies at 84

As a member of Booker T. & the MG?s and as a producer, he played a pivotal role in the rise of Stax Records, a storied force in R&B in the 1960s and ?70s.

Spotify Wrapped Has Users Talking About Their ?Listening Age?

The wrinkle in this year?s Spotify Wrapped release was an estimate of the user?s ?listening age.? Some wore it like a badge of honor. Others made excuses.

Doctor Who Gave Matthew Perry Ketamine Is Sentenced to 30 Months

The doctor, Salvador Plasencia, had asked ?I wonder how much this moron will pay? before supplying the drug to Mr. Perry, who became increasingly reliant on it before his death.

Mel Leipzig, Painter Called the ?Chekhov of Trenton,? Dies at 90

He put fellow New Jerseyans at the center of his work, and a critic praised the ?mysterious emotional tensions? in his pictures of ordinary people.

?Vanderpump Rules? Is Back With a New Cast. Here Are 4 Takeaways.

The Season 12 premiere got back to the show?s roots, introducing a young cast with the kind of hunger and fresh faces that made the original a hit.

Holiday Theater: 15 Shows to Spice Up Your Festive Season

Enticements abound in New York City, including Jinkx Monsoon crooning, Dickens reciting Dickens and, for the whole family, the Big Apple Circus.

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