Bill Gates Isn’t Like Those Other Tech Billionaires
The older he gets, the more Bill Gates is surprised by what the world dishes up. Take billionaires. There are many now from the tech industry, quite a few with…
A ‘Shark Tank’ Star on Losing Her Home in the L.A. Fires
Barbara Corcoran treasured her double-wide mobile home with a deck that overlooked the ocean in the Pacific Palisades. The so-called “Queen of Real Estate” bought it in 2017 for $800,000.…
Edmond Dédé’s Opera ‘Morgiane’ to Be Staged for the First Time
In fall 2000, Cox and Danielson traveled to Peyrotte’s house outside Paris, where they chatted over wine and cheese. Then Danielson spent a few hours there reviewing Peyrotte’s scores and…
7 Surprisingly Busy Days in the Life of an Experimental Theater Maker
January is known as a time when New York commercial theater recovers from its holiday bender and takes a break from openings. It’s another story for the experimental performance scene,…
Book Review: ‘Shattered,’ by Hanif Kureishi
SHATTERED: A Memoir, by Hanif Kureishi In December 2022, in Rome, fate took Hanif Kureishi by the wrong hand. He was sitting in the living room of his girlfriend’s apartment,…
Book Review: ‘A Perfect Frenzy,’ by Andrew Lawler
Operating under the royal governor’s aegis, the regiment spread a contagion of hope through the enslaved population. Dunmore’s Black regiment reportedly wore uniforms that bore the phrase “Liberty for Slaves”…
The Super-Sampled Band Cymande Made Funk With a Message. It’s Back.
The protracted delay mirrors the many obstacles the musicians faced as migrants to the U.K. decades ago. While the pair now live in Anguilla, for the interview, conducted by video,…
Where Might Gov. Hochul Be Among Friends? At a Buffalo Bills Bar.
Down the hill from the State Capitol on Sunday, you would never know that Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York was struggling in the polls or facing a re-election fight…
A Hardened Detective and an Angry Rock Star: How a Vast Art Fraud Was Cracked
Two art fraud rings in a remote Canadian city produced thousands of paintings sold in galleries as works by Norval Morrisseau, Canada’s most celebrated Indigenous artist. By Norimitsu Onishi Photographs…
Tamara Lawrance Wants Another Season of ‘The Traitors,’ but for Actors
By the time Tamara Lawrance landed the lead in HBO’s “Get Millie Black,” she had been put through the wringer. “We did at least 20 takes of each scene or…