In ‘The Seagull,’ Cate Blanchett Outshines a Director’s Tired Tropes
It is all too easy to be cynical when movie stars turn to theater — not least because, of late, they haven’t always been very good at it. In recent…
Khloe Kardashian Gave Kim Kardashian Her ‘Life Savings’ to Help After Damon Thomas Divorce
Kim Kardashian didn’t have any funds after her divorce from Damon Thomas — so she used the money sister Khloé Kardashian saved in her childhood piggy bank to get back…
Guggenheim Lays Off 20 Employees as Financial Challenges Persist
Senior leadership at the Guggenheim will not be taking pay cuts, according to a museum spokeswoman, Tina Vaz. The cuts are spread over six departments, including advancement, education, publications and…
Michael Tilson Thomas, Facing Brain Cancer Recurrence, Scales Back Concerts
The renowned conductor Michael Tilson Thomas announced on Monday that he would scale back his engagements because of a recurrence of brain cancer. Thomas, 80, who has been grappling since…
Federal Tech Workers Push Back Against Musk’s Efforts
One outpost of the government’s more tech-savvy employees has developed into a growing pocket of dissent against President Trump and Elon Musk’s overhaul of Washington. Workers at the Technology Transformation…
In ‘Festen,’ a Nightmare Birthday Becomes an Opera
Mark-Anthony Turnage has a habit of provoking stuffy opera fans. The revered British composer’s 1988 debut, “Greek,” appalled some audiences by transposing Sophocles’s “Oedipus Rex” into to a cursing, brawling…
Three Men Convicted of Playing a Role in Ring That Preyed on U.S. Museums
For two decades, a crew from Lackawanna County in Pennsylvania traveled to a dozen small museums across the country, where its ringleader smashed through security systems to strip them of…
The Closed-Door Battle to Become IOC President
Late Wednesday night, members of the International Olympic Committee gathered for a dinner at the Olympic Museum on the banks of Lake Geneva. The next morning, they would see presentations…
Opinion | ‘Trump’s Thomas Cromwell’ Is Waiting in the Wings
In that role, Vought is determined to wipe out any vestiges of Democratic control of the United States government. In December 2022, he wrote that Democratic control had resulted in…
Steamy Romance Books To Cozy Up With This Winter
As far as I’m concerned, there is no bad time to read a cozy book, especially a cozy romance. But winter seems particularly perfect, doesn’t it? When it’s cold out,…