Arts
-
Selma Blair Wants You to See Her Living With Multiple Sclerosis
Selma Blair could only talk for a half-hour in our first session. That was as long as she trusted her brain and her body to cooperate — any ...
-
At Bessie Awards, Dancers Gather to Celebrate Pandemic Art
The pandemic brought much of the performing arts world in New York to a halt starting last year. But it could not stop dancers from pursuing ...
-
Beanie Feldstein Feels It All in ‘Impeachment’
Beanie Feldstein is allergic to nearly everything — cats, dairy, fragrances, dust. “I basically live in a bubble,” she said. The sticks and ...
-
‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ at 50: What Was the Buzz?
It was the spring of 1970, and Yvonne Elliman, an 18-year-old singer and guitarist from Hawaii, had just finished performing at a London ...
-
Matt Amodio’s ‘Jeopardy!’ Streak Ends After 38 Wins
Ken Jennings can relax. On Monday, the reigning “Jeopardy!” contestant Matt Amodio lost his 39th game, leaving Jennings’s No. 1 hall-of-fame spot ...
-
Haven’t Watched ‘Squid Game’? Here’s What You’re Not Missing.
This notebook contains spoilers. If you know that you’re supposed to have watched Netflix’s South Korean puzzle box “Squid Game” by now, but you ...
-
The Artistic Aromas of Anicka Yi
Six years ago, the artist Anicka Yi created an exhibition on a theme that now feels eerily prescient: human fears of viral contagion. After an ...
-
‘My Dinner With André’ at 40: Still Serving Hot Takes
Hear me out: “My Dinner With André” was the original podcast. Released on Oct. 11, 1981, this seminal art-house flick invited us to eavesdrop on ...
-
Maryann Plunkett Says Goodbye to Her Lives in Rhinebeck
Talking with the actress Maryann Plunkett recently, it was hard to know, at times, whether she was speaking as herself or Barbara, Mary or Kate ...
-
Taylor Swift Returns to No. 1 With Autographed ‘Fearless’ CDs
Streaming is everything in music today. But a pile of CDs, a marker and some elbow grease can still take you to No. 1 (at least if your name is ...