Joe Dunthorne, author of ‘Submarine,’ doggedly researched his Jewish ancestor’s scientific work benefiting the Nazis. His relatives didn’t want to talk about it.
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In 1933, the Ebell of Los Angeles commissioned frescoes by renowned muralist Maxine Albro. Two years later — after contentious battle — the frescoes were thought to be destroyed. They have now been rediscovered.
Hero Complex
Like many in America, Todd Martens grew up with parents who devoted the bulk of their vacation time to Disney’s theme parks. He now understands them as places to make sense of the world rather than to escape it.
Seamus Blackley is best known for creating the Xbox game console. Now he wants to build a chocolate factory. One problem: Cacao trees don’t naturally grow in Los Angeles.
The Envelope
Two-time Oscar winner Adrien Brody knows he ‘made the longest Oscars speech in history.’ He celebrated the unexpected milestone on Tuesday with even more words.
VoicesCommentary: ‘Anora’s’ Oscars triumph is a much-needed win for workers, in Hollywood and beyond
Sean Baker got his fairy-tale ending, investing his speeches with meaningful shout-outs on an Oscar night that celebrated unseen laborers as well as glamour.
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The music mogul’s sexual mistreatment of women dating back decades was aided and abetted by a complex and vast network of enablers, according to a Times review of court filings and interviews with current and former business associates.
Like the Marvel Cinematic Universe or scripted series with countless spinoffs, reality TV has become more reliant on proven franchises as the industry becomes more risk-averse.
Critics
With a dazzling array of unstoppable female characters, Taylor Sheridan’s ‘1923’ is the show every adult American Girl doll fan should be watching.
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Dennis Prager, the conservative host who has been missing from 870 AM since falling at home in November, is returning to talk radio in June.
Conan O’Brien received the Mark Twain prize for humor in ceremony that drew Sarah Silverman, Will Ferrell, David Letterman and Stephen Colbert to the embattled Kennedy Center, setting the stage for Trump zingers.
Nearly a dozen voice actors interviewed by The Times said voice replication technology is reducing paid job opportunities and stripping them of their agency. Many found their voices cloned without their consent, knowledge or compensation.
‘Buena Vista Social Club’ book writer Marco Ramirez sits down with The Times to talk about his Broadway debut, Cuba and the Miami Heat
Shelved after its Sundance 2023 premiere due to its star’s legal troubles, Jonathan Majors’ flashy turn as an angry, lonely bodybuilder is finally in theaters.
Kat Timpf quickly went from childbirth to a double mastectomy after learning she had cancer the same day she welcomed her son. Now she has a post-op update.
Faced with shrinking revenue, the program led by Gayle King is returning to the network’s West Side broadcast center later this year.
Alain Guiraudie, the French writer-director, shapes his penchant for queer subject matter into something that owes much to the cool mysteries of Claude Chabrol.
OpenAI held a screening event on Wednesday, where several filmmakers touted work they made with the startup’s text-to-video tool Sora.
The actor-director-producer’s ideal Sunday includes catching a film at Vidiots and enjoying Zankou chicken with his family.
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