Washington’s National Gallery of Art Will Return a Looted Benin Bronze Cockerel to Nigeria

The object is similar to another cockerel returned to Nigeria by Jesus College at the University of Cambridge in October. Klejman, the New York dealer who passed the work to the NGA, was born in Poland and emigrated to the United States, where he and his wife opened a gallery on Madison Avenue in 1950. …Read […]

‘The Forever Prisoner’ explores how the US compromised its values after Sept. 11

If a goal of the Sept. “Forever Prisoners” presents detailed descriptions of waterboarding sessions and includes an interview with CIA contractor James Mitchell regarding such practices. In that and other ways, “The Forever Prisoner” asks the right questions regarding not just Zubaydah but the broader prosecution of the war against terrorism. …Read the full story

Luxury brand Chanel roasted online for $1025 advent calendar full of stickers, other trinkets

Unlike traditional advent calendars, which start on December 1st and are followed by new treats to be discovered every day for the next 24 leading up to Christmas day, Chanel’s starts on day five as a nod to the brand’s iconic fragrance, Chanel No. “Stickers?” Harmon exclaims in her first video on the unboxing of the kit, […]

Girls Who Code partners with Doja Cat to release codeable ‘Woman’ music video

Girls Who Code has partnered with Doja Cat, transforming the artist’s new music video ‘Woman’, into an interactive experience. As part of the next page, users will be able to view three different coloured stars, each of which will represent a different programming language; yellow for CSS; blue for Javascript; and pink for Python. Users […]

Jussie Smollett testifies he had a sexual relationship with the prosecution’s star witness

Last week, brothers “Bola” and “Ola” Osundairo testified that Smollett, who is Black and gay, directed and paid them to carry out a sham anti-gay and racist attack in order to garner sympathetic media coverage. He said Bola Osundairo, who he called “Bon,” helped him get drugs, including cocaine. “He kind of creeped me out,” […]

No Matter the Role, Antony Sher Made Soaring Seem Possible

To watch Antony Sher onstage was an uncommonly visceral experience. I mean a physical response, the kind that registers in your muscles, your stomach, your bones. Yet the concentration and physiological specificity with which he embodied characters, from power-hungry medieval monarchs to a 20th-century sensualist painter, made you tense up in anatomical empathy. After seeing […]

In ‘Landscapers,’ True Crime Meets Hollywood Fantasy

These were just some pieces of the thousands of dollars’ worth of Golden Age Hollywood memorabilia that Christopher and Susan Edwards had amassed by the time they turned themselves over to police in London on Oct. The reclusive British couple, who were convicted the next year of murdering Susan’s elderly parents and sentenced to a […]