The sound of their new collaborative album, “An Evening With Silk Sonic,” comes from a decade earlier, the 1970s, when the grit and funk of 1960s soul made way for a new embrace of sophisticated luxury. Singers promised sensual pleasures, sharing ardent come-ons and velvety harmonies in opulent tracks, backed by bountiful strings and horns. […]
Until the pandemic, India’s stock market was like another world that Dilip Kumar never had a reason to visit. “I invested in all the things I was using daily,” he said. The MSCI India index is up about 30 percent this year — nearly twice the return of the global index — while India’s benchmark […]
The show had announced Tuesday that it was canceling three performances this week after testing had detected what producers said were breakthrough virus cases within the company. Disney Theatrical’s “Aladdin” had to cancel performances because of positive virus tests within the company, but the long-running show later resumed performances. The play, which garnered mixed reviews, […]
He has often manipulated the news media with stunts, notably in 2018 when a painting self-destructed moments after it was sold for $1.4 million at auction. In the BBC show, directed by and starring the comedian Stephen Merchant, Mr. Walken’s character, Frank, is ordered to perform community service. …Read the full story
She also has a handsome husband who’s a doctor, a pair of well-behaved children, an elegant townhouse and a maid to help keep the domestic churn in check. Set in the 1920s, “Passing” tells what happens to Irene , who’s oblivious to her history. The two meet again by accident, each having taken refuge from […]
For “Mayor Pete,” the documentarian Jesse Moss followed Buttigieg — the current transportation secretary and former mayor of South Bend, Ind. “In my way of coming at the world, the stronger an emotion is, the more private it is,” he says in an interview for the film. But Moss — a director of “Boys State,” […]
So go the Christmas caterwauls of Dan Mazer’s “Home Sweet Home Alone,” a painful spiritual sequel to the 1990 hit that made a meme of the child star Macaulay Culkin. It’s hard to imagine any grade schooler chuckling at a runner about the proliferation of alt-milks at the grocery store, even with the desperately whimsical […]
The growth was driven by spending on services, especially in hotels, restaurants and entertainment as the last of the major pandemic restrictions were lifted in July and people vacationed in the country. Supply chain disruptions and bottlenecks have held back growth in Britain and are expected to last longer than previously anticipated. It cut a […]
The family at its center might have health issues, money worries and an outdoor toilet, but this is no Ken Loach-style deprivation: In these streets, grit and glamour stroll hand-in-hand. Branagh’s remembrances may be idealized, but with “Belfast” he has written a charming, rose-tinted thank-you note to the city that sparked his dreams and the […]
It is a cold January morning in 1969, and three of the four Beatles are assembled in a cavernous film studio in London, with cameras rolling and microphones everywhere. With Ringo Starr and George Harrison sitting groggily before him, a tray of toast and jam by their side, McCartney starts to strum and sing, searching […]
At some point between Dwayne Johnson’s early years as a pro-wrestler and his rise to becoming one of the highest-paid actors in the biz today, something about him fizzled out. His unwillingness to break with this persona has begun to feel played out, not least of all because he seems bored doing it. Constant rug-pullings […]
According to court papers, the movie’s first assistant director, Dave Halls, called out “cold gun” before handing it to Mr. Baldwin, which indicated that it did not contain live ammunition. Mr. Svetnoy is described in the lawsuit as a close friend of Ms. Hutchins, an up-and-coming cinematographer, and it said he had worked with her […]
Digital artisans replaced dog trainers on “Cruella.” The 2019 film version of “The Lion King” did its best impression of a David Attenborough documentary. Here, Clifford resembles a jolting golden retriever dyed vermilion red, and his looming cartoon height translates to a manageable 10 feet — just short enough to squeeze through the brownstone doorways […]
But many countries and environmentalists said the rest of the document was still too vague on crucial details like what sorts of financial aid richer nations should provide poorer ones struggling with the costs of climate disasters and adaptation. Scientists have said that the world’s nations need to cut global emissions from fossil fuels roughly […]
Four years ago, Ashley Lyle read an article in the trades about a planned remake of William Golding’s “Lord of the Flies,” the 1954 boys-gone-wild classic about prep school lads stranded on an island. Set in 1996 and in the present, “Yellowjackets,” which premieres Sunday on Showtime, follows a high school girls’ soccer team whose […]
He is writing the musical’s book with Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, who also collaborated with him on the film’s screenplay. Joining Crystal in the eight-person cast will be David Paymer, playing Young’s brother, Stan. In an interview, Crystal said he has found himself repeatedly drawn to the character for decades — he said he […]
I wouldn’t go invest that in crypto, not because I wouldn’t invest my own money in crypto, but because I don’t think people buy an Apple stock to get exposure to crypto. Tim Cook, Apple’s chief executive, said at the DealBook Online Summit on Tuesday that he has bought cryptocurrencies. The revelation came as Mr. […]
Ms. Yousafzai, 24, married Asser Malik, a manager for the Pakistan Cricket Board, at a small Islamic ceremony called a nikkah, she said on Twitter. But she shared a few pictures, including one of her husband signing what appeared to be a marriage contract and another of the pair posing among fall foliage. Prime Minister […]
Houston police officers had been providing security, both on the clock and moonlighting as employees of the event organizers, according to city officials. On Tuesday, Mayor Sylvester Turner met with top officials from both agencies, and his office released a collection of permits the city had issued for the festival. According to a person with […]
Some people spent their pandemic confinement learning a new language, refining their cooking skills, increasing their step count or gardening. At first the ghost of Flora, an elderly customer who dropped dead, haunts only Tookie, the narrator, a middle-aged Native American working in a Minneapolis bookstore that specializes in works about Indigenous people. She is […]