Binge-Viewing Movies? Netflix Bets on the ‘Fear Street’ Trilogy.
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Charles Grodin, Star of ‘Beethoven’ and ‘Heartbreak Kid,’ Dies at 86
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Review: ‘Who Killed Sara?’ and the Art of the Netflixnovela
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Sinead O’Connor Remembers Things Differently
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‘Shrek’ at 20: How a Chaotic Project Became a Beloved Hit
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Coinbase Made a $771 Million Profit Last Quarter
Coinbase said it brought in $1.8 billion in revenue during the first three months of the year, up from $191 million in the same period a year ago. Its listing was a major milestone for an industry that had long been derided as too risky or unsafe for mainstream investors. Bitcoin and other digital currencies […]
What TikTok Stars Owe ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’
In May 2010, well before the TikTok era, a 12-year-old from Oklahoma named Greyson Chance was summoned to “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.” A couple of weeks earlier, Greyson had found early viral fame after he posted his middle school talent show performance of Lady Gaga’s “Paparazzi” on YouTube. In the following days, media coverage around […]
Colonial Pipeline paid 75 Bitcoin, or roughly $5 million, to hackers.
The payment came after hackers last week held up Colonial Pipeline’s business networks with ransomware, a form of malware that encrypts data until the victim pays, and threatened to release it online. President Biden also declined to answer whether Colonial Pipeline had paid its extortionists in a press briefing on Thursday. Jen Psaki, the White […]
‘The Killing of Two Lovers’ Review: What Lies Beneath
Robert Machoian’s “The Killing of Two Lovers” opens like a crime thriller: A frantic man looms over his sleeping wife and her lover with a gun. On the edge between rugged and mountain man, David loves caring for their children, though his straight-shooting teenage daughter is a skeptic about the trial separation. You never know […]
Review: ‘The Underground Railroad’ Weaves an Epic Vision
In Barry Jenkins’s transfixing adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s “The Underground Railroad,” Martin as she escapes slavery, rouses her before dawn to witness something ghastly. In the novel, the line is, “I wanted you to see this.” It’s a tiny change, and I don’t know how intentional it is. If you choose to watch “The Underground […]
‘The Perfect Candidate’ Review: Paving the Way
In “The Perfect Candidate,” a film made in 2019 that is only now being released here, Maryam , a physician in a small town, is seen driving purposefully to destinations that include an airport. But “The Perfect Candidate,” co-written and directed by Haifaa Al-Mansour , is as much a family drama as it is a […]
Is He the Next Martha Stewart? ‘Not So Fast,’ Says Martha.
Any time a visitor strayed near this small flock of Sebastopol geese, Bill Blass, the resident gander, stuck his neck out and hissed. That just-published volume, “A Year at Clove Brook Farm,” falls squarely within the parameters of a familiar folksy publishing genre: the how-to. If you had been wondering how to celebrate peony time, […]
Basquiat and Other Artists of Color Lead a Swell of Auction Sales
Just as the art market withstood the trauma of the Sept. In a deliberately sparse salesroom in Manhattan, with auction specialists beamed in from London and Hong Kong on screens, business was strong at Sotheby’s, which raised a total of $218.3 million from 32 lots. Among the lots that generated particular bidding excitement was Robert […]
Jay-Z and Tina Turner Lead Rock Hall of Fame’s 2021 Inductees
In past years, when women have been inducted, they have been far outnumbered by men. The latest inductees show a balance of genre and generation that has come to be a feature of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s expanding tent. The voters — a group of more than 1,000 artists, journalists and industry […]
Ellen DeGeneres Is Ending Her Show After Years of Dancing and ‘Be Kind’
Her decision followed a sharp ratings decline for “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” also known as “Ellen,” which is in its 18th season. Once at the very top of her field, Ms. DeGeneres, 63, was bringing in roughly the same number of viewers as Maury Povich and Kelly Clarkson, daytime hosts who, until recently, did not […]
Jaleel White Wants to Sell You ‘Purple Urkle’
Cuomo, included significant provisions to address issues of racial equity, such as clearing criminal records of past convictions for marijuana-related offenses and earmarking 40 cents of every dollar in tax revenue from cannabis sales for the communities that have been hardest hit by the consequences of drug enforcement. One conversation about equity is the ownership […]
‘The Upshaws’ Is a Throwback Sitcom With Modern Views
When Epps, a veteran actor and comic, began his professional career in the 1990s, such shows were prime-time staples, with series like “Martin,” “Family Matters” and “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” serving as cultural touchstones for at least one generation. Hicks and Wanda Sykes, “The Upshaws,” which premieres Wednesday, focuses on a Black working-class family […]
US Consumer Prices Rise Faster Than Expected: Live Updates
At best, it would take several days and probably at least through the weekend to return gasoline, diesel and jet fuel shipments to normal. Over the last few days, Colonial has opened segments of the pipeline manually to relieve some supply pressures in a few states, including Maryland and New Jersey. A gallon of gas […]