17-08-2024 07:01 via nytimes.com
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He found a musical sweet spot between romance and “out of line” desire for recordings by Ricky Nelson, Johnny Mathis and Gary Puckett and the Union Gap.
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Can We Talk? The Characters in These 2 Books Can, and How
17-08-2024 13:50 via nytimes.com
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Evelyn Waugh’s garrulous embalmers; Deborah Eisenberg’s urban neurotics.
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‘The Interview’: Jelly Roll Cannot Believe How His Life Turned Out
17-08-2024 11:15 via nytimes.com
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From jail and addiction to music stardom, the singer says he’s living a “modern American fairy tale.”
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As California Clears Homeless Camps, Two Projects Point a Way Forward
17-08-2024 11:02 via nytimes.com
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While L.A. County grapples with homelessness, elegant new housing projects in Long Beach and Venice signal the solutions — and challenges — ahead.
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An Earthling With an Extraterrestrial Pen Pal Imagines a Cooler World
17-08-2024 11:02 via nytimes.com
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“The systems we’ve learned to depend on are harming us and our planet — but what an opportunity for great change this can be!”
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With Purple Gold and Bouncy Metal, a Canadian Chemist Shines on YouTube
17-08-2024 11:01 via nytimes.com
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Disillusioned with grad school, Nigel Braun dropped out to film chemistry videos in his parents’ garage in Montreal. Then millions began viewing his whimsical and occasionally dangerous experiments.
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How Tau Lewis Channels the Spirit World
17-08-2024 11:01 via nytimes.com
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Her first solo museum exhibition, at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, is full of towering, mysterious beings. The exhibit is “all grief work,” she said.
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Awkwafina Won’t Forget This Play’s Monologue Anytime Soon
17-08-2024 11:01 via nytimes.com
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“It gives me the chills right now thinking about it,” said the actress and comedian, who stars in the film “Jackpot!” with John Cena and Simu Liu.
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All the ‘Alien’ Movies, Ranked
17-08-2024 11:01 via nytimes.com
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With “Alien: Romulus” hitting theaters, the 45-year-old series is getting a new jolt of life. How does the latest film stack up against its predecessors?
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A Virtuoso Cellist’s Painstaking Path From Long Covid Back to the Stage
17-08-2024 11:00 via nytimes.com
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For over three years, long Covid has presented Joshua Roman with health challenges — and has indelibly shaped the music he makes.
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Seth Bloom, 49, Clown Who Brought Laughter to the Rubble of War, Dies
17-08-2024 08:55 via nytimes.com
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A virtuoso of physical comedy, he performed around the world with his wife. Most notably, he helped stage clown shows in Afghanistan.
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Jerry Fuller, Songwriter of ‘Young Girl’ and ‘Travelin’ Man,’ Is Dead at 85
17-08-2024 08:25 via nytimes.com
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He found a musical sweet spot between romance and “out of line” desire for recordings by Ricky Nelson, Johnny Mathis and Gary Puckett and the Union Gap.
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Jerry Fuller, Songwriter of ‘Young Girl’ and ‘Travelin’ Man,’ Dies at 85
17-08-2024 08:12 via nytimes.com
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He found a musical sweet spot between romance and “out of line” desire for recordings by Ricky Nelson, Johnny Mathis and Gary Puckett and the Union Gap.
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Maurice Williams, 86, Dies; His ‘Stay’ Was a Hit for Him and Four Seasons
17-08-2024 07:20 via nytimes.com
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A chart topper in 1960 for his doo-wop group the Zodiacs, it inspired several popular cover versions and was heard in the 1987 film “Dirty Dancing.”
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Betty A. Prashker, 99, Who Pushed Boundaries in Book Publishing, Dies
17-08-2024 07:12 via nytimes.com
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A top editor and executive at two publishing houses, she was an advocate for women in publishing, and for equal pay in an industry that had long been male-dominated.
Maurice Williams, Whose ‘Stay’ Was a Hit for Him and Others, Dies at 86
16-08-2024 23:54 via nytimes.com
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A chart topper in 1960 for him and his doo-wop group the Zodiacs, it inspired several notable cover versions and was heard in the 1987 film “Dirty Dancing.”
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Jack Russell, 63, Dies; Singer for Great White and Survivor of Nightclub Fire
16-08-2024 22:44 via nytimes.com
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At a show in 2003 with his band, a pyrotechnics display ignited a fire that killed 100 people, including the band’s guitarist.
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7 Hot Tracks From a New Generation of Female Rappers
16-08-2024 20:00 via nytimes.com
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Listen to recent songs from Megan Thee Stallion, Ice Spice, Latto and more.
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Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’s Throwback Duet, and 8 More New Songs
16-08-2024 19:28 via nytimes.com
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Hear tracks by the Linda Lindas featuring Weird Al Yankovic, Chlöe and Anderson .Paak, Lou Reed’s early band and others.
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Missouri Woman Charged in Scheme to Defraud Presleys and Sell Graceland
16-08-2024 19:03 via nytimes.com
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A woman named Lisa Jeanine Findley was arrested and accused of a brazen effort to foreclose on Elvis Presley’s home in Memphis.
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Altar at Stonehenge Was Transported from Nearly 500 Miles Away, New StudyFinds
16-08-2024 18:08 via artnews.com
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The central six-ton altar stone at Stonehenge may have come from more than 450 miles away, according to a new study published in the scientific journalNature.Stonehenge is thought to have been erected in several phases between 3100 BCE and 1600 BCE, with the circle of large sarsen stones placed there between 2600 BCE and 2400 BCE by Neolithic and Bronze Age people. While larger local stones may have been moved by hundreds of individuals with ropes and log rollers, the Welsh bluestones coul
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Jerry Fuller, Writer of ‘Young Girl’ and Other Hit Songs, Dies at 85
16-08-2024 17:50 via nytimes.com
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He located a musical sweet spot between the romantic and the risqué for Ricky Nelson, Johnny Mathis and most famously Gary Puckett and the Union Gap.
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Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni and the ‘It Ends With Us’ Drama, Explained
16-08-2024 17:49 via nytimes.com
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What’s happening onscreen has become secondary to the conversation about differences between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, her co-star and director.
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Archaeologists Uncover Secret Roman Network in SouthernSpain
16-08-2024 17:45 via artnews.com
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Archaeologists from the University of Cádiz have uncovered 57 ancient Roman-era sites in Spain’s Guadalete River region, according to a story published inthe Independent.The find suggests that the area may have been a significant hub within the Roman Empire.Led by Macarena Lara, the team employed ground-penetrating radar to reveal structures and settlements across the Arcos de la Frontera, Bornos Villamartin, and Puerto Serrano regions in Spain. Some of these structures
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Missouri Woman Charged in Scheme to Sell Graceland
16-08-2024 17:30 via nytimes.com
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A woman named Lisa Jeanine Findley was arrested and accused of a brazen effort to foreclose on Elvis Presley’s home in Memphis.
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Netflix Cofounder to Transform Utah Ski Resort into Outdoor ArtPark
16-08-2024 17:28 via artnews.com
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When Netflix cofounder Reed Hastings purchased Utah’s Powder Mountain ski resort in 2023 for an undisclosed sum, the first thing he did was turn it into a private members club. He cordoned off 2,000 acres of the mountain and only made it accessible to people who own houses nearby for an annual fee between $30,000 and $100,000. Hastings did inherit $100 million of debt with his mountainous purchase, so he has to cut the deficit somehow.
To show that he’s also a man of the people, Hast
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A Major Survey of Black Collage Art Proves That Print Isn’tDead
16-08-2024 17:19 via artnews.com
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The death knell has been rung for print media many times over in the past decades: thousands of local newspapers have shuttered, digital readership has shot up, and journalism has suffered a crisis. But if print really is dead, you wouldn’t know it from “Multiplicity: Blackness in American Collage,” a smart survey that features dozens of pieces that invest precious publications with new life.Take Helina Metaferia’s Headdress 61 (2023), featuring artist Chase Williamson do
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He Made a Game About a Joyous Journey. He Also Got a Bit Lost.
16-08-2024 17:00 via nytimes.com
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Anthony Tan was 16 when his idea for a video game about a deer caught the industry’s eye. Nine years later, he’s still working on it.
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Frank Walter Escaped Racism and Violence by Looking to theStars
16-08-2024 16:31 via artnews.com
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A version of this essay originally appeared inReframed, theArt in Americanewsletter about art that surprises us and works that get us worked up.Sign up hereto receive it every Thursday.One morning in 1958, while researching his ancestry in the English city of Leeds, the Antiguan artistFrank Walterawoke to a disturbance. He looked out his window and noticed some aliens who appeared to glow. Rather than cowering in fear, he was awed by what he saw.It
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A Memoir Offers an Insider’s Perspective Into the Pentagon’s U.F.O. Hunt
16-08-2024 16:21 via nytimes.com
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In “Imminent,” the former intelligence official who ran a once-secret program shares some of what he knows.
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