April 16, 2020

A Frank Talk About Fat

The author of “This Is Big,” a history of Weight Watchers, comes to terms with a lifetime of dieting, a wavering self-image and the persistence of […]
April 2, 2020

Things to Do in N.Y.C. This Weekend During Coronavirus Quarantine

ImageCredit…Caveat Three weeks into life under mandated social distancing, New Yorkers have been adjusting to this new reality by moving their social lives online. From virtual […]
March 24, 2020

For Some Drive-In Theaters, an Unexpected Revival

Jen Philhower, 48, a part-time office manager in Austin, Texas, is one of the many Americans adjusting to almost every group activity being canceled, as people […]
February 28, 2020

Life Isn’t Like the Movies (Even if You Write the Movies)

ImageCredit…Brian Rea Once I turned 69, if anyone asked me my age — not that anyone ever did, but if I offered it up in conversation […]
February 14, 2020

Ben Schwartz, the Voice of ‘Sonic the Hedgehog,’ Hits the Arcade

Ben Schwartz, the actor and comedian, dunked the ball without looking at the joystick. “This is just like muscle memory,” he said. On a frosty Monday […]
February 9, 2020

What to Watch for Tonight at the Oscars

Here’s what you need to know: The Academy Awards are scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. Eastern. The best-picture race is between ‘1917’ and ‘Parasite.’ ‘Little […]
February 6, 2020

As Long as There’s Been an Envelope, Oscar Parties Have Pushed It

It all began with a dinner dance. Well, a banquet, really. Long before Swifty Lazar corralled celebrities to join him at Spago or Graydon Carter reigned […]
January 31, 2020

Jennifer Lopez at the Super Bowl? It’s the Role She Was Born to Play

Some time in 1998, riding high on critical acclaim for her performance alongside George Clooney in Steven Soderbergh’s sultry crime thriller “Out of Sight,” the rising […]
January 21, 2020

A Bollywood Star Takes on a Global Stigma

Deepika Padukone, one of the highest-paid and best-known actresses in Bollywood, can afford to choose her roles carefully and with purpose. With her newest film — […]
January 14, 2020

Awkwafina Returns to Queens, and Nora Lum

On the set of a new Comedy Central series in September, on a stage built to look like the cluttered bedroom of a young woman figuring […]