October 4, 2019

Natalie Portman Shoots for the Stars and Loses Her Mind

As a kid with a precocious mind for science — she made it to the Intel competition semifinals in high school, after all — Natalie Portman […]
September 29, 2019

Finn Wittrock of ‘Judy’ Visits His Old Juilliard Haunts

Finn Wittrock stood outside Francesco’s, a hole-in-the-wall pizza joint on the corner of Columbus Avenue and West 69th Street, and peered forlornly through the window. A […]
August 8, 2019

Markiplier’s Work Diary: ‘I Find a Game and I Play It. Not Much to It.’

He’s being modest. (Maybe?) The YouTube streamer — who made a reported $17.5 million last year — has created videos that have been watched 11 billion […]
February 24, 2019

Live Updates: Oscars 2019: With No Host, What to Watch For

The 91st Academy Awards begins at 8 p.m. Eastern. Here are the stories we are following. And, you still have time to fill out your Oscar […]
January 6, 2019

Golden Globes Briefing: Golden Globes 2019: What to Watch For

“A Star Is Born” is a heavy favorite in the film categories, while the Hollywood star Julia Roberts could bring home a Globe for her work […]
December 21, 2018

gender letter: Ditch the Tropes: These Holiday Movies Won’t Make You Roll Your Eyes

Take a break from saccharine plotlines to watch a holiday movie with women who are … people!
January 13, 2018

Style Q&A: Designing Costumes for 'Star Wars’ Jedis, Princesses and Naked Creatures

Advertisement In his long career as a Hollywood costume designer, Michael Kaplan has created looks for disco legends (the Village People in “Can’t Stop the Music”), […]
January 10, 2018

Rex Reed Bangs a Gong on the Mediocrity of Modern Life

Advertisement “That’s me with Larry Olivier,” said Rex Reed, reaching for a black-and-white photo in a silver frame in his eighth-floor apartment in the Dakota on […]
January 5, 2018

The Red Carpet Is Its Own Economy

Advertisement “For years, we’ve sold these awards shows as women, with our gowns and colors and our beautiful faces and our glamour,” the actress Eva Longoria […]
December 26, 2017

Daniel Day-Lewis and Paul Thomas Anderson on How They Created ‘Phantom Thread’

Advertisement Daniel Day-Lewis was riffing on the mysteries and curiosities of romantic entanglements — how people can be governed by desires that seem alien even to […]