Television

October 29, 2022

Why Did It Take HBO So Long to Make Shows About Women?

An early top executive at the network believed that “the man of the house” paid for cable TV subscriptions. That mind-set affected HBO’s programming for decades. […]
October 23, 2022

‘House of the Dragon’ Hair Inspires an Icy Blond Renaissance

The icy-white hair from “House of the Dragon” has some fans reaching for the bleach. But it’s not for the faint of heart. Blood, sex, dragons, […]
October 21, 2022

An Egg Yolk Omelet, Special Salad Dressing and a Negroni Sbagliato, Please

The menu of mid-late 2022. If you were to place an order this week at a restaurant that exclusively served viral foods, here’s what you’d be […]
October 21, 2022

An Egg Yolk Omelet, Special Salad Dressing and a Negroni Sbagliato, Please

The menu of mid-late 2022. If you were to place an order this week at a restaurant that exclusively served viral foods, here’s what you’d be […]
October 20, 2022

James Corden Would Rather Not Talk About That Balthazar Omelet

In an interview to promote his coming series, “Mammals,” the actor and late-night host dismissed a flap stemming from an Instagram post accusing him of boorish […]
October 20, 2022

‘Modern Love’ Goes Global in New Television Series

The latest iteration of the “Modern Love” franchise, “Modern Love Tokyo,” begins streaming on Oct. 21. Times Insider explains who we are and what we do […]
October 5, 2022

In ‘A Friend of the Family,’ Jake Lacy Breaks Character

The actor Jake Lacy, whom I met for tacos on a recent weekday evening, has an All-American handsomeness that verges on caricature — brown hair, blue […]
September 6, 2022

Christine Baranski Brings Throwback Flair to Her Ripped-From-the-Headlines Stardom

It’s pretty meta that I’m sitting with an actress who’s the epitome of Upper East Side sophistication in a hotel that’s the epitome of Upper East […]
August 10, 2022

The Lycra Legacy of Olivia Newton-John’s ‘Physical’

Athleisure, leggings, shapewear owe a debt of gratitude to the iconic video. A funny thing happened when Kameron Lennox revisited the music video for “Physical,” the […]
July 28, 2022

Mike Judge Brings Back ‘Beavis and Butt-Head’

Judge, the creator and voice of the malevolent metalheads, explains why he’s reviving his emblematic 1990s cartoon series in 2022. There are certain sounds that will […]