Fact-checking ‘The Sound of Music’ as It Turns 60
The Sound of Music, one of the most popular films ever around the world, is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. The musical tells the story of the von Trapp...
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Taylor Swift’s “Been Bursting Into Tears of Joy” Now That She Finally Owns All of Her Masters
Taylor Swift announced Friday that she now owns the master recordings to her first six albums, a happy conclusion to a career-defining feud with retired manager Scooter Braun, who purchased...
Sydney Sweeney is selling soap that contains her actual bathwater
Sydney Sweeney fans can now lather up with the actor’s bathwater in a limited-edition soap made by men’s natural body wash brand Dr. Squatch. The Emmy-nominated star, who rose to...
Horror Movies Don’t Need to Be Highbrow
The horror genre has come to feel oversaturated with message films: artistically rendered stories that use scares less to frighten and more to manifest psychological or philosophical themes. So when...
Everything to Know About the Tony Awards 2025
Dust off your tap shoes and limber up those jazz hands: The Tony Awards 2025 are almost here. The Tonys, which honor the best of American theater and Broadway, are...
The Artist Who Captured the Contradictions of Femininity
Observing a woman get ready to go out is, for many girls, an early glimpse at the ritualistic preparations that femininity can entail. For the artist Christina Ramberg, watching her...
The Most Powerful Room in New York? Madison Square Garden During This Knicks Playoff Run
In the last month, Manhattan’s played host to half a dozen art fairs, the spring auctions, and more galas than one can shake a stick at, including the grandest of...
What is Google even for anymore?
Somewhere between asking Google’s new advanced AI to explain, in detail, how to become an expert birdwatcher in my neighborhood and using Google’s new AI moviemaking tool to create cartoons...
Justice Department takes on small Idaho town in religious freedom battle over church permit
The Justice Department accused a small city in northern Idaho of religious discrimination after it denied a zoning permit to a local evangelical church seeking to hold worship services. The...
Smokey Robinson sues accusers and their lawyers, claiming defamation
LOS ANGELES — Motown legend Smokey Robinson on Wednesday filed a lawsuit alleging defamation by four former housekeepers who earlier this month in a lawsuit accused him of sexual assault...
