Composer Daniel Blumberg Says the Wild Music of ‘The Testament of Ann Lee’ Had to Be ‘As Extreme as Possible’
In the spring of 2024, Daniel Blumberg had just finished writing his score for Brady Corbet’s “The Brutalist,” for which...
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What Is Your Greatest Superstition?
This feature is part of a series called Turning Points, in which writers explore what critical moments from this year...
Tesla promotes Optimus as its next big breakthrough, but one robot’s collapse has sparked doubts about their current level of autonomy
Elon Musk and Tesla are touting the company’s Optimus robot as its next revolutionary moneymaker, but after several incidents, some...
Top 10 Hip-Hop & R&B Albums of 2025
Despite its brief blip away from Billboard stardom, hip-hop still has a pulse (and a strong one at that). R&B...
Iconic Helms Bakery to close this weekend. ‘I really wanted the Helms sign to mean something again’
Helms Bakery was a legendary fixture for generations of Angelenos, but after just 13 months back in operation — and...
Admiral pushed out by Hegseth meets privately with senators
The top U.S. military officer overseeing operations in Latin America met privately with lawmakers on Tuesday, days before he is...
Man freed by Trump accused of horrific kidnapping and sexual assault
A Utah man who was pardoned for firing a gun inside the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot has...
Trump insists birthright citizenship only ‘meant for the babies of slaves’
President Donald Trump insisted that the U.S. Supreme Court should revoke birthright citizenship because he said it was “meant for...
What’s Next for Paramount’s Hostile Takeover Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
Paramount is taking its all-cash offer for Warner Bros. Discovery directly to shareholders, just the latest swerve in one of...
Trump’s $12 billion farmer bailout is a ‘Band-Aid on a bigger wound’ the American agriculture industry is still reeling from
President Donald Trump has delivered on his promise to provide aid to U.S. farmers hit by his sweeping tariff policy,...
A Gothic Novel Haunted by South African History
CAPE FEVER, by Nadia Davids Midway through Nadia Davids’s new novel, “Cape Fever,” an Irishwoman cautions Soraya, a young Muslim...
The M&A cycle is roaring back — and Goldman says the dealmaker talent race remains ‘intense’
A hiring war on Wall Street has created a "competitive" compensation landscape for top bankers, the Goldman Sachs CFO says....
The Judiciary Won This Round
Yesterday, Alina Habba turned—where else?—to X, the Trump administration’s second-favorite social-media app, to announce her resignation from a job she...
L.A. County inspector general to retire after 12 years as sheriff’s department watchdog
Los Angeles County’s inspector general is retiring as chief watchdog for the Sheriff’s Department, stepping down from the post he...
Justice Dept. says a court ruling is blocking efforts to reindict Comey
Justice Department lawyers said Tuesday that a recent ruling barring their access to key evidence has effectively crippled their efforts...
