Entertainment

A new publishing company began courting self-published romance writers earlier this year. The pitch, delivered in a generic email, was impersonal and formulaic. The terms weren’t generous, sometimes amounting to just a...

Have you ever wondered what happens behind the red velvet curtains at the Royal Opera House? Do you relish a bit of backstage gossip or enjoy looking at centuries-old instruments? London has...

Moss and Levene push back against his generalizations, accusations and abuse; Aaronow does not. He just sits there and takes it. “You think this is abuse?” Blake thunders at him. “You can’t...

“Hi, my name is Celine Song, and I’m the writer and director of ‘Past Lives.’” “So the scene is between Hae Sung, who’s played by Teo Yoo, and Nora, who is played...

The first single from Olivia Rodrigo’s second album opens with a fake-out: “Vampire” at first appears to be a muted, heartbroken piano ballad in the vein of her 2021 smash “Drivers License,”...

He has more than enough charisma to fit together this jigsaw puzzle of a show. It’s coherent if not easy to access. The key to his persona, I think, can be found...

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on how to fairly divvy up two Eras tour tickets among four friends.

Dear listeners,At last, the season of late sunsets, languid beach days and endless barbecues is upon us. This calls for a playlist.Today’s genre-crossing collection could definitely work as a soundtrack to your...

WESLEY MORRIS I’m with you, Jim. Through four episodes, it’s a baffler. I think it suffers from that pull you identified. This is a 90-minute movie that doesn’t have the bonkers ideas,...

Our critics picked six films that you can catch up with over the long holiday.