Sat Dec 06 2025arts
Frank Gehry’s Buildings Sound as Marvelous as They Look
Gehry, who died on Friday at 96, made an invaluable contribution to classical music by designing spaces with stunning acoustics.
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Sat Dec 06 2025movies
The Area 51 of New England
Through trinkets and tales, a U.F.O. story that once captured national attention lives on.
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Fri Dec 05 2025arts
Frank Gehry: 12 Essential, Stunning Projects
A singular genius, Gehry redefined architecture with joyful buildings like the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.
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Sat Dec 06 2025arts
Danny Brown Is Proud of His New Beats and Gym Physique
The rapper chats about the experimental pop collaborators and healthy habits that fueled his sixth album, “Stardust.”
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Sat Dec 06 2025movies
Josh Hutcherson Is Back. He Never Wanted to Leave.
The “Five Nights at Freddy’s” and “I Love L.A.” star found instant success as a child actor. After his “Hunger Games” fame, it felt like it almost all went away.
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Fri Dec 05 2025arts
Frank Gehry, the Disrupter, Opened Their Imaginations
Architects, artists, clients and partners assess his life and impact over eight decades.
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Fri Dec 05 2025arts
Best Albums of 2025
The Korean pop outsider Effie and the Brooklyn indie-rock band Geese top our critics’ lists this year.
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Fri Dec 05 2025arts
Dancing Babies and Toddlers Are Teaching the Pros a Thing or Two
Everyone loves tiny dancers. Now some artists are considering why they bring us such joy — and what lessons they might have for grown-ups.
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Fri Dec 05 2025arts
At the National Archives, a Deep Dive Into the American Story
A new $40-million exhibit, opening nine months after President Trump fired the chief archivist, uses technology to explore the 13 billion-plus items in its vaults.
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Fri Dec 05 2025arts
Library Agency Reinstates Grants Canceled by Trump Administration
The Institute of Museum and Library Services restored the funding after a federal court ruled that moves to dismantle the agency were unlawful.
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Fri Dec 05 2025movies
Fans Are Obsessed With This Celebrity Couple. They Star in ‘Zootopia.’
WildeHopps, a.k.a. the fox and bunny at the heart of the franchise, has inspired a YouTube movie, TikToks, fancams and more. The obsession goes deep (and sometimes weird).
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Fri Dec 05 2025theater
Can a California Director Bring His Sunshine to New York?
Before returning to New York to lead Roundabout, Christopher Ashley is concluding his 18-year tenure at La Jolla Playhouse with the new musical “Working Girl.”
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What ‘Hamnet’ Lost (and Gained) on the Way From Page to Screen
The filmmaker Chloé Zhao and the novelist-turned-screenwriter Maggie O’Farrell explained the changes they made in the tale of Shakespeare, his wife and their son.
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Austria Forms Panel to Study Its Rights to Famed Florentine Diamond
The Hapsburg family claims the gem, which it secretly kept hidden for decades.
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Francis Ford Coppola’s Watch Sold for $11 Million. It’s Not for Everyone.
Frenzied bidding pushed the polarizing F.P. Journe timepiece into near-record territory despite one dealer calling the design “goofy.”
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Guy Cogeval, Boundary-Pushing Museum Director, Dies at 70
His innovative approach drew crowds to the Musée d’Orsay, one of France’s flagship cultural institutions, which he led from 2008 to 2017.
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A Forensic Artist Brings Karl Ove Knausgaard’s New Character to Life
The pair work together to envision Kristian Hadeland, the protagonist of the author’s latest novel, “The School of Night.”
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Bublé for a Day, but He Can’t Sing and There’s Little Resemblance
Dan Perlman, a comedian, looks and sounds nothing like Michael Bublé. And yet, for some reason, he was hired to impersonate the crooner at a birthday party.
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Erik Bulatov, Russian Painter Who Undermined Soviet Propaganda, Dies at 92
For years he lived a double life, secretly making anti-Communist paintings. He found fame in the late 1980s, once his work was shown outside the Soviet Union.
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Frank Gehry, Titan of Architecture, Is Dead at 96
He designed some of the world’s most recognizable buildings, notably the spectacular Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, his masterpiece.
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‘A Christmas Carol’ Review: A Gentle Interpretation of a Classic
This production, which retains many of the charms of its 2019 Broadway staging, has lost some of its necessary darkness.
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20 Great Holiday Romance Movies
From timeless classics to frothy distractions, we’ve picked the best holiday romances currently available to stream.
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Five Horror Movies to Stream Now
This month’s movies include cosmopolitan assassins, flesh-slicing swashbucklers and seasoned supernatural detectives.
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The Pittsburgh Symphony Plays How an Orchestra Should Sound
Under its music director, Manfred Honeck, the ensemble returned to Carnegie Hall for the first time in over a decade, flying in on a high.
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11 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week
Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.
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The Protesters and the Police Are Both the Focus and the Filmmakers
To tell the story of the demonstrations surrounding a World Trade Organization meeting, “WTO/99” assembled scenes shot by the participants themselves.
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A Gladiator Epic, Back From the Dead
“Spartacus: House of Ashur,” premiering this month on Starz, brings the cult favorite 2010s action series back in an unlikely way.
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Best Jazz Albums of 2025
The most compelling releases of the year reimagined hip-hop tracks, deep-rooted collaborations and longstanding inspirations.
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Jeremy O. Harris Is Arrested in Japan on Suspicion of Smuggling Drugs
The Tony-nominated American playwright and actor has been in custody since airport customs officers found Ecstasy in his bag last month.
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Dashing Through a Season of Holiday Movies
For one writer, putting together her annual roundup of streaming holiday movies requires open-mindedness — and a high tolerance for candy-coated clichés.
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Jimmy Kimmel Thanks Trump for Google Superstardom in 2025
The host said he wouldn’t have been the third-most-trending person in Google searches this year “without the support of loyal viewers” like the president.
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Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, ‘The Last Emperor’ and ‘Mortal Kombat’ Actor, Dies at 75
The actor, born in Japan, starred in dozens of film and television shows, including Amazon’s “The Man in the High Castle.” His career spanned more than three decades.
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Netflix to Buy Warner Bros. in $83 Billion Deal to Create a Streaming Giant
The deal to acquire the Hollywood behemoth’s television and film studios as well as HBO Max will bulk up the world’s biggest paid streaming service.
Read moreThu Dec 04 2025arts
Art Gallery Shows to See in December
This week in Newly Reviewed, Martha Schwendener covers Meredith James’s anti-architecture monument, Franz Gertsch’s take on Patti Smith, Ragnar Kjartansson’s postcard ode, Analivia Cordeiro’s merging bodies and Guanyu Xu’s hovering photos.
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Rebecca Heineman, Transgender Video Game Pioneer, Dies at 62
Fleeing an abusive home life, she went on to win a national Space Invaders tournament, taught herself to program and left a trail of popular games in her wake.
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Steve Cropper: 9 Essential Songs
An architect of Memphis soul, Cropper made his guitar sing and sting. And as a songwriter, he collaborated on more than a few indelible anthems.
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Pink Feathers, Giant Purple Bows: The Looks at a Night Made for Dancing
Alvin Ailey’s annual gala began with suits and bare chests on the red carpet and ended with dancing to Madonna’s “Like a Prayer.”
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Spain, Ireland and Others Boycott Eurovision Over Israel’s Participation
The Netherlands and Slovenia also said they would not take part in next year’s contest, meant to be its celebratory 70th edition.
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‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’ Review: The Robots Are Malfunctioning (Again)
The bigger-budget follow-up to last year’s abysmal cult horror hit about haunted animatronic puppets is, at best, marginally scarier.
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