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Wednesday, June 25, 2025

MOVIES

The 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century

By The New York Times

Monday, June 23, 2025

More than 500 influential directors, actors and other notable names in Hollywood and around the world voted on the best films released since Jan. 1, 2000. See how their ballots stacked up.

THEATER

Nicole Scherzinger as the delusional former silent film star Norma Desmond in Jamie Lloyd’s revival of “Sunset Boulevard.”

Photo by:Sara Krulwich/The New York Times

Broadway’s Season of Screens

By Michael Paulson

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Videos and projections depicting an A.I.-generated actor, the digital memories of robots, a redwood forest and more: High-tech storytelling is having a moment.

ARTS

New Hampshire’s arts council distributed more than $1.5 million in grants last fiscal year, including $21,250 for the New London Barn Playhouse to upgrade its sound system.

Photo by:via New London Barn Playhouse

The Curious Proposal to Fund a State Arts Council With $1

By Michaela Towfighi

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

New Hampshire residents pushed back, but lawmakers still plan to decimate the group, which gives grants to theaters and museums.

ARTS

Lawyers for Sean Combs had signaled that they would focus on reading evidence rather than calling witnesses to testify.

Photo by:Angela Weiss/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Sean Combs Thanks the Judge at His Federal Trial as His Defense Rests

By Julia Jacobs

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

After 28 days of testimony in the federal sex-trafficking and racketeering trial, both sides rested. The music mogul did not take the stand.

ARTS

Ebon Moss-Bachrach, background, and Jeremy Allen White in the new season of “The Bear.” The previous season ended with a fateful restaurant review.

Photo by:FX

‘The Bear’ Is Back. Here’s What You Need to Know

By Noel Murray

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

The kitchen dramedy returns Wednesday, a year after its divisive third season ended on a cliffhanger. Here’s what to remember for the new episodes.

MOVIES

The Best Movies of the 21st Century: How Actors, Directors and Other Film Lovers Voted

By The New York Times

Monday, June 23, 2025

To determine the best movies of the 21st century, we polled hundreds of celebrities. See how your favorite stars and directors voted.

MOVIES

The Best Movies of the 21st Century: You Decide

By The New York Times

Monday, June 23, 2025

More than 500 directors, actors and other notable movie fans submitted their ballots for the Best Movies of the 21st Century. Now it’s your turn to vote.

ARTS

“All the red tape, all the politics. I don’t like nothing about it, but I’m cool because I’ve seen it before,” Malice said.

Pusha T and Malice Reunite as Clipse, With Vengeance on Their Minds

By Joe Coscarelli, Jon Caramanica and Tim Schutsky

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

The duo of brothers known for rapping with single-minded focus is returning with “Let God Sort Em Out,” its first studio album since 2009.

ARTS

Jaro Kirchgessner, left, and Sonja Isabel Reuter in “Miss Fortune” at the Theater für Niedersachsen in Hildesheim, Germany.

Photo by:Tim Müller

On Smaller Opera Stages, Daring Art Has More Room to Breathe

By Jeffrey Arlo Brown

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Unlike most countries, Germany has a network of minor but generously subsidized theaters whose vitality is remarkable, and unmatched.

THEATER

From left, Suzzy Roche, Grace McLean, Alana Raquel Bowers, and Nina Grollman in “Cold War Choir Practice.”

Photo by:Maria Baranova

‘Cold War Choir Practice’ Review: When the President Made a Deal

By Laura Collins-Hughes

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Ro Reddick’s music-infused comedy, set during the Cold War, finishes this year’s edition of Clubbed Thumb’s Summerworks festival on a high.

ARTS

Hwang Dong-hyuk had given up on making it in Hollywood. Then came “Squid Game.”

Photo by:Luisa Opalesky for The New York Times

The Real Winner of ‘Squid Game’ Is Hwang Dong-hyuk

By Alexis Soloski

Monday, June 23, 2025

The South Korean writer-director won an Emmy and the attention of the world with his dystopian action drama. As Netflix releases the third and final season, he is happy it’s over.

ARTS

People walk through the exhibition “Jack Whitten: The Messenger,” 2025, at the Museum of Modern Art. The work is Whitten’s monumental “9.11.01.,” from 2006. It’s composed of thousands of tiles of acrylic paint infused with materials like ash, dust and blood.

Photo by:Ahmed Gaber for The New York Times

The Best Art Shows of 2025, So Far

By Holland Cotter, Jason Farago, Wesley Morris and Deborah Solomon

Monday, June 23, 2025

Our critics pick 11 outstanding exhibitions — many still on view this summer —and tour the renewed Frick Collection and the Met’s Michael C. Rockefeller Wing.

ARTS

Five senators planned a Monday night concert at the John F. Kennedy Center to celebrate gay pride.

Photo by:Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images

With Broadway Tunes, Democrats Protest Trump’s Takeover of Kennedy Center

By Sopan Deb, Michael Paulson and Javier C. Hernández

Monday, June 23, 2025

The small concert hosted by five senators during Pride Month was directed by the lead producer of “Hamilton.” An altered set of “Les Misérables” lyrics poked at the president.

MOVIES

Steven Spielberg opted not to direct the sequel after the mechanical sharks in the original film gave him so much trouble.

Photo by:Universal Pictures, via Everett Collection

‘Jaws’ Is a Masterpiece, but ‘Jaws 2’ Deserves a Legacy, Too

By Maya Salam

Monday, June 23, 2025

The sequel had a tough act to follow, but it still delivered a terrifying monster movie with grand sequences, a sweeping score and an indelible tagline.

ARTS

“Remember when Biden whispered it to Obama and everyone on the right lost their [expletive] minds?” Seth Meyers said.

Photo by:NBC

Late Night Is Taken Aback by Trump’s Potty Mouth

By Trish Bendix

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Seth Meyers said that even with “zero standards of expectations for Trump,” he was shocked to see the president use profanity on the White House lawn.

THEATER

Stephanie Nur, left, and Jay Ellis in “Duke & Roya” at the Lucille Lortel Theater in Manhattan.

Photo by:Sara Krulwich/The New York Times

‘Duke & Roya’ Review: He’s Got Swagger, She’s No-Nonsense

By Juan A. Ramírez

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Jay Ellis stars as an American rapper who falls for his Afghan interpreter at an Army base in Charles Randolph-Wright’s new play.

ARTS

In the six-part series “Ironheart,” Dominique Thorne reprises her role as Riri Williams, introduced in the 2022 film “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.”

Photo by:Marvel Studios/Disney+

‘Ironheart’ Review: Marvel Follows Suit

By Mike Hale

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Our biggest cinematic universe ends its current phase with a Disney+ series about a young engineering genius with Ironman dreams.

ARTS

Mick Ralphs performing with the British band Bad Company in 1974.

Photo by:Fin Costello/Redferns, via Getty Images

Mick Ralphs, of Mott the Hoople and Bad Company, Dies at 81

By Alex Williams

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

A guitarist and songwriter, he ditched glam rock at its peak and scored with meatier stadium-rock anthems like “Can’t Get Enough” and “Feel Like Making Love.”

ARTS

Marcia Resnick in 2021 with her portrait of William Burroughs. She considered him a kindred spirit, and photographed him often.

Photo by:Bob Krasner

Marcia Resnick, Whose Camera Captured New York’s ‘Bad Boys’, Dies at 74

By Penelope Green

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

A conceptual artist, she used photography to make surrealistic images and then went on to document Manhattan’s downtown scene and its mostly male provocateurs.

ARTS

Lynn Hamilton with Redd Foxx in a 1972 episode of “Sanford and Son,” on which she played his girlfriend. Mr. Foxx “always said, ‘You’re so dignified — I need someone dignified opposite me,’” she recalled.

Photo by:Tandem Productions/NBC, via Everett Collection

Lynn Hamilton, a Steady Presence on ‘Sanford and Son,’ Dies at 95

By Alex Williams

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

A former Broadway actress, she was a no-nonsense foil for the unruly Fred Sanford. She also warmed hearts with a recurring role on the “The Waltons.”

ARTS

Onyinye Odokoro, left, and Jenny Stead in a scene from “Baby Farm.”

Photo by:Netflix

‘Baby Farm’ Is a Harrowing Nigerian Drama

By Margaret Lyons

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Inspired by the bleak, real-life phenomenon of Nigerian “baby factories,” the Netflix series nonetheless manages not to be a didactic, punishing slog.

ARTS

Bobby Sherman during production of “Here Come the Brides,” the TV comedy western that made him a star.

Photo by:Bettman, via Getty

Bobby Sherman, Easygoing Teen Idol of the 1960s and ’70s, Dies at 81

By Anita Gates

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

First on TV and then on the pop charts, he became so popular so young, he once said, that he “didn’t really have time to have an ego.”

ARTS

Reneé Rapp

Photo by:Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

8 Rising Pop Girls You Should Hear Now

By Joe Coscarelli

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Reneé Rapp, Ethel Cain, Suzy Clue and more from prospects experimenting with undeniably modern modes while recognizing their place in the Pop Girl lineage.

BOOKS

Since Bob Dylan began displaying his art work in public, he’s had gallery and museum shows around the world.

Photo by:Michael Kovac/WireImage, via Getty Images

Bob Dylan’s New Release: A Big Book of Black-and-White Drawings

By Alexandra Alter

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Along with some 100 images of everyday objects and scenes, “Point Blank” will include vignettes by the writers Lucy Sante and Jackie Hamilton.

ARTS

“Remember when we were scared he was going to invade Canada?” Jimmy Fallon said on Monday. “I miss that.”

Photo by:NBC

Jimmy Fallon Wonders What Trump Will Launch Next

By Trish Bendix

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

The “Tonight Show” host said it was crazy that the president had “launched an attack on Iran, his own parade and a cellphone in the same week.”

ARTS

Sean Combs in 2018. The rap mogul has been charged with sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy, and pleaded not guilty.

Photo by:Danny Moloshok/Reuters

As Sean Combs Took a Victory Lap, He Planned Sex Nights, Prosecutors Say

By Ben Sisario

Monday, June 23, 2025

Questioning its final witness, the government laid out flight plans, escort prices, hotel reservations and a web of payments for sexual encounters in 2023.

ARTS

Quantum Mechanics: Ascension

Photo by:Masterpiece Publishing

6,000 Pounds of Sculpture Are Stolen, Somehow

By Victor Mather

Monday, June 23, 2025

Two massive works were heisted from a warehouse, then found a week later in a trailer, the authorities said.

ARTS

“Sphere Within a Sphere” was erected outside the United Nations headquarters in New York.

Photo by:Vincent Laforet/The New York Times

Arnaldo Pomodoro, 98, Sculptor of Monumental Fractured Spheres, Dies

By Nina Siegal

Monday, June 23, 2025

His bronze works — smooth-skinned orbs slashed to reveal complex cores — are in public places around the world, including outside the U.N. headquarters and in Vatican City.

ARTS

The songs on Haim’s “I Quit” move through regrets and second-guessing to find relief, even liberation, in being single.

Photo by:Xavi Torrent/Redferns, via Getty Images

For Haim, a Breakup Is an Inspiration

By Jon Pareles

Monday, June 23, 2025

“I Quit,” the band’s fourth album, leans into heartache and moving on.

MOVIES

Your Watch List

By The New York Times

Monday, June 23, 2025

Interested in the movies you​’ve read about? ​Find the films you’ve saved all in one place.

BOOKS

Photo by:Ben Hickey

Fill In the Blank: Which World Cities Are in These Book Titles?

By J. D. Biersdorfer

Monday, June 23, 2025

Try this short literary geography quiz that takes you around the globe.

ARTS

Norton Owen, seen here in 2000, has been Jacob’s Pillow’s unofficial and official archivist since 1977.

Photo by:Mike van Sleen

The ‘Accidental Archivist’ of the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival

By Roslyn Sulcas

Monday, June 23, 2025

For 50 years, Norton Owen has connected the past and present at the influential summer festival in the Berkshires.

ARTS

Ayo Edebiri, left, and Liza Colón-Zayas in Season 4 of “The Bear.”

Photo by:Courtesy of FX.

‘The Bear,’ Plus 3 Things to Watch on TV This Week

By Sarah Goodman

Monday, June 23, 2025

The Hulu original series returns for its fourth season, and a new crime drama from Dennis Lehane airs.

BOOKS

Rod Nordland in 2018, a year before his cancer diagnosis. A reporter for 40 years, he covered most of the world’s major wars before turning his attention to his own health crisis.

Photo by:Isaac Lawrence for The New York Times

Rod Nordland, 75, Dies; War Reporter Who Also Wrote of His Own Struggle

By Alex Traub

Sunday, June 22, 2025

Motivated by the helplessness of his boyhood, he described the lives of vulnerable people in conflicts around the world and later his own terminal illness.

ARTS

An employee at Sean Combs’s company since 2013, and his chief of staff since 2020, Kristina Khorram was the mogul’s “right hand,” as he once called her.

Photo by:via the Southern District of New York

Aide Who Was Sean Combs’s ‘Right Hand’ Draws Scrutiny at His Trial

By Ben Sisario

Sunday, June 22, 2025

Kristina Khorram, the mogul’s former chief of staff, was not charged in his indictment, but the government has identified her and other staff as co-conspirators.

ARTS

Photo by:Netflix

What Does Shane Gillis Want (to Get Away With)?

By Jon Caramanica

Sunday, June 22, 2025

Gillis built a bro-comedy fan base and endured a quasi cancellation. With his Netflix sitcom “Tires,” he’s trying to map the leap from edgelord to the mainstream.

ARTS

Barry Hansen, who was better known as Dr. Demento, wore a top hat and tuxedo for his public appearances. The formal wear belied his zany radio persona.

Photo by:Theo Wargon/Getty Images

Dr. Demento, Song Satirist and D.J. Who Promoted Weird Al, Is Retiring

By Adeel Hassan

Saturday, June 21, 2025

Barry Hansen, mostly known by his D.J. name, said he’d end his show’s run after 55 years of playing parody songs. His syndicated show was once heard on more than 150 radio stations.

MAGAZINE

Photo by:Devin Oktar Yalkin for The New York Times

Andrew Schulz, ‘Podcast Bro,’ Might Be America’s Foremost Political Journalist

By David Marchese

Saturday, June 21, 2025

The comedian and host has a huge audience and many thoughts on what podcasters like him are responsible for now.

SCIENCE

Biologists have identified more than 500 shark species. But none has been as closely studied as the great white shark, the species featured in “Jaws.”

Photo by:Harry Stone/Alamy

Fifty Years After ‘Jaws,’ Shark Science Is Still Surfacing

By Alexa Robles-Gil

Saturday, June 21, 2025

The film’s release in 1975 haunted the reputation of sharks worldwide. But a generation of scientists helped to turn the tide.