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Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Last September, my then three-year-old daughter started kindergarten for the first time, wearing a ladybug shirt, bright red pants, and that special, beaming, dimpled smile she usually reserves for her joyful…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Candy Clark arrived in Hollywood in the early 1970s, a feisty twenty-year-old who left her conservative Texas hometown to pursue a career in modeling in New York City. Although she had…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story We are deluded into thinking that each era gets the Shakespeare it deserves, or perhaps the Shakespeare it desperately needs. A prime example is the Federal Theatre Project’s production of Macbeth,…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyYou’re reading the Goings On newsletter, our guide to what we’re watching, listening to and doing this week. Sign up to get it sent to your inbox. Compelling blends of fiction and…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story For the cover of the April 7, 2025, issue, cartoonist Barry Blitt draws on the visuals of Stanley Kubrick’s iconic 1964 film Dr. Strangelove to capture the sense of impending doom…

The web is abuzz with Studio Ghibli. Loading Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… Sam Altman’s OpenAI had just unveiled its latest image-generation technology in Chat-GPT4o when suddenly the entire interior of Elon Musk’s palace turned to animated dust. Animated…

Has NIL Really Hurt College Basketball? The fans were furious. The NCAA’s March Madness, long known for its unexpected twists and thrilling Cinderella stories, failed to live up to expectations. Pundits were unanimous in their outrage: The college basketball tournament…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Portuguese film director Manoel de Oliveira, who died in 2015 at the age of 106, was the Benjamin Button of cinema, having made a belated debut. He had made only two…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Earlier this month, Elon Musk’s car company Tesla pulled a publicity stunt outside the White House. Several electric vehicles, including a boxy stainless-steel Cybertruck, were paraded around the White House for…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Check out Strong Grandma. Documentary from the New Yorker Watch the latest movie or submit your own. At age 95, Katherine Kuehn set a world record in powerlifting. “It was pretty…