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Steak ‘n Shake goes MAHA

The fast food company is seeking to establish its position among vegetable oil skeptics. Credit: Billy F. Bloom Jr./Shutterstock Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative player… Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could not be more…

Return to Oz: A Diary of the 2025 Oscars

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story I recently asked The New Yorker editor David Remnick whether he would ever return to the Oscars, which he has attended only once. He famously remarked, often attributed to Voltaire, in…

An Oscar night divided against itself

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story While Sean Baker’s Anora was the clear winner at the Oscars, winning in five categories, including Best Picture, Actress, Director, Editing, and Original Screenplay, it was the film’s producers who emerged…

Nicholas Ray’s Hollywood Counterculture

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Last Saturday, as part of Film Forum’s biweekly series of “Stories from The New Yorker,” celebrating the magazine’s centennial, I presented a screening of Nicholas Ray’s 1956 melodrama Larger Than Life,…

Stay tuned for these ‘SNL’ intros

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story In an episode of 30 Rock — a sitcom about a weekly live sketch show reminiscent of Saturday Night Live created by Tina Fey, former head writer of SNL — diva…

Old School Pitt Heroism

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story At first glance, the emergency room at Pittsburgh Trauma Center is the backdrop for Max’s new drama Pitt, and it’s the kind of place you wouldn’t send your worst enemy to.…