The Rush Is on for Oregon Truffles
Look, I’m not accusing Nicolas Cage or anybody else involved in the movie “Pig” of lying. But after a search around Oregon, I haven’t been able to find a single…
Curtis Sittenfeld Goes Home Again
There really was a woman who photocopied her butt at a workplace in the 1980s. Curtis Sittenfeld, 49, heard about the incident when she was a girl and filed it…
Anselm Kiefer Wonders if We’ll Ever Learn
Anselm Kiefer’s new installation seems to envelop the grand staircase of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Paintings reach from floor to ceiling in colors of oxidized copper and gold leaf. Army…
Christian Holder, Longtime Star of the Joffrey Ballet, Dies at 75
Christian Holder, a standout dancer for the Joffrey Ballet who made his name in the 1960s and early ’70s in pointedly topical works like “Astarte,” a groundbreaking psychedelic ballet, and…
Adriana Paz, Star of ‘Emilia Perez,’ Keeps These Rings Close
Are you normally impulsive? Yes, I’m impulsive. But I never decided something like that before. I feel like we have just one life. And, I mean, it’s like I told…
Oscars 2025: There’s Something Weird About the Best Picture Nominees
Then, there’s “Dune: Part Two,” a movie so expensive looking, so smoothly, tastefully, artfully done that it’s easy to remain passive in the face of all that’s weird about it.…
At London Fashion Week, Street Style Turned Heads
Leading up to London Fashion Week, the vibes, as the saying goes, were off. More than a few brands scrapped shows they had been planning and others forewent planning them…
Why Do Women Live Longer Than Men?
Women outlive men, by something of a long shot: In the United States, women have a life expectancy of about 80, compared to around 75 for men. This holds true…
Dr. Oz: How His Millions Collide With Medicare
Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity TV doctor nominated by President Trump to oversee Medicare and Medicaid, has been a relentless promoter of controversial private insurance plans for older Americans. “I’d…
Pardoned for Jan. 6, She Came Home to a New Reality
On her 15th day of freedom as a pardoned participant in the Jan. 6 riot, Rachel Powell drove through western Pennsylvania’s gray winter to the county courthouse in Franklin. She…