Category: Arts & Entertainment

After surviving many close calls as a war correspondent, Norland was diagnosed with a lethal brain tumor in 2019. He died June 22. In this 2024 interview, he reflected on facing mortality.

Hulu’s Emmy Award-winning series about a restaurant in Chicago returns for Season 4, with a cast of emotionally real characters and a set of writers determined to defy expectations.

Guy was one of the first guitarists to use electronic feedback and distortion. Now, at age 88, he has a cameo in Ryan Coogler’s supernatural horror film Sinners. Originally broadcast in 1993.

In the first feature film co-directed by an Israeli and an Iranian, Tatami, an Iranian judoka must choose between her country and a run for the gold at the World Judo Championships.

If you like cars that go fast, you’ll be glad to know they go very fast in F1 The Movie. The film stars Brad Pitt as a veteran Formula 1 driver and Damson Idris as the young hotshot, who’s very talented but a little too cocky. With nine races left in the season, they have to win one, or the whole team could crash and burn.

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Pitt, 61, stars as a Formula One driver whose career was sidelined by a devastating crash. Though the overall arc of F1 is fairly predictable, the film is still hugely enjoyable and dazzlingly well-made.

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Pulitzer Prize-winning fashion critic Robin Givhan explains how the late designer challenged tradition and opened doors — and why she believes his unique voice left such a mark on the fashion world.

In London, an actor playing Evita sings “Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina” on a balcony over the street. It’s livestreamed into the theater — frustrating some ticket holders but delighting passersby.

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Your pelvic floor supports organs like your bladder, bowels and reproductive system. Strengthen it with exercises and mantras (like “squeeze before you sneeze”) from physical therapist Sara Reardon.

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Brad Pitt is in the driver’s seat this week in F1, while M3GAN 2.0 follows up on the surprise 2022 hit about a killer robot. After something referred to as the “bad thing” occurs, an English professor confronts the emotional fallout in Sorry, Baby.

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