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Liza Minnelli’s Uncharacteristic Pivot to Self-Disclosure
This sounds remarkably unlike something a real human might say, but then sounding like a human has never been Minnelli’s strength. In an early interview, she boasted about knowing...
Engels in the Outfield
A radical history of the Mets insists that baseball can still be the people’s game. Source link
A “Baritenor” Soars in “Tristan und Isolde”
In Act I, the stage picture is cluttered, the meaning unclear. This is an all too familiar issue at the modern Met, which, under the aegis of Peter Gelb,...
How Bad Is Plagiarism, Really?
From ancient Rome to the era of A.I., people have prized originality, but the line where influence ends and cribbing begins is notoriously blurry. Source link
Sofia Coppola Stays in the Shallow End with the New Marc Jacobs Documentary
In the show notes handed to audience members at Marc Jacobs’s Fall/Winter 2026 presentation, at New York’s Park Avenue Armory in early February, the designer included a section titled...
Remembering Calvin Tomkins, a Master of the Profile
Until the very end, our friend and colleague Calvin Tomkins looked at his life with a sense of wonder and bemusement. He died on Friday at the age of...
“Judy Blume: A Life” and the Problem of Biography
When Blume started writing, the market category of young-adult (as opposed to children’s) literature was defined by politically motivated novels that took up social issues, such as drugs and...
In the Age of A.I., What Is Taste? And Do We Still Have It?
With artificial intelligence continuing to dominate corporate strategies and news headlines, Silicon Valley has embraced a new buzzword, one that may feel too close to home for those already...
Were the 2026 Oscars a Swan Song for Warner Bros.?
The couple got into a Warner Bros.-issued Suburban. “Larry, do you have my speech?” Carter called out. (It would remain unread; she lost to Kate Hawley, for “Frankenstein.”) Her...
Maira Kalman’s “Amid It All”
For the cover of the March 23, 2026, Spring Style & Design Issue, the artist Maira Kalman painted a vase exploding with flowers, capturing the anticipatory air the season...
