Entertainment

TV and movies are one way we understand people and places we’ve never had direct contact with – and maybe never will.

Netflix’s big bet on foreign content and international viewers could upend the global mediascape — and change how people see the world

An Italian media scholar raised on American TV assesses Netflix's ambitious strategy to create original productions in Italy, Japan, Brazil and beyond — and distribute them globally.

Netflix’s big bet on foreign content and international viewers could upend the global mediascape — and change how people see the world
A film still of a man sitting at a dressing room mirror with lights

In 'The Humorist,' Soviet comedy is no joke

In 'The Humorist,' Soviet comedy is no joke
Charles Aznavour, beloved French crooner

Charles Aznavour, beloved French crooner, dies aged 94

Charles Aznavour, beloved French crooner, dies aged 94
Karim Asir performs for school kids in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Charlie Chaplin on the streets of Kabul? One Afghan takes on the Little Tramp.

Charlie Chaplin on the streets of Kabul? One Afghan takes on the Little Tramp.

Live, from New York, it’s Cue Card Wally

Live, from New York, it’s Cue Card Wally
Finished mounted Oscar Statuettes are seen at the Polich Tallix foundry in Walden, New York.

Oscars' #MeToo dilemma

The job of policing accusations against filmmakers, agents and actors among the academy's members has proved slow and difficult.

Oscars' #MeToo dilemma
Artist Lakshmi Ramgopal poses in front of yellow flowers in this 2017 photograph.

Lakshmi Ramgopal is adding Indian classical music influences to her electronic-ambient projects

Lykanthea nestles comfortably in the electronic-ambient genre. But she's begun to add traces of her childhood training in Carnatic music.

Lakshmi Ramgopal is adding Indian classical music influences to her electronic-ambient projects
Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump

Alec Baldwin, connoisseur of jerks

Alec Baldwin has had a long, successful career in the movies and TV, but playing Donald Trump has brought him a new kind of fame.

Alec Baldwin, connoisseur of jerks
Actor Kevin Spacey at the premiere of Netflix's television series "House of Cards" at Alice Tully Hall in the Lincoln Center

Netflix dumps Kevin Spacey, police home in on Harvey Weinstein

Netflix late Friday dropped Kevin Spacey, whose career is in free-fall over spiraling sexual assault accusations as police gather evidence for a possible arrest warrant against Harvey Weinstein for alleged rape.

Netflix dumps Kevin Spacey, police home in on Harvey Weinstein
sex pistols mural

After 40 years, 'Never Mind the Bollocks'

Forty years ago, the Sex Pistols wasn’t just releasing an album — it was also defining a moment in the culture that lives on in punk and its progeny today.

After 40 years, 'Never Mind the Bollocks'
Twyla Tharpe

Fly her to the moon

How drive-in movies helped Twyla Tharp become a world-class choreographer.

Fly her to the moon
harvey weinstein

Russians look at the Harvey Weinstein scandal and say, 'What's the big deal?'

The reaction to the Harvey Weinstein scandal in Russia has been the opposite of the reaction in Europe and the US.

Russians look at the Harvey Weinstein scandal and say, 'What's the big deal?'
Tracy Chapman

Tracy Chapman's new greatest hits album celebrates a quietly powerful legacy

Twenty-seven years ago, Tracy Chapman’s debut album launched her career as a popular singer songwriter. She has since released eight top-selling albums and maintained a world-wide following. Now, she’s releasing an album of her greatest hits. It’s intended to be a crowd-pleaser, she says.

Tracy Chapman's new greatest hits album celebrates a quietly powerful legacy
Jurassic world

How do those 'Jurassic World' dinos compare to the real thing?

Jurassic World, the sequel to Jurassic Park, is now in theaters, thrilling theatergoers and eliciting delighted groans from scientists

How do those 'Jurassic World' dinos compare to the real thing?
TweetofGod

How God turned his Twitter account into a Broadway show

Everyone is trying to be funny on Twitter, even Taco Bell, and that makes it a lot harder to actually be funny. But one account that's been consistently hilarious since it launched in 2010 is TheTweetofGod. Now, it’s been turned into a Broadway show, starring Jim Parsons from TV’s The Big Bang Theory.

How God turned his Twitter account into a Broadway show