- Netflix Backs Out of Bid for Warner Bros., Paving Way for Paramount Takeoverby Lauren Hirsch, Michael M. Grynbaum and Benjamin Mullin on 27 Feb 2026
The move was a stunning development in the long-running corporate battle for the storied media giant.
- ‘The Pitt’ Season 2, Episode 8 Recap: Unpluggedby Sean T. Collins on 27 Feb 2026
Without internet, the Pitt was even more chaotic than usual. This on a national holiday on which people blow up things for fun.
- Jean Widmer, Designer of Celebrated French Graphics, Dies at 96by Adam Nossiter on 26 Feb 2026
His minimalist road signs became a visual hallmark of France’s highways. He also created logos for cultural institutions like the Pompidou Center.
- ‘Grease 2,’ the Giddy, Raunchy Flop That Brought Us Michelle Pfeifferby Maya Salam on 26 Feb 2026
The highly anticipated 1982 sequel failed to meet expectations at the time but has since charmed an adoring following with its ambitious dance numbers and nonstop ear worms.
- Teresa de Lauretis, Coiner (and Critic) of Queer Theory, Dies at 87by Alex Traub on 26 Feb 2026
She came up with the term as the title of a 1990 conference but saw its later popularity as a little superficial.
- With Bends, Crinkles and a Cool Decor Makeover, Carol Bove Takes the Guggenheimby Deborah Solomon and Myrthe Giesbers on 26 Feb 2026
She extracts something new from steel, dispelling its aura of brawn. Her signature form is a rumpled ribbon of metal painted to look as soft as suede.
- 6 (More) Albums I’m Looking Forward to in 2026by Lindsay Zoladz on 26 Feb 2026
Hear anticipated new music from Lana Del Rey, Grace Ives, Yaya Bey and more.
- ‘Scream 7’ Review: Neve Campbell Returns to Face Ghostfaceby Manohla Dargis on 26 Feb 2026
Ghostface has returned amid a light fog of nostalgia in this reunion for some of the franchise’s most terrified faces, including Neve Campbell’s.
- Ann Godoff, a Top Editor and Publisher of Best Sellers, Dies at 76by Sam Roberts on 26 Feb 2026
Considered an “author’s publisher” at Random House and then Penguin, she cultivated the careers of dozens of celebrated novelists and nonfiction writers.
- Review: Aya Ogawa’s ‘Meat Suit’ Sits With the Mess of Motherhoodby Laura Collins-Hughes on 26 Feb 2026
In Aya Ogawa’s compassionate, sharply comical play, the pastel-pink public image of mommyhood doesn’t stand a chance.
- Rose Lesniak, Poet Who Rescued Children and Trained Dogs, Dies at 70by Michael S. Rosenwald on 26 Feb 2026
A magnetic personality, she reinvented herself twice, bringing the same spirit to investigating child abuse and communing with dogs that she did to writing poetry.
- Megan Thee Stallion to Step Into Broadway’s ‘Moulin Rouge! The Musical’by Michael Paulson on 26 Feb 2026
For eight weeks this spring, the popular rapper will be featured as a nightclub impresario in “Moulin Rouge! The Musical.”
- What Belongs in America’s 250th Birthday Time Capsule?by Jennifer Schuessler on 26 Feb 2026
The federal group organizing the upcoming Semiquincentennial unveiled details of a vessel to be placed near Independence Hall on July 4 and opened in 2276.
- ‘Fast Car’ Changed Luke Combs’s Life. He’s Back for More Hits.by Joe Coscarelli, Jon Caramanica and Jason Nocito on 26 Feb 2026
The country singer helped to usher the genre into the streaming era before taking a step back. On his new album, he wants to go for broke.
- Tracey Emin on Love, Loss and Getting Out of ‘My Bed’by Eleanor Stanford and Alice Zoo For The New York Times on 26 Feb 2026
Since the artist was diagnosed with aggressive bladder cancer in 2020, a lot has changed in her life and work. A new show at Tate Modern examines Tracey Emin’s “second life.”
- ‘The Luckiest Man in America’ and More Streaming Gemsby Jason Bailey on 26 Feb 2026
A game-show drama and a documentary valentine to a cult movie queen are among the little treats tucked away on your subscription streaming services this month.
- Noguchi Envisioned a More Open New York. New York Wasn’t Interested.by Max Lakin on 26 Feb 2026
Isamu Noguchi became one of the most successful artists of the 20th century, but the city met his plans for public spaces with indifference.
- ‘In the Blink of an Eye’ Review: We Are the Futureby Alissa Wilkinson on 26 Feb 2026
These three connected stories about the whole of human history can’t quite sustain the necessary emotional heft.
- ‘K-Pops!’ Review: Reconnecting Through Musicby Brandon Yu on 26 Feb 2026
Anderson .Paak directs and stars alongside his real-life son in this film, which offers sometimes charming, if somewhat sterile pleasures.
- ‘Idiotka’ Review: She’s a Haute Messby Natalia Winkelman on 26 Feb 2026
A scrappy Russian American seamstress from West Hollywood competes in a fashion design reality show in this clever and earnest indie comedy.
- ‘Ghost Elephants’ Review: Pursuing What Could Be a Dreamby Lisa Kennedy on 26 Feb 2026
Werner Herzog’s new documentary about the hunt for elephants in Angola focuses less on the animals and more on the pursuers.
- ‘Dreams’ Review: Erotic, but Not Enough Chargeby Jeannette Catsoulis on 26 Feb 2026
Jessica Chastain plays a wealthy philanthropist obsessed with an undocumented dancer in this chilly drama.
- Melissa Auf der Maur, a ’90s Rock Linchpin, Is Spilling Her Storiesby Melena Ryzik and Lucia Bell-Epstein on 26 Feb 2026
The bassist and photographer who logged time in Hole and Smashing Pumpkins unpacks one of the most creative and chaotic times of her life in a new memoir.
- Late Night Fixates on How Long Trump Spokeby Trish Bendix on 26 Feb 2026
“This time, Trump spoke and everyone else fell asleep,” Jimmy Fallon said.
- BAFTAs Guest With Tourettes Shouts Racial Slur During Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo’s Appearanceby Alex Marshall on 25 Feb 2026
A racist slur, shouted involuntarily while Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo were presenting an award, raised questions about how the show’s host and the BBC responded.
- Lauren Chapin, Youngest Child on ‘Father Knows Best,’ Dies at 80by Anita Gates on 25 Feb 2026
For six seasons, she was Kathy, a giggly tomboy whose father, played by Robert Young, called her Kitten. Her offscreen life, however, was harrowing.
- Podcasts? TV Talk Shows? Netflix Just Hopes They’re Hits.by Reggie Ugwu on 25 Feb 2026
The podcasts in the streamer’s debut crop, including “The Pete Davidson Show,” have revived metaphysical questions about the definition of the medium.
- A Seasoned French Museum Chief Takes Over a Louvre in Crisisby Mark Landler on 25 Feb 2026
Christophe Leribault, who runs the Palace of Versailles, will replace Laurence des Cars, who resigned months after an audacious jewel heist.
- Jeff and Lauren Sánchez Bezos Will Be Honorary Chairs of the Met Galaby Vanessa Friedman on 25 Feb 2026
The news came tucked into the second page of a recent news release.
- ‘Sentimental Value’ | Anatomy of a Sceneby Mekado Murphy on 25 Feb 2026
The director Joachim Trier narrates a sequence from his film.
- For Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock, Equal Footing at the Metby Amei Wallach on 25 Feb 2026
Krasner was typecast as the wife of the breakout artist of the Abstract Expressionist movement, no matter how renegade her own work. At the Met this fall, she emerges from his giant shadow.
- Three Great Frederick Wiseman Documentaries to Streamby Ben Kenigsberg on 25 Feb 2026
This month offers a tribute to the prolific filmmaker who died last week at 96 and has a plausible claim to being the greatest documentarian who ever lived.
- A Chimney in Search of a Home Lands 3,000 Miles Awayby Travis Diehl on 25 Feb 2026
Kelly Akashi, an artist, was one of thousands who lost their houses in last winter’s Eaton wildfire in Los Angeles. Her new sculpture for the Whitney Biennial marks one year of slow recovery.
- Resident Evil Requiem Shines Within Its Confinesby Yussef Cole on 25 Feb 2026
The corridors of a former sanitarium are both terrifying and rewarding, while Raccoon City is bland and filled with chores.
- Delroy Lindo on ‘Sinners,’ the Oscars and the Power of Affirmationby Clarissa Cruz and Marcus Maddox on 25 Feb 2026
In a career of standout performances and dispiriting lows, Lindo, 73, has held firm to his goal: “I want to be respected for my work.”
- Phil Collins, Wu-Tang Clan and Lauryn Hill Are Among Rock Hall of Fame Nomineesby Emmanuel Morgan on 25 Feb 2026
Jeff Buckley, Lauryn Hill, New Edition and INXS are also included on the ballot for the first time.
- ‘Modern Love’: I Didn’t Want to Have Kids. My Husband Did. Could Our Marriage Survive?by Anna Martin, Reva Goldberg, Emily Lang, Davis Land, Sara Curtis, Elisa Gutierrez, Jen Poyant, Lynn Levy, Daniel Ramirez, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Carole Sabouraud and Pat McCusker on 25 Feb 2026
Helena de Groot thought she had decided not to become a mother. But, she found, she had to make that decision over and over again.
- Watch Renate Reinsve Struggle With Stage Fright in ‘Sentimental Value’by Mekado Murphy on 25 Feb 2026
The director Joachim Trier narrates a theatrical sequence from his film, nominated for nine Academy Awards, including best picture.
- ‘Days and Nights in the Forest’: Into the Woods With Satyajit Rayby J. Hoberman on 25 Feb 2026
In a new 4K restoration of this 1970 Indian classic, four upper-caste men travel for an adventure, with their entitlement taking a starring role.
- What Do They Eat at Awards Shows (and Why Do We Care)?by Kyle Buchanan on 25 Feb 2026
Interest has surged in what stars are served at shows like the Golden Globes. Does it matter what the rich eat, or do we just want to eat the rich?
- In ‘Mother Russia,’ Lauren Yee Raucously Examines a Shifting Post-Soviet Societyby Laura Collins-Hughes on 25 Feb 2026
Lauren Yee’s boisterous play “Mother Russia,” about the origins of the contemporary oligarchy, has its roots in her San Francisco childhood.
- The New York International Children’s Film Festivalby Laurel Graeber on 25 Feb 2026
Indigenous peoples, interspecies friendships, space travel and a history-making young paleontologist are on the bill for this annual event.
- ‘The Bluff’ Review: She Has a Very Particular Set of Skillsby Glenn Kenny on 25 Feb 2026
Priyanka Chopra Jonas plays a notorious pirate who must protect her family at all costs in this Caribbean action movie.
- Gathering Force in the Art Market: Female Collectorsby Robin Pogrebin on 25 Feb 2026
With women now controlling more than one-third of global wealth, they are spending more on art than men do, data shows, and influencing what museums acquire.
- International Booker Prize Nominees: 13 Books to Get You Talkingby Alex Marshall on 25 Feb 2026
Novels by Daniel Kehlmann, Olga Ravn and Gabriela Cabezón Cámara are among the 13 titles nominated for the renowned award for fiction translated into English.
- Jimmy Kimmel Goes Live After a Super Long State of the Unionby Trish Bendix on 25 Feb 2026
“I can’t believe America missed an all-new ‘Will Trent’ for this one,” he joked.
- ‘Heated Rivalry’ Author Says Parkinson’s Symptoms Are Worsening and Delays Bookby Remy Tumin on 25 Feb 2026
Rachel Reid told fans that the disease’s progression was slowing her writing and that a much-anticipated follow-up book would be pushed back.
- Éliane Radigue, Composer of Time, Silence and Space, Dies at 94by Peter Catapano on 24 Feb 2026
Her Tibetan Buddhist spiritual practice and her experiments with synthesizers came together in vast, slow-moving works that drew wide acclaim.
- Robert Carradine, Actor Who Played the Father in ‘Lizzie McGuire,’ Dies at 71by John Yoon on 24 Feb 2026
A member of a renowned acting dynasty, he also earned fame for his role in “Revenge of the Nerds.” His family said he struggled with bipolar disorder.
- Gustavo Dudamel’s Long Goodbye to L.A., and Long Hello to New Yorkby Adam Nagourney on 24 Feb 2026
As the conductor prepares to leave the Los Angeles Philharmonic for the New York Philharmonic, he says, “I am in two waters.”
- Anne Frank’s Love for Classical Music L Her Diaryby Anthony Tommasini on 24 Feb 2026
Her diary overflows with her devotion to books and movies. But after rereading the entries, a critic was struck by how often she writes about music.
- Review: ‘You Got Older,’ With Alia Shawkat, Gets a Sharp Revivalby Helen Shaw on 24 Feb 2026
Clare Barron’s gorgeous play, about an unmoored young woman returning home to care for her father, finds a new home at Cherry Lane Theater.
- ‘Mother Russia’ Review: A New Play That’s as Funny as It’s Smartby Elisabeth Vincentelli on 24 Feb 2026
A strong cast stars in Lauren Yee’s new play, part of a cycle of works about the collisions between 20th-century communism, capitalism and pop culture.
- Russell Brand Pleads Not Guilty to Further Rape and Sexual Assault Chargesby Alex Marshall and Isabella Kwai on 24 Feb 2026
The YouTuber, actor and comedian had already pleaded not guilty to five other charges of sexual assault in Britain.
- Reanimal Is a Modern-Day Fairy Tale About Cycles of Traumaby Christopher Byrd on 24 Feb 2026
Reanimal puts children in perilous circumstances, a familiar theme for the studio behind Little Nightmares.
- Dance Reflections Returns With Bumps but a Thrilling Rideby Gia Kourlas on 24 Feb 2026
Dance Reflections, a festival that pushes contemporary dance brought performances to Manhattan and Brooklyn last weekend.
- Late Night Sums Up Trump’s Tariff Tiff with the Supreme Courtby Trish Bendix on 24 Feb 2026
“Wow, a court composed mostly of his own party’s appointees has struck down the constitutionality of Trump’s go-it-alone tariff regime,” Jon Stewart said. “That’s bound to cause him some introspection.”
- A Wake for The Washington Post’s Book Worldby Joumana Khatib on 24 Feb 2026
Literary and cultural denizens of the nation’s capital gathered on Saturday to eulogize The Post’s scuppered Book World supplement.
- Edward Hoagland, Literary Explorer of Nature and Himself, Dies at 93by Margalit Fox on 23 Feb 2026
In his lyrical writings, he examined physical landscapes as well as the interior terrain of his own life — up to the blindness that overtook him in his later years.
- Nick Reiner Pleads Not Guilty in the Killing of His Parentsby Jill Cowan and Matt Stevens on 23 Feb 2026
Mr. Reiner, 32, was charged with murdering his parents, the Hollywood director Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, last year.
- The Never-Ending Trial of Tyra Banksby Maya Phillips on 23 Feb 2026
A new docuseries has renewed criticism of the supermodel-turned-TV mogul. It’s just one cost of her barrier-breaking career.
- ‘Survivor’ Is Americaby James Poniewozik on 23 Feb 2026
It’s our greatest game and our truest mirror. And in its tiki-torch-festooned way, it’s captured our society as an ever-changing collection of tribes.