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The first month of 2026 includes the latest Harlan Coben adaptation and the return of “Bridgerton.”

Beloved in Finland, Helene Schjerfbeck is just becoming hot in Manhattan, where a show of paintings at the Met Museum is likely to leave you awe-struck.

He was reliably versatile across TV and screen roles and a regular presence in Spike Lee movies like “25th Hour,” “BlacKkKlansman” and “Da 5 Bloods.”

He sold millions of albums with the Richard Smallwood Singers, and his songs, many influenced by classical music, were recorded by stars like Whitney Houston.

A look at Japan’s microseasons, a retrospective on Gen X and more: These were readers’ 15 favorite stories.

“And God Created Woman” made her a world-famous sex symbol in the 1950s. She later gave up acting to devote her life to animal welfare.

His work, including the 2002 documentary “Jenin, Jenin,” exposed the often harsh realities of life experienced by his fellow Arabs in Israel.

The number of female filmmakers dropped to 8.1 percent this year from 13.4 percent in 2024, according to a study from the University of Southern California.

Check out a beat-’em-up roguelite, a superhero corporate comedy and a museum simulator.

The most memorable illustrations of the year, chosen by art directors at The New York Times.

We asked you to vote on the best films of the year. The results ranged from big box office hits to small art-house indies.

Times Cooking’s Pizza Interview series introduces a note of nostalgia to encourage stars to open up.

A former roadie, he joined the band in 1990, played on five albums and in hundreds of shows, and was “a vital part of the Cure story.”

Her four episodes on the sitcom marked a rarity: a disabled actress onscreen.

Listen to songs by pop visionaries, neo-soul luminaries, country-adjacent outlaws and more.

In an ever-growing podcast universe, our writers select the shows that stood out.

Over six decades she worked in theater, opera, film and television alongside luminaries like Alvin Ailey, Lena Horne, Agnes de Mille and Harry Belafonte.

The Metropolitan Opera’s new production of Bellini’s “I Puritani,” directed by Charles Edwards, is “a retro move,” said Peter Gelb, the Met’s general manager.

The actress, who died at 91, had what can’t be taught: charisma and attitude onscreen. Here are some highlights.

Marquee names all, they found international fame in the arts, politics, the sciences and beyond.

Nonfiction and Y.A. are hurting, but genre fiction and the Good Book are booming. Here’s how book sales looked in 2025.

Counting down some personal favorites, including a major rap tour, the sublime bridge in a breakup song and Timothée Chalamet’s rapping.

“The Testament of Ann Lee,” starring Amanda Seyfried, tells the story of the Shakers and their feminist leader. Dance and music are its vital, mystical language.

Charles Mackerras, born 100 years ago, had a vast and versatile repertoire. But he also left an indelible mark on the legacy of at least one composer.

The entertainer, who would have turned 100 this month, reinvented himself by starring in the musical version of Clifford Odets’s prizefighting drama “Golden Boy.”

Fiction by George Saunders, Karl Ove Knausgaard and Laura Dave; a bracingly honest divorce memoir; Jennette McCurdy’s debut novel; and more.

The actors were among more than 1,000 people honored by King Charles III in an annual tradition celebrating professional excellence and community service.

The jazz drummer Billy Hart said the decision was “evidently” connected to President Trump’s name being added to the arts center.

This month’s picks include a World War I revenge tale, a vampire superhero and female assassins.

He once thought his comedy career was over before it even began. Now he’s an “S.N.L.” star with a Netflix special coming in January.

Yuval Sharon will leave the financially strained Detroit Opera after this season. In March, he brings his unorthodox vision to Wagner at the Metropolitan Opera.

Dahlak Brathwaite’s “Try/Step/Trip,” part of the Under the Radar festival, uses the language of step to express the liberating and restricting power of groups.

Mr. Graffman was a child prodigy whose career was curtailed by a neurological condition that restricted him to his left hand.

The medium has been bigger than niche for a long time. That became apparent to everyone in 2025.

Two artists spent 30 years cataloging how people dress and learned a lot about humanity in the process.

“Not All Travelers Walk Roads,” the 36th edition of the exhibition, sees art as a guide for connecting with one another and with the earth.

In this month’s picks, Sydney Pollack on Frank Gehry, Rob Reiner on Albert Brooks and Mike Figgis on Francis Ford Coppola.

Recent stagings of classics like “La Traviata” and rarities like “Intermezzo” are among the highlights.

In 2025, rock was still hanging in. As artificial intelligence infiltrates music, the genre’s handmade imperfections are more crucial than ever.

Critics look back on a year when the balcony scene in “Evita” became a social media phenomenon and audiences swooned for the bear in “Paddington: The Musical.”

Q-UP, the spiritual successor of the video game Universal Paperclips, is a savage critique and a loving appreciation of esports culture.

CNN, CBS and ABC ring in 2026, and a new reality show set in Palm Beach begins.

The movies made the French actress a star, but photography sealed her stardom.

The annual Vienna Philharmonic Ball anchors a winter calendar of some 450 dances across the city that open a window into Viennese tradition, then and now.

For the first time, Yannick Nézet-Séguin will lead the Vienna Philharmonic’s most-watched event of the year: its annual concert on New Year’s Day.

MusikTheater an der Wien will stage Pablo Luna’s “Benamor,” a rarely seen example of the Spanish zarzuela genre from the Roaring Twenties in Madrid.

In the decades after becoming a megastar, the French actress became as known for her politics as she once had been for her acting career.

No longer something off in the distance, the new technology was all over our screens this past year.

The director Josh Safdie had a personal connection to 1950s players, but he also enlisted professionals to choreograph the action and employed a visual trick.

As church bells chime and peal the New Year, historians say the looting of more than 150,000 bells during World War II left “a sonic gap” in the landscape.

Mario Rodriguez, who had a role in one of Mr. Perry’s films, sued him on Thursday, months after another actor filed a similar lawsuit.

Ms. Lee, a party host in Atlanta, died from multiple cardiac arrests brought on by the flu, according to a social media post.

Roaming the American Museum of Natural History in pajamas made for a night to remember for hundreds of children and their brave parents.

In a world filled with digital distractions, these shows will help you indulge, develop or rekindle a love for reading.

When American studios wouldn’t back his film about a laid-off manager committing gruesome murders, the director returned to Korea. Now he has a hit on his hands.

“You get to see a bit more of someone than they’d probably like to let you see,” said the actor, who plays Emily’s ex Alfie on the Netflix series.

Anthony Ramos loves hanging out with customers during busy days that may find him writing a new musical, catching a friend in a show or performing in his own.

James Cameron narrates a sequence from his film, featuring Oona Chaplin and Stephen Lang.

One of the first jazz musicians from Poland to gain an international following, he recorded more than 60 albums and played with stars like Miles Davis.

For very different reasons, new hours from Dave Chappelle, Kevin Hart, Kathleen Madigan, George Civeris and Jay Jurden are worth your time.

The nonprofit organization New 42, which earned a Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theater this year, continues to pave the way for a revitalized Times Square.

Bad Bunny, Addison Rae, Audra McDonald, a cotillion class, Bing the dog and many more were subjects of the photographs commissioned by our photo editors this year.

The Berlin Apartment, which owes a debt to What Remains of Edith Finch, lets you relive the challenges its many tenants faced.