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Today — 17 September 2024Main stream

Why Are Museums So Afraid of Hans Haacke?

16 September 2024 at 17:02
As cultural institutions face an existential crisis over who funds them and how, the 88-year-old artist Hans Haacke is still making curators and collectors clutch their pearls.
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What Mayor Eric Adams’s Crises Mean for New York City

As federal investigations swirl around Mayor Eric Adams, his political influence, his agenda and his re-election effort are at risk.

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Mayor Eric Adams has four Democratic challengers in next June’s mayoral primary, an unusually high number for an incumbent seeking re-election.

Daniel Dae Kim Isn’t Afraid to Fail

6 September 2024 at 22:45
In the new Broadway production of “Yellow Face,” the “Lost” and “Hawaii Five-0” star is taking a risk. “I am aware,” he says, “that people have not usually seen me in this way.”

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Margaret Qualley Is Getting the Hang of Being a Movie Star

14 September 2024 at 17:00
The actress is seemingly everywhere this year, and in “The Substance,” she delves into an unusually disturbing new role.

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“I think everyone involved had to enter the eye of the storm,” Qualley said of making “The Substance.”

The Mortal American Dream of Alberto Castañeda Aco

13 September 2024 at 22:39
He spent years stitching together shirts, trousers and relationships with the children he had once left behind. It all unraveled on a busy street in Los Angeles.

© Mark Abramson for The New York Times

Playful and lighthearted, Alberto Castañeda Aco was the kind of father who bantered with the cashier at the market, who did imitations of his wife to make his children laugh.

Joan Vassos, the First ‘Golden Bachelorette,’ Knows the Show Is a ‘Weird Way to Meet Somebody’

13 September 2024 at 17:00
Joan Vassos, a 61-year-old school administrator and grandmother, didn’t find love on “The Golden Bachelor.” She’ll give it another try as the star of ABC’s new spinoff.

© Jennelle Fong for The New York Times

“Everybody was like, ‘Yeah, this is going to be really embarrassing, but you go right ahead and do it,’” said Ms. Vassos, whose husband died in 2021. “‘You deserve to find love.’”

In ‘Romeo + Juliet,’ Rachel Zegler and Kit Connor Will Die for Love

11 September 2024 at 17:02
As the stars of the “Romeo + Juliet” that opens on Broadway, they will die for love. And to make that convincing, they need to become friends first.

© Scott Rossi for The New York Times

“I can joke with you, which is nice,” Zegler said to Connor. “If I can’t joke with you, how are we going to fall in love every night to the point that makes us suicidal?”

Lured by a Promising Job, He Was Forced to Scam People

10 September 2024 at 23:49
A Ugandan man named Jalil Muyeke traveled to Thailand for a promising job opportunity. He ended up being trafficked into a cybercrime operation.
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