Which Podcasts Rule YouTube? A New List Comes With Surprises.
YouTube, now the most popular platform for consuming podcasts, is introducing a chart ranking shows by watch time.
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How Much Does It Cost to See Beyoncé? It Depends.
Some fans who paid top dollar for the star’s Cowboy Carter Tour are feeling miffed as prices drop. Other procrastinators are reaping the benefits.
BAM Announces a Female-Led Next Wave and Fall Season
The arts institution, which has shrunk its programming in recent years, unveiled its fall lineup.
MSNBC Poaches a Politico Editor to Lead a New Washington Bureau
The cable channel, which is set to be spun off from NBC, is starting its first stand-alone D.C. office with Sudeep Reddy at the helm. It also plans to hire 100 new journalists.
He’s Made a Home at the World’s Most Popular Cemetery
No two days are the same for Benoît Gallot, whose title since 2018 has been “curator” at the storied Père-Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, the resting place of choice for the great and good of France and those who love them. He might manage a team meeting …
Ed Helms Read ‘Moby-Dick’ on His Phone. On the New York Subway.
In an email interview, the actor (“The Office”) explained why working in comedy drew him to exploring big mistakes, in a podcast that led to the book. SCOTT HELLER What books are on your night stand? “The History of Sound,” by Ben Shattuck, and “The …
A Frenzied Franchise Takes the Fight Up Close
Doom: The Dark Ages replaces double jumps and dashes with an emphasis on raw power and slow, strategic melee combat.
Broadway, Backstage
Broadway stars make it look easy — hitting a high C, crying on demand, landing a complex turn with taps, doing all that as many as eight times a week. But behind the curtain, before a show, the groundwork is laid: the vocal cord steaming, the fight …
Amy Sherald’s Blue Sky Vision for America
At the Whitney, her pristine and color-drenched paintings of neighbors and dreamers and a kid on a slide challenge the conventions of portraiture.
A Pussy Riot Artist Is Back in Prison (This Time, by Design)
Nadya Tolokonnikova, the founder of the feminist art collective Pussy Riot, has long experienced the threat — and reality — of government surveillance. After the group’s anti-Putin, balaclava-wearing, punk-inspired performance at Moscow’s main …