Awards
Michael Lembeck talks about directing the Emmy-winning ‘Friends’ episode with guest stars Julia Roberts and Brooke Shields, and how Jean-Claude Van Damme and Andre Agassi’s bad behavior complicated the set.
Entertainment & Arts
Davone Tines and Julia Bullock, leading singers of their generation, infuse theatricality into recitals centered on Paul Robeson and the Messiaen song cycle ‘Harawi.’
“As a culture, we’re endlessly curious about complicated men. Don’t powerful women, before they’re dismissed as difficult or unlikable, deserve our curiosity, too?†asks the writer in an essay.
California
The Democratic governor characterized California’s economic might as “cold comfort†to regions that feel like they don’t fully participate in the state’s muscular output.
Television
Julia Roberts opened up about the ‘heartbreaking’ death of her former boyfriend Matthew Perry: ‘It just helps all of us appreciate what we have.’
Opinion
Heart’s Ann and Nancy Wilson, Kamala and Maya Harris and Venus and Serena Williams are only a few of the many powerful sisters who together have changed history.
Medicare and Social Security represent successes in facing the realities of aging, but their imperfections also show how much more could be done.
Movies
In her new movie, “Tuesday,†and on her “Wiser Than Me†podcast, Julia Louis-Dreyfus goes deep on a subject we all must confront — how things end.
World & Nation
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is examining a plan to seal off humanitarian aid to northern Gaza in an attempt to starve out Hamas militants.
In 2023, Julia Fox told The Times she was bound to be a lesbian but was holding off on opening ‘that can of worms’ because of fear. On Monday, the wait ended.