Starting an art biennale in a small country with virtually no galleries and no art schools — not even a formal shop to frame paintings and photographs — could have seemed impossible, the stuff only of dreams. But that’s exactly what a group of five …
In ‘Irishtown’ and ‘The Black Wolfe Tone,’ Where Are the Rolling Hills?
Two plays at Irish Repertory Theater, one featuring a “Derry Girls” star, explore the real and the mythical in cultural identity.
David Oyelowo Considers Oprah ‘Chosen Family’
They met years ago while working on “The Butler,” the “Government Cheese” star said. Now, “I call her Mama, she calls me Son O.”
8 Literary ‘Classics’ to Enjoy With Your Spring Allergies
A tale of pollen and prejudice, and more. (Achoo!)
Leo XIV Outlines a Path for a Modern Church That Follows Francis’ Steps
The new pope said he would be guided by a key document that his predecessor wrote listing the church’s priorities, including a “loving care for the least and the rejected.”
These Internal Documents Show Why We Shouldn’t Trust Porn Companies
What goes through the minds of people working at porn companies profiting from videos of children being raped? Thanks to a filing error in a Federal District Court in Alabama, releasing thousands of pages of internal documents from Pornhub that were …
Barry Diller’s Moment of Truth
Barry Diller has only just started his book tour, but he’s already trying to sneak away. “I’m shortening the tour part,” the 83-year-old mogul said recently in his sonorous baritone, the “Killer Diller” voice that intimidated and intrigued Hollywood …
Pope Leo, Peru and Me
It finally feels cool to be a Peruvian American former altar boy who went to Catholic high school and Catholic college. I knew someday my time would come. The selection on Thursday of Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, arrived, as my mother put it to …
‘The Studio’ Knows the Real Reason Movies Are Bad
“The Studio,” the Hollywood satire from Seth Rogen, arrived at a moment when the declining domestic box office and the deflation of the streaming bubble have left all of us who work in the industry anxious about our relevance and viability. And …
How Trump Can Close a Nuclear Deal with Iran
In trying to rein in Iran’s nuclear program, the Trump administration faces a thorny dilemma. Part of it is of the president’s own making: In 2018, President Trump pulled out of the existing nuclear deal — the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action …