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‘Novocaine’ Review: Sticks and Stones Will Never Hurt Him

Contains spoilers about past episodes. About halfway through Season 2 of “Severance,” Helly R. is rocked by a stunning betrayal: Helena Eagan, masquerading as Helly, has deceived Mark S. into having sex with her, believing he was sleeping with Helly. The grift was not terribly difficult to pull off. Helly and Helena are the same … Read more

“John Garfield should be doing this part, not me.” This declaration of self-doubt was muttered by a scruffy, largely untried 23-year-old actor at the first table read for a new work by a fast-rising young American playwright. The year was 1947; the setting, a rooftop rehearsal space on West 42nd Street; and the play, after … Read more

The glowing orange wall dripping with pink and crimson blossoms that greeted me in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory at the New York Botanical Garden on a recent Friday was hardly what I expected. Of course, it is time for the 22nd Annual Orchid Show, and that show’s mission, Joanna L. Groarke, the garden’s vice … Read more

As far as biblical heroines go, Esther was relatively low-maintenance and docile. She did not take up arms or slay any enemies. For much of her life, she lived quietly amid the sandy flats and cypress trees of ancient Persia (now mainly Iran), pretending to be Christian. An orphan, she was raised by her older … Read more

After New York and Los Angeles, what is the third city of American crime drama? Boston, Chicago and San Francisco can all make claims, and many might choose Baltimore for “Homicide: Life on the Street” and “The Wire.” But lately, another city has been moving up the charts: Philadelphia is suddenly a hot location for … Read more

Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night’s highlights that lets you sleep — and lets us get paid to watch comedy. Here are the 50 best movies on Netflix right now. Live From L.A. (Again) Netflix launched its new late-night show, “Everybody’s Live with John Mulaney,” on Wednesday. In his … Read more

Chris Moore, a British artist who conjured fantastical worlds with high-sheen covers for books by science-fiction masters like Philip K. Dick, Arthur C. Clarke and Alfred Bester, and who lent his artistry to albums by Rod Stewart and Fleetwood Mac, died on Feb. 7 at his home in Charmouth, on the southwestern coast of England. … Read more

The chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities, Shelly C. Lowe, left her position on Wednesday “at the direction of President Trump,” the agency said. Ms. Lowe, a scholar of higher education and the first Native American to lead the agency, was nominated by former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. in October 2021 and … Read more

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