Teddi Mellencamp of ‘Real Housewives’ Says She Has Brain Tumors

Teddi Mellencamp, a podcast host and television personality from the “Real Housewives” franchise, announced on Wednesday that she had multiple brain tumors that would be treated with surgery and radiation. Mellencamp, 43, said on her social media account that she had experienced “severe and debilitating” headaches in recent weeks that had become so painful that … Read more

Akram Khan’s ‘Gigenis’ Is His Most Potent Work in Years

Like many ambitious artists, the British choreographer Akram Khan can confuse impact with magnitude. His opera-house productions often suffer from bloat. Even if he didn’t have personal connections to the Indian epic the Mahabharata — he appeared in Peter Brook’s mammoth production while a teenager — the subject might have tempted him by its sheer … Read more

7 New Books We Recommend This Week

Our recommended books this week take a philosophical turn — from novels that sneak meditations on memory and identity into their rousing stories of war (“The Ghosts of Rome”) or sex (“Soft Core”), to a look at the implications of global food production (“How the World Eats”) and a history of personal freedom (“The Age … Read more

A Brisk and Juicy Australian Family Drama

The actual title of this Australian mini mini-series isn’t printable, but it is available on Amazon Prime Video under the title “F*%#ing Adelaide.” The show is just six 15-minute episodes, but it crams in plenty of story and depth, a travel-size version of the sunny but textured family drama in which adult siblings come to … Read more