Infinite ScrollThe Dada Era of Internet MemesHow the viral TikToks of a Chinese glycine factory elucidate our increasingly chaotic digital environment.By Kyle ChaykaApril 24, 2024Illustration by Nicholas Konrad / The New YorkerSave this storySave this storySav... More »
Christina Applegate was still recovering from her first run-in with COVID-19 when another virus recently had her health in the toilet again. The “Dead to Me” star spoke humorously — and graphically — about her “gross” experience with a sapovirus infection in t... More »
In writer-director-star Joanna Arnow’s “The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed,” Ann (Arnow), a 30-something New Yorker, lies naked in bed with an older man, Allen (Scott Cohen), with whom she has a yearslong BDSM relationship. She tells him ... More »
On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate passed a bill that would force TikTok’s China-based parent company to sell the popular app, or it would be blocked in the U.S. While the legislation would have profound impacts across the tech, political, entertainment, media and ma... More »
Kid Cudi is canceling his upcoming Insano: Engage the Rage World Tour after finding out his broken ankle is “much more serious” than he thought. “Guys, so, I have a broken calcaneus,” Cudi posted Wednesday on social media. “Im headed to surgery now and there’s... More »
St. Vincent is on fire.On her seventh full-length studio album, Annie Clark, who performs as St. Vincent, unleashes her broad range of art-rock gifts, from the crackling ember of her textured vocals to the raging infernos of swirling, epic orchestration.St. Vi... More »
In recent decades, corporate consolidation of the book industry has shrunk the number of and the visions of publishing houses, concentrating power at the top of the remaining Big Five, prioritizing profitability over cultural contribution. Countering that cont... More »
ORLANDO, Fla. -- For the first time in more than a year, the monthly board meeting of Walt Disney World's governing district on Wednesday was back to being what many municipal government forums often are — boring.There were no rants against Disney by the board... More »
Shōgun ended not with a bang, but with a great job, everyone! After moving around his loyal chess pieces like Magnus Carlsen, Yoshii Toranaga (Hiroyuki Sanada) stares into the distance and envisions his long-held dream of becoming the shōgun. Japanese history ... More »
VIENNA -- A portrait of a young woman by Gustav Klimt that was long believed to be lost was sold at an auction in Vienna on Wednesday for 30 million euros ($32 million).The Austrian modernist artist started work on the “Portrait of Fräulein Lieser” in 1917, th... More »
ROME -- Italy’s Culture Ministry banned art loans to the Minneapolis Institute of Art, following a long-running dispute with the U.S. museum over an ancient marble statue believed to have been looted from Italy almost a half-century ago.The legal dispute began... More »
It took showrunner Justin Marks and writer Rachel Kondo roughly five years to make Shōgun. The couple behind the show's fictional power struggle joined the FX series in 2018, overseeing a massive retooling of prior scripts and a dedication to cultural authenti... More »