Brian Josephs

Béla Fleck Withdraws From Kennedy Center Concerts “Performing there has become charged and political,” the 18-time Grammy winner said.

The celebrated banjo player Béla Fleck announced that he had withdrawn from three concerts at the Kennedy Center, becoming the latest artist to forgo playing at the venue amid changes from the Trump administration.

HBOMax has started showing a 'remastered' 4K Mad Men and they’ve messed things up so during Roger’s oyster vomit scene you can now see the crew men with the vomit hose on the right

What New York’s Waterfront Could Have Looked Like

There were a lot of pretty cool ideas for New York City's waterfronts. But it's pretty hard to build anything here. I helped write about the marinas and floating airports that never came to be. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/n...

Todd Snider, Folk Singer With a Wry Wit, Dies at 59

After an assault incident in Salt Lake City, details unclear www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/a...

7 trains to Santa Monica, the Department of Urban Imagination, a crosstown roller coaster. All of that and more in the responses: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/n...

Never saw Prince live, but I am
blessed to have seen D’Angelo.

‘One Battle After Another’ Is in VistaVision. Should You Care?

“One Battle After Another” was filmed in VistaVision. What the heck that means? Well, let me tell ya - www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/m...

‘One Battle After Another’ Is in VistaVision. Should You Care?

“One Battle After Another” was filmed in VistaVision. What the heck that means? Well, let me tell ya - www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/m...

This is true! Can confirm.

MTV Video Music Awards: 6 Memorable Moments

Watched the VMAs for you guys.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/a...

What Is the New York of Your Wildest Dreams?

Are you an aspiring urban planning in your head? Come on over and tell us your plans to ripen the Big Apple.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/s...

An Ohio City Faces a Future Without Haitian Workers: ‘It’s Not Going to Be Good’

An Ohio City Faces a Future Without Haitian Workers: ‘It’s Not Going to Be Good’ www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/u...

What Is the New York of Your Wildest Dreams?

New Yorkers! Let's day dream! Tell us your dreams for the city’s future. How would you like to see it transform and evolve? www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/s...

What Is the New York of Your Wildest Dreams?

Are you an aspiring urban planning in your head? Come on over and tell us your plans to ripen the Big Apple.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/s...

Why Did the Novel-Reading Man Disappear?

Men are reading fewer novels than ever.

Is this part of a gendered historical-social dialectic, an epiphenomenon of the male loneliness crisis, or a sign that corporate wokeness has ruined mass culture?

Depends whom you ask!

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/s...

Wunmi Mosaku on Why ‘Sinners’ Is the ‘Greatest Love Story Ever Told’

New! Spoke with Wunmi Mosaku, or Annie from “Sinners,” for The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/m...

Is the chill guy still being chill? I hope so.

Why Are These Clubs Closing? The Rent Is High, and the Alcohol Isn’t Flowing. The collapse of some of the city’s most popular clubs have put a spotlight on the financial realities of nightlife.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/r...

Move Over, Charlie Brown: Lessons From ‘The Boondocks’ Christmas Special With “A Huey Freeman Christmas,” the show continued what “A Charlie Brown Christmas” began: acknowledging the weight of the holiday.

Make your Christmas a Boondocks Christmas. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/s...

Los Angeles Times Owner Wades Deeper Into Opinion Section Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong’s public comments and actions, including recently blocking an editorial weighing in on President-elect Trump’s cabinet picks, have concerned many staff members.

Scoop: Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong killed an editorial that was critical of Trump's Cabinet picks, weeks after he blocked a planned endorsement of Kamala Harris by the LAT editorial board www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/b...

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