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Crisis at The Jewish Chronicle: Fabrications and Resignations
When several journalists resigned this month from the British newspaper over false news articles, they also raised a broader question about its ownership.
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Zelensky Returns to Russian Strikes in Eastern Ukraine and Counterattacks in Kursk Region
Cities across Ukraine have suffered airstrikes in recent days, and Moscow is pressing a slow advance in the east. Kyiv has hit back against arms depots, trying to disrupt Russian logistics.
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The Plan to Save Frank Lloyd Wright’s Only Skyscraper Isn’t Going as Planned
Less than two years ago, the building was thought to have been rescued from financial woes. Now the new owners have it on the auction block and some Wright-designed furnishings have already been sold.
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Donors Say Manresa Island in Connecticut Could Become a Park
Austin and Allison McChord have pledged to transform an abandoned industrial site into an ecological waterfront park as a gift to Norwalk, Conn., their hometown.
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The Hammer Museum in Los Angeles Chooses a New Director
Stepping into Ann Philbin’s shoes will be Zoë Ryan, the director of the Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania.
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A Reliable Force: John Ashton (1948-2024)
When John Ashton appeared first in Haroula Rose’s “All Happy Families,” now in theaters, I smiled. As he did so many times throughout his career, Ashton helps ground Rose’s film in the believable. He was an actor who never seemed fake, even in the broadest comedy scenes of hits like “Beverly Hills Cop” and “Midnight…
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Bird on a Wire: Kris Kristofferson (1936-2024)
Almost exactly forty-seven years ago, I saw Kris Kristofferson for the first time when my two primary interests as a four-year-old bled into each other. On the September 23, 1977 season three premiere of “The Donny and Marie Show.,” a variety show I watched with a ritualistic, almost religious dedication, I was favored with a…
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The Tarantino Dozen
In 1994, right before Quentin Tarantino was about to blow up with his Oscar/Palme d’Or-winning sophomore feature “Pulp Fiction,” he had a profile in the September issue of Details. The profile also included a list of 15 “must-see films” from him. I’ve always been fascinated by this list. Back then, I was a budding cinephile,…
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“The Last Days of the Space Age” is a Mess of a Missed Opportunity
Going into “The Last Days of the Space Age,” I admit I didn’t know much about 1970s Australia. But honestly, great TV doesn’t require a deep understanding of its setting, historical or not, to work. I knew far less about feudal Japan when I started “Shōgun,” and it completely transported me. In fact, part of…
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The power of the platform: Sophos is uniquely recognized in the G2 Fall 2024 Reports
Sophos continues to be the only vendor named a Leader in Endpoint, Firewall, MDR, XDR and EDR in the latest reports from G2