Barry Diller Explores Bid to Take Control of Paramount
The billionaire Barry Diller is exploring a bid to take control of Paramount, the parent company of CBS, MTV and Nickelodeon, according to four people with knowledge of the matter.…
6 Beaches to Love This July 4 (and All Summer Long)
Perhaps you already have a favorite beach — one where already you know how to nab a free parking space, where the best shady spot is and when the soft-serve…
Opinion | There’s No Reason to Resign Ourselves to Biden
Though Joe Biden’s debate performance last week was among the most painful things I’ve ever witnessed, it at least seemed to offer clarity. Suddenly, even many people who love this…
The Center Collapses in France, Leaving Macron Marooned
An era has ended in France. The seven-year domination of national politics by President Emmanuel Macron was laid to rest by his party’s overwhelming defeat in the first round of…
June Leaf, Artist Who Explored the Female Form, Dies at 94
June Leaf, a painter and sculptor whose exploration of the female form, by turns whimsical, graceful or ominous, paved the way for later generations of feminist artists, died Monday at…
Signs of Life Appear in TV Show Purchases
It has been nearly seven months since Hollywood resolved its strikes, but momentum still hasn’t taken hold in the entertainment industry. “Survive till ’25” has become an informal slogan among…
The Unexpected Trick to Grilling Better Hot Dogs
Freeze a hot dog until it’s solid. That’s the first step to cooking one, according to a video published last month and now viewed tens of millions of times. The…
From Courtroom to Downing Street: Keir Starmer Is on the Cusp of Power
Keir Starmer, the leader of Britain’s Labour Party, nodded sympathetically as a young mother recalled, in harrowing terms, how she had watched closed-circuit television footage of the fatal stabbing of…
Top Biden Officials Seek to Calm Donors: ‘Breathe Through the Nose’
President Biden’s top campaign brass on Monday tried to tamp down the panic that had captured his financial base in the campaign’s most formal outreach yet to its wealthiest supporters…
Hurricane Beryl Strengthens in Caribbean After Flattening Islands
Hurricane Beryl was barreling west toward Jamaica as a Category 5 storm early Tuesday morning, hours after it carved a trail of destruction across the southeast Caribbean and killed at…