Category: 5. Entertainment

In fall 2024, the best-selling author and historian Yuval Noah Harari went on the talk show Morning Joe. “Let me tell you one small story,” he said. “When OpenAI developed GPT-4, they wanted to test what this thing can do. So they…

Maybe the “H” in Line Of Duty will turn out to stand for “hard drive”? After all, AI has become TV’s go-to villain, as proven once again in last week’s penultimate episode of BBC stablemate The Capture. Sinister puppet-master Simon…

The word “travesty,” etymologically, is about what people wear. In the 1600s, it meant to dress in disguise, or more specifically, to cross-dress. Only in the 19th century did the word take on its now primary meaning: “a debased, distorted,…

The longest gap in Laurie Metcalf’s résumé since making her professional stage debut 50 years ago is—by far—the three years between the pandemic shutting down her Broadway production of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and her return to…

The Swedish artist Hilma af Klint died believing the world was not ready for the mystical paintings that would shock the art world half a century later.

The painter, now credited with pioneering the abstract art movement, did not seek recognition…

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Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto has announced that he will stop working in the United States for the time being, citing ethical objections to the country’s current political leadership and concerns about the…

Exhibition of the week

Extraction
This ominous exhibition takes a look at the filthy world of oil, gas and petroleum, all seen through the lens of artists such as biomorphic sculptor Marguerite Humeau and digital wizard John Gerrard.
Jupiter…

When it comes to mastering the art of the travel wardrobe, it’s no surprise that our favorite fashion insiders also moonlight as packing pros. In My Packing Style, we tap some of the most well-traveled people we know for a peek inside their…