The New Yorker
THE PICTURES LARGER THAN LIFE
In the 1984 Ron Howard comedy \"Splash,\" Tom Hanks and John Candy play lovelorn Manhattan brothers-one tidy, one rascally-whose lives are up-ended when Hanks falls in love with a mermaid.
3 min |
October 27, 2025
The New Yorker
WITH A BANG: "Hedda"
It's not essential to bone up on Henrik Ibsen's drama “Hedda Gabler” before seeing “Hedda,” because the movie meets the crucial standard of adaptation: it's a formidable cinematic experience independent of its source.
6 min |
October 27, 2025
The New Yorker
AMERICAN PASTIME: SIDE HUSTLES
As the World Series approaches, fans might take a moment to appreciate an era that has given us baseball players, like the Yankees’ slugger Aaron Judge and the Dodgers’ pitcher-hitter Shohei Ohtani, who will go down in history with Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron, and Mickey Mantle.
3 min |
October 27, 2025
The New Yorker
WE'RE DOING CHILD-LED PARENTING
Oh, you're doing baby-led weaning? We did that, too! It’s really the only way to raise confident, independent little humans. That’s why we decided to take it a step further and do child-led parenting. Hold on one sec—yes, Caleb, my love, how can I help your journey? I see. Yes, I understand that your heart wants to watch “PAW Patrol” right now, but remember you broke your iPad, so—O.K., yes, you can watch on my iPad. Great problem-solving!
3 min |
October 27, 2025
The New Yorker
EXIT STRATEGY
A leading “dark ecologist” warns against hope.
10 min |
October 27, 2025
The New Yorker
OPEN TABLE
Mark Bittman's experiment in pay-what-you-can fine dining.
7 min |
October 27, 2025
The New Yorker
OBSESSION
The granular focus of Tame Impala.
7 min |
October 27, 2025
The New Yorker
SALOON SONGS
In her younger years, Annie Clark, the forty-three-year-old singer-songwriter who performs as St. Vincent, was twice mistaken for a prostitute at the Carlyle hotel.
3 min |
October 27, 2025
The New Yorker
A NEW MIDDLE EAST
President Donald Trump arrived at Ben Gurion Airport on Monday morning, October 13th, just as Hamas was releasing the last surviving Israeli hostages after two years of cruel captivity and Israel had halted its devastating bombardment of Gaza.
8 min |
October 27, 2025
The New Yorker
GO BIG AND GO HOME
Can the golden age of Costco last?
10+ min |
October 27, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Battery energy key to California’s climate goals
California has invested heavily in the technology, helping it mature and get cheaper in recent years.
5 min |
October 20, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Hayes mostly unscathed as he learns to play with Doncic
Center suffers minor wrist injury on lob as he builds chemistry with deft point guard.
2 min |
October 20, 2025
Los Angeles Times
This bumbling art thief manages to capture attention
Josh O’Connor excels in Kelly Reichardt’s sly, gently mocking ‘The Mastermind.’
2 min |
October 20, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Kings' slide reaches four despite their late rally
They come back from three goals down but lose in overtime to unbeaten Hurricanes.
1 min |
October 20, 2025
Los Angeles Times
'Blue Moon' full of Ethan Hawke's pain
Director Richard Linklater and his star create a portrait of art and insecurity.
4 min |
October 20, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Police-free traffic enforcement effort stuck in gridlock
Dawson, one of the proposal’s early champions. “Generally speaking, when you try to do a big reform like this, at least some portion of the people who want to do the work are very motivated to change the status quo — and I don’t think we have that here.”
3 min |
October 20, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Amazon site awash in dubious stem cell products
I'll say this for the promoters of bogus stem cell treatments: They are terrific at finding new ways to market their goods and services.
6 min |
October 20, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Kaiser strike ends, bargaining to resume
After a five-day stoppage, healthcare workers union says it has ‘new momentum.’
2 min |
October 20, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Trump calls Colombian president a 'drug dealer'
He says the U.S. will slash assistance to the South American nation, a longtime ally.
4 min |
October 20, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Thieves steal Napoleonic jewels from Louvre
Brazen heist unfolded in minutes while visitors were in the museum, officials say.
3 min |
October 20, 2025
Los Angeles Times
City attorney rebuked over bid to lift injunction
Council orders official to stop fighting a ban on L.A. officers targeting journalists
3 min |
October 20, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Not all of their actions were gutsy
Legislators did right thing with housing and oil drilling, but not high-speed rail.
4 min |
October 20, 2025
Los Angeles Times
A sibling rhythm that feels natural
“Hal & Harper,” which premiered Sunday on the cinema-centric streamer Mubi, is a gorgeous, generous limited series that has nothing to show you other than people, how they are and how they do or do not get along. Its elements are not unfamiliar, because they're drawn from life, rather than from the movies —or just from the movies, as they're subjects to which the movies have often turned.
3 min |
October 20, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Playoff bid just beyond their grasp
Mistakes doom Trojans' hopes in perhaps final game of rivalry
5 min |
October 20, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Zohran Mamdani echoes a forgotten chapter in California
NEW YORK STATE Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani’s victory in June’s Democratic primary for New York City mayor wasn’t just a political upset — it’s a historic echo.
3 min |
October 20, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Indiana University fires student newspaper advisor
Tension between Indiana University and its student newspaper has flared with the elimination of the outlet's print editions and the firing of a faculty advisor who refused an order to keep news stories out of a homecoming edition.
3 min |
October 20, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Cable and satellite TV try to reconnect with cord-cutters
Stung by the loss of subscribers, services aggressively develop ways to woo back viewers and hold on to the ones they have
4 min |
October 20, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Immigration crackdown weighs on labor market
Maria worked cleaning schools in Florida for $13 an hour. Every two weeks, she’d get a $900 paycheck from her employer, a contractor. Not much — but enough to cover rent in the house that she and her ll-year-old son share with five families, plus electricity, a cellphone and groceries.
5 min |
October 20, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Apple readying a touch-screen MacBook Pro for 2026
Apple Inc. is preparing to finally launch a touchscreen version of its Mac computer, reversing course on a stance that dates back to co-founder Steve Jobs.
3 min |
October 20, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Ohtani the new face of a shared pastime
In the opening moments of a new film called \"Diamond Diplomacy,\" Shohei Ohtani holds the ball and Mike Trout holds a bat. These are the dramatic final moments of the 2023 World Baseball Classic.
2 min |