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post-mortemRon Funches Is Done Defending HimselfThe Traitors’s most misunderstood Faithful believes he played the game right, even when he was wrong.ByRoxana Hadadi
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last night on late nightPete Davidson Calls Out ICE inSaturday Night Live Cold Open “Y’all are making me look like the upstanding, reasonable adult in the room. That’s crazy!”ByBethy Squires
vulture listsWhere to Watch Catherine O’Hara’s Best Work The late actor’s unique comic sensibility has shown up in some of the most beloved movies and TV shows of the past five decades.ByBrian Tallerico
ripCatherine O’Hara’s Friends and Collaborators Pay Tribute “Mama,” Macaulay Culkin, her son inHome Alone, wrote. “I thought we had time.”ByJason P. Frank
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On Being Hooked:The Dinosaurs andThe Monsters
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theater reviewSean Hayes’s Theme and Variations:The Unknown He inhabits more than a dozen characters in David Cale’s slick, unsettling play.ByJackson McHenry
theater reviewThe Other Place Is a Low-StakesAntigone Stripping the ancient Greekness out of Sophocles saps the tension and conflict.ByJackson McHenry
theater reviewHigh Spirits Has Just Enough Fizz It probably wouldn’t sustain a full-scale revival. But it’s perfect for the two-week Encores! series — especially with Andrea Martin.ByJackson McHenry
egot watchSteven Spielberg EGOTs at the 2026 Grammy Awards Technically, he’s an EEEEGOOOT.ByBethy Squires
move onLook, Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey Are Making a HatTheWicked co-stars will play George and Dot in the West End revival ofSunday in the Park With George. ByJason P. Frank
theater reviewWhen Bad Forces Happen to Good People:Blackout Songs andData Two new plays about addictive substances: one about booze, another about money and ambition.ByJackson McHenry
it’s just a jump to the leftAre There Any CelebritiesNot Starring in theRocky Horror Show Revival? Stephanie Hsu, Juliette Lewis, Rachel Dratch, Josh Rivera … shall I go on?ByJason P. Frank
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theater review‘An Ark’ at the Shed Is All Headsets, No Heartbeat Mixed reality yields full banality. Plus: Better ideas at the January theater festivals.BySara Holdren
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q&aA Grand Theory of Celebrity and Who-dom What does fame mean today? The hosts of the popularWho? Weekly podcast have written a book that explores the question.ByNicholas Quah
emergency conversationYou Don’t Have to ReadWuthering Heights To SeeWuthering Heights The literacy crisis is real, but watching one horny movie adaptation without experiencing the source material is not a crime.ByJackson McHenry,Kathryn VanArendonk,andAlison Willmore
chapters‘If It Isn’t Fun, It Goes’ How Nintendo’s trust in “Miyamoto magic” changed video games forever.ByKeza MacDonald
must reads8 New Books to Read This February A close study of Toni Morrison, a Richard Hell reissue, and a novel about a woman trying to live without love.ByEmma Alpern andJasmine Vojdani
Art
2026 preview10 Art Shows We Can’t Wait to See in 2026 Will the New Museum actually reopen?ByJerry Saltz
art reviewThe Crazed Cataclysms of Nicole Eisenman Her paintings at David Zwirner are delirious indictments of politics, art, and money.ByJerry Saltz
furnitureBianca Censori Made Some Medical Sex-Dungeon Furniture The designer and wife of Kanye West says it’s about “collapsing the distinction between object, body, and idol.”ByClio Chang
reasons to love new yorkHow the Painter Sasha Gordon Marshaled Her Monsters “People assume I’m a bitchy, confident artist when I’m actually really afraid of everything.”ByAdam Moss
ripFrank Gehry, World-Famous Postmodern Architect, Dead at 96 Gehry is one of only two architects to guest star onThe Simpsons.ByBethy Squires