In a New ‘Simon Boccanegra,’ Family Ties Are Tightened

When arts organizations began shunning the Sackler family over its role in the U.S. opioid crisis, it wasn’t just American institutions that cut ties. Museums in Britain that had accepted Sackler largess were among the first to take action. After the National Portrait Gallery in London canceled a $1.3 million Sackler donation in 2019, the…

Dear listeners, When Billy Joel was working on what would become his breakout 1977 album, “The Stranger,” he played the opening chords of the title track for his producer Phil Ramone, whistling a melody that he imagined another instrument would play in the final recording. “I whistle the whole thing and I finish,” he wrote…

Frankie Grande likes to stay busy — even on Sundays. “From the moment I wake up, it’s go, go, go,” said Mr. Grande, a 41-year-old actor, singer and reality TV personality. This month, he returned to playing Victor Garber in “Titanique,” an Off Broadway parody musical of the movie “Titanic.” He first played the character…

In some less extreme cases, a person may regain consciousness when wrapped in warm blankets, taken inside, or treated with a machine that blows hot air across the body. But once a person’s heart and breathing have stopped, the best way to revive the person, doctors say, is by using a process known as extracorporeal…

Now that she’s released the deluxe edition — in honor of her 78th birthday, on Friday! — Dolly Parton’s already sprawling double album “Rockstar” runs nearly three hours long and clocks in at an indefatigably rockin’ 39 tracks. This makes finding the album’s buried treasures that much more exhausting, but luckily one sparkles out from…

That scene is the beginning of this journey toward the social commentary and satire within our film. But what I was drawn to on an emotional level was the more kind of plainly human side that focuses on a man and his relationship to love and to his family. There were so many overlaps for…