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The Crying Game: Weeping on Cue is the Toughest Skill an Actor Can Learn. Could I Do It, Too?

Crying has been one of the most popular activities of the past four to eight years; the ability to do it on command has been considered the apex of acting ability for much longer. Consider the 2017 Decider investigation that revealed 96 percent of Best Actress winners over the past 50 years openly wept during their performances (compared with 60 percent of Best Actor winners, thanks to boring yet pervasive sociological dynamics that have long poisoned the human experience).

Performance Review: Allison P. Davis

Endless Love: J.Lo returns to her rom-com roots. Is she tired of repeating herself?

121 Minutes With ...Christopher Wool

The blue-chip punk-rock artist rented an empty floor of an office building to put on a show just the way he wanted to.

A New Renaissance

The Met's tremendous exhibition of Black art redefines modernism.

A Secret History

In Tommy Orange's second novel, a family inherits more than it knows.

All Trap, No Glimmer

Dakota Johnson can't convince us-or herself that this Spider-tale is worth spinning.

The Playwright vs. the Theater

Three months ago, Victor I. Cazares decided to stop taking their HIV medication until the New York Theatre Workshop calls for a cease-fire in Gaza.

Just a Couple of Ibsen Lovers

Early in their relationship, Amy Herzog and Sam Gold decided never to work together. But neither could resist this adaptation.

Made for Her

Jessica Lange's haunting role in Mother Play, like so much of her work, is one only she could perform.

TRENDLET: Oeufs Mayo Are All Over the Place

\"It's eggs on eggs...\"

RESTAURANT REVIEW: Just Plain Good

With little buzz and no influencers in sight, Alma Negra is a perfect neighborhood restaurant.

DESIGN HUNTING: A HOUSE IN BED-STUY (for When She Is Home)

Fashion editor Gabriella Karefa-Johnson settles down-for now.

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ANILU CHADWICK RECOGNIZES SOME of the children’s names right away. Chadwick, a lawyer for Kids in Need of Defense, has spent the past five years poring over lists of families separated under the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy whose cases have yet to be resolved. Some of the children’s names stand out because she crossed paths with them back in 2018, when she represented them at their immigration hearings after they were torn from their parents’ side at the southern border. Those names always remind her of what she witnessed that year. The eerie silence of the children’s shelters. The kids so young that they couldn’t even explain who they were or where they came from. The hearing she had to pause in order to soothe a client with a nursery rhyme. Then there are the names that have simply grown familiar through repetition: the children whose cases appeared on the lists years ago and remain open.

In Line at St.Brigid

THE CITY'S CAMPAIGN TO PUSH MIGRANTS OUT HAS TURNED THEIR LIVES INTO AN INTERMINABLE LOOP.

Neighborhood News: The Ingels West Side

The architect's other projects may be stalled and delayed, but BIG buildings now bracket the High Line.

The National Interest: Jonathan Chait

Russian Dolls Trump has finally remade Republicans into Putin's playthings.

The Day I Put $50000 in a Shoe Box and Handed It to a Stranger

I never thought I was the kind of person to fall for a scam.

Julianne Moore's Dangerous Housewives

She's an Oscar winner. Shape-shifter. New York mom. How the actress built one of Hollywood's most enviable résumés out of women lying to themselves.

Put Her in Everything

PEN15 introduced Maya Erskine as a gonzo comedic talent. Mr. Mrs. Smith makes a convincing case for her as a rom-com lead.

Greta Lee is getting used to this

Twenty years into her career, she got her first starring role in Past Lives. Now she's all over red carpets, on best-dressed lists, and frequently spotted at the Tower Bar.

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I love...I want...I wouldn't be caught dead in that ...

The LURE of DIVORCE

Seven years into my marriage, I hit a breaking point.Since then, I've had to decide whether life would be better without my husband in it.

The Price of Being First'

This winter, I made modeling history. Then the internet made me wish I hadn't.

The Hottest Mess

Packing for Paris with the massively popular TikTok star-slash-model Alex Consani hours before her flight leaves.

The Return Grift Is Over

Online retailers have finally caught on to shoppers abusing their too-easy return policies. The punishment? A life sentence.

You Can't Box Yseult In

Meet the French singer, model, and bag obsessive.

Would You Spend $860 on These Stretchy Pants?

How High Sport made something so basic so coveted.

Drunk in Love

Adam Guettel's musical is too quick to clean up its spills.

The Smile Without the Teeth

The supergroup reckons with a return to normal.

The Betrayal That Rocked Park Avenue

Truman Capote's fall from grace gets the Ryan Murphy treatment.