TALKING DIRTY

Chelsea Handler sexes up late night.

A CRACK IN THE GREASEPAINT

How \"Saturday Night Live\" breaks the mold.

CHABLIS Donald Barthelm

My wife wants a dog. She already has a baby. The baby’s almost two. My wife says that the baby wants the dog.

LOVE TROUBLE IS MY BUSINESS

Francis X. Clines, in the Sunday Times . . . : “President Reagan resembled a bashful cowboy the other day when he was asked about the apparent collapse of the ‘Star Wars’ talks with the Soviet Union. . . .

WHAT'S SO FUNNY?

A scientific attempt to discover why. we laugh.

PRYOR LOVE

The life and times of America's comic prophet of race.

YOU HAVE TO LAUGH

A new biography takes on Charlie Chaplin.

BRAVO!

\"Funny Girl.\"

LGA-ORD

Then, Beckett decided to become a commercial pilot. . . . “I think the next little bit of excitement is flying,” he wrote to McGreevy.

CORRECTIONS

Because of an editing error, an article in Friday’s theatre section transposed the identifications of two people involved in the production of “Waiting for Bruce,” a farce now in rehearsal at the Rivoli. Ralph W. Murtaugh, Jr., a New York attorney, is one of the play’s financial backers.

DEAD MAN LAUGHING

Jokes run through a family.

72 MINUTES WITH ...Sophie Brickman

On a recent mercilessly hot morning, the eastern sidewalk of Central Park West is filled with women in linen and sandals pushing strollers north.

Is There Such a Thing As a Good Fishbowl?

IF ALL PETS ARE to some extent prisoners, pet fish often get the harshest sentence.

A Pigeon You Can't Ignore

Dinosaur, by artist Iván Argote, is coming to nest atop the High Line for 18 months.

A Picnic in the Country

Phoebe Sung and Peter Buer, founders of the home-goods company Cold Picnic, have decked out their Delaware County farmhouse in warm designs.

Naomi Ackie Is No Novice

The actress keeps almost breaking out. Can her role in a new thriller be the difference?

Not Like Nonna

Small portions and high prices undermine Massara's genial charm.

The Body Politic: Rebecca Traister

The Nice Men of the Left An election defined by two very different kinds of guys.

Tomorrow: Elizabeth Weil

Killing Season Deaths from extreme heat are just beginning.

Your Table Is Ready.The Clock Is Ticking.

Restaurants are enforcing strict time limits― whether or not diners are done.

Jennifer Till Went for It

The Bride of Chucky star on how she got one of her most iconic parts. As told to Angelica Jade Bastién

EVERYONE KNEW ABOUT THE A-TEAM

How did the ALEXANDER BROTHERS become fixtures of the city's real-estate elite-and two of them become high-powered brokers while allegedly raping or assaulting more than a dozen women?

The Devil on Wall Street

An immersive production aims to enfold you in sex, horror, and high capitalism.

CRITICS

Alison Willmore on Trap... Jackson McHenry on Life and Trust... Kathryn VanArendonk on Joe Rogan's Burn the Boats.

Bidenism brought Kamala Harris and the Democrats to the brink of catastrophe. Obamaism can save them. YES, SHE CAN

WHEN SHE CAME forward as the Democratic Party’s presumptive presidential nominee this summer, Kamala Harris offered what has become a standard tribute to the man who had anointed her.

Microplastics Are Everywhere, But Are They Harming Us?

Microplastics have been found in the ocean and the air, in our food and water. Minuscule plastics have been detected in air, water and soil, in milk, and in bottled and tap drinking water. They also have been found in a variety of foods, including salt, sugar, honey, rice and seafood.

Samsung Is Recalling More Than 1 Million Electric Ranges After Numerous Fire And Injury Reports - Samsung is recalling more than 1.12 million electric ranges used for stovetops after reports of 250 fires and dozens of injuries.

Samsung is recalling more than 1.12 million electric ranges used for stovetops after reports of 250 fires and dozens of injuries. To date, Samsung has received more than 300 reports of the knobs activating unintentionally since 2013, the CPSC noted, and the nowrecalled ranges have been involved in about 250 fires. At least 18 of those fires caused extensive property damage and seven involved pet deaths, according to the Commission.

A JUDGE HAS BRANDED GOOGLE A MONOPOLIST.BUT AI MAY BRING ABOUT QUICKER CHANGE IN INTERNET SEARCH

A federal judge has branded Google as a ruthless monopolist bent on suffocating it competitors. But how do you go about creating alternatives to a search engine that’s synonymous with internet exploration?

NVIDIA IS FACING AN ANTITRUST PROBE FROM US REGULATORS AMID COMPETITOR COMPLAINTS, REPORT SAYS

Antitrust tensions are heating up in the chipmaking industry.

CHIPMAKER INTEL TO CUT 15,000 JOBS AS TRIES TO REVIVE ITS BUSINESS AND COMPETE WITH RIVALS

Chipmaker Intel says it is cutting 15% of its huge workforce — about 15,000 jobs — as it tries to turn its business around to compete with more successful rivals like Nvidia and AMD.