Greta Gerwig’s ‘Barbie’ Dream Job
Mattel wanted a summer blockbuster to kick off its new wave of brand-extension movies. She wanted it to be a work of art.
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CreditPhoto Illustration by Inez and Vinoodh ‘An Act of War’: Inside America’s Silicon Blockade Against China
The Biden administration thinks it can preserve America’s technological primacy by cutting China off from advanced computer chips. Could the plan backfire?
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CreditPhoto illustration by Grant Cornett for The New York Times Her Qualification for Leading U.S. Soccer? She Never Stopped Winning.
A former World Cup winner, Cindy Parlow Cone is now working to help America realize its global soccer ambitions. Her legacy may be defined by a few games.
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Robert Downey Jr.’s Post-Marvel Balancing Act
“I regained my connection with a more purist approach to making movies,” says the co-star of “Oppenheimer.”
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I Dated a Celebrity. Do I Have to Tell My Wife?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on revealing a past romance to a current partner.
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CreditIllustration by Tomi Um The EthicistThis Fried-Zucchini Pasta Took Three Generations to Perfect
Capers and pistachios play on a tradition from Yotam Ottolenghi’s family.
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CreditChris Simpson for The New York Times. Food stylist: Maggie Ruggiero. Prop stylist: Heather Greene. EatA Royal Soldier Fainted in the Heat. It Holds a Lesson for All of Us.
Even as climate change upends our lives, we seem set on doing things the way we’ve always done them.
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CreditPhoto illustration by Alicia Tatone ScreenlandMy Unlikely Writing Teacher: Pedro Martinez
Looking to a maestro on the mound to improve your writing game.
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CreditPhoto illustration by Marcello Velho Letter of RecommendationA postapocalyptic landscape and a stark view of the present, hollowed out but for the corporate interests.
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