Jaime King had been feeling that something was off. “There’s this strange, volatile energy,” the actress, director and model said on a recent Saturday. She perched on the hearth of a fireplace at her home in Los Angeles, knees to her chest, gaze flitting between the fire and the view beyond a sliding-glass door. “If…
Yes, it’s yet another show of A.I.-generated art — but wait! The software known as AARON isn’t like other A.I.’s. Its developer, the British painter Harold Cohen — being an artist — understood that A.I. isn’t a shortcut to interesting art. It’s a tool, ultimately only as good as its user. Selections from the paintings…
Before you board the chairlift at one of the continent’s most unusual ski areas, a sign tells you exactly what’s in store: “Steep Slopes. Cliff Bands. Exposed Rock Formations.” The slopes are not groomed. The trail map is a study in black: black diamonds, double black diamonds or even triple black diamonds. Of the 107…
Not everything sold by Fashion Brand Company is weird or playful or erotic. Occasionally the inventory is mellowed out by the addition of plain trousers or a ribbed tank top. But it is the more imaginative pieces that have seduced the brand’s customer base: minidresses with 10 cartoonish arms sticking out from both sides; sunglasses…
In Oklahoma, a small country music station that initially refused a listener’s request to play a new song by Beyoncé was forced to change its tune after an uproar from fans who say that Black artists are too often excluded from the genre. On Tuesday morning, Justin McGowan requested that the D.J.s at KYKC, a…
The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Health and Human Services said on Wednesday that they would examine the causes of generic drug shortages and the practices of “powerful middlemen” that are involved in the supply chain. The federal agencies’ inquiry is aimed at the group purchasing organizations and drug distributors that have been…
Officials in Deschutes County, Ore., announced last week that a local resident had been diagnosed with the plague — and that the resident had probably been infected by a pet cat. The cat, which was symptomatic, died from the infection, but the human patient is currently recovering, said Emily Horton, a public health program manager…
Mary Enright has worn her red hair in bangs as long as she’s had hair. Wednesday was no exception. “Ash Wednesday is important to me because I’m an Irish Catholic,” Ms. Enright said as she walked down the steps of St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. Her smudged cross peeked through her bangs,…
Beyoncé wasn’t done breaking the internet when she announced Renaissance: Act II and dropped two new songs mid-Superbowl. Last night, she broke it again when she made a surprise New York Fashion Week appearance at the Luar show in Brooklyn. Much to the Beyhive’s delight, she sat front row in Gaurav Gupta couture, carrying an…
JN.1 accounts for nearly all U.S. Covid cases. Here’s what to know about the risk of a new infection.