NEW YORK — Describing an interview with Gary Busey is nearly impossible. On one hand, the experience is exactly what you might think: Frenetic. Unfocused. The works. His sentences are sprinkled with what he calls “Buseyisms”: acronyms he’s spelled out for decades that hint at his philosophy on life. B.I.B.L.E., for example, is “Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth,” and partially the title of his memoir.
NEWARK, N.J. — In the month before officially becoming a presidential candidate, Sen. Cory Booker spent his nights rewatching all 172 episodes of “Star Trek: Voyager.”
Most stories explore the basics: who, what, where, when and <em xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">especially</em> why. But some movies skip that last one.
If Baz Luhrmann had his way, the music of the Rolling Stones would have been featured in his 2001 movie, the cult favorite “Moulin Rouge,” alongside David Bowie, Sting and Madonna.
NEW YORK — Even if you’ve never watched a single baseball game in your life, you’ve likely heard of Jackie Robinson and Satchel Paige. And you’ve probably watched the 1992 movie “A League of Their Own,” which tells how the world’s first all-female baseball league came to be.
Ramy Youssef was home, in a manner of speaking. The Egyptian-American stand-up comedian had just finished shooting several takes of a scene for his new Hulu show, “Ramy.” The set was a mock-up of his childhood New Jersey home and the scene took place inside the dining room. Pictures of Youssef and his sister were hanging on the wall.
NEW YORK — It almost takes longer to say “Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice!” than for some of the scene changes to take place in the new Broadway musical based on the 1988 Tim Burton movie.
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NEW YORK — David Blaine, the celebrity magician and performance artist, is “under active investigation” by the New York Police Department after two women accused him of sexual assault, Dermot F. Shea, the department’s chief of detectives, said at a news conference Monday.
A special visitor showed up several days ago at 930 E. 50th St., a former synagogue now known in Chicago and beyond as the headquarters of Rainbow/Push, Rev. Jesse Jackson’s civil rights organization.
A special visitor showed up several days ago at 930 E. 50th St., a former synagogue now known in Chicago and beyond as the headquarters of Rainbow/Push, Rev. Jesse Jackson’s civil rights organization.
A special visitor showed up several days ago at 930 E. 50th St., a former synagogue now known in Chicago and beyond as the headquarters of Rainbow/Push, Rev. Jesse Jackson’s civil rights organization.
In a stunning move on Tuesday that angered Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his police superintendent, prosecutors in Chicago dropped all charges against “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett, who had been accused of staging a hate crime attack in the city’s downtown in January.
In a stunning move on Tuesday that angered Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his police superintendent, prosecutors in Chicago dropped all charges against “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett, who had been accused of staging a hate crime attack in the city’s downtown in January.
In a stunning move on Tuesday morning, prosecutors in Chicago dropped all charges against “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett, who had been accused of staging a hate crime attack in the city’s downtown in January.
In a stunning move on Tuesday morning, Cook County prosecutors dropped all charges against “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett, who had been accused of staging an attack in downtown Chicago earlier this year.
NEW YORK — “Do you want to see some worms?” Matt Walker asked on a recent Monday afternoon, standing over a microscope inside a biology lab at Columbia University.
NEW YORK — Shaunie Begley and Christine Bottross stood Tuesday on the steps outside the Vessel, the sprawling, ovalish 150-foot-high steel structure connected to the recently opened Hudson Yards on Manhattan’s West Side.
The Justice Department unsealed indictments Tuesday accusing admissions advisers, coaches and school officials of offering wealthy families one of two back doors into the colleges of their choice.
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