Taxpayer contributions to New York City and state pensions will rise by $4 billion under a benefit sweetener for some public employees included in the state budget. The budget reverses Tier 6, a 2012 pension reform pushed through by...
Mayor Eric Adams’ administration faltered in its response to the September rainstorm that dumped nearly 9 inches of water on parts of New York City, raising questions about its preparedness for similar extreme-weather events in the...
One of the nastiest, most expensive political campaigns in the U.S. isn’t a general election fight for the soul of the nation. It’s a mean-spirited, money-fueled Democratic primary in New York’s 16th congressional district, a tract...
An Albany judge earlier this month tossed the state's claim that Dumbo-based real estate investor Fortis Property Group must immediately pay $8 million as part of a failed deal to redevelop the old Long Island College Hospital in Cobble...
Over the past week, a package of housing bills and programs have come together in Albany as part of New York State’s annual budget negotiations. As in prior sessions where housing has been a large part of the political and fiscal story,...
The city is getting a rare project with more than 100 residential units in the South Bronx. The site is at 1848 Vyse Ave., just below the Cross Bronx Expressway by East 176th Street, and comes from Dunn Development, a real estate firm...
Alvin Bragg has a very good chance of winning his case against Donald Trump, which began opening arguments on Monday. The Manhattan residents on the jury hail from one of the most anti-Trump counties in America. Democrats vastly...
Mayor Eric Adams’ administration wants to place electric-vehicle charging ports meant for buses and trucks at five locations around the city, part of an effort to reduce carbon emissions in the city’s freight and transportation...
In an era demanding bold action, New York’s latest housing legislation emerges as a disheartening testament to political timidity. As the state grapples with an escalating housing crisis, the recent agreement announced by Gov. Kathy...
Fashion designer Roberto Cavalli, whose creations have been a staple of runways and red carpets, has died, according to the company bearing his name. He was 83.
After several years of controversy, reform and uncertainty, the Golden Globe Awards will seek to turn the page once and for all at a new long-term home.
The 96th Academy Awards have come and gone, and "Oppenheimer" came out on top, winning best picture and earning Christopher Nolan his first-ever Oscar, for directing.
'Poor Things' star Emma Stone shared that she 'busted' her Oscars dress while busting a move to Ryan Gosling's 'I'm Just Ken' during the 2024 Academy Awards.
Accepting the international feature Oscar for "The Zone of Interest," director Jonathan Glazer delivered the night's most pointed and controversial words.
The Times was inside the room at the Governors Ball, the official after-party of the Oscars. Here are some of our favorite moments and photos from the night.
John Cena, mostly in the nude, pulled off one of the best bits at the 96th Oscars on Sunday. Backstage photos show what went into executing the viral gag.
If "What Was I Made For?" had seemed for weeks like a lock at the Oscars, Billie Eilish and Finneas' performance of the song on Sunday's telecast faced some stiff competition from renditions of the other nominated tunes.
"Oppenheimer" won several top awards, including best picture, director and lead actor, while lead actress went to Emma Stone for "Poor Things." Billie Eilish won best song after Ryan Gosling performed "I'm Just Ken."
Emma Stone's win for 'Poor Things,' her second in the category, came in a tight race with Gladstone, who would have been the first Native American to win the Oscar for best actress.
At the 96th Academy Awards on Sunday, wrestling star turned actor John Cena made his Oscars debut — exposing way more than audiences were expecting to see.
Directed by Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers and co-distributed by L.A. Times Studios and Searchlight, the film took home the documentary short award on Sunday.
Jimmy Kimmel revealed that he was advised to keep former President Trump's Oscars thoughts off-air Sunday. 'They're like 'No, no don't read that,'" he said.
The 2024 Oscars show was momentarily delayed because of protesters converging in Hollywood to call for an immediate cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war.
The buttons have been distributed by the group Artists4Ceasefire, which, per its website, calls for the end of the Gaza bombing and the safe release of hostages.
Academy members still have a troubling tendency to reward Black women for playing supporting, even subservient roles in other people's stories — and little else.
In 2026, the film academy will begin handing out an award for casting. We discuss how it could go right — or wrong — and what should win if it were given this year.
A writer researching his great-great-uncles, all three born on a Chickasaw reservation, discovers they were major moviemakers in the early days of Hollywood.
Pundits have several races already pegged, but here are the films that ought to leave triumphant — as well as some that deserved to be in the conversation.
Writers Cord Jefferson and Percival Everett for "American Fiction," and Mick Herron and Will Smith for "Slow Horses," won the 36th annual USC Libraries Scripter Awards for feature film and episodic television adaptation, respectively.
"We grew up loving these books," screenwriter Phillipa Boyens said of the J.R.R. Tolkien series. "We had no idea that we were going to go gray trying to make them into movies."