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As he manages his own amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, actor Eric Dane is also advocating for the continuation of the Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act, which is set to expire in 2026. The actor, along with the nonprofit organization I AM ALS, spoke with U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Dublin) on Tuesday about the…

This article contains spoilers for the first six episodes of Season 9 of “Love Is Blind.” “Are you trying to break up with me?” “Love Is Blind,” Netflix’s dating binge-fest, has documented its fair share of awkward and bizarre breakups throughout its run. But the one that arrives at the end of the ninth season’s…

YouTube TV dropped Univision’s Spanish-language networks late Tuesday, a contentious turn in a simmering dispute that has already drawn scrutiny from members of Congress. “Google’s YouTube TV has refused to ‘Do the Right Thing’ and dropped Univision from its platform—stripping millions of Hispanic viewers of the Spanish-language news, sports, and entertainment they rely on every…

Diehard college football fans Glen Powell and Michael Waldron are going to ask you what college football team you root for if you talk to them about their new show, “Chad Powers.” There’s a decent chance they’d ask you even if you didn’t bring up the sport at all. “Chad Powers,” a new Hulu comedy,…

Book Review Shadow Ticket By Thomas PynchonPenguin Press: 304 pages, $30If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. With next week’s publication of his ninth novel, “Shadow Ticket,” Thomas Pynchon’s secret 20th century is at last complete. For many of us, Pynchon…

The NFL announced the musical headliner for Super Bowl LX’s halftime show, and — much to MAGA’s chagrin — it’s not Kid Rock. Music’s most lucrative spot went to a relevant artist who actually sells albums: Bad Bunny. Letting the Puerto Rican rapper and singer turned global megastar perform 2026’s halftime show gifts right-wing influencers…

Two years after a crushing breakup, singer-songwriter Amanda Shires is sitting in an empty hotel bar, her arms shaking as she reads a page from her notebook. She’s been stumbling, she says, in interviews, struggling to explain how she transformed one of the deepest pains of her life into art. The work in question, “Nobody’s…

Bad Bunny will headline the halftime show at next year’s Super Bowl LX, organizers announced Sunday. This will be the Puerto Rican musician’s second time at the Super Bowl following his appearance with Shakira and Jennifer Lopez during halftime of 2020’s game. “What I’m feeling goes beyond myself. It’s for those who came before me…

p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> In 1997, the comedy “In & Out” did its shiny, star-studded best to mainstream the story of a closeted gay man in a rock-ribbed American community embracing his truth. The fine new indie drama “Plainclothes,” which takes place in 1997 in Syracuse, N.Y., and centers on a young police officer in the throes…

The first time Angel “Angel Baby” Rodriguez heard Art Laboe on the radio, he was 13, in his father’s garage in the City of Industry. Laboe was introducing “Nite Owl” (1955) by Tony Allen and the Champs. “His voice caught me first,” Rodriguez told me, “that very distinctive tone, and then I heard the listeners…