Photo Matt LeBlanc, left, and John Pankow in “Episodes.” Credit Sophie Mutevelian/Showtime Matt LeBlanc returns, after a hiatus, to play a fictionalized version of himself in the final season of “Episodes.” And “Masterpiece” is back with more murder mysteries to be solved by Endeavour Morse. What’s on TV EPISODES 10 …

He would plant himself on a stool, the picture of insouciance in a three-button suit and dark tie, dragging slowly on a cigarette, which he used as a punctuation mark. From that perch he would bid America to look in the mirror, and to laugh at itself. “Segregation is not …

Photo Benny Safdie, left, and Robert Pattinson as hoods on the run from the police. Credit A24 To make the new drama “Good Time,” a New York crime movie that harks back to the gritty streets of “The French Connection” and “After Hours,” the filmmaking brothers Josh and Benny Safdie …

Photo Whitney Houston, as seen in the documentary “Whitney: Can I Be Me.” Credit Showtime Networks The British investigative documentarian Nick Broomfield is a natural sensationalist, drawn to bit players in tabloid dramas. His prying questions and incessant voice-overs suggest a cross between a Fleet Street reporter and the Energizer …

Mr. Wang’s emphasis on individuality, said Bao Pu, co-founder of New Century Press, is what makes his photos unique. Continue reading the main story “At a time in which people were expected to sacrifice themselves for society, that act of turning the camera and focusing on the individual, the self, …

The Nouris are among the 4,700 asylum seekers who the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees estimates are living in Serbia. Europe offers no clear avenues for asylum seekers to find a future in the West, but the Balkan governments are still largely treating them as temporary …

Don Emmert | AFP | Getty Images Then-President-elect Donald Trump answers questions from reporters, accompanied by his wife, Melania, on New Year’s Eve, December 31, 2016, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida. In a break with tradition, President Donald Trump and the first lady have decided not to participate in …

Photo The dancer and choreographer Carmen de Lavallade, who will be honored by the Kennedy Center later this year. Credit Beatrice de Gea for The New York Times It is not just business executives who are moving away from President Trump after his remarks about neo-Nazis, white supremacists and protesters. …

The bitcoin offshoot surged Saturday to a record high in high trade volume, helped by strong demand from South Korea and digital currency “miners” who found the offshoot more profitable to mine. Bitcoin cash, an alternative version of bitcoin launched by a minority of developers on Aug. 1, climbed 44 …

Photo Meryl Streep at the Academy Awards in Hollywood, Calif., in February. Credit Christopher Polk/Getty Images Audiobooks provide thriving ancillary careers for some of film’s boldest-faced names — no makeup or costumes required. Meryl Streep seems to have the perfect pitch for children’s favorites, including “The Velveteen Rabbit” and Beatrix …