Francois Lenoir | Reuters European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager holds a news conference at EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, July 14, 2016. Google is still very much a force for good and has many positive attributes, according to the EU’s competition commissioner who slapped the tech giant with a $2.7 …

Photo Did the limited release of Beyoncé‘s “Lemonade” affect its impact? A discussion of that question and more picked by our readers on this week’s Popcast. Credit Christopher Polk/Getty Images for NARAS The Popcast is hosted by Jon Caramanica, a pop music critic for The New York Times. It covers …

“We are athletes,” Ms. Bass said. “We’re also well over the age of retirement.” Lisa McNulty, the theater’s producing artistic director, said the piece was not only about using the language of sports to describe the life of a dancer, but also about investigating “what it means to live a …

One hundred of the most lucky fans in Montreal got a bag (all sale proceeds went to a local children’s and obstetric hospital), but also and more important, 30 nerve-racking seconds to hug Ms. Dion, or cry to her, or share a painful story about being in a coma. The …

Since he was outed as gay by TMZ in 2013, Mr. Johnson has seized his own place in the gender revolution (or at least its pop-culture incarnation), mostly as a fabulous dresser. His style is ostentatiously androgynous: fur shawls, ankle boots, diamond chokers, sheer tops, draped on a frame nearly …

While the house has a ticket back to America, the question of where it would find a permanent home remains unanswered. The hurdles seem huge, the logistics daunting, but calls and emails have gone out for help to institutions including Brown University in Rhode Island, the Museum of Modern Art …

Photo Alicia Vikander in a scene from “Tulip Fever.” Credit Alex Bailey/The Weinstein Company There’s no way around reviewing “Tulip Fever” without noting that the movie has been buried deeper than a tulip bulb. The Vulture writer Kyle Buchanan has already provided a rundown of the substantial delays in the …

Photo Brandon Stanton of “Humans of New York.” Credit Brandon Stanton: Humans of New York Brandon Stanton’s popular photography project comes to Facebook’s new streaming platform. And a family drama about a 12-year-old boy and a monstrous tree arrives on HBO. What’s Streaming HUMANS OF NEW YORK on Watch. In …

While living in the Sugar Hill neighborhood, she made the rounds, auditioning for television, recording hip-hop tracks, free-styling with the Roots and D.J.ing at the Apollo. To make ends meet, she was a waitress at the Sugar Shack and a hostess at the Odeon; she was fired from Heartland Brewery. …

“He is nearly 100, losing his hearing and plagued with labored breathing that is unnerving to behold,” Andy Webster wrote in reviewing the film for The New York Times when it had a modest theatrical release in 2016. “She is almost 90 and blessed with an unwavering spirit. Their bond …