Derrick Bryson Taylor

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Derrick Bryson Taylor

The project will highlight scripted short films from international communities along with snippets of a conversation between the director and the pontiff, who died last month.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Derrick Bryson Taylor

The new rule, announced this week by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, was greeted with laughter and disbelief that it had not been required all along. It has not always been necessary to read the book in order to write a book report, as many a devious middle schooler familiar with CliffsNotes or A.I. can attest. And it turns out that Oscar voters have not always had to watch all the films they passed judgment on.

4 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Derrick Bryson Taylor

What could happen when a comedic actor known for being outspoken on politics presents an award at a science event attended by some of Silicon Valley's major players with connections to the Trump administration? That depends. Organizers of the 2025 Breakthrough Prize ceremony, sometimes called the "Oscars of Science," cut Seth Rogen's jokes about President Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of Health and Human Services, from the broadcast it posted on YouTube.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Derrick Bryson Taylor

The recordings, along with works by Tracy Chapman, Elton John and the rock band Chicago, are among the 25 selected for preservation by the Library of Congress. Hits by Celine Dion and Mary J. Blige. The song "Happy Trails" by Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. Tracy Chapman's debut album. The original cast album of the Broadway musical "Hamilton." The chimes Brian Eno wrote for Microsoft Windows in 1995.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Derrick Bryson Taylor

Denzel Washington called him his "northern star." Whoopi Goldberg said "getting to see him onstage was heaven." Some of the most notable names in show business gathered in Times Square on Monday afternoon for a starry, and sometimes emotional, send-off for James Earl Jones, who died last year at the age of 93. He was remembered for his thunderous voice and his enviable acting chops, as well as for being a gentle guiding presence in the lives of young actors.