Rebecca Smeyne

Oct 21, 2024 | nytimes.com | Sarah Bahr |Rebecca Smeyne

Outside the St. James Theater on Sunday night, curious onlookers joined a throng of photographers as, amid a sea of flash bulbs, stars descended on a black carpet for the opening night of a buzzy new revival of the classic musical "Sunset Boulevard.""I'm thrilled to see this," said Betty Buckley, 77, who played the role of the faded silent-film star Norma Desmond in the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical in London and on Broadway in the 1990s.

May 17, 2024 | buffalonews.com | Rebecca Smeyne

MJ Day, left, the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue’s editor in chief, and model Hunter McGrady, who is one of the four solo cover models for this year’s issue, at the Hard Rock Hotel in Manhattan, May 16, 2024. Celebrities and supermodels turned out for the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue’s 60th anniversary. (Rebecca Smeyne/The New York Times)

May 17, 2024 | buffalonews.com | Rebecca Smeyne

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May 15, 2024 | buffalonews.com | Rebecca Smeyne

FILE — Suzanne Nossel, PEN America’s chief executive, at a discussion on writers and self-censorship organized by PEN America, in New York, Dec. 8, 2021. Nossel described the group’s core principles as “defense of free speech, openness to wide-ranging views, faith in dialogue, and a willingness to reckon with complexity.” (Rebecca Smeyne/The New York Times)

Apr 18, 2024 | nytimes.com | Jessica Testa |Sarah Bahr |Rebecca Smeyne |Dolly Faibyshev

Out & aboutThis week, the musician Kim Gordon performed after a star-studded Dior runway show in Brooklyn. And, luminaries honored Tony Bennett during Jazz at Lincoln Center's annual gala. Kim Gordon at the Brooklyn Museum where she performed after a Dior presentation this week. Credit... Rebecca Smeyne for The New York Times Here is a lesson in not leaving a party early: When the Dior show ended on Monday night, some guests headed straight for the exit.