Wesley Morris

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LeAnn Rimes rushes off stage during performance after her teeth fall outLeAnn Rimes has experienced her fair share of unexpected moments on stage, but nothing could quite prepare the Grammy-winning singer for what …

2 days ago | nytimes.com | Wesley Morris |Niela Orr |Janelle Anderson |Elyssa Dudley

June 26, 2025, 5:03 a.m. ETListen to and watch ‘Cannonball’: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | YouTube | iHeartRadioJanelle AndersonElyssa Dudley and Dan Powell and Wesley Morris has a confession to make: He loves Bruno Mars. Nothing wrong with that, right? With the help of the culture writer Niela Orr, Wesley untangles his crush from his discomfort with the pop star’s cozy relationship to Blackness.

5 days ago | nytimes.com | Holland Cotter |Jason Farago |Wesley Morris |Deborah Solomon

You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Our critics pick 11 outstanding exhibitions — many still on view this summer —and tour the renewed Frick Collection and the Met’s Michael C. Rockefeller Wing. People walk through the exhibition “Jack Whitten: The Messenger,” 2025, at the Museum of Modern Art. The work is Whitten’s monumental “9.11.01.,” from 2006.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Wesley Morris

The influential musician, who died on Monday at 82, forged harmony - musical and otherwise - that he wasn't able to hold together on his own. "Landscape" is just one of those words. It's lost all mouthfeel. It implies a sort of vastness - "the landscape of history," "the landscape of man," "the commercial baking landscape." As craft, it connotes comeliness: "landscape painting." In action, it exacts beauty through order: a city's landscaper. Sly Stone died on Monday, at 82, and there it was again.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Wesley Morris |Rembert Browne |Elyssa Dudley |Janelle Anderson |John White |Kate LoPresti | +2 more

If you've seen Ryan Coogler's movie "Sinners," then you're probably still talking about "the scene." You know the one. Our critic Wesley Morris talks with the writer Rembert Browne about vampires, juke joints, Coogler's unprecedented movie deal, and a theory on how it all comes back to the beef between Drake and Kendrick Lamar. Image The New York Times Audio app is home to journalism and storytelling, and provides news, depth and serendipity.