Valerie Mahaffey, Actress in “Northern Exposure” and “Desperate Housewives,” Dies at 71

She had memorable roles on TV shows like “Desperate Housewives” and “Northern Exposure,” and in the dark comedy film “French Exit.”

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Trump Administration Ends Program Critical to Search for an H.I.V. Vaccine

The termination is the latest in a series of cuts to H.I.V. research and programs to prevent the disease.

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The Best Movies and TV Shows Coming to Netflix in June

Among other highlights for U.S. subscribers, “Squid Game” is coming back (already) for its third and final season.

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Sydney Sweeney and Dr. Squatch Launch Soap Infused With Actress’s Bathwater

Calling the requests “weird in the best way,” the actress worked with Dr. Squatch on a soap that has a manly scent and just a touch of her actual bath water.

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C.D.C. Contradicts Kennedy and Keeps Advice That Children May Get Covid Shots

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Tuesday that the vaccine would no longer appear on the childhood immunization schedule. C.D.C.’s update counters his policy.

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How Mia Threapleton Created Her Deadpan Nun in ‘The Phoenician Scheme’

Mia Threapleton is Kate Winslet’s daughter but she’s intent on making her own way in Hollywood. That includes her deadpan nun in “The Phoenician Scheme.”

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Robert Jarvik, a Designer of the First Artificial Heart, Dies at 79

He worked with a team at the University of Utah to create a mechanical heart. It was later used in patients awaiting an organ transplant.

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Kevin Costner Is Sued by ‘Horizon’ Actor Over Rape Scene

A stunt double said she was left with trauma by an unscripted scene that did not include an intimacy coordinator. Mr. Costner’s lawyer said the claims were meritless.

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Checks on Migrant Children by Homeland Security Agents Stir Fear

Agents are showing up unannounced to interview minors in what the government calls “wellness checks.” Critics see the visits as part of the immigration crackdown.

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Bruce Logan, Who Blew Up the Death Star in ‘Star Wars,’ Dies at 78

A special effects artist and cinematographer, he also worked on “2001: A Space Odyssey” and “Tron,” took a detour to comedy with “Airplane!”

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Judge Finds Government Acted Illegally in Russian Scientist Case

The judge said a customs officer had acted improperly in stripping Kseniia Petrova, a researcher at Harvard Medical School, of her visa after she failed to declare research samples she was carrying into the country.

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‘Lilo & Stitch’ Cast Discuss What Lured Them to the Live-Action Remake

Cast members from the original 2002 animated film and the live-action remake explain what lured them to — or back to — “Lilo & Stitch.”

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Maternal Mental Health Has Declined, Study Says

New research involving nearly 200,000 mothers found that one in 12 rated her mental health as fair or poor.

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Stream These Movies and TV Shows Before They Leave Netflix in June

A handful of great titles are leaving as early as the first weekend of the month. Catch them while you can.

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A New Front Line for Abortion Rights

A grand jury in Louisiana indicted a New York doctor for sending abortion pills to a Louisiana resident.

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As George Lucas’s ‘Starship’ Museum Nears Landing, He Takes the Controls

The ‘Star Wars’ director parted ways with the museum’s top boss and is clearly calling the shots as his Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles approaches completion.

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Marcel Ophuls, Myth-Shattering War Documentarian, Is Dead at 97

He was best-known for “The Sorrow and the Pity,” a landmark film that debunked ideas of vast French resistance to the Nazi occupation.

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A ‘Mission: Impossible’ Fan Favorite Returns 3 Decades Later

Rolf Saxon thought he was being pranked when the director of the new film contacted him for a role that actually expanded during production.

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‘Un Simple Accident’ Wins Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival

The film, “Un Simple Accident,” was directed by Jafar Panahi, a longtime festival favorite. The award capped a contest that was widely seen as the strongest in years.

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‘Un Simple Accident’ Wins Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival

The film, “Un Simple Accident,” was directed by Jafar Panahi, a longtime festival favorite. The award capped a contest that was widely seen as the strongest in years.

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15 Unforgettable Looks From Cannes 2025: Rihanna, Dakota Johnson and More

Three-dimensional gowns, thigh-high men’s boots, adult-size bibs and more.

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‘Jane Austen Wrecked My Life’ Review: It’s Not Me, It’s Jane

A modern heroine learns about love, and a whole lot more, at a writing residency.

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At Cannes, Sneaky Period Pieces and Film Lovers’ Delights Rule the Screen

Movies from China, Brazil, Iran and elsewhere prove that there’s so much more to cinema than Hollywood would have us believe.

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Billy Joel Announces Brain Disorder and Cancels All Concerts

Joel said he had normal pressure hydrocephalus, which has led to “problems with hearing, vision and balance.”

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Without a Prenup, David Geffen’s Divorce Could Get Interesting

The billionaire’s marriage to David Armstrong ended with the familiar “irreconcilable differences.” Is Mr. Geffen’s fortune in jeopardy?

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Scarlett Johansson Makes Her Debut as Director of ‘Eleanor the Great’

The star came across the script for “Eleanor the Great,” already starring June Squibb, and instantly realized, “I know how to make it.” Now she wants to direct again.

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Takeaways From the White House’s ‘Make America Healthy Again’ Report

The report echoes many of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s talking points on ultraprocessed foods and vaccines, but with some notable omissions.

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‘Jane Austen Wrecked My Life’ Review: It’s Not Me, It’s Jane

A modern heroine learns about love, and a whole lot more, at a writing residency.

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Federal Cuts Become ‘All Consuming’ at Harvard’s Public Health School

At the T.H. Chan School of Public Health, which relies heavily on federal support, a crisis response is underway and a reshaping of the institution feels inevitable.

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David Lazer, Executive Who Joined the World of Muppets, Dies at 89

At IBM, he hired a young Jim Henson to make humorous corporate films using his puppet creations. Mr. Henson later hired Mr. Lazer to help run his company.

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American Breakfast Cereals Are Becoming Less Healthy, Study Finds

They contain increasing amounts of sugar, fat and sodium and decreasing amounts of protein and fiber.

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Minnesota’s Green Crew Is Helping Teens Fight Climate Anxiety

Run by teenagers, for teenagers, the Green Crew helps students get their hands dirty with projects like tree planting, trail restoration and invasive species removal.

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Biden Did Not Get Prostate Cancer Diagnosis Before Last Week, Spokesman Says

Former President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s office pushed back on speculation that there had been a coverup around the illness.

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A New System Aims to Save Injured Brains and Lives

Nearly 100 neurology experts collaborated on the creation of a new method of evaluating patients with traumatic brain injuries.

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Los Angeles Mayor Seeks to Lure Filming Back by Cutting Red Tape

With film and TV production in Los Angeles down by roughly one-third in recent years, Mayor Karen Bass took steps to make it easier to shoot at top locations.

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‘Lilo & Stitch’ Review: Creature Chaos

The live-action remake of the hit 2002 Disney film is mostly serviceable and often adorable, even if the best parts of the original got left behind.

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Timothee Chalamet Was a Knicks Superfan Before He was Famous

Tim Chalamet, an unknown teenager, was with the Knicks in the hard times. Timothée Chalamet, the famous actor, is loving every second of the team’s deep playoff run.

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Ari Aster Hasn’t Seen the Reviews for ‘Eddington’

The Covid-era satire has been divisive at Cannes, but the director has not seen the reviews. He’s focused on his fears about where the world is headed.

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A Genetic Clue to Why Men Are Taller Than Women

Researchers studied data from a million people and found evidence that a height gene shared by both sexes is amplified in men.

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Joe Biden Is Diagnosed With an Aggressive Form of Prostate Cancer

The cancer has metastasized to the bone, according to a statement from Mr. Biden’s personal office.

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Greg Cannom, Who Made Brad Pitt Old and Marlon Wayans White, Dies at 73

He won five Oscars as a makeup artist on movies in which characters transformed, like “Mrs. Doubtfire,” “White Chicks” and many more.

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Kristen Stewart’s ‘The Chronology of Water’ Wins Praise, But She’s Ready for Battle

Her directorial debut, “The Chronology of Water,” has earned good notices, but after fighting to get it made, the filmmaker wouldn’t mind a battle with reviewers.

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Publix Recalls Baby Food Pouches Over Lead Contamination Concerns

The voluntary recall was prompted after routine testing. It is the second such recall recently of baby food over possible lead contamination.

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Jennifer Lawrence Gets Her First Cannes Premiere. (It’s a Risky One.)

In “Die My Love” with Robert Pattinson, she plays a mother with postpartum depression. She was four months pregnant then and the hormones helped a lot.

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Surgeons Perform First Human Bladder Transplant

The procedure could be life-changing for some people with debilitating conditions.

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F.D.A. Approves Novavax Covid Vaccine With Stricter New Conditions

The agency narrowed who can get the shot and added new study requirements that could cost the company tens of millions.

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What to Expect in a ‘Final Destination’ Movie

We have a premonition of the (mostly terrible, often funny) things you’re likely to see in any of the films from the long-running horror franchise. Follow along below, and beware.

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When a Vaccine Safety Trial Becomes Unethical

New vaccines are often evaluated in trials in which some participants receive a placebo. But not all studies can be designed this way.

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Ari Aster’s ‘Eddington’ Polarizes Critics at Cannes Film Festival

Set in the pandemic’s early days, the noted horror director’s Covid comedy satirizes the national mood during lockdown. Reactions have been polarizing.

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Federal Officials May Limit Recommendations for Covid Vaccine

With new testing requirements, it’s not even clear how new Covid or flu shots can be made available this fall.

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‘Hurry Up Tomorrow’ Review: The Weeknd’s Overextended Music Video

A filmic companion to the Weeknd’s latest album, this meta psychological thriller is all style and no substance.

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U.S. Moves Russian Scientist’s Case to Criminal Court in Boston

For months, the Harvard researcher Kseniia Petrova has challenged efforts to deport her to her native Russia for a customs violation. This week, the government charged her with a criminal felony.

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New N.I.H. Policy Threatens Global Science Collaborations

Restrictions on payments to foreign partners may jeopardize studies of cancer and other conditions that would benefit Americans.

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Nora Aunor, Singer-Actress Called ‘the Superstar’ in Philippines, Dies at 71

And her fans were called Noranians for their devotion to a performer who had enthralled her country — onscreen and on the concert stage — since she was a teenager.

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U.S. Tells Court It Plans to Deport Scientist to Russia

Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard researcher, was detained Feb. 16 at Logan Airport after failing to declare scientific samples she carried into the U.S.

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Morris, Alligator of ‘Happy Gilmore’ Fame, Dies at 80 (or More)

The 640-pound, 11-foot gator memorably played a golf-ball-stealing, hand-chomping terror in the 1996 Adam Sandler film.

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RFK Jr. Defends HHS Overhaul as Democrats Denounce ‘War on Science’

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is testifying before Congress for the first time as health secretary on Wednesday. He has been grilled over President Trump’s cuts to public health agencies and research funding.

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In Dark Comedies Like ‘Friendship,’ Bad Bromance Brews

A spate of recent indie films provide a complicated, sometimes solemn take on male friendship.

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What the ‘Small Nodule’ Found on Biden’s Prostate Could Mean for a Man’s Health

Some doctors say they are surprised the condition was found at all in the former president, given his age.

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George Clooney and Denzel Washington Power Broadway to Prepandemic Heights

Elphaba helped too. But the good news comes with caveats.

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Robert Benton, Influential Director and Screenwriter, Dies at 92

After collaborating on the script for “Bonnie and Clyde,” he went on to write and direct “Kramer vs. Kramer” and “Places in the Heart.”

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Cannes Film Festival 2025: What to Watch From This Year’s Star-Packed Lineup

The event is packed with high-profile English-language movies, including the new “Mission: Impossible” and a Jennifer Lawrence-Robert Pattinson drama.

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An L.A. Doctor’s House Burned. Now He Treats the Fires’ Effects in Neighbors.

A new clinic, opened by a pulmonologist who lost his home in the Palisades blaze, is addressing the health issues developing among people exposed to the fires.

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Trump Plan Would Tie Some Drug Prices to What Peer Nations Pay

The president announced an executive order aimed at lowering U.S. drug costs, revisiting an idea that was blocked in court during his first term.

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How a Film Critic Was Lured Back to Literature

A.O. Scott, who reviewed movies for The New York Times for more than two decades, is now a roving critic for the Book Review.

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Trump Plan Would Tie Some Drug Prices to What Peer Nations Pay

The president announced an executive order aimed at lowering U.S. drug costs, revisiting an idea that was blocked in court during his first term.

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Why Patients Are Being Forced to Switch to a 2nd-Choice Obesity Drug

CVS Caremark decided to stop offering Zepbound in favor of Wegovy for weight loss. It’s the latest example of limits imposed by insurance that disrupt treatments for patients.

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‘Thunderbolts*’ Star Lewis Pullman Has Become Hollywood’s Go-To Bob

In “Top Gun: Maverick” and the latest Marvel movie, the actor has played memorable characters by that name. “I should probably take a breather from playing Bobs,” he said.

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How a Sheep-Herding Cardiologist Spends His Sundays

Dr. David Slotwiner de-stresses from a busy week at his Queens hospital by escaping to a New Jersey farm to herd sheep with his Border collies.

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What to Know About the Hepatitis A Outbreak in L.A. County

A highly contagious liver infection is surging among groups who are not typically at risk. At least seven people have died.

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Local Officials Brace for Loss of Disaster Preparedness Funding

The C.D.C. delivered $750 million annually to state and local health departments for emergency work. The program was eliminated in the Trump administration’s budget blueprint.

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8 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week

Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.

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‘My Robot Sophia’: An Unsettling Look Into the Soul of a Machine

This film by Jon Kasbe and Crystal Moselle skirts gimmicks to examine a creator’s drive to build a humanoid device powered by artificial intelligence.

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‘Nonnas’ Review: Oversauced

Vince Vaughn plays a restaurant owner who hires Italian grandmothers to cook for him in this corn-filled gabagool.

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‘Nonnas’ Review: Oversauced

Vince Vaughn plays a restaurant owner who hires Italian grandmothers to cook for him in this corn-filled gabagool.

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‘Caught by the Tides’ Review: Jia Zhangke Sees Constant Flux

The Chinese director shot two decades of footage to for his new film, which captures his country in tumult and one woman living through it.

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Who Is Casey Means, Trump’s Pick for Surgeon General?

Dr. Means, President Trump’s new pick for surgeon general, has focused on the prevalence of chronic diseases and called on the government to scale back on childhood vaccines.

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RFK Jr. Announces New Database for Research Into ‘Root Causes’ of Autism

The director of the National Institutes of Health previously floated — then walked back — the idea of an autism registry, alarming researchers and parents.

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Trump Has Called for More Babies but Dismissed Fertility Experts

The research team studying how to improve I.V.F. was a casualty of cutbacks at federal health agencies.

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Lorraine Bracco, Brenda Vaccaro, Talia Shire and Susan Sarandon Talk ‘Nonnas’

Lorraine Bracco, Brenda Vaccaro, Talia Shire and Susan Sarandon discuss playing cooks in a new film, aging in Hollywood and the movies that their grandchildren cannot yet watch.

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Philip Sunshine, 94, Dies; Physician Who Pioneered Treatment of Premature Babies

A founder of neonatology, he helped revolutionize the care of preterm and critically ill newborns. “We were able to keep babies alive that would not have survived,” he said.

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Trump Called for Movie Tariffs After a Meeting With Jon Voight

The president’s call for tariffs caused confusion in Hollywood, which has seen a steep drop-off in local film and television production.

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Trump Administration Asks Court to Dismiss Abortion Pill Case

The request echoes the position the Biden administration took in the case in January, surprising some observers.

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As Trump Targets Researchers, Europe Makes a Pitch to Attract Scientists

The continent’s leaders are hoping to benefit as the Trump administration cuts support for research and threatens universities such as Harvard and Columbia with the freezing of federal funds.

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‘Thunderbolts*’ Axes the Asterisk for Surprise Title Reveal

A plot twist that comes in the movie’s final moments will now be front and center on billboards. The director Jake Schreier explains the rebrand.

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UnitedHealth’s Move to End Cyberattack Loan Lifeline Upsets Medical Providers

The company lent roughly $9 billion to practices affected by a vast cyberattack on its payment systems last year. Medical practices are now suing the health care colossus, saying it is pressuring them to repay funds.

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Wim Wenders on Where the War in Europe Really Ended 80 Years Ago

In a short film and in conversation, the German filmmaker ponders the meaning of freedom, the complacency of peace and the new insecurity from Russia’s war and Donald Trump.

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Sybil Shainwald, Lawyer Who Fought for Women’s Health, Dies at 96

After taking part in a landmark case against the manufacturers of the synthetic hormone DES, she represented many other victims of harmful drugs and devices.

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Trump Administration Slashes Research Into L.G.B.T.Q. Health

More than $800 million in N.I.H. grants canceled as of early May — nearly half of those terminated to date — covered the health of sexual and gender minority groups, The Times found.

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Where Would Hollywood Find Its Guillotines or Pay Phones Without Them?

For nearly four decades the prop house History for Hire has helped filmmakers recreate the past. But with fewer films shot in Los Angeles, they are not sure how much longer they can hang on.

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Trump Budget Cuts Funding for Chronic Disease Prevention

Kennedy has warned of an epidemic of chronic disease, but the budget blueprint would close the C.D.C. center focused on prevention.

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The Best Movies and TV Shows Coming to Netflix in May

A new comedy cocreated by Tina Fey and another from Tom Segura are among the highlights debuting this month.

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Science backers say proposed science cuts pose dire risks.

One expert said the consequences would be “catastrophic” if Congress enacts the White House agenda of sweeping budget cuts.

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RFK Jr. Orders Search for New Measles Treatments Instead of Urging Vaccination

Decades of research have turned up no miracle treatment for measles, but studies show the M.M.R. shot is 97 percent effective in preventing the disease.

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U.S. Prosecutors Accuse Large Insurers of Paying Kickbacks for Private Medicare Plans

The Justice Department accused large insurers of colluding with national brokers to steer older people and those with disabilities toward coverage that might not offer the best medical care.

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Overlooked No More: Joyce Brown, Whose Struggle Redefined the Rights of the Homeless

She successfully challenged her involuntary commitment to Bellevue Hospital in 1987, setting a precedent for homeless people that remains relevant today.

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Martin Scorsese Interviews Pope Francis in Upcoming Documentary ‘Aldeas’

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.

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Upheaval in Washington Hinders Campaign Against Bird Flu

Determined to cut costs and manage communications, the Trump administration is moving too slowly to contain the virus, experts say.

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‘Another Simple Favor’ Review: Big Hats and Big Intrigue

The sequel to the deranged 2018 comedy finds Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick feuding in the Italian sun.

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‘Electra’ Review: Not Exactly a Unicorn

In Hala Matar’s stylish if somewhat vacant drama, flair trumps grief.

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