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In the darkest moments of a family tragedy, when the playwright Mona Pirnot couldn’t find the strength to verbalize her feelings to her boyfriend or her therapist, she tried something a little unorthodox: She typed her thoughts into her laptop, and prompted a text-to-speech program to voice them aloud.It was a coping mechanism that also sparked a creative pivot: Pirnot’s then-boyfriend, now-husband, Lucas Hnath, is also a playwright, with a longtime interest in sound and a more recent history of building shows around disembodied voices. His last play, “A Simulacrum,” featured a magician re-creating his side of a conversation with Hnath, whose voice was heard via a tape recording; and his play before that, “Dana H.,” featured an actress lip-syncing interviews in which the playwright’s mo...

For romantics looking to display their passion and devotion, the Love Bank in Slovakia has plenty of room in its Love Vault where 7,000 people have already deposited their keepsakes and symbols of affection, whether reciprocated or unrequited.But this Valentine’s Day, the bank will be closed.Its medieval building, once home to the muse for what is called “the world’s longest love poem,” almost burned down last March — the result, apparently, of an electrical fault, not rapture run amok.But love proved eternal.Left intact was the building’s underground vault where couples and aspiring paramours from around the globe have secreted their totems and messages in tiny Love Boxes. Also undamaged: the text of the 19th-century love poem that wraps around the walls of the vault like the ivy of in...

Sign up to our free Living Well email for advice on living a happier, healthier and longer lifeLive your life healthier and happier with our free weekly Living Well newsletterAfter the Kansas City Chiefs won the 2024 Super Bowl, many celebrities and NFL stars kept the night going with some star-studded celebrations: the after-parties.On 11 February, the annual NFL event saw the Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers, with the game going into overtime. The occasion also marked the third time that the Chiefs won the Super Bowl in five years.This year’s Super Bowl also included an array of celebrities, with Usher’s halftime show featuring surprise appearances from Alicia Keys, HER, Lil Jon, Ludacris, and more. There were also many famous football fans in the stands of Allegiant Stadium, inclu...

By almost any measure, Khaite, the women’s wear label founded in 2016 by Catherine Holstein, is one of the great recent success stories of American fashion — if not the great success story.The brand has been in existence for less than a decade, but Ms. Holstein has already been twice named designer of the year by the Council of Fashion Designers of America, in 2022 and 2023. She has a dream of a Zen brutalist store in SoHo, not far from Prada and Balenciaga. Last year she took on investment from Stripes, the private equity firm that also backs the film production company A24 and On Running, with the aim of opening further shops.And judging by her show on Saturday, held in an enormous black box at Chelsea Piers, with a mirrored river of a black runway lit only by the sort of follow spot ...

Months of being bombarded by Barbie paraphernalia has given me an aversion to full-on pink. And yet, I find an all-pink makeup look irresistible. It’s romantic, fresh and it comes with a youthful air and the promise of spring. It works across skin tones and ages. The trick is to vary the tones: a deep pink lip, brownish pink around the eyes, rose pink on the cheeks. This way, you won’t look like you are trying to pay homage to the billion-dollar movie. Although, if you are, be my guest.1. Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood Beauty Icon Lipstick in Red Carpet Pink £27, charlottetilbury.com 2. Mecca Cosmetics Lip De-licious Balm £20, meccacosmetica.com 3. Vieve Eye Wand in Rose £23, vieve.co.uk 4. Chanel Les Beiges Eyeshadow Palette in Cool £53, chanel.com 5. Anastasia Beverly Hills Stick Blush i...

Amid anticipation and nostalgia, the music and film worlds are abuzz with the imminent return of Pakistani singer and songwriter, Atif Aslam, who once dominated the Bollywood scene until India banned Pakistani artists seven years ago. As his cross-border fans gear up for their icon’s comeback with a romantic song for Love Story of 90s, Atif sat down for a candid interview reflecting on his relationship to music and audience. “For me, my life, my breath, it’s all music,” Atif offered in conversation with RJ Sayema Rahman on Sufiscore. “It might sound orthodox but it’s the truth. If I don’t listen to good music, my day does not go well. If I don’t sing for a few days, I start to feel suffocation. When I have to contact my loved ones, I have to sing something for them. When I have to talk...

Four decades ago, the Super Bowl became the Super Bowl.It wasn’t because of anything that happened in the game itself: On Jan. 22, 1984, the Los Angeles Raiders defeated Washington 38-9 in Super Bowl XVIII, a contest that was mostly over before halftime. But during the broadcast on CBS, a 60-second commercial loosely inspired by a famous George Orwell novel shook up the advertising and the technology sectors without ever showing the product it promoted. Conceived by the Chiat/Day ad agency and directed by Ridley Scott, then fresh off making the seminal science-fiction noir “Blade Runner,” the Apple commercial “1984,” which was intended to introduce the new Macintosh computer, would become one of the most acclaimed commercials ever made. It also helped to kick off — pun partially intende...

King doing ‘extremely well’ under circumstances, says QueenGet the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the worldSign up to our free Morning Headlines emailPrince William is “upset” with his brother after Prince Harry’s brief visit to see their father following the King’s shock cancer diagnosis.The Duke of Sussex dashed to the UK to reunite with his father after Charles’ health announcement – but Harry reportedly spent less than an hour with the 75-year-old monarch before returning home to California the next day, having had no contact with his estranged sibling.Ingrid Seward, editor-in-chief of Majesty Magazine, told The Sun: “William would be upset that Harry yet again has chosen to make this visit to see his father a PR opportunity.”It comes as the Prince o...

At the Los Angeles premiere of the filmmaker Harmony Korine’s “Aggro Dr1ft,” which was held on Wednesday night at Hollywood’s Crazy Girls strip club, scantily clad dancers shimmied on three small stages.Mr. Korine, a 51-year-old experimental artist known for directing 2012’s “Spring Breakers,” has been seeking to understand and capitalize on youth culture since he wrote the 1995 cult classic “Kids” when he was only 19. That’s why the enigmatic filmmaker, actor, photographer, painter, D.J. and author is aiming to disrupt the traditional cinematic release format by offering immersive experiences for a group of film, fashion, skate and fine art ventures, which he launched with “Aggro Dr1ft.”At the film’s first public screening, which drew about 400 people, a smoke machine blew softly overh...

They are now a collector’s trove — Paul McCartney’s own photos, shot 60 years ago, when the Beatles took Europe and America by storm: images of screaming fans (one carrying a live monkey); a girl in a yellow bikini; airport workers playing air guitar, and unguarded moments grabbed from trains, planes and automobiles.McCartney, now 81, doesn’t like to sit still and reminisce about the past, so he chatted while driving home from his recording studio in Sussex, England. ‘‘My American friends call these small, one-way lanes ‘gun barrels,’ ’’ he said, warning his interviewer that at any moment the signal might die (it did). In the end, it took two days to complete a coherent conversation about the breakthrough period when the Beatles went viral, captured in the traveling exhibition ‘‘Paul Mc...