To bring to life the nefarious corporation at the center of the dystopian thriller “Severance,” the director of photography Jessica Lee Gagné needed to find the right location for a fictional headquarters. As she scoured the internet for abandoned malls, she stumbled upon a blog with photos of a decaying, hollowed-out midcentury office building called…
Mar 8, 2025; San Jose, California, USA; New York Islanders center Bo Horvat (14) controls the puck against San Jose Sharks defenseman Mario Ferraro (38) during the third period at SAP Center at San Jose. Mandatory Credit: Robert Edwards-Imagn Images By trading only Brock Nelson this week, general manager Lou Lamoriello committed to the challenge…
A day after landing on the moon, the robotic Athena spacecraft built by Intuitive Machines of Houston is dead. In an update on its website on Friday, the company confirmed that Athena had tipped onto its side — the same fate that befell its first lunar lander, Odysseus, last year. With its solar panels unable…
On the Verge showcases emerging talent from the worlds of fashion, food, music, art and design. The British designer Harry Pontefract’s clothing often starts with a very specific obsession. Last year, for example, his fixation with vintage faux fruit led him on a six-month search for plastic grapes, which he incorporated into his latest collection…
Flo Fox, an indomitable photographer who was born blind in one eye and later lost her vision in the other from multiple sclerosis, which also eventually paralyzed her from the neck down, but who never stopped shooting what she called the “ironic reality” of New York’s streetscape, died on March 2 in her apartment in…
Good morning. “Dear Winter,” the sign in front of a local business read, “I’m breaking up with you.” Me, too. I love cold, snow, thick ice, quartered oak roaring in the fireplace. I love sea smoke on the bay and the crunch of frozen leaves beneath my feet in the forest. But I don’t love…
In the long, storied history of the Los Angeles Lakers’ rivalry with the Boston Celtics, there have been plenty of L.A. losses more difficult for the Lakers to swallow than Saturday’s 111-101 setback. But that doesn’t make the end of an eight-game winning streak, punctuated by the exit of LeBron James due to a groin…
Consulting with a lawyer who has ties to President Trump. Reaching out to Washington lobbyists. And sitting for a jailhouse interview with Tucker Carlson. Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced cryptocurrency mogul who was once a top Democratic donor, has embarked on a long-shot campaign to secure a pardon from the Trump administration, six people with knowledge…
If you need to find the musician Harrison Patrick Smith in any room that he’s in, just look for the guy in the skinny black suit. What the pinstripes are to the Yankees, a shrunken, chauffeur driver’s black suit is for Mr. Smith, 28, who performs as the Dare. And so, on Wednesday evening in…
Betsy Arakawa, the wife of Gene Hackman, died from the effects of hantavirus, a rare disease often caused by contact with droppings from infected rodents. Hantavirus does not spread among people in the cases found in the United States. It can be transmitted through rodent saliva. But it is most commonly transmitted by breathing in…