Cue the white smoke—Conclave won the Oscar for best adapted screenplay! Fun live blog tonight. Catch up on the Academy Awards here: time.com/7262764/oscars…

I wrote the Pope Francis obit for TIME time.com/5762436/pope-f… Plus a side bar "Meme-ing the Faith: Pope Francis’ Most Memorable Social Media Moments" time.com/7265876/pope-f…

Re-sharing because it's timely: I wrote this article on controversial papal conclaves when the movie 'Conclave' came out. time.com/7098621/real-l…

Ooh la la: At The Metropolitan Museum of Art, see the first show devoted to art that John Singer Sargeant produced while based in France. Review via Val Castronovo in Our Town ourtownny.com/city-arts/john…

I profiled Audra McDonald, the GOAT of Broadway

In this week's Our Town, issue dated 5/29-6/4, my review of "Sargent and Paris" at The Met Fifth Avenue: ourtownny.com/city-arts/john…

Some people are watching the Knicks game. I'm watching Timothée Chalamet watch the Knicks game.

All about the Vermeers at the newly renovated The Frick Collection via Our Town ourtownny.com/city-arts/mist…

Lots of HBO's The Gilded Age is set in Newport, R.I. this season. What to know about the socialites who summered there and the Black Americans who called it home: time.com/7298441/the-gi…

.Zohran Kwame Mamdani already proved he could win. Over the last several weeks, I followed along for TIME as he set out to show he could govern time.com/7308924/zohran…

.Mark Chiusano has been covering Zohran Mamdani for years. Now he's written the TIME cover story on his moment of transition. Mamdani has already proven he can win; now he's working to show New Yorkers that he can govern. time.com/7308924/zohran…

Speaking at his undergraduate alma mater’s commencement ceremony in 2004, Castle looked to the future. “Broadband will take us places we cannot even imagine,” Castle said. “Will we have in-person meetings or will telecommuting become the norm?"

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Talked to Ron Howard about his new movie ‘Eden’ out today, inspired by the Europeans who tried to start utopias on the Galapagos island of Floreana in the 1930s time.com/7310690/eden-m…

The engagement brings new meaning to one of Swift’s most famous lyrics about romance, “You belong with me.” time.com/7312427/taylor…

For TIME's cover, my profile of Bruce Springsteen—50 years after his breakthrough epic Born to Run (which vaulted him to his first TIME cover) and ahead of the release of a powerful new film chronicling the most vulnerable stretch of his life. Story here: time.com/7319963/bruce-…

On view: Museum of the City of NY is showcasing photos by Robert Rauschenberg, a pioneer of the Pop Art movement, in honor of what would have been his 100th birthday. Read all about it in Our Town ourtownny.com/city-arts/pion…

Real showgirls react to Taylor Swift's new album 'The Life of a Showgirl' time.com/7323169/taylor…

On the occasion of the late Robert Rauschenberg's 100th birthday on October 22, important exhibit at the Museum of the City of NY of his black-and-white photos of NYC. Read all about it in this week's Our Town: ourtownny.com/city-arts/pop-… Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Guggenheim New York #NYUGreyArtMuseum

New TIME cover: Inside the Gaza ceasefire deal—drawn from my exclusive interview with President Trump and conversations with his Middle East team, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, along with senior Israeli officials and others. Read the story here: time.com/7327675/trump-…