Amanda Petrusich

“The Tortured Poets Department” has moments of tenderness. But it suffers from being too long and too familiar.

Jackson Holliday has had perfect swinging form since he was three years old. As a major leaguer, though, he’s still in his infancy.

Some of the portraits in “This Train” have an Edenic quality to them, as if Kurland is asking: What if my kid and I were the only two people in the world?

The social psychologist discusses the “great rewiring” of children’s brains, why social-media companies are to blame, and how to reverse course.

At the ex-President’s criminal trial, where Trump has been reprimanded for intimidating a potential juror, and a man self-immolated outside, it has been challenging to find twelve people willing to sit in the jury box.

How bots, mercenaries, and table scalpers have turned the restaurant reservation system inside out.

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There is nothing “plain” about vanilla when your extract is home-brewed.

Since leaving “Top Chef,” Lakshmi has found herself in a period of professional uncertainty. What better time to try standup comedy?

Is Taylor Swift doing too much? AMANDA PETRUSICH In the past several months, Taylor Swift has become culturally ubiquitous in a way that feels nearly terrifying.