Watch Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling Go Head to Head in ‘Late Night’ | Anatomy of a Scene
It’s a comedy writers’ room, but plenty of drama ensues.
In “Late Night,” Emma Thompson plays the talk-show host Katherine Newbury, who is pondering how to save her program from sinking ratings. A newcomer to the writing staff (Mindy Kaling, also the movie’s screenwriter) has ideas about the show, but they are welcomed with less than open arms.
In her narration, the director Nisha Ganatra discusses how she put Thompson and Kaling on opposite sides of the table to signify that the two women are “really on the same journey,” if at different points in their career. She also talks about techniques that add visual variety to a scene that mostly consists of characters talking around a table.
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June 14, 2019
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Who Is Boris Johnson? He May Be the Next Prime Minister of Britain | NYT News
Boris Johnson is the front-runner to be the next Conservative Party leader and prime minister. The former foreign secretary is a hard-line supporter of Brexit.
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June 13, 2019
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Why American Diabetics Go to Mexico and Craiglist for Insulin | NYT Opinion
In the video Op-Ed above, those affected by Type 1 diabetes argue that insulin is unaffordable, leaving diabetics to take risks like rationing insulin or buying from strangers online. Drug prices in the U.S. have risen dramatically in recent years, but with no alternatives to insulin, diabetics are caught in the crosshairs: Missing a single dose could land them in the hospital, and lead to death in as little as a few days.
Patent laws allow pharmaceutical companies to block competition and prevent affordable generics, and so-called safe harbor regulations legalize kickbacks between the makers of insulin and the middlemen who distribute it, ultimately raising prices for the consumer.
Colorado has recently capped insulin copays, and Congress is actively investigating why the price of insulin is so high. Ely Lilly, one of the top three insulin producers, has also announced a half-priced alternative to its top-selling product. But this is not enough: Insulin must be affordable and accessible in order to prevent more deaths from a perfectly manageable disease.
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Patent laws allow pharmaceutical companies to block competition and prevent affordable generics, and so-called safe harbor regulations legalize kickbacks between the makers of insulin and the middlemen who distribute it, ultimately raising prices for the consumer.
Colorado has recently capped insulin copays, and Congress is actively investigating why the price of insulin is so high. Ely Lilly, one of the top three insulin producers, has also announced a half-priced alternative to its top-selling product. But this is not enough: Insulin must be affordable and accessible in order to prevent more deaths from a perfectly manageable disease.
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June 13, 2019
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Why 28,000 Organs Won’t Make it to Patients in Need | NYT Opinion
In the video Op-Ed above, people on the organ wait list argue that it’s time for the government to step in, provide oversight and require transparency in the organ recovery system. Research shows that organ procurement organizations (O.P.O.s), responsible for recovering organs, are inefficient and lack accountability. While a record number of organs have been transplanted in the past five years, that is not evidence of a well-working system: These numbers are bloated by a recent increase in opioid-related deaths.
In May, the White House released its unified agenda to set priorities for the Department of Health and Human Services. A rule was proposed to address and make changes to the standards used to evaluate O.P.O. performance. It’s now up to H.H.S. to determine what kind of change to make.
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June 11, 2019
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Why Border Patrol Is Rescuing Migrant Families on the Rio Grande | NYT News
More and more families, often with young children, are crossing the Rio Grande to enter the U.S. We spoke with migrants who are making this risky decision and surrendering to Border Patrol.
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June 10, 2019
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Watch Sophie Turner and Michael Fassbender Battle in ‘Dark Phoenix’ | Anatomy of a Scene
How destructive can an action scene be between two people who don’t even touch each other during battle? If one of them has magnetic powers and the other telekinetic ones, you might want to duck.
This scene pits Magneto (Michael Fassbender) against Phoenix (Sophie Turner) in a sequence where a war of wills lead to pyrotechnics, errant helicopter blades and a superhero who takes a ride not on, but through, a few bicycles. In his narration, the writer and director Simon Kinberg discusses how he sought to create a set piece different from the kinds usually found in X-Men movies, while using real helicopters in the process.
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June 07, 2019
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Western Allies Have Pushed ISIS Out of Raqqa. But at What Cost? | NYT Opinion
The U.S. and its allies say 180 civilians were killed in military operations between June and October of 2017. A new Amnesty International investigation finds the number is actually over 1,600.
The United States, British and French militaries were successful in pushing ISIS out of Raqqa, Syria. But at what cost? Western forces have failed to acknowledge the extent of civilian deaths they caused and have yet to make a long-term commitment to help the survivors rebuild. They must further investigate what happened: If so may civilians died, clearly something went terribly wrong.
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June 05, 2019
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Why Biden’s First Run for President Failed | NYT News
When Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. sought the 1988 Democratic nomination for president, he was a young lawmaker running on a message of generational change. His bid, though, was doomed by self-inflicted mistakes. Here’s how it unfolded.
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June 04, 2019
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The U.S. Denies it Killed an Afghan Family, Our Investigation Found Otherwise | NYT
A woman and 11 children were killed in an airstrike on a home in Afghanistan last fall. We spoke to the father who was left to search for answers. The United States initially said it was not involved, but after our visual investigation, it changed its story.
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June 03, 2019
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Watch Octavia Spencer Take a Dark Turn in ‘Ma’ | Anatomy of a Scene
A group of teenagers picks the wrong adult to buy them alcohol in the horror thriller “Ma.” This early scene features Octavia Spencer as Sue Ann, who encounters Maggie (Diana Silvers) outside a liquor store with her friends in a van nearby.
Narrating the scene, the director Tate Taylor explains how he uses it to disarm the audience, giving a sense of innocence, but including clues that foreshadow the dark turns the movie will take.
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May 31, 2019
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The Stonewall You Know Is a Myth. And That’s O.K. | NYT Celebrating Pride
"Who threw the first brick at Stonewall?” has become a rallying cry, a cliche and a queer inside joke on the internet — never mind the fact that it’s not clear whether bricks were ever thrown during the riots at all.
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May 31, 2019
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The Truth Is Worth It: Commitment | Extended
When disruptions and delays upended New York City’s subway system, a team of Times reporters began a year-long long effort to show how the system was falling apart — and why.
June 11, 2019
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The Truth Is Worth It: Commitment | The New York Times
When disruptions and delays upended the MTA subway system in New York City, a team of Times reporters began a year-long long effort to show how the system was falling apart — and why.
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June 10, 2019
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How Olivia Wilde Created a Fantasy Musical Scene for ‘Booksmart’ | Anatomy of a Scene
How do you put together a dance scene with someone who hasn’t danced before? Very carefully.
The comedy “Booksmart” follows two soon-to-be high-school graduates, Molly and Amy (Beanie Feldstein and Kaitlyn Dever), who have spent too much time studying and no time partying. They’re correcting that in one wild night before graduation. This scene has them arriving at a party they’ve been trying to find for much of the film.
Molly spots her school crush, Nick (Mason Gooding), and the scene transitions into a fantasy musical sequence showing Molly’s inner thoughts. In her narration, the director Olivia Wilde discusses using classic Hollywood musicals as inspiration, what it took to pull off this sequence in one shot, and how she and her choreographer, Denna Thomsen, got great work out of Gooding, who hadn’t danced before this.
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May 24, 2019
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How U.S. Weapons Ended Up Hitting Hospitals in Yemen | NYT - Visual Investigations
In our video, a former State Department official sent to advise the Saudi-led coalition says he saw firsthand how it failed to avoid civilian casualties in Yemen — and how the U.S. chose to look the other way.
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May 23, 2019
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I'm in Nike's Ads, But They Won't Give Me Maternity Protections | NYT Opinion
I’ve always known that expressing myself could hurt my career. I’ve tried not to show emotion, to anticipate what people expect from me and to do it. I don’t like to let people down. But change does not come from silence.
Last week, two of my former Nike teammates, the Olympian runners Alysia Montaño and Kara Goucher, heroically broke their nondisclosure agreements with the company to share their pregnancy stories in a New York Times investigation.
Theirs are stories that we know to be true, but were too scared to tell publicly: If we have children, we risk pay cuts from our sponsors during pregnancy and afterward. It’s one example of a sports industry where the rules are still mostly made for and by men.
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May 22, 2019
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India Elections: How Modi Tried to Use a Religious Crisis to Win Votes | The Dispatch
We traveled to Kerala to see how Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party used a controversy at Sabarimala, one of India’s holiest Hindu shrines, to try to win another five-year term.
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May 21, 2019
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Watch Keanu Reeves Fight Ninjas in ‘John Wick: Chapter 3’ | Anatomy of a Scene
Sure, people in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones. But how about fists? “John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum” wouldn’t have it any other way. Here, the director Chad Stahelski discusses the details of a kinetic action sequence involving Keanu Reeves as Wick, and two Indonesian martial arts performers: Yayan Ruhian (“The Raid”) and Cecep Arif Rahman (“The Raid 2”).
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Correction: An earlier version of this post misstated the nationality of two martial arts performers in the scene. They are Indonesian, not Filipino.
May 17, 2019
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What Nike Told Me When I Wanted to Have a Baby | NYT Opinion
Being a mother and a champion was a crazy dream. But it didn’t have to be. Olympic runner Alysia Montano had accomplished all her dreams but one: being a mom. When she finally went for it, she faced her biggest challenge yet — her sponsors.
When Montano approached her sponsor to announce her pregnancy, they told her that they would just pause her contract. She famously ran a national championship and eight months pregnant to prove that pregnant women could compete. Now, she’s speaking out so that no one has to suffer like she did.
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May 13, 2019
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How to Create a Funny Action Scene in ‘Pokémon Detective Pikachu’ | Anatomy of a Scene
If you’re new to the world of Pokémon, it’s helpful to know that these creatures can’t speak. Having one talk to you would be as outrageous as your cat engaging in conversation. So what’s with that Pikachu chattering away with the voice of Ryan Reynolds?
Narrating this scene from “Pokémon Detective Pikachu,” the director Rob Letterman sets up that little bit of crazy and amps it up for the film’s lead human, Tim (Justice Smith). He meets the loquacious yellow gumshoe here for the first time, and they’re joined by a handful of rabid Aipom for good measure. Letterman discussed Smith’s dexterity on set, having to react to tennis balls, stuntmen and sometimes nothing at all as stand-ins for the digital critters that were added to the shot in postproduction.
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May 10, 2019
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“It’s 2019: Nudes are the currency of love,” Zendaya's character explains in the first episode of the new TV series “Euphoria,” which debuts on HBO Sunday. Zendaya’s character, Rue, plays a high school junior committed to numbing herself with vodka and whatever drugs she can get her hands on after a failed stint in rehab. It’s a far cry from Zendaya’s 8-year run as a Disney Channel star. “It’s a scary jump,” Zendaya said of her role in “Euphoria.” “But I think it was time for me to do this.” She’s confident the “Euphoria” audience is unlikely to overlap with Disney’s target demographic. “I don’t think any of my 8-year-old fans know” that this show exists, she said, smiling. “If they do, I don’t think their parents will let them watch it.” Read more of our interview with @zendaya at the link in our profile. @chantalaanderson shot this photo.
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There's nothing complicated about this potato salad. It's really just boiled potatoes, a simple Dijon vinaigrette and fresh herbs. That's it. Get @williamnorwich's recipe for Potato Salad With Dijon Vinaigrette at the link in our bio and follow @nytcooking for more recipes, both simple and complex. Photo by @krausfoto6.
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She's the queen of eating shellfish on the internet. Bethany Gaskin (@bloveslife2) claims that eating giant crab legs on YouTube has made her a millionaire. That's because she's a celebrity in the world of #mukbang, an internet phenomenon that involves eating outsize portions on camera. 🦀 Get all you can eat at the link in our bio. Photograph by @maddiemcgarvey for @nytimesfashion.
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Meet Frank, Tun, Colt and Bailey. They’re among the 55 dogs on active duty or in training at Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola who patrol the prison’s borders, sniff for narcotics, search for escapees and provide support to infirm and elderly inmates. (Frank tracks escaped prisoners; Tun and Colt are in training; Bailey was a washout as an explosives dog but will soon be certified as a narcotics dog.) Dogs have always been an integral part of prison life at Angola, which is America’s largest maximum-security prison. Two years ago, the prison started a volunteer program that trains service dogs to help veterans. Swipe right to see more good dogs, and visit the link in our profile to read more from @nytopinion about how the program is changing prison life at Angola. @fredrconrad shot these photos.
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20 years ago, a new game appeared in American arcades: Dance Dance Revolution. Players hit floor pads in sync with arrows that fly past on the cabinet’s screen in time to a relentless dance beat. Skilled players aim for “full combos” — not missing any of the steps. In Manhattan, only 2 DDR machines now remain in arcades, but they maintain a devoted following. Keya You, who plays at Dave & Buster’s in Times Square, said “Everyone there is trying to get better, but it’s not one of those games where you get better by bringing other people down.” Visit the link in our profile to meet more die-hard #DanceDanceRevolution players. Video by @canepari_til_i_die
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The best women's soccer team in the world is fighting for the World Cup title in France ... and also for equal pay at home. The U.S. women's national team is the best in the world and has been for decades. Since the FIFA Women’s World Cup was inaugurated in 1991, the United States has won 3 of the 7 titles, including the most recent one in 2015. And on March 8 of this year, they sued the United States Soccer Federation, claiming “purposeful gender discrimination.” “The bottom line is simple,” the star defender Becky Sauerbrunn said in a statement. “It is wrong for us to be paid and valued less for our work because of our gender.” Catch the game today and read more from @nytmag about their ongoing fight for equal pay at the link in our bio. @dina_litovsky photographed Mallory Pugh (@malpugh, at right) during a match against Belgium on April 7.
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The New York Times has obtained a preliminary design of the Harriet Tubman $20 bill, pictured above. The image of the bill, which was to be the first to bear the face of an African-American, was previously unreleased. The Trump administration announced last month that it would delay the release of the design by 6 years, citing technical reasons. The change would push completion of the imagery past President Trump’s time in office, even if he wins a second term, stirring speculation that Mr. Trump had intervened to keep his favorite president, Andrew Jackson, a fellow populist, on the front of the bill. Click the link in our bio to learn more about the bill and the plans for its release. #💵
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Hootie & the Blowfish is a great American rock band. Yes, really. The band that produced “Cracked Rear View,” one of the albums that defined the 1990s and spawned the Top 10 hits “Hold My Hand,” “Let Her Cry” and “Only Wanna Be With You,” has generally been reviled, shrugged off or forgotten. But it’s time for a reassessment, according to our pop music critic, Jon Caramanica. “At its peak, Hootie & the Blowfish was a genuinely excellent band,” @joncaramanica writes. “This is perhaps one of the last unpopular opinions.” Visit the link in our profile to read more in defense of the band, and share your thoughts in the comments below. @lovebryan shot this photo.
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The jazz funeral is perhaps New Orleans’s most emblematic ritual, dating to the late 1800s and the birth of jazz itself. It remains a powerfully transcendent rite, and a preferred way for black New Orleans to honor its revered dead. Slow dirges give way to joyous, uptempo numbers and cathartic dancing as the body is “cut loose,” and the soul ascends to heaven. When Leah Chase, the celebrated Creole chef and civil rights icon, died on June 1 at age 96, there was no question that her city would say farewell with a jazz funeral. On Monday afternoon, pallbearers emerged from St. Peter Claver Catholic Church with Mrs. Chase’s coffin. Hundreds were there to greet her. Soon they fell in line behind her hearse as it carried her on her last trip through the streets of the storied Treme neighborhood. Swipe right to see more, and visit the link in our profile for the full story. @ek_the_pj shot these photos.
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Who can adopt a Native American child? A bitter custody battle over this question is playing out in a Texas court. A white couple who adopted a Navajo boy, Zachary, is also trying to adopt his half sister (pictured in the second photo), but U.S. federal law gives Native American families priority to adopt Native American children, and the little girl’s great-aunt would also like to adopt her. Should tribal ties be the deciding factor in determining who gets custody? Tribes say yes. A federal judge says no. A lawyer for the family who adopted Zachary says the law “was about stopping unjustified breakups of Indian families, but this child has never lived in an Indian family.” “Our Navajo children are sacred to us,” says a social worker from the Navajo Nation. “We have our traditions, our ceremonies and our language handed down to our children. We don’t want to lose that.” The case is now before a federal appeals court. Whoever loses is almost certain to ask the Supreme Court to hear it. Swipe right to see more, and visit the link in our profile to read the full story. @ilanapl and @allisonvsmith shot these photos.
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Where’s Norman Rockwell when you need him? On June 28, 1956, a 5-year-old named Steven was one of the many children at Grand Central Terminal heading off to summer camp, in his case Camp Deerfield in Wilmington, Vermont. Sleepaway camps emerged in the late 1880s to counter the pernicious trends of mollycoddling and “indoor-ness.” Separating from their kids has not gotten easier for parents in the decades since. Helene Drobenare, executive director of Camp Young Judaea Sprout Lake, has seen enough teary-eyed parents that she has a speech prepared: “I say, ‘When you say goodbye to John, Jim, Sally, whoever you say goodbye to, you’re going to keep those sunglasses down, you’re going to hold back those tears as much as you can, and you’re going to smile with those teeth out. The most important thing you’re going to do is give your kids the message that you believe in them … When you turn around and you’re rolling out of the gate, you can cry all the way down the road — and there’s a liquor store where you can stop and get your first bottle of wine.” Photographs by Meyer Liebowitz, Barton Silverman and Steve Zavatski. Follow @nytarchives for more #tbt photos and click the link in our bio for more photos of summer camp fun.
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Russell Harvard wants to know why there’s a TV show about meerkats but not one about deaf people. “Are the writers afraid of writing deaf characters? Are we too complex?” he asked. In the Broadway production of “King Lear,” which closed June 9, Russell, 38, played the Duke of Cornwall, a role in which he translated Shakespeare’s language into American sign language. In the 2007 movie “There Will Be Blood,” Russell played another deaf character and used a vintage form of sign language: signing “small,” as he put it. “Now we sign bigger, he said. “There’s a lot more facial expression. Back in earlier decades, facial expression was very limited. We were a lot more stoic when we signed, because we didn’t want to be too intrusive with hearing people in their environment.” Read more at the link in our profile. @nate_nate shot this photo.
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