Taylor Swift’s Master Plan

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story In 2014, Taylor Swift released an album called “1989,” marking her transition from country to pop. She went on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” where the talk-show host read aloud from some early…

“Ballerina” Leaps Into John Wick’s Bloody World

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story It’s been instructive to see “Ballerina,” which opens this week, so soon after the new “Mission: Impossible” installment. In the latter, it’s hard to top Tom Cruise’s intrepid stunt work, which…

The Heartrending Movies of John Cazale

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyYou’re reading the Goings On newsletter, a guide to what we’re watching, listening to, and doing this week. Sign up to receive it in your inbox. With his sallow face and boulder-like…

Miley Cyrus Finally Makes an Album Worthy of Her Voice

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Two weeks ago, in the run-up to the release of her ninth studio album, “Something Beautiful,” Miley Cyrus, who is thirty-two and one of the most successful pop stars of all…