Angélica Figueroa de Valldejuli transformed interior design education in Puerto Rico in the 1950s by establishing the island’s first independent specialized school in the discipline. ( joemiburgosdiaz.com ) By THE STAR STAFF As she prepares for her presentation this Thursday, University of Puerto Rico (UPR)-Carolina Prof. Joemi Burgos Díaz says her goal is clear: to bring overdue recognition to Angélica Figueroa de Valldejuli, the founder of Puerto Rico’s first specialized sc

Kendrick Lamar took home five trophies, more than any other artist, including for record of the year and best rap album. By BEN SISARIO Kendrick Lamar and Bad Bunny were the top winners at the 68th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, in a night of musical milestones and sharp commentary from stars opposing the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. Bad Bunny, who dominates streaming and is set to perform at the Super Bowl halftime show next Sunday, took album of the year f

By MAYA PHILLIPS Catherine O’Hara was already comedy royalty in Canada when she became known across the world thanks to her role in the 1990 blockbuster “Home Alone.” In a movie packed with memorable pratfalls and a precocious performance by a young Macaulay Culkin, it’s O’Hara who provides one of its most enduring moments. It comes when she, as the mother of Culkin’s Kevin McCallister, realizes that her son has been left behind while the family flies to France at Christmas.

The actress Catherine O’Hara, a star of “Schitt’s Creek,” in Los Angeles on Dec. 27, 2019. O’Hara, the comedian best known for her roles in “Home Alone,” “Schitt’s Creek” and “Beetlejuice,” and as a member of the influential Canadian sketch comedy series “S.C.T.V.,” has died, the New York Times reported on Jan. 30, 2026. She was 71. (Ryan Pfluger/The New York Times) By ALEX WILLIAMS and RYLEE KIRK Catherine O’Hara, the Emmy Award-winning comic actress who endeared herself to

Lauryn Hill performs at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in New York, Dec. 28, 2010. Hill has been booked to pay tribute to Roberta Flack and D’Angelo as part of the Grammys’ annual segment honoring artists who have died in the past year. (Chad Batka/The New York Times) By BEN SISARIO Every year, the producers of the Grammy Awards look for a breakout performance from beyond its roster of nominees. A returning icon, perhaps, to bring the audience — millions of fans watching at h

“The Wrecking Crew” (Amazon MGM Studios) By CALUM MARSH The action in “The Wrecking Crew” is so good, its fights so brisk and its car chases so lively, that it makes you wish its muscular leads, Jason Momoa and Dave Bautista, had starred in more decent action movies. That might sound odd, given that they’ve each spent a decade heading up superhero franchises — Momoa as Aquaman, Bautista as Drax the Destroyer in Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy.” But their gifts have been smo

Patrick Dempsey in Toronto, Jan. 10, 2026. The actor has spent a decade dismantling his McDreamy persona from “Grey’s Anatomy” — he stars as an assassin in a new Fox thriller. (Nathan Cyprys/The New York Times) By ALEXIS SOLOSKI Before actor Patrick Dempsey could sit down in the second-floor restaurant of Toronto’s Ritz-Carlton Hotel, a group of women celebrating a birthday stopped him, asking for a photo. Dempsey posed among them. His teeth were white, his hair was thick and

Opera singer Denyce Graves at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Jan. 20, 2026. The mezzo-soprano persevered through health challenges to become one of opera’s top singers. (Karsten Moran/The New York Times) By ADAM NAGOURNEY Denyce Graves made sure to stick a few tissues into a pocket of her costume for the Saturday matinee of the Gershwins’ “Porgy and Bess.” It was the 158th — and the final — time she would perform at the Metropolitan Opera. She was sure she was going to c

By JOSÉ BAUTISTA Prosecutors in Madrid said late last week that they had ended an investigation into singer Julio Iglesias, saying that Spanish officials had no legal authority to examine claims that he had sexually abused two former employees in the Caribbean. The decision came nearly three weeks after the two women filed a complaint with a Spanish court accusing Iglesias, 82, of abusing one of them in the Dominican Republic and the other in the Bahamas. Iglesias denied the

“Cutting Through Rocks” By ALISSA WILKINSON Documentaries tend to be about — and are sometimes made by — people who refuse to do as they’re told. But even by those standards, this year’s Oscar nominees for best documentary feature are subversive and brave. Taken individually, each is a story about standing up to something that seems too big to confront: an authoritarian government, an abusive system, dehumanizing societal norms. Together, they show the power of nonfiction fil