A crew member at work on the SS Wilfred Sykes on Lake Michigan on Aug. 29, 2025. The Sykes, which turned 75 last year, is one of only a half-dozen steam-powered lake freighters remaining. (Erinn Springer/The New York Times) By JENNIFER SCHUESSLER On a perfect blue-sky day in late July, the SS Wilfred Sykes was on northern Lake Michigan, approaching the pristine shore of Wisconsin’s Door County peninsula. It gave a horn blast, shimmied through a narrow canal and soon was glidi

D’Angelo performs at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn. on June 9, 2012 D’Angelo, the acclaimed neo-soul singer who found fame in the 1990s and early 2000s with an innovative and sensuous take on 1970s R&B, as well as with a risqué music video that briefly made him a pop culture phenomenon but drove him into nearly a decade of seclusion, died on Oct. 14, 2025 after a battle with cancer. He was 51. (Chad Batka/The New York Times) By BEN SISARIO ’Angelo,

Diane Keaton in a press photo for “Looking for Mr. Goodbar” (1977) (Wikipedia via Paramount Pictures/ABC - Ebay) By MANOHLA DARGIS It has often been quipped about the on-screen pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers that he gave her class and she gave him sex. With his romantic comedy “Annie Hall” (1977), Woody Allen gave Diane Keaton one of the defining roles of her career while she, for better and, yes, for worse, helped establish him as a credible-enough romantic lead.

Diane Keaton attends a Ralph Lauren fashion show in San Marino, Calif. in October 2022. Keaton, the vibrant, sometimes unconventional,...

Ozzy Osbourne performs with Black Sabbath as part of “The End” tour, at Madison Square Garden in New York, Feb. 25, 2016. Osbourne, who...

Laszlo Krasznahorkai, a Hungarian novelist known for his absurdist stories, in New York, June 5, 2014. Krasznahorkai was awarded the...

“Ghost World” (2001) By BRANDON YU September introduces another school year, and another chance to debut a new self. This month’s films...

Sergio Maya, who won best performer, center, and the other contest winners, Carmen María González, right, and Galia Siurob, second from...