Joan Cusack poses for a photograph at Pixar’s headquarters in Emeryville, Calif., on June 5, 2026. After 27 years, the beloved “Toy Story” cowgirl doll Jessie, voiced by Cusack, is finally in charge, but the actress played an important role in shaping the character early on. (Arsenii Vaselenko/The New York Times) By SARAH BAHR Joan Cusack was over the moon when she learned that “Toy Story 5” would be Jessie’s film. “I was so excited,” Cusack, 63, said in a recent call from th

Olivia Rodrgo performs at Acrisure Arena in Palm Springs, Calif., on Feb. 24, 2024. On her third album, “You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love,” the 23-year-old singer delivers a polished, solemn breakup chronicle that misses her signature adrenaline rush. (OK McCausland/The New York Times) By LINDSAY ZOLADZ In the opening verse of “Drop Dead,” the heart-fluttering synth-pop single that kicks off Olivia Rodrigo’s third album, “You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love,” t

By ERIK PIEPENBURG ‘Monkey’s Magic Merry Go Round’ His name is Mr. Jensen (Michael Gilio), but his furry puppet pals call him Jimbo. Soft-spoken and 1950s dad handsome, James is the host of a low-budget children’s television show who welcomes his audience to join him on the patio of his little house with a little garden that’s all just a little too creepy. When James spies a package inside his friend Marty the mailbox, James says to the camera: “I am fond of things that come

“Greenland 2: Migration” By ELISABETH VINCENTELLI Among this month’s picks: a zombie road movie, an alien action movie and Gerard Butler in a postapocalyptic sequel. ‘Greenland 2: Migration’ By escaping to Thule Air Base in the title country of the movie “Greenland,” the Garrity family narrowly survived Earth’s near-total destruction. In the sequel, five years after the apocalyptic event, we catch up with the Garritys (Gerard Butler and Morena Baccarin) and their 15-year-old

“The Gas Station Attendant” (in theaters) is Karla Murthy’s loving, sometimes regretful effort to actually look at her father, H.N. Shantha Murthy. By ALISSA WILKINSON Children spend a great deal of time watching their parents, but it often takes a lifetime to really see them. The new documentary “The Gas Station Attendant” (in theaters) is Karla Murthy’s loving, sometimes regretful effort to actually look at her father, H.N. Shantha Murthy. He left his village in India as a

There’s a lot going on in “Disclosure Day,” story-wise and otherwise, but its maximalism is coherent and strategic. (Universal Pictures) By MANOHLA DARGIS Steven Spielberg’s “Disclosure Day” is one of those movies that sweeps you up from the start and rarely lets you down. A rollicking science-fiction adventure, it finds Spielberg revisiting a genre that he has populated with charming and horrifying extraterrestrials, genetically engineered dinosaurs and plugged-in psychics,

Taylor Swift at the Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Gala in New York on Thursday night, June 11, 2026. In her speech, Swift, who has 14 Grammys and 14 No. 1 hits among countless sales records, seemed particularly moved to be honored for songwriting, which she called “pretty much the only thing I ever just naturally did.” (Thea Traff/The New York Times) By MALIA MÉNDEZ Taylor Swift’s voice cracked repeatedly during her speech at Thursday’s Songwriters Hall of Fam

Conductor Gustavo Dudamel at the Walt Disney Hall in Los Angeles, Feb. 10, 2026. (Jake Michaels/The New York Times) By ADAM NAGOURNEY There was “Bravo Gustavo!” a musical tribute that John Williams wrote for his friend Gustavo Dudamel, the outgoing music and artistic director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, which premiered the piece while Williams cheered from his fifth-row seat at Walt Disney Concert Hall. There was a new production of Richard Wagner’s “Die Walküre,” led by

“Scary Movie” (2026) (Paramount Pictures) By KELLINA MOORE This article contains spoilers for the new “Scary Movie.” What’s your favorite Scary Movie? No, not like “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” or “Friday the 13th” — more like the one where Anna Faris gets into a fist fight with a cat or the one where Regina Hall gets stabbed for talking in the theater. Yes, I’m talking about the parody movies of the 2000s (and one from the early 2010s) that sent up the reigning horror trope

The cast of “Schmigadoon!” celebrates winning the Tony Award for best new musical at the 79th Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York, on Sunday, June 7, 2026. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times) By MICHAEL PAULSON “Schmigadoon!,” a musical comedy that lovingly spoofs the genre by imagining a bickering couple trapped in a fantastical village whose residents keep bursting into song, won the coveted Tony Award for best new musical on Sunday night. The win by “Schmigadoo