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Michael Schulman
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Staff writer at The New Yorker. Author of "Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep" and "Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears." www.michael-schulman.com
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Five years ago, I went under general anesthesia for gallbladder surgery, woke up hours later, groggily checked the news on my phone, and went "WHAT."

Missed the whole damn insurrection.
January 6, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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This story is wild. Worth every word. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/s...
She Tried to Kill a President. He Loved Her Anyway.
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January 5, 2026 at 8:49 PM
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Here are a few New Yorker stories I loved working on this year, starting with an inquiry into the life and work of Charlotte Zwerin, an unsung pioneer of cinema vérité—who just happened to live for four decades in the apartment I live in now, and died in my bedroom. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Charlotte’s Place: Living with the Ghost of a Vérité Pioneer
For the filmmaker Charlotte Zwerin, being known as the “third Maysles” was both a calling card and a curse.
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December 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Tatiana Schlossberg, daughter of Caroline Kennedy, has died at 35. In November, she wrote about receiving a terminal diagnosis following the birth of her daughter.
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A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
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December 30, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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I found this story riveting, not only because Suzy is a relative of mine and I've been hearing about this saga for YEARS. What happens when your widowed dad finds love again—with a would-be Presidential assassin? Wild stuff. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/s...
She Tried to Kill a President. He Loved Her Anyway.
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December 30, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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I think it's interesting that the Avatar films don't seem to have much of a life or cultural impact outside the theater but I also think it's extremely weird that such an observation is commonly met with the angriest sorts of responses
December 27, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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This wonderful @michaelschulman.bsky.social piece about puzzles & Sondheim is stuffed with funny, sticky details: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Sondheim had begun designing board games in his teens. He sent an idea to Parker Brothers and then considered suing when the company put out a game-Park and Shop-that he thought copied his. When he was twenty-three, he created a board game alternately called Stardom or Camp, in which players compete to succeed in Hollywood by sleeping their way to the top-the winner beds Norma Desmond-while affixing colored sequins to their faces. (The game was uncovered intact after his death, as his belongings were being prepared for auction.) Another, known as the Game of Hal Prince, or Producer, gamified the business of Broadway, with points allotted for good reviews and wild cards that ribbed Sondheim's contemporaries. (Jerome Robbins abandons the show to see his therapist.) Sondheim also collected antique
December 27, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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Happy Boxing Day to all the haters and losers.
December 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Gonna be a little bit ~different~ today and pay tribute to the queer icons of Christmas. Starting with fussy, frustrated, child-hating Professor Hinkle from "Frosty the Snowman."
Professor Hinkle confronting the bullies who stole his hat.
December 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Ah, my annual Christmas ritual of telling my teenage nieces all the famous people I interviewed this year and being met with baffled, unimpressed blank stares.
December 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Speaking of which, there are SO MANY good movies out in theaters this week (that aren't about blue aliens)! Go see "The Testament of Ann Lee" for singing Shakers, "No Other Choice" for late-capitalist mayhem, "Is This Thing On?" for marriage trouble, or "Marty Supreme" for sexy ping pong.
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For my last New Yorker piece of the year, I visited the Shaker room at the Met with the director Mona Fastvold, whose film "The Testament of Ann Lee" opens on Christmas Day and is absolutely weird and wonderful. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Mona Fastvold Knows Her Way Around a Chair
The director’s new movie, “The Testament of Ann Lee,” stars Amanda Seyfried as the Shakers’ founder. But the film’s furniture alone is worth a trip to the theatre.
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December 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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For my last New Yorker piece of the year, I visited the Shaker room at the Met with the director Mona Fastvold, whose film "The Testament of Ann Lee" opens on Christmas Day and is absolutely weird and wonderful. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Mona Fastvold Knows Her Way Around a Chair
The director’s new movie, “The Testament of Ann Lee,” stars Amanda Seyfried as the Shakers’ founder. But the film’s furniture alone is worth a trip to the theatre.
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December 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Pro tip: don't air promos for stories you catch & kill, defeats the purpose
December 22, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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The latest episode of “Who? Weekly” has a breakdown of this weird John Travolta / Riley Keough story that blew my mind. www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
John Travolta son is Elvis Presley's great grandson via Riley Keough egg donation, suit claims
Benjamin Travolta, 15, was conceived via an egg donation from actor Riley Keough, Elvis Presley's granddaughter, according to filings in ongoing litigation against Priscilla Presley.
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December 21, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Grateful to be on this list, for my story about a woman from Long Island who loves the Rangers and talking shit. Thanks to everyone who read and subscribes! www.newyorker.com/culture/2025...
The Top Twenty-five New Yorker Stories of 2025
Consider this your personal year-end reading list, one that we hope provides hours of pleasure.
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December 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Can’t wait to find out what’s in store this time around for modern cinema’s greatest adventure hero [googles to jog memory of name] Jake Sully! Played by [googles again] Sam Worthington!
December 20, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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Bowen Yang became a breakout star during his first season as a cast member on “S.N.L.” “You don’t know quite what he’s going to do,” Lorne Michaels said. Revisit a Profile of Yang, from 2024, amid Yang’s announcement that he’s leaving the show.
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December 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Sorry, "Heated Rivalry," the gayest thing related to professional hockey in 2025 was me going to a Rangers game with Patti LuPone.
Soon she was shouting at the players, “Take your clothes off, boys! Naked hockey! No cups—I want full frontal! HA!” “They have to wear skates,” White chimed in. “And the helmets.” LuPone grunted, “Does anyone still wear a hat?”
December 19, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.

Holy. Shit.

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Were there moments that you missed? Anything that happened that’s on the cutting room floor? I don’t think there’s anything I missed that I wish I’d gotten. I’ll give you a little anecdote: Stephen Miller was perhaps the most concerned about the portrait session. He asked me, “Should I smile or not smile?” and I said, “How would you want to be portrayed?” We agreed that we would do a bit of both. And then when we were finished, he comes up to me to shake my hand and say goodbye. And he says to me, “You know, you have a lot of power in the discretion you use to be kind to people.” And I looked at him and I said, “You know, you do, too.”
December 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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If you need a laff this week, here’s where to find it.
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Cole Escola and Amy Sedaris are guests on the new ep of my pod and we have a gay old time chattin' and cattin' around. howwasyourweek.com or wherever you get your podcast content
December 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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The Oscars' second century will be on YouTube. I did not see that coming!
December 17, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Since Stephen Sondheim’s death, in 2021, there have been a flurry of books about his life and his singular influence on musical theatre. A new addition zeroes in on a lesser-known side of the composer: his passion for puzzles and games.
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Stephen Sondheim, Puzzle Maestro
For the late Broadway composer, crafting crosswords and treasure hunts was as thrilling as writing musicals.
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December 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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I hope this lady shows up at his next press conference
December 17, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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Here's my annual list of the top ten performances of the year. Featuring Emma Stone, Bad Bunny, Paul Reubens, Michael B. Jordan, Sarah Snook...and a lil cameo from Satan. www.newyorker.com/culture/2025...
The Best Performances of 2025
In a year when the entertainment industry embraced the artificial, extraordinary human acts—from Sarah Snook’s one-woman “Dorian Gray” to Michael B. Jordan’s twin turn in “Sinners”—made their mark.
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December 16, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Entranced by the concept of doing an escape room with Stephen Sondheim, Mia Farrow, and Bernadette Peters
Sondheim’s final musical, “Here We Are,” produced posthumously in 2023, is based on a pair of Luis Buñuel films. As Joseph observes, Act I, in which a group of bougie friends search in vain for a place to order brunch, resembles a board game. Act II, in which they find themselves in an embassy that they are mysteriously unable to leave, is akin to an escape room—a live-action gaming trend that interested Sondheim late in life, when he organized escape-room outings with friends like Mia Farrow and Bernadette Peters.
December 16, 2025 at 12:31 AM