“De Kooning: A Retrospective,” opening on Sunday at the Museum of Modern Art, pays long overdue attention to this Abstract Expressionist artist, and pays in full.
MUSIC REVIEW
Metallica Earns Its Top Billing of the Big Four
By BEN RATLIFF
The thorough and memorable concert let Metallica lord over its past as it headlined a seven-hour show with Anthrax, Megadeth and Slayer.
CRITIC’S NOTEBOOK
A Gentle Nod to Country, With a Streak of Darkness
By JON CARAMANICA
Lady Antebellum’s third album, “Own the Night,” elevates the group’s fecklessness to high art and makes no apologies for its blunt-force tactics.
MUSIC REVIEW
In Good Times and Bum Times, a Trouper With Feisty Resolve
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
The ever-resilient Elaine Stritch is performing an all-Sondheim program at Café Carlyle and embracing those pesky obstacles that come with age.
Baryshnikov Breaks Out His Russian For ‘In Paris’
By ELAINE SCIOLINO
Mikhail Baryshnikov is performing in “In Paris,” a stark, experimental theatrical adaptation of a 1940 short story by Ivan Bunin, the first Russian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
DANCE REVIEW
A Bold and Ferocious Swirl
By ALASTAIR MACAULAY
“Swan Lake” opened the New York City Ballet’s new season, and Peter Martins makes it different if not always good.
BOOKS OF THE TIMES
‘The Rogue’
By JOE MCGINNISS
Reviewed by JANET MASLIN
Joe McGinniss searches for “the real Sarah Palin” by moving in next door to her.
Consortium Views Arts as Engines of Recovery
By ROBIN POGREBIN
ArtPlace has brought foundations, corporations and federal agencies together to sponsor arts projects around the country.
Television
THE NEW SEASON
Six Actresses Not in Search of TV Work
By DAVE ITZKOFF
This season networks are hoping that Kat Dennings and a handful of other not-all-that-well-known young actresses will be able to carry television shows of their own.
CRITIC’S NOTEBOOK
It’s a Close Contest, but One Is Cruder
By NEIL GENZLINGER
The next few days bring the return of two of cable’s raunchiest sitcoms, “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” and “Blue Mountain State.”
ARTSBEAT Q. & A.
Emmys Watch: Peter Berg on 'Friday Night Lights'
By JEREMY EGNER
It took five seasons of time-slot swaps, near cancellations, lamentations from fans and a network-sharing agreement, but “Friday Night Lights,”finally received an Emmy nomination.
INTERACTIVE FEATURE: The New York Times Fall TV Ratings Pool
Tell us which shows from the Fall TV season will be the ratings winners and which shows will be canceled.
The New Season | Film
A Heartthrob Finds His Tough-Guy Side
By DENNIS LIM
Ryan Gosling’s coming roles suggest that the vengeance-fueled “Drive” is just the beginning of a new tough-guy phase.
ARTS & LEISURE
The Name Might Escape, Not the Work
By MANOHLA DARGIS and A. O. SCOTT
The faces, bodies and performances of character actors can linger in your memory even if you can’t quite recall their names.
Music Review: Emotions Swirl Amid the Simple Language
Music Review: French Compositions, and Even a French Horn
Newly Released Books
Immigration Advocates Split Over Arizona Boycott
Movie Review | 'Position Among the Stars': Upheaval in a Family That Hopes to Stand Out
A Battle at the French Box Office: Two Remakes of One Classic Film
Bridge: Chinese Team Takes Top Prize at a Tournament in Beijing
New York Today
The Listings
Longer versions of selected event listings in the New York area this week are now available online.
VIDEO FEATURE:Artists Reflect on Sept. 11
To mark the 10th anniversary of 9/11, The New York Times asked eight artists in disciplines like dance and film to talk about how that day and its aftermath have informed their work and lives.
Outdone by Reality
By MICHIKO KAKUTANI
In the last 10 years, some eloquent or daring works of art about 9/11 and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq eventually did emerge, but none were really game-changing.
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