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new video loaded: ‘Eddington’ | Anatomy of a ScenetranscriptBacktranscript‘Eddington’ | Anatomy of a SceneThe writer and director Ari Aster narrates a sequence from his film featuring Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal.My name is Ari Aster. I am the writer- director of “Eddington.” As we start, I just want to say that this is a pivotal scene in the film, and it is best for you to have watched the film before watching this, as this is a spoiler. So we are nearing the midpoint of the film here, and we are now following Joaquin Phoenix’s character, Sheriff Joe cross, who’s…

new video loaded: In the Latest Space Race, It’s China vs. SpaceXBy Selam Gebrekidan, Nikolay Nikolov, Jon Hazell, Laura Salaberry and Malika Khurana•July 24, 2025China has made it a national priority to catch up with SpaceX’s nearly 8,000 Starlink internet-providing satellites in low-Earth orbit, which it regards as a military threat. Despite successes in other parts of its space program, China has just 124 internet-providing satellites in low-Earth orbit. Selam Gebrekidian, an investigative reporter for The New York Times, explains why China is lagging behind in this new space race.Recent episodes in Behind the ReportingShow more videos from Behind the…

Austria’s government will make good on pledges to double its military budget over the next seven years, its chancellor has affirmed, in the latest example of a newly unsettled global outlook driving a boom in defense spending in Europe.The chancellor, Christian Stocker, who took office in March and is a member of the center-right Austrian People’s Party, told The New York Times in an interview in Vienna on Monday that the historically neutral Alpine nation must respond to growing threats and uncertainties. That means reversing a decades-long trend of shrinking military budgets as a share of the economy.“After the fall…

I’m James Gunn. I’m the writer and director of ‘Superman.’ So in this scene, we have David Corenswet as Clark Kent slash Superman and Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane. They are dating. And Lois calls out Clark for writing interviews with himself to put in the newspaper. And he says, well, you could interview me sometime. And she says, right now? And this is the beginning of the part where she interviews him. “Well, Boravia invaded Jarhanpur. And I showed up and told them that wasn’t right.” “And?” “And smashed some tanks and things, and a couple of planes, and…

More than 1.4 million Afghans have been forced out of Iran since January amid a governmental crackdown. Elian Peltier, an international correspondent at The New York Times, reports from the Afghanistan-Iran border. There, he met with Afghans grappling with an uncertain future, as they return to a country with widespread poverty and severe restrictions on women’s and girls’ rights.

There are multiple bills before the House that could redefine the way crypto is regulated in the U.S. Those in the crypto industry have been lobbying for the bills, which could lead to less oversight of the industry by the S.E.C. and to more widespread use of stablecoins. David Yaffe-Bellany, a technology reporter for The New York Times, explains.

Global Citizen, which organizes charity musical festivals and is producing the halftime shows for FIFA, quickly learned some lessons for next summer, when 48 nations compete throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico. Hugh Evans, Global Citizen’s chief executive, said it must keep the performers cooler (temperatures were over 80 degrees) and improve the exposure of cameras because of the sun. But he was pleased overall, shedding a tear after watching the show.

At 65, Weird Al still commands the stage like a natural-born rocker, with high kicks and the panache to pull off what few other artists can (including a fat suit). During “Eat It,” a riff on Michael Jackson’s “Beat It,” audience members — many in Hawaiian shirts and sporting curly locks — were on their feet. Even a seen-it-all security guard danced. For “White & Nerdy,” Weird Al arrived via scooter, to the thump of Chamillionaire’s “Ridin’.” Father-son pairs, arm-in-arm, knew every lyric.

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Unregulated heavy rare earth mining in war-torn Myanmar is poisoning the Kok River in Thailand. Hannah Beech, a New York Times reporter based in Bangkok, spoke to locals about the negative effects.