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new video loaded: A New Oscar for Best CastingThis year, there’s a new category at the Oscars: the Academy Award for best achievement in casting. Our reporter Esther Zuckerman spoke with all five nominees to find out what makes good casting.By Esther Zuckerman, Léo Hamelin, Laura Salaberry and Edward VegaMarch 12, 2026

Best picture is the only Oscar category decided by preferential ballot. Our reporter Marc Tracy explains how that works.

new video loaded: How We Analyzed the Strike on the Iranian SchoolMalachy Browne of our Visual Investigations team describes what satellite imagery and other evidence tell us about who might be responsible for an airstrike on an elementary school in southern Iran. The strike killed at least 175 people, according to health officials and Iranian state media.By Malachy Browne, Aaron Boxerman, Coleman Lowndes and Estelle CaswellMarch 6, 2026

Our business reporter Peter Eavis looks at the global implications of the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway to the south of Iran. He analyzes ship activity in the strait, comparing it before and after the United States and Israel initiated attacks on Iran.By Peter Eavis, Sutton Raphael, Leila Medina, Stephanie Swart, Blacki Migliozzi, Christiaan Triebert, Keith Collins, Jacqueline Gu and Rebecca F. ElliottMarch 6, 2026

new video loaded: On the Ground in BeirutOur Beirut bureau chief, Christina Goldbaum, reports on the escalating conflict between Israel and the Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah, as Israel’s military seizes areas of southern Lebanon and carries out bombings.March 5, 2026

President Trump’s embrace of military action in Iran was set off by the determination of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel to end diplomatic negotiations. Our investigative reporter Mark Mazzetti describes how few of Mr. Trump’s advisers voiced opposition.By Mark Mazzetti, Leila Medina, Sutton Raphael, Joey Sendaydiego, Jon Hazell, Rafaela Balster and Whitney ShefteMarch 3, 2026

Hi, I’m Chloé Zhao. I am the director of “Hamnet.” This is when Agnes, who’s played by Jessie Buckley, comes to the Globe Theater to see her husband, William Shakespeare, played by Paul Mescal, his play, “Hamlet,” inspired by their son, Hamnet, who had passed away. “Look at me.” And in that moment, she realizes that he wrote this play to process and to express his grief for the loss of their son. For Maggie O’Farrell, the author of the novel “Hamnet,” and who is also my co-writer, when we were working on the screenplay, the entire script was moving…

Who is in charge of Iran’s government after airstrikes killed the supreme leader and some of his defense and security officials? Erika Solomon, our bureau chief for Iran and Iraq, describes what we know.By Erika Solomon, Nikolay Nikolov, Jon Miller, Stephanie Swart, Rafaela Balster, Samuel Granados and Christina ShamanMarch 3, 2026

new video loaded: Behind Trump’s Reversal On Regime ChangeAs a candidate, Donald J. Trump criticized regime change as “a proven, absolute failure.” Now he finds himself pursuing the exact kind of regime change he once criticized. Our chief White House correspondent, Peter Baker, tracks the president’s evolution on this issue.By Peter Baker, Coleman Lowndes, Leila Medina, James Surdam and Alexandra OstasiewiczMarch 2, 2026

new video loaded: Where the Strikes Leave IraniansIran is reeling a day after the United States and Israel carried out a large attack that killed Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Erika Solomon, the Iran bureau chief for The New York Times, explains how ordinary Iranians are responding to the sudden end of Khamenei’s authoritarian rule and the uncertain future that lies ahead.By Erika Solomon, Christina Thornell, Leila Medina, Nikolay Nikolov and June KimMarch 1, 2026