Author: NY TIMES

Fred Gaudelli served as lead producer for seven Super Bowl telecasts. If you like Roman numerals, Gaudily has produced Super Bowls XXXVII, XL, XLIII, XLVI, XLIX, LII and LVI. He was involved in the production of some of the most thrilling NFL championship games in history, including Super Bowl XLIX in 2015, in which New England Patriots rookie cornerback Malcolm Butler intercepted Seattle Seahawks at the goal line. Eagles quarterback Russell Wilson with 20 seconds left. New England came back to beat the Sonics 28-24. That game averaged 114.4 million viewers, making it the most-watched Super Bowl game in U.S.…

“Oppenheimer” was the first Christopher Nolan movie released since Cam and I broke up, and my interest in seeing it was neutral. I watched my friends go in twos and threes, reporting back good, bad and boring experiences. With peer pressure mounting, I decided that my seeing “Oppenheimer” hinged on Cam’s opinion. In the meantime, I saw “Barbie,” “Theater Camp” and “Barbie” again.Beginning on “Barbenheimer” weekend, I started checking Cam’s Letterboxd. I watched as he logged “Barbie” (four-and-a-half stars out of five), “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” (two stars), and “Talk to Me” (three-and-a-half stars). I read his reviews and…

Joe Madison, an influential talk radio host with a rumbling musical baritone, who interviewed President Barack Obama in the Oval Office and numerous other political leaders in his Washington, D.C., studio, urging them to take action on civil and human rights issues, has died at his home in Washington. He was 74.His family announced the death on Thursday but did not specify when it occurred. In December, Mr. Madison said in a statement that he was taking a leave from his daily show, on SiriusXM radio, after learning that his prostate cancer had returned; it had been in remission since…

A Delaware judge’s decision to void the pay package that helped make Elon Musk the world’s richest person leaves Tesla’s board with some difficult decisions to make.Chancellor Kathaleen St. J. McCormick of the Delaware Court of Chancery on Tuesday ordered Tesla to cancel stock options awarded to Mr. Musk, the electric car company’s chief executive, worth about $50 billion. Now the company’s directors must figure out a new compensation plan that can pass legal muster and satisfy Mr. Musk, who recently demanded that the board substantially increase his ownership of Tesla.Tesla and Mr. Musk could appeal the court decision. Mr.…

Things were going well for Cody Fry, a singer-songwriter and producer known for his lush pop songs. He was looking forward to a pair of concerts with Ben Rector and the Colorado Symphony at the Boettcher Concert Hall in Denver. And on Monday his management team called him with exciting news: One of his songs, “Things You Said,” a romantic duet with Abby Cates, was gaining TikTok traction in China.More than 750,000 videos were created with that song in a single day, Mr. Fry said in a TikTok video. It was the kind of organic viral moment that artists and…

Since the start of the conflict, a supplemental budget jumped to $47 million a month from $12 million a month, according to Tom White, UNRWA’s Gaza director.That extra money has paid for flour for 350,000 families; 14 million food items including canned meat and packets of dried chickpeas; mattress pads, blankets, and kitchen sets; the distribution of 20 million liters of water; and the building of latrines.Most of the aid UNWRA distributes is paid for with donor funds, Ms. Touma said.Still, officials said the flow of aid has been minuscule in comparison to the need. “It’s the absolute bare minimum,”…

Iran projects its military power through dozens of armed groups across the Middle East, but how much does it control their actions?That question has taken on new urgency as the United States considers its next steps after an attack by an Iranian-backed Iraqi militia on an American base in northwest Jordan. The attack on Sunday killed three soldiers and injured dozens of others.Iranian-backed groups have varying histories and relationships with Tehran, but all share Iran’s desire for the U.S. military to leave the region, and for Israel’s power to be reduced. Iranian rhetoric, echoed by its allied groups, often goes…

Neck braces will be mandatory at U.S. youth hockey games.Canada and many other countries have asked USA Hockey, which governs the sport at the amateur level in the United States, to long hold its position of “recommending” tear protection — namely neck braces, but also cut-resistant socks, sleeves and underwear.The decision, announced on Sunday and set to take effect on August 1, comes after former NHL player Adam Johnson died from a skate cut to his neck during a game in England. About nine months later.In the months since, more and more NHL players have begun wearing neck protection, either…

You are who you know — a truism forcefully demonstrated this week when Kristin Juszczyk, who happens to be married to the San Francisco 49ers fullback, Kyle Juszczyk, signed a deal with the N.F.L. to use its logos on the football jersey-like puffer jackets she designs.That agreement, first reported by Sportico, came on the heels of Taylor Swift wearing one of Ms. Juszczyk’s puffer jackets to a Kansas City Chiefs game last month. On the jacket was 87, the number worn by her boyfriend, Kansas City tight end Travis Kelce. Brittany Mahomes, the wife of the Kansas City quarterback, Patrick…

Meta’s stock price soared on Friday, adding hundreds of billions of dollars to the market value of the social media giant that owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.The company said on Thursday, after the market closed, that its latest quarterly profit more than tripled, as it benefited from a rebound in digital ads. It also announced its first dividend and authorized an additional $50 billion in share buybacks.Meta’s stock rose more than 20 percent on Friday, pushing it further into record territory. The company recently regained its trillion-dollar status, and because of its size it holds major sway over indexes like…