The New York Times – Film:
Jake Gyllenhaal, Seth Rogen and others explain how an audacious 2001 sci-fi indie flop overcame early disaster to become a phenomenon.
Category: Nineteen Hundred Nineties
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Billy Corgan Unloads After a Lifetime of ‘Mocking, Bullying, Laughing’
The New York Times – Music:
The Smashing Pumpkins frontman discusses his embrace of pop stars like Sombr and Olivia Rodrigo, his passion for guitar rock and has a few choice words for those who dismissed it.
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Pearl Jam’s Bass Player Is a Style Innovator
The New York Times – Music:
Fun hats. Layers. A blend of punk and jock fashions. A new book reveals Jeff Ament’s influence on a ’90s look that swept the nation.
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With ‘Barely Breathing’, Duncan Sheik Became an Accidental Pop Star
The New York Times – Music:
Sheik’s song “Barely Breathing” spent 55 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the late 1990s. But the success only propelled him closer to Broadway.
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The New York Times – T Magazine:
The artist, an enfant terrible of the 1990s, has embraced a quieter, more enigmatic style. Just don’t ask her what it all means.
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Toyohiro Akiyama, Japan’s Chain-Smoking ‘Space Antihero,’ Dies at 84
The New York Times – On the Runway:
A journalist, he was the first Japanese person to enter space, joining a Soviet crew as part of a spectacular $35 million ratings stunt in 1990.
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‘Point Break’: The Totally Tubular Ride With High-Voltage Buddy Chemistry
The New York Times – Film:
Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze were locked in as star-crossed rivals in Kathryn Bigelow’s 1991 adrenaline-fueled, utterly earnest surf action thriller.