Debbie Leiderman

A year ago, Steve Lacy was an indie musician with a modest following. Now the safety of relative anonymity is a fast-fading memory, and each step toward the celebrity he is becoming could mean either the end of the beginning, or the beginning of the end. nyti.ms/3WxXIsD

The Cambodian government says it suspects that dozens of antiquities at the Met museum were looted based on evidence it has collected. The museum says Cambodia has yet to furnish the evidence. The U.S. Justice Department has stepped into the negotiations. nyti.ms/3AbQgdk

"It's time to try new things." Amber Gray on leaving "Hadestown," joining "Macbeth," job sharing and frog secretions. nyti.ms/3s6Ew8R

Ariana DeBose was in bed, and Rita Moreno was in her pajamas, when I spoke to them about playing Anita -- and that was just the start of our intimate, revealing conversation. nyti.ms/3EYUiqh

Becca Meyers, the deaf-blind swimmer who dropped out of the Paralympics, is not the only disabled athlete asking for better support. I spoke with several other Paralympic athletes about the need for more personal care assistants during the Games: nytimes.com/2021/08/10/sport…

The documentary “Roadrunner” by Morgan Neville uses 45 seconds of a voice generated with artificial intelligence that sounds like Anthony Bourdain's. Is it ethical? nyti.ms/3xQPSyk