内容摘要：, is most proud that he got an op-ed published in The Washington Post about how

, is most proud that he got an op-ed published in The Washington Post about how

— Robert De Niro stars in a new limited series for Netflix calledpremiering Thursday. Former NBC news president Noah Oppenheim and New York Times reporter Michael Schmidt are co-creators. The political conspiracy series is centered around a global cyberattack and features an impressive main cast including Angela Bassett, Joan Allen, Jesse Plemons, Lizzy Caplan, Connie Britton, Dan Stevens and Matthew Modine. Last May, De Niro was caught on camera yelling at anti-Israel protesters and some social media users quickly described the two-time Oscar winner as making a statement about the Israel-Hamas war.

was actually rehearsing a scene for the show.also a two-time Oscar winner, narrates a 10-episode nature series for NBC calledFrom the executive producers of “Planet Earth” and scored by Hans Zimmer, “The Americas” highlights the natural beauty and wildlife in North and South America. It took more than five years and 180 expeditions to complete the project which debuts Sunday, Feb. 23 and streams on Peacock.

and Helen Mirren reprise their roles of Jacob and Cara Dutton in season two offor Paramount+ starting Sunday, Feb. 23. The story is a prequel to “Yellowstone” about early members of the Dutton family laying claim to their Montana land. The new episodes come after a long wait due to the

and will conclude this chapter in the Dutton-verse.

after the original version that aired on USA became the most-streamed show of 2023 thanks to its availability on Netflix and Peacock. “Suits LA” stars Stephen Amell (“Arrow,” “Heels”) and centers on a successful law firm on the West Coast that specializes in entertainment and criminal cases. While this version does not feature former “Suits” cast memberexploits all the tension and ambiguity inherent in that opening scene to craft a short, propulsive novel that suggests that at work and in life, we are constantly trying out roles and making it up as we go along. Or, to quote

, “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.”“Audition” features an unnamed female narrator, an actor of some renown, in rehearsals for a difficult new play. When she is not on stage, she lives a quiet life in the West Village with her art historian husband, Tomas. Halfway through the novel, everything changes. The relationships between her, Xavier and Tomas are turned upside down in head-spinning fashion like the figure/ground illusion known as Rubin’s vase. Look at the picture one way, and it is a container for flowers; look at it another way, and it is the silhouettes of two heads facing each other.

Kitamura’s two previous novels also featured unnamed female protagonists whose work was bound up with interpretation: in “Intimacies,” a female interpreter at the Hague, and in “A Separation,” a translator. In this book she evokes a stylish city built out of glass, a sort of Mastercard ad where people have personal assistants and nibble on charcuterie trays in tastefully furnished apartments.In this facsimile of New York, which does not include disheveled people sleeping on the street or garbage spilling out of trash cans, Kitamura does a good job of creating a sense of the uncanny and feeling of dread. Reality is unstable; nothing is as it seems.