Carrie Underwood Scores a No. 1 Album, and the Best Sales of the Year for a Woman

The last Posts from NY Times

• The Best and Worst of the Week's Trailers: Actress Showcases
• Last Chance: Four Knockout Group Shows to See Now
• Critic's Pick: Bruce Nauman Reappears: Pay Attention
• Fiction: In Barbara Kingsolver's New Book, a Family Teeters on the Brink
• Playlist: The Playlist: Esperanza Spalding's Intoxicating Groove, and 12 More New Songs
• The Halloween Movie Franchise: How We Have Covered It
• A Romanov Is Not Too Happy With ‘The Romanoffs'
• The Carpetbagger: Is This ‘A Star is Born' Pop Song Supposed to Be Bad or Glorious?
• Big Bird, Bella Thorne's Cats and More: Your Week in Pop Culture
• Review: Two Chamber Concerts, One Sparkling, One Depressing
• This Playwright Has Been Listening to Her Mother
• Review: Netflix's ‘Wanderlust' Is an Experiment in Fidelity
• Critic's Notebook: At MoMA, Judson Dance Looks Back With Anger and Toughness
• Not Just for Grown-Ups: The Broadway Audience Is Getting Younger
• The Saturday Profile: One of Italy's Last ‘Story Singers' Is Briefly Left Speechless
• Profile: ‘Friday Black' Uses Fantasy and Blistering Satire to Skewer Racism and Consumer Culture
• Live Review: Elton John Stays Flashy on the Long Road to Farewell
• Wealth Matters: A Push to Invest in the Arts Grows Stronger
• That Decisive Moment: New Opera at the Met: The Week in Classical Music
• Scene City: Katie Holmes, Ansel Elgort and Marc Jacobs on the Charity Circuit