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From: NYTimes.com <nytdirect®nytimes.com> To: Subject: Times Insider: Highlights From the Week Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2017 15:05:10 +0000 View in Browser Add to your address book. Saturday, February 25, 2017 [R, The New York it The New York Times ;Ryuichi Kanari, in the newsroom of The Asahi Shimbun's New York bureau (located on the 18th floor of the Times building), spent more than a year traveling through the Rust Belt working on his new book, "Trump Kingdom: The Trip to See the Other America." Ryuichi Kanari, in the newsroom of The Asahi Shimbun's New York bureau (located on the 18th floor of the Times building), spent more than a year traveling through the Rust Belt working on his new book, 'Trump Kingdom: The Trip to See the Other America." Stephen Hihner/The New York Times Hello Insiders, Political drama? Yes, and lots of it. On Friday, reporters from The New York Times and some other media outlets were not allowed to enter the office of President Trump's press secretary, Sean M. Spicer, in an unusual breach of protocol. "Nothing like this has ever happened at the White House in our long history of covering multiple administrations of different parties," said Dean Baguet, the EFTA00711133 executive editor of The Times. Shall we expect the Academy Awards this Sunday to be equally dramatic? Very possibly, if the year's previous awards ceremonies are anything to go by, writes Cara Buckley. Read! This brings me to a question we polled you on a few weeks back: Should celebrities use their platforms to express political opinions? A full 83 percent of you said yes. "Why not?" one of you wrote in the comments. "It depends," said another. And "free speech is free speech," wrote a third. One last recommendation: Do listen to our new audio report, The Daily, hosted by the Times reporter Michael Barbaro. You'll get succinct and deep analysis of the most important news of the day. an addict. Listen! Until next week, Francesca Donner Times Insider What to Read Now Julia Louis-Dreyfus speaking out at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Jan. 29. Mike Blake/Reuters By CARA BUCKLEY The Carpetbagger columnist, Cara Buckley, describes the controversy likely to roil this EFTA00711134 Political Drama at This Year's Oscars? Yes, Very Likely year's Academy Awards season. INSIDER PODCASTS Good, Bad and Mad: Andrew Rosenthal on the News Is, > The opinion columnist Andrew Rosenthal on President Trump's "crumbs of condescension" for Jews, deportation plans, John McCain's resistance and other news. ;:Clockwise from top left: Workers lifting fallen headstones on Tuesday at Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in University City, Mo.; TALK TO THE TIMES Cara Buckley: Gearing Up for the 2017 Academy Awards On Wednesday, Feb. 22, Cara Buckley, a culture reporter at The Times, was on hand for a live chat in advance of the Oscars. What We're Reading Compiled by ANDREA KANNAPELI. Great reads around the web, from Steven Erlanger, Erin McCann and others. LOOKING BACK 1928 1 La 9 • Lxa, a Home 6,700 Miles Away From Home By DAVID W. DUNLAP For 89 years — with one significant interruption during the 194os — The Asahi Shimbun has had its own space in the headquarters of The New York Times. ;;;Ryuichi ICanari, in the newsroom of The Asahi Shimbun's New York bureau, spent more than a year traveling through the Rust Belt working on EFTA00711135 A Few Things to Know About Times Insider You get our newsletter — great! But did you know that your Times Insider subscription also allows you to ... 1. Go behind the scenes! Read first-person accounts, tales from war zones and dispatches from our reporters around the world. Click here to visit our homepage. 2. Learn how we work! Hear how we're gearing up to cover President Trump and what the future of The Times might be on "Inside The Times," our weekly podcast. (Subscribe on iTunes or Google Play.) 3. Join us for live conversation — and bring questions! Our live chats — in person and live-streamed — allow you to meet and ask questions of Times journalists like crossword editor Will Shortz, food editor Sam Sifton, travel editor Monica Drake, and columnists Frank Bruni and Gail Collins. 4. Download free TBooks! What do "Hamilton," the Russian doping scandal and Downton Abbey have in common? Each is the subject of one of our 140+ e-books — curated by Times editors and available for free to Insiders. 5. Give a Free NYT Subscription! Give a complimentary digital subscription to a family member or friend at no extra charge. FOLLOW NYTimes Fa FACEBOOK Tw @nytimes Get more newsletters » Times Journeys - How people that want to understand. travel. ABOUT THIS EMAIL You received this newsletter as part of your limes Insider subscription. Unsubscribe Manage Subscriptions Change Your Email Privacy Policy Contact Advertise Copyright 2017 The New York Times Company 620 Eighth Avenue New York. NY 10018 EFTA00711136 2 EFTA00711137