Names and faces

■ After too many years away from Curb Your Enthusiasm, Larry

David pronounces himself satisfied with the new season, which he said is just like previous ones, and glad he did it. That’s pretty good — no, very good — on several fronts. First, it means the blunt-trauma insults that David delivered for eight seasons on the HBO comedy are undiminished, as is the show’s willingness to milk any subject for laughs, from sex to ethnicity to illness. Second, he’s inclined to keep the revival going, and without such a lag. “I would say leaning toward it,” David said. “If there are more, it’s not going to be five years. … It’s too long. I wouldn’t want people to wait that long.” The world of “TV Larry,” as he’s labeled his alter ego, is insulated from the current White House tenant and national tensions. All the angst is petty, personal and courtesy of David and costars Cheryl Hines, Jeff Garlin, Susie Essman, J.B. Smoove, Richard Lewis and Bob Einstein, along with a bumper crop of guests including Elizabeth Banks, Lauren Graham and Bryan Cranston.

■ Pop star Miley Cyrus returned to her Tennessee roots for the release of her new album Younger Now, with a hometown performance at a Nashville, Tenn., honky-tonk. Cyrus answered questions from her fans and chatted with her dad, country singer Billy Ray Cyrus, during Friday night’s welcome home party thrown by the streaming service Spotify. She then performed a short set of her new songs during the appearance at Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge. As an artist who constantly reinvents her persona, Cyrus declares on the title track that, “No one stays the same.” On this record, she’s more serene than shocking, with more twangy pop melodies than dance hits. Fans camped outside the bar for hours hoping to see the singer, who grew up in Nashville before becoming a teen television star in the Disney Channel program Hannah Montana. Her career transition provided plenty of provoking moments as she embraced her sexuality and sought to ditch the wholesome teen act. Now 24 years old with six studio albums, Cyrus told her fans that she was no longer running from her old music, but embracing the songs. “Allowing them to mean something to me, even though I have grown past them in a way,” she said.

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