Yearly Archives: 2023
Patti Smith Hospitalized In Italy Due To “Sudden Illness”
"The 76-year-old singer (was) to perform in Bologna but she cancelled the concert after suffering what the city’s Teatro Duse described as a 'sudden...
Netflix’s List Of What’s Being Watched Makes For Interesting Reading
After poring over the giant spreadsheet, here are some things that stand out. - The Hollywood Reporter
Google Loses App Store Lawsuit – A Win For Creators
Epic had accused Google of restricting smartphone makers, wireless carriers, and app developers from providing any competition to the Play store, which accounts for...
How The Ballpoint Pen Changed Writing
No need of handwriting? Surely there must be some reason I keep finding pens everywhere. - The Atlantic
For First Time, Netflix Shares Data On What We’re Watching
The report, titled “What We Watched,” includes viewership data for the movies and television shows watched on the streaming service between January and June 2023. - Washington...
Creative Disruption That Creates More Than It Destroys
Firms that generate nondisruptive creation lead with agency. Rather than start with the chessboard, they envision what could be and what should be, irrespective...
Should London Build A Sphere Like The One In Las Vegas?
Madison Square Garden Entertainment (MSG), the organisation behind the venue, wanted to build a Sphere on a former coach park at Stratford in east...
Motion Picture Association Appeals To Congress For New Piracy-Fighting Measures
The MPA wants legislation that would enable content companies to seek court injunctive relief that would require internet service providers and other intermediaries to disable access...
An Encyclopedia Of European Odors
"When the European Union put out a call to researchers to help museums enhance the impact of their digital collections, 'We immediately thought: smell,'...
Tech Always Changes Previous Realities. Fakes And Lies Abound
We are confined to reality, but we cannot confront facts (or even make sense of them) without the salve of fiction. As Joan Didion...
Native Americans’ Ambivalence About “Killers Of The Flower Moon”
"Many, particularly members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma, welcomed the movie, applauding Scorsese for his meticulous portrayal of Osage culture. … But other...
In-Flight Entertainment Has Become Huge Business
The in-flight entertainment and connectivity market grew to US$5.9 billion as of 2019, a testament to its economic impact on both the airlines and...
Dance As Philosophy And The Dancer As Philosopher
"In (the treatise) On Dance," first-century philosopher Lucian of Samosata "makes two ground-breaking claims: that the body thinks, and that dance is the expression...
How Twitter Changed The News
That split between the big audience on Facebook and the influential audience on Twitter was instantly obvious to anyone in any newsroom who ever cared to look. - The...
Some Movie Theaters Really Want To Bring Back Intermissions
As more major films, including some big hits, run longer than three hours, exhibitors can schedule fewer showings per day — so they want...
Do You See/Hear/Smell What I Do? (Probably Not)
New research is uncovering the hidden differences in how people experience the world. The consequences are unsettling. - Aeon
Most Of The World’s French-Speakers Are Now In Africa, And They’re Changing The Language
"Through social media platforms like TikTok and YouTube, they are literally spreading the word, reshaping the French language from African countries, like Ivory Coast,...
It Took Argentina’s New President One Day To Shut Down The Ministry of Culture
"Just one day after his December 10 swearing-in, Javier Milei, … a hard-right libertarian economist and former tantric-sex coach who beat out center-left former...
Richard Gaddes, Founder Of Opera Theater Of St. Louis And Former Director Of Santa...
"Among the most influential and progressive leaders in American opera, … (he maintained) a commitment to living composers through world and American premieres. He...
Charlotte Symphony Makes History, Appointing Black And Openly Gay Conductor As Music Director
Kwamé Ryan, a 53-year-old Trinidadian-Canadian, "studied at Cambridge, lives on the edge of Germany’s Black Forest with his husband, hosts a weekly podcast for...
Actor Andre Braugher Has Died At 61
He had a breakout role in the 1989 Civil War epic Glory and went on to television stardom in both drama (Homicide: Life on...
Britain’s National Theatre Appoints Its Next Director: Indhu Rubasingham
"(The appointment marks) the first time that a woman and a person of colour has taken on the biggest role in British theatre. Rubasingham,...
Why Indhu Rubasingham Is An Ideal Choice To Lead Britain’s National Theatre
"Those who dare say she got the job because of her gender should take a closer look at her accomplishments. … (She) has more...
British Museum Reveals Just How Much Damage Was Done By Its Thieving Ex-Employee
"About 1,500 items (have been) classified as missing or stolen. Around 350 items in the museum’s collection have gold mounts or gems missing and...
The University Uncancelled
The portrait of a cowed institution has little in common with the reality of campus politics. The truth is that a university, like any...
