Yearly Archives: 2023
Regal Cinemas’ Parent Company Has A Deal To Emerge From Bankruptcy
"Movie theater giant Cineworld … said it still expects to emerge from its Chapter 11 cases during the first half of 2023, even though...
Where Is The Line When It Comes To Revising Classic Novels?
As revelations emerged in recent weeks that the estates of several revered literary figures are altering portions of well-known works, the questions of whether,...
UK Regulator Warns Broadcasters About Use Of Deepfakes
While acknowledging “there are clear benefits to broadcasters” from the use of deepfake technology such as the potential to increase audience engagement, the regulator...
Remember Tetris? How It Swept The World And Continues To Fascinate Decades Later
Less familiar is the true story of how a prototype created in 1984 by a software engineer for the Soviet Union’s Academy of Sciences...
Disney, Entertainment Execs To Testify In Congress About China Ties
Disney and other studios have been criticized by lawmakers for self-censorship of movies as a way of gaining entry into the Chinese marketplace. - Deadline
Why Diversity Efforts In UK Arts Aren’t Making A Difference
The creative industries remain fundamentally white spaces. The latest 2020/21 report found that the diverse workforce in its national portfolio of organisations was 14%. This...
Empress Of The Nile: The Remarkable Archaeologist Who Saved Ancient Artifacts From A Dam
In the early 1960s, Lynne Desroches-Noblecourt’s friendships and grit proved essential to the success of her career’s crowning achievement: the seemingly quixotic campaign to...
Alberto Ibarguen Stepping Down From Running The Knight Foundation
While Knight continues to support journalism programs, Ibargüen has added the arts as an increasingly prominent part of its funding mix — from essentially...
Russian Artists Now Shunned By The West Are Heading To China
China, with its legions of concertgoers and skepticism of Western ideals, has emerged as an attractive market for Russian artists aligned with Mr. Putin. -...
How Many Songs Are Released As Recordings Every Day?
In 2019, Spotify claimed that 40,000 tracks were added each day to its platform. And by 2021, the number increased to 60,000. But last...
Kelly Reichardt On The Slow Death Of The Dreams Of Gen-X Artists
"Frustrated hopefuls like Lizzy once formed the backbone of America’s homespun cultural heritage, and without them, we’re headed toward a barren status quo of...
Some Black Operas Are Changing The Face Of Classical Music
One librettist says, ""Opera just lends itself so well to Black stories because of its epicness, ... because of its fantastical ability to show...
Sometimes, Musicians, You Shouldn’t Accept That State Department Money
The story of the band Blood, Sweat & Tears' 1970 tour of Eastern bloc countries is bizarre, and sobering, a new documentary shows. "This...
Sarah Polley’s Child Intensely Punked Her On April Fool’s Day
A letter posted on Twitter asked Polley to mail her Oscar back to California. "It said she could keep the award for one more...
Recognizing Elizabeth Siddal, Pre-Raphaelite Artist, Much More Than Just A Model
Siddal died young, and her husband Dante Gabriel Rossetti took up a lot of the air about the movement she was part of, both...
Emahoy Tsegue-Maryam Guebrou, Ethiopian Nun And Pianist Who Combined Traditions, 99
"The styles explored by Sister Guèbrou ... were so singular in sound and structure that music scholars often puzzled over the main source of...
Hollywood’s Diversity Initiatives Took A Backslide In 2022
That's what a new UCLA report says. In Hollywood, "in nearly every job category, women and people of color remain underrepresented relative to the...
The Academy Really Screwed This One Up
"Joy, in her rage and her depression and her love, anchors the Best Picture sweep. The best goddamn film of the year, and all...
In An Age Where Disinformation Is So Dangerous, Sometimes We Can’t ‘Just Have This’...
It makes sense that we'd want these things. "In addition to providing the cozy fire of a feel-good story to warm your soul, these...
Why Can’t More Music Apps Be Like Apple’s Classical Music?
Bring on the metadata! "There feels like a genuine affection for the music in Apple Music Classical. ... But there are also just a...
Who And What Won Big At Britain’s Olivier Awards
The play Prima Facie and the adapted play My Neighbor Totoro were the biggest, but not the only, winners from London's West End. -...
Getting Los Angeles History Right For Perry Mason’s Season 2
The show had to learn "how different characters would have referred to the LAPD and FBI during in Depression-era L.A.; what words English- and...
Remembering Musician David Ornette Cherry
Cherry died in November after performing in London. Earlier, he said, "A lot of people think your success is how much money you make....
What Ukraine Is Losing To The War
Art, love, brownies, people, cafés. Life. - The New York Times
The Science of Music That Makes You Happy
In a recent survey, 71% of 2,000 participants reported that music was the strongest influence on their mood and almost 75% regularly listened to music...
