Monthly Archives: May 2024
Hollywood Has Been Shortchanging Its Stunt Actors For, Oh, About A Century
Stunt workers’ tough situation: “Their work is often flashy, which has contributed over time to the misconception of them as daredevils, making it hard...
Bebe Newirth Loves Old Theatres
That is, the ones with more ghosts. - The New York Times
North Carolina School Of The Arts Settles Sexual Abuse Allegations
The UNC system and the School of the Arts will pay 65 alumni a total of about $12.5 million for abuses that lasted “during...
Can Anyone ‘Win’ From The Purchase Of TikTok?
“All of TikTok’s potential suitors would be facing an uphill battle to close a deal. The first challenge will be raising enough money. Only...
Photos That Changed The Way The World Saw Women
From “ecstatic reminders” to paparazzi shots that became court cases, these photos altered the world’s conception of at least some of their subjects’ lives....
A Key Researcher For OpenAI Has Resigned, Citing A Lack Of Care For Safety
The researcher wrote, "Over the past years, safety culture and processes have taken a backseat to shiny products.” - The Verge
How In The World Did The Royal Portrait Of Charles Turn Into The King...
"The kind of people who deign to sit for portraits think of themselves, to quote a Shakespearean sonnet, as ‘lords and owners of their...
Does The ‘Real-Life Martha’ Of Baby Reindeer Have An Actual Case Against Netflix?
For one thing, “the U.K. is notoriously more favorable to libel plaintiffs than the U.S., where the First Amendment protects a broad range of...
Alta, Poet Who Started What Was Probably The US’s First Feminist Press, Has Died...
Alta started Shameless Hussy Press in her garage. “She was having trouble getting her own brash and sensuous free-form poetry published by the mainstream...
The Weird Case of The Stereophonic Cast Recording
The thing is, “Stereophonic’s cast recording is not pretending to bring the album from the show’s universe into the real world. It delivers finished...
The End Of The Movies
Netflix isn’t about flicks anymore. Nor are most of the other streaming services. Instead, they're all about shows - scripted, reality, and live. -...
The ‘Deep Tissue Read’ Of Literary Translation
By a human, that is. “I did an event with Leila Slimani where she said she thought her translators know her better than her...
The Self-Reinvention Of Reese Witherspoon In A World Of Books
Witherspoon: “When there’s a big economic shift in the media business, it’s not the superhero movies or independent films we lose out on. It’s...
Corruption Roils China’s Top Music Conservatories
The public nature of Xue’s allegations has shaken the classical music world in China. And while these allegations are unproven, they highlight structural issues...
Cities Have Become Obsessed With Taller Buildings
Seven times more buildings of 150 metres or taller have sprung up since 2000 than were constructed in the entire 20th century. Five decades...
Transcendent Experiences: Dancing In The Louvre
"Over the years, I have felt many things in the world’s most-visited, and arguably most-famous, museum — irritation, exhaustion and some wonder, too. This...
Where Is The Village Voice For The 2020’s?
By rejecting the distinction between observer and observed, subject and author (at least to a degree, and more so in the arts and culture...
How The Language Of TV Is Shaping How We See Ourselves
You see a lot of this on TikTok now: videos that describe ordinary life using the language of television. Scroll through, and you’ll find...
Anna Deavere Smith On Learning To Listen To Americans
Stereotypes come about when we stop looking. Why we stop looking is something we all need to discern for ourselves. When we stop looking,...
Accents Can Be Contagious
That foreign accent students sometimes come home with after studying abroad isn't (or isn't only) an affectation. - The Atlantic (MSN)
Taylor Swift Remixed (DIY For Fans Who Wanted Something More From The Latest Album)
A small cottage industry of DJs, musicians and producers have been twiddling with TTPD since its release last month, and adding their own twists. -...
In Search Of Nefertiti’s Tomb
It's happened numerous times: famous archaeologists (or those looking for fame) claim they've finally found the resting place of the legendary ancient Egyptian queen....
Filter Wars: How Our Digital Life Is Killing Creativity
"In any industry what matters is not what you’re making, but how many followers you have. Do you want to do something, do you...
A Dance Style Invented In Rio 20 Years Ago Has Been Declared “Intangible Cultural...
"It all started with nifty leg movements, strong steps backwards and forwards, paced to Brazilian funk music. Then it adopted moves from break dancing,...
Why Apple’s “Crush Creativity” Ad Is So Offensive
Contrary to the walkback last week by Apple marketing communications vice president Tor Myhren — “We missed the mark with this video, and we’re...
