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Amazon MGM Did Not Actually Pay $1 Billion For Control Of James Bond Franchise
Approximately one billion-with-a-b was the figure reported when longtime Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson decided to sell and basically retire from...
Iris Murdoch’s Unpublished Poems About Bisexuality Are Coming Out From Penguin Random House
“Poems from an Attic: Selected Poems, 1936–1995, to be published on 6 November, brings together decades of work that Murdoch largely kept private, stored...
Indie Filmmakers And Producers Say L.A. Has Become A “Hostile” Place To Shoot
As one producer said about the mandatory location inspection by a fire marshal, "As a resident, I understand the need for fire protection and...
The Crown Jewels At The Louvre Were Not Insured. Why Not?
There are actually some good, and even practical, reasons not to insure the Louvre or its contents. By law, in fact, such items are...
The Louvre Burglars’ Fluorescent Vests Were An Excellent Disguise
“(One expert) said that high-visibility safety jackets had become such a ubiquitous symbol of authority — like a clipboard or a reporter’s microphone —...
Aspen Music Festival CEO To Step Down After 20 Years
Alan Fletcher took the helm at the festival and school in 2006, oversaw the construction of the $80 million Bucksbaum Campus, and established several...
Misty Copeland Dances Her Final Performance With ABT
“Misty Copeland took one last spin on her pointe shoes Wednesday, showered with golden glitter and bouquets as she retired from American Ballet Theatre after a...
No Broadway Strike: Musicians’ Union And Producers Reach Contract Deal
AFM Local 802 announced that a deal with the Broadway League at 4:30 Thursday morning, saying in a statement that “this three-year agreement provides...
Here’s One Corner Of Music Where AI Can Be Legitimately Helpful
String player and early music specialist Kivie Cahn-Lipman writes about how — when given the right parameters and prompts — ChatGPT helped him decipher...
The 90-Second Video Drama Series Has Become Big Business
“In just four years since the launch of these vertical dramas, the genre’s market has surpassed $8 billion globally. ... Once dismissed as a...
Locked Inside “The Beautiful Rare, Fragile Cage” Of Lithuanian
“It would be hard to find another nation as serious about its language. In Lithuania, one misspelled word can turn a politician into a...
Architect Terry Farrell, Who Went From Strict Modernism To Exuberant Postmodernism, Has Died At...
With then-business partner Nicholas Grimshaw, he rode Britain’s “high-tech Modernism” wave of the 1970s to prominence. But he tired of that movement’s austere aesthetic...
Finally, Some Real Data On US Artists Who Work Freelance Gigs Instead Of Steady...
“You hold a steady job in an arts occupation, (statistical) surveys … will find you. But if you’re juggling gigs, hustles, caregiving, and a...
Louvre’s Director Summoned Before French Senate As Stolen Jewels’ Value Estimated At Over $100...
“The museum’s president and director, Laurence des Cars, is expected to respond to questions from the senate’s culture committee on Wednesday afternoon, three days...
Vanderbilt University Looks To Open A San Francisco Campus
“(The elite university in Nashville) has been evaluating the area around Fifth and Mission streets for its planned satellite campus, and the 5M mixed-use project —...
A For-Profit Art College Plans To Sell Part Of Its Huge San Francisco Real...
“The private, for-profit (Academy of Art University) has had a longstanding presence in the city's core with dozens of buildings ranging from housing to...
SoCal Public Radio Station KCRW Lays Off 10% Of Staff
The latest round of layoffs at the station includes several of its most popular music hosts. KCRW let go of 20% of its staff...
We Get A Deal By Tomorrow Morning Or We Strike, Warns Broadway Musicians’ Union
AFM Local 802 and the Broadway League (representing producers) go into mediation on Wednesday, and Local 802 is prepared to strike immediately if no...
Irish Dance’s Governing Body May Go Bankrupt Due To Cheating Scandal
“If all potential legal cases are to proceed against An Coimisiún Le Rincí Gaelacha, it may not be able to continue as a going concern...
Afghanistan’s Most Beloved Singer — And What She And Her Family Have Gone Through
Naghma, despite the popularity she achieved early in her career, faced many difficulties in conservative Afghan culture even before the rule of the Taliban....
A Florida County Eliminates All Arts Funding Permanently, Blaming Drag Queens
No projects in the applicant pool in Volusia County (the Daytona Beach area) involved drag in any way. But unrelated rental events at two...
When Should A Dancer Take The Risk Of Turning Down A Role?
“In a world with fewer contracts than aspiring dancers, and a long history of training dancers to silently acquiesce, it can feel taboo to...
Was The Rodgers-And-Hart Breakup Really As Sad As In The Movie “Blue Moon”?
Ellin Stein looks at what’s fact and what’s fiction in director Richard Linklater’s film about Lorenz Hart on the opening night of Oklahoma!, Richard...
Harper Lee’s Unpublished Early Stories Are Now Seeing Print. What Can They Tell Us...
“Drafted in the decade before To Kill a Mockingbird, after Lee had first moved to New York City in 1949, the stories feature some...
Warner Bros. Discovery Is Indeed For Sale, And “Multiple Parties” Are Interested, Says Board
“Amid swirling reports of bidding interest by Paramount Global, the WBD board of directors says is it ‘has initiated a review of strategic alternatives...
