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Actors’ Equity Is Taking A Hard Look At Non-Disclosure Agreements (Thanks, Scott Rudin)
One of the reasons that Rudin's extreme mistreatment of his employees went unreported for so long was his insistence on having everyone he worked...
Europe’s Film Industry Steps up To Support Its Ukrainian Colleagues
Since the domestic Ukrainian market is in, er, a difficult spot just now, there's a raft of initiatives to aid Ukrainian creators with grants...
Considering Furniture As Art
"Chairs have done the same job for centuries, whenever we wanted to sit. Presented like art, however, their variety is striking, from the delicate...
Will This Year’s Venice Film Festival Signal A Revival Of Business At Art-House Cinemas?
"'It's hard to tell how healthy the art house market is right now because, since theaters reopened, we haven't had many of those real...
John Adams At 75: The Greatest Living American Composer?
"He is an artist for whom Americanness truly matters, as much as the tradition of Western classical music — both heritages treated not with...
The Washington Post Is Reviving Its Stand-Alone Sunday Book Review — In Print, No...
The paper's Book World was closed in 2009 and reviews in the hard-copy edition were moved to the Style and Outlook sections. (Online, there...
Copyright Suit Over Dance In Video Game “Fortnite” Is Tossed Out
"A judge for the Central District of California has dismissed a lawsuit by choreographer Kyle Hanagami against Epic Games. Hanagami filed the suit in...
Why Does Shakespeare’s Globe Keep Finding Itself A Battleground In The Culture Wars?
"Shakespeare and Shakespeare's Globe will always be viewed by some as fundamentally conservative because, on one level, they exist as symbols of England's past...
Ashley Judd, In A New York Times Op-Ed, Argues For The Right To Keep...
"The rampant and cruel misinformation that has spread about (Naomi's) death, and about our relationships with her, ... will only worsen if the details...
Virginia Court Throws Out Lawsuit To Block Sale Of Two Books To Minors And...
"'I agree with the defense that the statute is facially invalid,' said retired judge Pamela S. Baskervill (about the) Virginia law that a Republican...
Staffers At The Philadelphia Museum Of Art Authorize A Strike
"Unionized workers ..., in talks since October of 2020 on their first labor contract with museum management, voted Tuesday night to authorize a strike...
L.A.’s Geffen Playhouse Announces Artistic Director’s Departure
"On Wednesday ... Matt Shakman announced he will step down from his role in February (and) will program the company's 2023-24 season before he...
Unboxed, The £120 Million “Festival Of Brexit”, Is Flopping At The Box Office
"Ministers had hoped that the festival would attract 66 million people, but with just over two more months to go, four of the events...
32-Year-Old Star Of Cannes Winner “Triangle Of Sadness”, Charlbi Dean, Dies Suddenly
A South African actress who began modeling at age 6, she played the assassin Syonide in the DC Comics TV series Black Lightning and...
Amy Schumer: “I Don’t Know Why I Don’t Have Any Boundaries. I Just Don’t.”
"Onstage and off, Schumer is uncommonly open. Money, I.V.F., adolescent shoplifting, alcohol-induced blackouts, attending the Met Gala high on mushrooms, pooping her pants: all...
American Theater Seems To Be Making Progress Overcoming Racism — But It’s Going To...
Jesse Green: "Efforts to improve diversity onstage and backstage have too often come without the support necessary to help new hires succeed. Culturally specific...
The Little City On The Venetian Lagoon That’s Happy To Receive The Cruise Ships...
Chioggia, about 15 miles away from St. Mark's Square, has been stuck in the shadow of its famous neighbor, whose highfalutin' sophisticates have always...
The Director Of “Narcos” Is Suing The Showrunner
José Padilha, director of the Netflix series, alleges that producer Eric Newman "is concealing revenue — including money from audits of and bonuses from...
Utah Is Formalizing A Policy On Which Books Should Be Banned From Public Schools
Before there was an official policy, officials in individual districts could decide how to act on (or ignore) complaints about particular titles. Now districts...
US Court Throws Out Lawsuit Over Guelph Treasure
Ruling that it lacks jurisdiction, the federal District Court for Washington, DC accepted the motion to dismiss the suit by the German state foundation...
Alexei Ratmansky Helps Build A New Company Of Ukrainian Refugee Ballet Dancers
Arguably the world's greatest living ballet choreographer, Ratmansky grew up in Kyiv, where his parents and sister still live, and has been very involved...
The Vandals That Smashed Up Sculpture Space In Utica, New York Were Grade-School Kids
Several hours after the pre-dawn Sunday attack, five children, aged 8 to 11, were caught throwing rocks at parked cars; they were arrested when...
Daniel Barenboim Withdraws From Berlin’s New “Ring” Cycle For Health Reasons
"I am still struggling with the consequences of the vasculitis I was diagnosed with in the spring," said the conductor in a statement. For...
Unseen Letter Of Charles Dickens Shows That He, Too, Could Be A Diva
Informed that the English village where he lived was considering ending mail delivery on Sundays, the great novelist wrote, basically, that if he couldn't...
Boris Johnson May Be On His Way Out, But His Culture Minister Isn’t Going...
"As (Liz) Truss continues to gain support in the Conservative Party leadership contest against former chancellor Rishi Sunak, she has reportedly confirmed that Dorries...
