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After Two-Year Struggle, Disney Buys Full Control Of Hulu (For Far Less Than Comcast...
In December 2023, in an initial payment toward the Hulu purchase, Disney agreed to give Comcast/NBCUniversal $8.61 billion — one-third of the $27.5 billion guaranteed...
Art Historian Claims To Have Identified Caravaggio’s Oldest Known Painting
“Gianni Papi — one of the world’s leading experts on the artist — announced the discovery of what he believes to be the earliest...
Gertrude Stein Was A Self-Promotion Genius
Some of her PR tactics were terrific even by today’s standards, and she achieved a level of fame in America that’s astonishing, then or...
Bettie de Jong, Paul Taylor’s Factotum, Still Working At 92
For decades she has been Taylor's star dancer, muse, buddy, rehearsal director, and choreographic reconstructor. (He was never particularly interested in the details of...
Idris Elba Wants To Build An “African Odeon” Of Cinemas Across The Continent
“There’s a crazy number across the entire continent: less than about 3,000 cinemas, actual cinemas,” said the actor. “I would love to be able...
The First Authorized Stage Adaptation Of James Baldwin’s “Giovanni’s Room” Makes Its Debut
“There have been many efforts to adapt Baldwin’s works since he died in 1987, nearly all unsanctioned or unsuccessful in earning approval from his...
Will Ferrell Is Adapting His Eurovision Song Contest Parody For Broadway
“A stage musical based on the 2020 Netflix movie Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga is under development with Will Ferrell, Harper Steele and Anthony...
With Their NEA Grants Rescinded, Nonprofit Publishers Contemplate Their Prospects
“Many of the grants were meant to partially reimburse nonprofit publishers for projects they’ve already paid for and completed, leaving them with surprise shortfalls....
Pompeii, Like Venice, Has Become A Victim Of Its Own Success
“Rising visitor numbers to the UNESCO site … have placed the archaeological park’s three entrances under growing strain. Now guides who make a living...
Dead Sea Scrolls Are Far Older Than Previously Thought, Say Researchers
“Researchers from the University of Groningen combined AI and carbon dating to find that many of the scrolls are older than scholars previously estimated....
The Old San Francisco Art Institute Will Reopen With A New Name And Purpose
It was one of the city’s oldest art schools when it went bankrupt in 2022. The campus — and its famous Diego Rivera fresco...
Pennsylvania Man Pleads Guilty To Peddling Forged Picassos, Basquiats, Warhols
“Between 2019 and 2021, Carter Reese approached potential buyers with artwork from those artists and others that he described as authentic. … Reese’s real...
Kari Lake Wants To Reduce Voice of America’s Staff From Over 1,000 to 81
The former conservative media star and sore-loser Arizona candidate for governor and senator, who now heads the agency overseeing VOA, says Trump had directed...
Arizona Opera Finds Its New General Director Close To Home
“Arizona Opera took its search for a new leader international only to find the ideal candidate a few miles from its downtown Phoenix headquarters. The...
Walt Whitman, The Original Self-Mythologizing Selfie King
“Unlike many of his contemporaries, the poet collected an ‘abundance of photographs’ of himself. And like many people today who snap and post thousands...
Why Trump’s Tariffs Will Be A Big Pain In Ballet Companies’ Feet
“Compounding recent major cuts to arts funding, the footwear the ballet world relies on could be just one more unanticipated casualty of the current...
Why “Requiem For A Dream” Still Upsets People After 25 Years
“The film-makers set out to deliver a sensory bombardment that would mimic the experience of addiction. But they ended up doing much more, touching...
EU’s Highest Court Finds Hungary’s LGBTIQ Content Ban Violates Charter Of Fundamental Rights
“The non-binding opinion from the court’s advocate general … represents a comprehensive demolition of the arguments made by the Hungarian government defending its so-called...
Producers Can Make A Fortune Presenting Movie Stars In Broadway Plays. The Stars Themselves?...
Really famous stars anchoring and co-producing a show — George Clooney, Hugh Jackman, Bette Midler — can negotiate a good percentage of profit for...
Archivists Are Going To Have A Hard Time Documenting The Digital Era
It’s two problems in one. The detritus — diary entries, to-do lists, correspondence — in which researchers often discover key details rarely gets put...
Oh, Great! AMC Theatres Is Going To Run Commercials Alongside Movie Trailers
“AMC Theatres has agreed to show pre-movie advertising before features begin as part of a new deal with National CineMedia, … the in-theater advertising company.”...
National Portrait Gallery Director Is Still At Work, Despite Trump’s Announcement Of Her Firing
“Kim Sajet’s refusal to abide by Trump’s decision (will test) the bounds of presidential authority over the Smithsonian. ... It is not a traditional...
Almeida Theatre, London’s Pint-Sized Powerhouse, Appoints Dominic Cooke Artistic Director
The 325-seat playhouse in Islington, which has a long history of spawning award winners and West End and Broadway hits, has chosen Cooke, formerly...
Behold London’s Serpentine Pavilion For Summer 2025, by Marina Tabassum
“Named A Capsule in Time, the Bangladeshi architect’s partially-sheltered pavilion, made from wood and polycarbonate, comprises four arched timber structures that take on the...
Montreal Dance Studio Drops Its Classes In Gaga Technique Because It Was Created In...
Last month, Studio 303 publicly joined the BDS boycott, including “all cultural and academic products that normalize the State of Israel." That includes Gaga,...
