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Sex Scenes Seem To Be Fading Out Of Hollywood Movies
"Less than 1 percent of movies released in 2022 feature a sex scene. ... When audiences have been conditioned to want only sexless Marvel...
How The Conversation, An Academic News Website, Has Pulled In An Audience Of Young...
"Survey data showed that a bulk of (the site's) readers were in the 18-to-35 age bracket. ... To experiment with a new approach, The...
This TV Show, Arguably, Makes New York’s Theater Scene Possible
"From familiar character actors lacking household names like Ronald Guttman, Dennis Boutsikaris, and Jessica Hecht, to well-known crossover stars like Bebe Neuwirth, Roger Bart,...
This Opera Company Used Virtual Reality To Reconstruct A Century-Old Staging, Saving Thousands Of...
The Finnish National Opera and VR company Varjo developed a "digital twin" of the theater, with sets, lighting, costumes, etc, so that elements could...
The Adelaide Festival Loses A Key Sponsor Amid Outcry Over Two Controversial Palestinian Authors
The law firm MinterEllison, a major supporter of the Southern Hemisphere's counterpart to the Edinburgh Festivals, pulled back after several participants withdrew from Adelaide...
Rick Newman, 88, Founder Of One Of America’s Seminal Comedy Clubs
"(He was) the founder of Catch a Rising Star comedy club in New York City where a generation of stand-up comics — Billy Crystal,...
Neo-Nazis Demonstrate Outside First Broadway Preview Of “Parade”, A Show About A Lynching
Members of a group calling itself the National Socialist Movement yelled slogans and accosted theatergoers just before the first preview performance of Jason Robert...
Palm Beach Art Dealer Pleads Guilty To Selling A Warhol Forgery
"Daniel Elie Bouaziz ... pleaded guilty to one count of money laundering, referencing a sale of counterfeit Warhol works to an unnamed victim. ......
NPR To Lay Off 10% Of Its Staffers
"National Public Radio will reduce its workforce by 10 percent as it grapples with what CEO John Lansing says is a 'sharp decline' in...
New Scottish Government Reverses Millions In Arts Funding Cuts
"Cuts of around £6.6m," made by the cabinet of recently departed First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, "to Scotland's arts and culture sector funded by the...
The Joyce, A Leading New York Dance Venue, Gets A Second Space
"The Joyce, which since 1982 has presented dance companies from all over the world at its home in Chelsea, has signed a yearlong lease...
Wisconsin Governor Proposes $100 Million Endowment For Arts Funding
In the budget proposal he submitted to the legislature, Gov. Tony Evers has called for $100 million from the state's general fund to be...
In Washington State, Exotic Dancers Have To Pay To Perform. Here’s Why, And What...
The Evergreen State forbids the sale of alcohol in strip clubs; without that revenue source, club owners instead charge the talent for access to...
Alan Gilbert Extends His Contract With Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie Orchestra For Five Years
The native New Yorker's term as chief conductor will now run through the 2028-29 season. A former music director of the New York Philharmonic...
Why The Alex Murdaugh Case Has Spawned A Media Boom
There's a hit podcast, three primetime TV specials, three documentary series, and the livestream of the trial. (Scripted dramas are coming, no doubt.) Says...
Evita And Imelda: The Problem With Making Real-Life Malefactors The Protagonists Of Musicals
Jesse Green: "Their harm is political, epochal, even as the songs they sing, encouraging empathy that may not otherwise be earned, invite us to...
In “Rust” Shooting Case, Alec Baldwin Will Probably Opt For A Jury Trial: Legal...
Following a legal victory for the actor — prosecutors had to downgrade the involuntary manslaughter charge because the enhanced charge they sought was not...
In France, Roald Dahl’s Books Will “Remain Intact”
"Gallimard, ... the French publishers of Roald Dahl, have ruled out any changes to the late British author's translated books after it emerged that...
The World’s Oldest Surviving Christian Church And Turkey’s Oldest Mosque Were Ravaged By The...
"In the ancient Turkish city of Antakya" — known in the early years of Christianity as Antioch — "the domes and walls of the...
These Looted Artifacts Aren’t Being Repatriated Yet Because It Genuinely Isn’t Safe
"In January, the State Department and the Yemeni Embassy approached the National Museum of Asian Art with an unusual query: Would the Smithsonian museum...
New York Times Critic A.O. Scott Is Leaving The Movie Beat For The Book...
"Scott, who has reviewed more than 2,200 films for the Times over the last 23 years, will shift to The New York Times Book...
Back At Work After The Strike, Unionized HarperCollins Staffers Feel Vindicated
"For many of the more than 250 unionized employees, the agreement ratified on Feb. 16 between their union, Local 2110 of the U.A.W., and...
Cambodian Classical Dance On The Minnesota Prairie
"Founded by refugees fleeing the Khmer Rouge regime, which sought to eradicate most religious institutions, (the Buddhist temple) Watt Munisotaram and its troupe hope...
Deep In Rural Virginia, A Theatre Helps Create New Black Plays
"The innovative structure of Barter Theatre's new Black Stories Black Voices program ... could well serve as a national model for inclusive art-making that...
Police In Barcelona Have Found Stolen Dalís And Mirós, And They’ve Arrested Suspects
"The (works were) taken from houses in Barcelona last year, sparking a major police investigation that led authorities to a hideout in Catalonia. Officers...
