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Yes, MoviePass Collapsed, But The Movie Theater Chains Seem To Be Making The Subscription...
Cinemark's Movie Club ($10 monthly for one movie) has 1 million active members, and AMC's Stubs A-List ($19.95 a month for 3 movies a...
How Did “The Karate Kid” Turn Into A Musical?
"Robert Mark Kamen was through with The Karate Kid, his semi-autobiographical 1984 martial arts film that spawned a string of movies, an animated program...
France Had Big Plans To Return Its African Art To Africa. Here’s Why There...
"It is almost five years since President Emmanuel Macron announced his revolutionary plan to return African heritage to the continent. … But following Macron's...
Is The Louvre About To Sue Its Former Director?
Last week, Jean-Luc Martinez, ousted as the museum's director last year, was indicted for complicity with the trafficking of stolen Egyptian antiquities purchased by...
The U.S. Military Has An Enormous Art Collection
"Each of the five branches of the US military (the air force, army, coast guard, marines and navy) has its own collection, curator and...
Wisconsin May Lose NEA Money Because GOP Legislators Won’t Provide Matching Funds
"Every year, the NEA parcels out federal funding to state-level arts agencies ... to distribute as individual grants. The states have to match this...
“Tony! (The Tony Blair Rock Opera)” — Yep, That’s The Title
"Blair is played by the comedian Charlie Baker. Saddam Hussein, with moustache and cigar, is given a Groucho Marx makeover. (Playwright Harry) Hill describes...
Once Again, France’s Government Attempts To Eliminate English From French Tech Jargon
This time it's about video gaming. "While some expressions find obvious translations — 'pro-gamer' becomes 'joueur professionnel' — others seem a more strained, as...
Writing In “The ‘New Yorker’ Sort Of Voice” (And Knowing When To Leave It...
"It is a voice of intelligent curiosity; it implies that the writer has synthesized a great deal of information; it confidently takes readers by...
Will Rogers — A Proudly Indian Actor In John Ford’s Cowboy-Movie America
He was born into the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma in 1879; his grandparents had survived the Trail of Tears. "Despite his consistent and very...
How Choreographers Are Adapting The Dance Films They Made During Quarantine For Live Performance
"What goes into transforming a work from screen to stage? What gets added, lost or modified? Pointe spoke with three choreographers to learn what...
Tokyo’s Nakagin Capsule Tower Is Being Demolished, Yes, But Some Capsules Are Going To...
"The preservation project calls for some of the capsules to allow for real-life living in a separate locale. Those in museums will be refinished...
Brazilian Music Legend Milton Nascimento To Give His Final Tour
"As Nascimento nears his ninth decade of life, the inimitable Afro-Brazilian vocalist is preparing to retire from the stages that have made him one...
Britain Won’t Have To Have Kevin Spacey Extradited To Face Sexual Assault Charges
"I will voluntarily appear in the U.K. as soon as can be arranged and defend myself against these charges," said the disgraced actor in...
This Guy Dressed Up As An Old Lady, Rolled His Wheelchair Into The Louvre,...
"Think of planet Earth, there are people destroying it," he proclaimed as security guards dragged him away. Don't worry: the painting's fine, and the...
Today In Chutzpah: This Couple Tried To Shoplift A Basquiat
An as-yet-unidentified man and woman walked into Taglialatella Galleries in Manhattan, headed to a Basquiat screen print, searched it on their phone, took it...
Yes, Happily-Ever-After Is Okay In Serious Literature
"I argue that there's something in our human DNA that seeks the Happily Ever After (HEA). ... According to researchers, these fairytale endings can...
This Young Man is A Natural Male Soprano, And He’d Like To Try Singing...
Samuel Mariño, a 29-year-old Venezuelan whose voice never dropped, specializes in Baroque castrato roles, but he sees no reason not to sing female parts....
Can Newcomers To Dance Follow What Happens In A Story Ballet? Christopher Wheeldon Isn’t...
"I don't think we should be afraid of tackling complex stories and not feeling like the audience has to understand every second; one of...
It Takes Some Real Heroics To Keep Alaska Public Radio’s Far-Flung Stations On The...
Beyond Alaska's few cities, APR's stations are sometimes the only local ones available, "mixing Morning Edition with all flavors of music, emergency announcements, swap-and-shop...
Town Councilman In Wales Is Driven To Resign Because He Can’t Stop The Weird...
"Pembroke Dock town councilor William Gannon, age 58, was just elected earlier this month, but he couldn't quell rumors about his supposed illicit artistic...
Why Is Russia Looting Ukraine’s Museums? It’s Not Just Greed
"These latest thefts are in keeping with Putin's attempts to erase Ukraine's independent history and promote his own expansionist model of a new Russian...
Only At Disney World Could Live-Action Role-Playing Become This Elaborate
"For more than a decade, Imagineers — Disney designers and researchers — have been looking into LARPs and interactive theatre, and running 'playtests' in...
Kevin Spacey Charged With Four Counts Of Sexual Assault In The UK
"British prosecutors said Thursday they had authorized police to charge actor Kevin Spacey with four counts of sexual assault against three men, an announcement...
Former Director Of The Louvre Is Officially Indicted For Complicity In Fraud And Money...
The charges against Jean-Luc Martinez, who stepped down last year, concern five antiquities allegedly taken illegally from Egypt and sold to the Louvre Abu...
