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America’s Second-Largest Bookstore Chain Is Bouncing Back
“Books-A-Million … is in the process of opening 15 new outlets this year, which will keep the total number of outlets at over 220...
In $1 Billion+ Film and TV Deal, “Yellowstone” Showrunner Will Leave Paramount For NBCUniversal
“Sheridan shocked Hollywood by signing a $1 billion+ deal with NBCUniversal and leaving behind his longtime partner at Paramount where the Yellowstone creator has built an...
For Second Time, Heirs Sue Met Museum Over Van Gogh’s “Olive Picking”
The work was owned by a Jewish couple who fled Germany in 1936; sale proceeds were confiscated by the Nazis. The couple's heirs sued...
Nobel-Winning Writer Wole Soyinka Says He’s Been Banned From The US
“The Trump administration has revoked the visa for Wole Soyinka, the acclaimed Nigerian Nobel prize-winning writer who has been critical of Trump since his first presidency....
Why High School Teachers Should Be Having Students Read Entire Books, Not Just Excerpts
College professors of English Johanna Winant and Dan Sinykin thought they had written a book to help other undergrad-level instructors to teach close reading....
Second City Has A Sideline: Improv Training For CEOs And Pro Athletes
“The venerable Chicago-based improvisational comedy institution has quietly built out a surprising side-hustle: Using the fundamentals and tactics of improv to teach corporate executives...
Here’s One Choreographer Who Loves AI And Virtual Reality
Wayne McGregor worked with a Google Arts & Culture Lab team to develop a choreographic language agent called AISOMA — a tool that can...
Aix-en-Provence Festival Appoints New General Director
American director and writer Ted Huffman, who will assume the position at New Year’s 2026, replaces Pierre Audi, who passed away suddenly this past...
King Tut’s Tomb Is Structurally Unsound And Could Collapse, Warns Study
“One of the most famous archaeological sites in the world, the tomb of the young Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun, is showing alarming signs of damage...
A New $50 Million Charitable Fund Will Support Indie And Nonprofit Publishers
“Citing a chronic shortage of financial backing for independent publishers and nonprofits dedicated to writing and reading, a coalition of seven charitable foundations has established a Literary...
Picasso Painting That Went Missing From Truck Has Been Recovered
Still Life with Guitar (1919) was supposed to be in a shipment of artworks from Madrid to Granada for an exhibition, but it didn’t...
The History Behind France’s Now-Stolen Crown Jewels
“Before the shocking theft of the French Crown Jewels from the Louvre on October 19, most had all but forgotten the ruling women who...
What-All Is In The New Actors’ Equity Contract With Broadway Producers?
There’s an immediate pay increase well as 3% annual raises for the next three years, increased producer contributions to Equity’s health insurance plan, and...
Voice Of America, Despite Trump Administration’s Efforts, Isn’t (Yet) Gone For Good
Federal courts have ordered the administration to release funds for and resume news broadcasts at Voice of America and its sister networks such as...
Prunella Scales, Star Of “Fawlty Towers,” Is Dead At 93
In addition to her role in what many consider the greatest British sitcom in history, Scales’s 60-odd-year career ranged through TV series from Coronation...
Vampire Epidemiology, Axe Murder, Smoking On the Hindenburg: The Finalists For Oddest Book Title...
“A history of an “unruly appendage”, a look at the sadly neglected post-war Montreal erotic art scene and a scientific tome tackling whether fish...
In Her Day, This Artist’s Paper Cuttings Outsold Rembrandt And She Was Famous All...
Joanna Koerten was regularly visited by nobles and even royalty; a contemporary poet compared her skill with paper to Michelangelo’s with paint; one of...
A Major New Center For Circus Arts Opens In Melbourne
“Circus Centre Melbourne, originally designed as a home for Circus Oz, has reopened as a home for the broader contemporary circus and physical theatre...
Surrealism Wasn’t Just About Art And Literature; It Was About Radical Politics, Too
“Overcoming the contradiction between dream and reality, (Breton and his fellow Surrealists) believed, would complement the class struggle between the global proletariat and its...
Is Netflix Going To Use AI To Make Movies Or Not? It’s Trying To...
Co-CEO Ted Sarandos told Wall Street analysts the company is excited “to leverage new technical capabilities as they come online” in advertising and product...
A New Opera House For Hanoi, Designed By Renzo Piano
“Isola Della Musica will be situated on a newly-built square island between Hanoi's West Lake and Đam Tri Lake. … Renzo Piano Building Workshop and PTW...
San Diego’s Old Globe Theater At 90
“Today, the Globe is thriving as San Diego’s oldest and largest theater organization, offering performances … for more than 250,000 people a year. …...
Francis Ford Coppola Is Reduced To Selling Off His Watch Collection
“The filmmaker announced he will auction off seven watches, ranging in value from $3,000 to $1 million, ... in an effort to rebuild his...
Mark Morris Sued By Ex-Company Member For Allegedly Discriminating Against Black Dancers
“The plaintiff, Taína Lyons, an Afro-Latina dancer, … alleges that (Morris) told her that her hair was ‘too big’ and a ‘distraction.’ ... Ms....
San Antonio Philharmonic Calls Off November Concerts
“The San Antonio Philharmonic has postponed its Classics III concerts, scheduled for the weekend of Nov. 7-8, marking the second time one of the...
