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Isabella Rossellini On Being A Major “Nepo Baby”
Says the daughter of actress Ingrid Bergman and filmmaker Roberto Rossellini, "Of course it opens the door, because people are curious to see you....
Bronze Cast Of Leonardo’s Only Wax Sculpture Is For Sale For $100 Million
"Silverpoint Holdings, the current owners, are now offering the bronze cast for sale through Art Encounter, a Las Vegas gallery led by father-son duo...
Jim Abrahams, Dead At 80, One Of The Trio Behind The Funniest Film Ever...
"With his childhood friends Jerry and David Zucker, Abrahams formed the filmmaking trio, called Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker, and popularized the spoof genre of...
Despite Layoffs And Programming Cuts, Sacramento’s Capital Public Radio Is Still Mired In Debt
"Capital Public Radio released Thursday its financial statement for a year marked by financial turmoil, providing the first detailed breakdown — since the release...
Disney Co. To Pay $43 Million To Settle Claims Of Unequal Pay For Women
"The Walt Disney Co. has agreed to pay $43.3 million to resolve a long-running lawsuit brought by a group of female employees who alleged...
Good News From Cleveland Orchestra: Finances And Audience Numbers Are Healthy
The orchestra's 2023-24 annual report shows a sixth consecutive year of a balanced budget as well as endowment growth of 11% to $296 million;...
London’s Old Vic Theatre Names Rupert Goold Artistic Director
The two-time Olivier Award winner and Tony nominee will assume the role at the beginning of 2026 after what will have been 12 years...
Mexico’s New President Wants To Fight The Popularity Of Ballads About Drug Lords
"Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday she has a plan to reduce the popularity of 'narcocorridos.' … (She) vowed to launch a campaign to...
Historic Town Halls In Australia Are Becoming Low-Cost Performance Venues
"Beautiful brick early 20th-century town halls were once venues for council meetings, award nights and country dances. But in recent decades many have been...
How An Iranian Director Made His Award-Winning Film In Secret — And Was Then...
Mohammed Rasoulof had been imprisoned for his work before, and he knew that his The Seed of the Sacred Fig — which ultimately got...
Climate-Protesting Art Vandals At DC’s National Gallery And National Archives Sentenced To Prison
The leader of the group Declare Emergency, Donald Zepeda, got 24 months for destruction of government property, while group member Jackson Green got 18...
Australia’s Leading Dictionary Declares “Enshittification” 2024’s Word Of The Year
Macquarie Dictionary defines the word as "the gradual deterioration of a service or product brought about by a reduction in the quality of service...
Dictionary.com’s 2024 Word of The Year Is “Demure” (?)
The word saw an enormous spike in searches on the site in August, thanks to a TikTok video by a creator named Jools Lebron...
Marjorie Taylor Greene Wants To Go After NPR, And She Might Just Get The...
The Georgia Congresswoman has been tapped by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead a new House subcommittee working with the pair's not-yet-created Department...
Janet Suzman On Returning Home To Direct “Otello” In Apartheid South Africa
"It was 1987, three years before Nelson Mandela walked free. ... We saw apartheid lasting till the crack of doom. It seemed impregnable. The...
Breyten Breytenbach, Author And Activist Against Apartheid, Is Dead At 85
"(He) was a celebrated wordsmith, a leading voice in literature in Afrikaans — an offshoot of Dutch that was developed by white settlers (in...
Former Shen Yun Dancer Sues Company, Alleging Abuse Of Young Performers
"The lawsuit brought by Chang Chun-Ko in White Plains federal court sought unspecified damages on behalf of Chang and other alleged victims of Shen...
Cincinnati Symphony CEO Announces Retirement
"After leading the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra for seven years, CSO President and CEO Jonathan Martin has announced that he will retire on Feb. 16....
How Marla Mindelle Became The Queen of Queer Off-Broadway
Says the creator and star of hit parodies Titanique and The Big Gay Jamboree, "I liken myself to the homeless man’s Lin-Manuel Miranda. I’m...
Why Did The Onion Buy Infowars? Yeah, It Was A Joke — At First
Onion CEO Ben Collins's first thought was, "That’d be one of the funniest jokes of all time if we pulled this off." Once it...
Why Black Americans Should Give Up Trying To Claim Ancient Egypt As Their Heritage
"Black America tracing itself to Egypt makes as much historical sense as would Czechs deciding to … favor tartans as an expression of being...
What Happens To CNBC And MSNBC Once They Have No Corporate Connection To NBC...
Parent company Comcast is spinning off its cable channels but keeping its broadcast networks, including NBC. Both CNBC and MSNBC share, along with the...
“Understanding Opera’s New Audiences”: A New Research Report From Opera America
"The project responded to ongoing reports of record-breaking levels of first-time attendance. Since full houses are central to the artistic and financial health of...
Italian Police Recover Ancient Etruscan Objects Looted By “Amateurish” Tomb Raiders
"Italian authorities have recovered precious 3rd century B.C. artifacts from an Etruscan necropolis looted by a couple of bungling tomb raiders in Umbria who...
L.A. Times Appoints Amy Nicholson As Film Critic
"Nicholson previously served as chief film critic at LA Weekly beginning in 2013, then at MTV News starting in 2016. She has written for...
