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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...
English National Opera Announces Plans For Moving To Manchester
"ENO says it will be 'firmly established' in Greater Manchester by 2029. But it will start working in the city before that, with productions...
Alvin Ailey Company’s Next Artistic Director Will Be Alicia Graf Mack
The 45-year-old educator, an Ailey alumna who has been dean of the Juilliard School's dance division since 2018, will take the helm at the...
Philippe Jordan Appointed Music Director Of Orchestre National De France
The Swiss conductor, who was chief conductor of the Paris Opera for 12 years (2009-2021) and the Vienna Symphony for six years (2014-2020) before...
Actor Jussie Smollett’s Conviction For Falsely Reporting Hate Crime Overturned
In 2021, he was convicted for staging a fake hate crime against himself in Chicago in January 2019. But the local DA had dropped...
The Secret To Writing A Hit Christmas Panto
"From eliciting boos and hisses from audiences of all ages, to making sure there are enough local jokes and updating old stories for today,...
Complexions Contemporary Ballet At 30
"Founded 30 years ago by two former Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater dancers, ... the company has developed a signature style that’s both...
Prominent Artist In Hong Kong Sentenced To Six Years In Prison For “Subversion”
"Clarisse Yeung, 38, is an artist and, previously, an elected member of Hong Kong’s district council. She first rose to prominence during the 2014...
2024 Word Of The Year From Cambridge Dictionaries Is “Manifest” (As A Verb)
"The formal 600-year-old word (has) been given new life by Olympians like Simone Biles, entertainers like Dua Lipa, and people across social media who...
Watching The World Premiere Of “Rust” Amid A Crowd Full Of Cinematographers
It's a real movie, not just a morbid curiosity, but the latter can't help but overshadow the former — especially at a cinematography festival....
Berlin Announces Major Cuts To Its (Substantial) Arts Funding Budget
"Overall, Berlin is slashing its cultural funding budget by around €120 million ($127 million), or about 12%. The budget for 2025 will now be...
The Grim Reality Behind Comcast’s Spinoff Of Its Cable Channels
"Comcast's move is the strongest sign yet of alarm reverberating throughout Hollywood's traditional companies. Cable channels have long been a key economic pillar, generating...
Jacob’s Pillow Is Ready To Open Its Rebuilt Doris Duke Theater
The original building, the smallest of the dance festival's three venues, was destroyed by fire four years ago. The rebuilt Duke, opening July 9,...
Berkeley Symphony Music Director Joseph Young Announces Departure
After six years on the job, the 42-year-old conductor will step down at the end of this season. He is only the fourth music...
Banana-On-The-Wall Artwork Sells For $6.24 Million At Sotheby’s
Maurizio Cattelan's conceptual piece, titled Comedian, first sold for $120,000 at Art Basel Miami Beach in 2019; last night, cryptocurrency mogul Justin Sun agreed...
National Book Award To Percival Everett’s “James”; Jason de León Beats Out Salman Rushdie
Everett's revisionist riff on Huckleberry Finn continued its prizewinning streak in the fiction category; in nonfiction, de León's Soldiers and Kings pipped Knife, Rushdie's...
Van Gogh Did Not Intend His Irises To Be Blue
He painted them, back in 1889, in a deep, vibrant purple. Here's how two conservators at the Getty figured that out — and why...
After 46 Years, Re-Creating One Of Pina Bausch’s Seminal Dance Works — With Original...
Meryl Tankard was one of the dancers in the 1978 premiere of Bausch's Kontakthof, and she has now restaged the piece with herself and...
Rediscovered: Philadelphia Orchestra Recordings From 80 Years Ago, And They Were Massive Hits
A budget series called "World's Greatest Music," produced by RCA Victor and marketed and distributed by the New York Post, included 38 discs (78...
“Les Miz” Has Never Been A Hit In France. This New Production Hopes To...
Les Misérables was originally written in French by two Frenchmen, based on a classic French historical novel — and the musical has been...
