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The Library Of Congress Has Found The Likely First Depiction Of A Robot On...
“The 45-second-long, one-reel short Gugusse et l'Automate – Gugusse and the Automaton – was made nearly 130 years ago. But the subject matter still feels timely.”...
When The Reviewer Isn’t Sure If The Play Is Great Or Terrible
"There is a way to describe this show that will make it seem, at worst, exactly like every cliché of venturing into Brooklyn to...
Millions Of People Are Hooked On ‘Microdramas,’ With Episodes That Last About One Minute
On a K-microdrama set, “filming was moving at breakneck speed. Everything was shot in vertical mode, and nothing was subtle.” - BBC
How The BAFTAs And The BBC Absolutely Bungled Their Response To A Racist Slur
“Black people and people with Tourette’s have been grappling with the ugly language and the fallout from a night that was supposed to be...
The Los Angeles Olympics Logo Needs To Settle Itself Down
“If you're going through all the trouble to create what I assume will be hundreds of logos by the time the games roll around,...
Neil Sedaka, Composer And Songwriter Of So Many Pop Hits, Has Died At 86
Sedaka “went from classical music prodigy to precocious songwriter to teenage idol to pop music fixture in a celebrated career that spanned seven decades.”...
Dear Sony, Please Stop Trying To Make Spider-Man Happen Without The Main Character
“For those fortunate enough to have missed these films, Sony’s Spider-Man Universe is, or was, a series of movies about people (mostly villains or antiheroes)...
The Snow Sculptures Of New York’s Latest Storm
“Collaboration was key. What came first? The snow baby sitting on the bench or the lounging mermaid beside him? Did the same person who...
How, And Why, Tracey Emin’s Bed Shocked The Art World
The work “was shortlisted for the prestigious Turner Prize and exhibited in Tate Britain's stately gallery: a dishevelled divan with stained sheets, strewn and...
Bridgerton Has Been Trying To Figure Out What To Call An Orgasm
“It felt like 'orgasm' wasn't a word that was used in that time period. … It needed to be a word that sounded right...
And Just Like That, 144 Year After Construction Began, Sagrada Familia’s Central Tower Is...
“Construction is expected to continue for a decade or so, but The Guardian called it ‘nevertheless a day full of emotion for a city that...
Cambodia Gets Back Dozens Historic Artifacts Allegedly Looted In British Art Dealer’s Scheme
“The artifacts were described as dating from the pre-Angkorian period through the height of the Angkor Empire, including ‘monumental sandstone sculptures, refined bronze works,...
Firefighters Rescue Rare Books From A Library On The Cliff Edge After Landslide
“Firefighters drilled through the wall of a building behind the structure and entering for minutes at a time, strapped the bookcases together and hauled...
The Kentucky Optical Shop Owner Who Was Also One Of The Twentieth Century’s Best,...
“Often dark (literally and figuratively), surreal, sometimes playful and at other times sinister, his pictures stunned and sometimes perplexed viewers with their wild, poetic...
After Internal Consideration And Exterior Pressure, San Francisco Ballet Pulls Out Of Kennedy Center...
A company representative wrote, “SF Ballet looks forward to performing for Washington, D.C. audiences in the future.” - San Francisco Chronicle (Yahoo)
No Truly Great Movie Can Stop One Battle After Another, According To The BAFTAs
The heavy-handed adaptation of Vineland won six awards, including Best Film and Best Director — and best adapted screenplay. Hamnet won best British film...
What Is The Pritzker Prize Going To Do About Tom Pritzker’s Ties To Jeffrey...
Looks like nothing except defend the jury’s independence — and say that “the announcement of the next laureate, which typically occurs in the first...
Disney Told The Creator Of A Fairly Anti-Fascist Series Not To Use The Word...
“You get out your Fascism for Dummies book for the 15 things you do, and we tried to include as many of them as we could...
At The BAFTAs, A Person In The Audience Yelled The N-Word At Michael B....
“A spokesperson for the BBC attributed the language outbursts to an attendee with Tourette syndrome,” but the BBC apologized to viewers. Social media outrage...
Movie Promotions Have Gotten Completely Out Of Control, But Why?
Think color, branding, social media - and publicists. - El País English
Susan Sheehan, Who Won The Pulitzer Prize For One Of Her Books Chronicling Life...
“Sheehan’s prose was cool and restrained, as if to counterbalance the harrowing and chaotic lives of many of her subjects.” - The New York...
Britain’s National Gallery Deficits Shouldn’t Be Taken Out On The Country’s Public
Or so says The Guardian: “Culture is not a luxury. It is vital to the country’s wellbeing, tourism and international standing.” - The Guardian...
Let’s Talk About A New Play That Deeply Understands A Very American Form Of...
That is, the kind of “theatre” that one might see on C-SPAN — indeed, that some people did, in 1993 (though the 1993 version...
A Tiny Museum In San Francisco That’s More Like A Giant Time Capsule
The museum “covers the entire history of city parks within a 6-by-10-foot room. … Because the museum capacity is five people and the pent-up...
K-Pop Demon Hunters Dominates The Annies
Does any other animated film have a chance at an award this year? The film “won in every category in which it was nominated,”...
