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Grammarly Apologized For Turning Live And Dead Writers And Teachers Into So-Called Experts
But what the CEO “failed to mention was that the company wasn’t just dealing with hundreds of furious writers — it was facing litigation...
Recommendations For Deeply Depressing Irish Books To Read On St. Paddy’s Day
“These days the air has a keen edge. A desperate edge. What forms can the imagination take when power seems nonsensical and cruelty deliberate?...
This Tiny Art School In Queens Just Got Two Million Dollars From Trump’s NEH
The school's founder and artistic director says the grant “represents a chance to further what he calls his lifetime mission to inspire a return...
In A Really Tough Market, Some Indie Publishers Are Finding Ways To Survive
Jane Austen card decks (themed by book), collaborations with London publishers, old imprints reabsorbed or renamed, and audio - some indie publishers are finding...
What’s Going On With Yannick Nezet-Seguin, Wolfgang Dorner, And The Vienna Phil?
“We’re left to wonder why a noted Price advocate, one of the world’s greatest orchestras, and a respected composer thought it was a good...
When A ‘Sold Out’ Performance Space Means Nothing More Than Marketing
Where are the bodies? - El País English
What Happens When A Tiny Library In A Tiny Coastal Town Gets A Windfall
A donor “gave $150,000 to the library in honor of her late husband, ... who had been a math professor,” with one catch: the...
For The First Time In Oscars History, A Woman Wins For Cinematography
“The filmmaker, who also worked with Coogler on Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, also asked that all the women in the theater stand up during...
On Set When No One’s Performing
“The fact that stills photographers often find themselves shooting very famous subjects at what might be sensitive, stressful moments on set is only one...
Javier Bardem, Announcing The Best International Oscar, Gets Political
Bardem “started his time at the poduium by saying ‘No to war and free Palestine,’ which earned a big round of applause from the...
Cultural Awakenings Can Even Come From 1960s Folk Band Revivals
“I grew up feeling perpetually ‘in-between:’ half-white, half-black; half-British, half-Caribbean, and on the faultline between what sometimes felt like two worlds at war. One...
Jurgen Habermas, Influential Philosopher Of The 20th Century, Has Died At 96
Habermas "theorized that democracy emerged and could continue to exist in a healthy form only if there was a space that was outside the...
The Most Powerful Oscar Movie About The Arts That You Probably Didn’t See
“In 2023, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed was up for best documentary feature, which — unlike some major categories at the Oscars —...
How A New York Times Critic Finally Fell For Michael B. Jordan’s Acting
“Fights about Jordan’s acting have lit up chat rooms and nearly destroyed barbershops. Is he good? We’re just. Not. Sure.” - The New York Times
Can Restaurant Culture Be Fixed?
“The stuff you see on TV is just sort of the tip of the iceberg of what goes on in a lot of these...
As Was Obvious As Soon As The Casting Director Win Happened, One Battle After...
That includes supporting actor, adapted screenplay, director, and the big one, best movie. Ryan Coogler won for best original screenplay, and Michael B. Jordan...
Live Updates From The Oscars
Follow at the L.A. Times, Variety, New York Times, The Hollywood Reporter, and The Guardian. - Los Angeles Times
This Year’s Costume Design Nominees, From The Heart Of The Forest To 1950s Glam
For Kate Hawley, designer for Frankenstein, "her first directive from the filmmaker was color, color, color. ‘It was all part of rebelling against the...
FCC Chair Brendan Carr Threatens To Revoke Licenses If Iran War Coverage Isn’t To...
Uh … how’s that First Amendment doing? Carr "accused the news media of wanting the United States to lose the war.” - The New...
Security For The Oscars Since The Iran War Began Has Been Extended, Intensified
“Security at the ceremony has always been formidable. But this year, in the weeks leading up to Sunday’s event, federal authorities issued a memo...
Huge Anti-Merger Billboard To Circle Oscars Ceremony Today
“An anti-monopoly mobile billboard, meant to caution against the impending merger between Paramount and Warner Bros., will circle Sunday night’s Oscars ceremony. The billboard’s...
The Studio System That Backed This Year’s Likeliest Best Movie Is About To Fade...
After missteps, Warner Bros’ new “strategy was a roaring success that evoked the studio’s prior glories and served as a reminder that if you...
Grappling With AI’s Presence In Hollywood As The Oscars Take Place
A recent report "forecasts more adoption of AI throughout the industry. But it also points to ways that the technology could lead to different...
What If Chalamet Was Just Using The Wrong Metrics?
One soprano: “Some things are made primarily for consumption, while others help form us as human beings” Ouch. - HuffPost
This Los Angeles Project Brings Veterans In Long, Close Contact With Shakespeare
A new venture in Los Angeles brings the Shakespeare Center and local veterans together for a year-long learning and writing experience. They perform today,...
