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Dance Is Getting Its Moment – In Advertising
Why so much dance on TV lately? “Where the goal is to quickly get and then hold the viewer’s attention, energetic movement is a...
Newer Streamers, Even Ones From Well-Established Channels, Hope For An Emmy Boost
Peacock and Paramount+ have high hopes. “Emmy success can still bring tangible benefits. Even the commitment to campaigning can move the needle, especially for...
Ranking All Twenty-Two Films That Were In Contention For The Palme D’Or This Year
“The experience of watching so many movies over a twelve-day period coaxes your brain into a heightened state of pattern recognition, and you might...
Oakland Creatives Are Having A (Possibly Long Overdue) Heck Of A Year
“The Town has seen its homegrown talent reach new levels of success on the global stage, from figure skater Alysa Liu earning Olympic gold in Milan...
A Deeper Dive Into How That Book About The Problems Of AI Was Partly...
Um, ouf? “He doubled down on his personal commitment to AI, noting that he still uses it every day. … I asked him whether...
Over The Weekend, The British Museum Was Evacuated After Staff Found A ‘Suspicious’ Package
“The museum said it had also received what it described as ‘malicious communications’ before the evacuation.” - ARTnews
If We’re Really In A Reading ‘Crisis,’ Here Are Some Solutions
It’s not about the phones. Instead, as a society, we have to remove structural barriers - and build new libraries. "A democracy needs its...
Turns Out If You Let YouTube Turn Into Feature Films, Kids Will Go To...
Well, not kids, but youth, YouTube youth. “The success of two YouTube-native filmmakers at the box office indicates the growing power of the platform...
Sometimes, You Have To Turn Your Back On Your TBR Pile And Simply Reread
“You take yourself with you, right? The image becomes mirrored: Who you were and what you took from a book the first time is...
Even If Trump’s Name Comes Off The Kennedy Center, He Might Still Destroy It
“When the history of Trump’s second administration is written, the whole sorry Kennedy Center chapter will be key to understanding the chaos, cruelty and...
The Beatles Are Still Quite, Quite, Quite Big In The UK
“It’ll be like Barbenheimer,” says one biographer of Paul and John of the new wave of movies coming out this year, including four by...
A Billionaire’s Firm Just Tried To Buy Universal Music, But They Turned Him Down
OK: “The music giant said Pershing Square's $64.3bn (£48bn) takeover offer was ‘not in the best interests’ of the company, shareholders, artists, fans and other stakeholders.”...
All Over The World, Poetry Fans Are Celebrating Allen Ginsberg’s 100th Birthday
Lawrence Ferlinghetti explained, years ago, that “‘Howl’ knocked the sides out of things, just the way rock music in the '60s knocked the sides...
As You Would Expect, Heated Rivalry Cleaned Up At The Canadian Screen Awards
So did the comedy series North of North. But Heated Rivalry, whoa: "The series entered the night riding on a red-hot winning streak after...
Tony Leung Was Ready To Quit Acting Out Of Boredom, And Then Wong Kar-Wai...
“From the first day I met him, when I was going through a period of frustration, I knew we would make special films, that...
Saying No To New Gadgets Might Make Us Happier
Just in case you’ve missed multiple strains of philosophy, ethics, and “happiness studies” over the years, not to mention Buddhist thought, well: "When we...
The Kansas City Symphony Wants To Add A New, Separate, Non-Classical Performance Space
Why? "The possibility of generating year-round sustaining revenue for an orchestra.” - KC Studio
We Knew Heated Rivalry’s Shane Was A Reader, But The Actor Playing Him Has...
“Williams is rarely spotted without a book in his hand. He’s now name-checked multiple Joan Didion titles in interviews, and was once photographed next to a...
Claude Bessy, Who Ruled The Paris Ballet School, Has Died At 93
Bessy was "a graceful French ballet star whose firm hand at the helm of the Paris Opera Ballet School for three decades made it...
Tennessee’s Latest Attempt At Banning – This Time Of Roots – Has Failed, For...
“Under the totalitarian Age-Appropriate Materials Act — a Tennessee law passed in 2022 that, along with an addendum passed two years later, has permitted the removal...
As Nearly All Musicians Pull Out, The President Wants To Cancel His ‘Freedom 250’...
He’s also said he wants to headline it himself. But “a senior administration official described the rollout of the concerts as ‘a mess’ and...
Dealing With Sudden Pop Fame By Exiting The Game Almost Entirely
Kim Petras was not happy with her experience of “what can happen when the general corporate powers that be force you to sideline your...
A Photographer Who Portrayed Women As Bold And Self-Possessed, Even In 1960s Hong Kong
Sheung was "deeply invested in crafting an image of female autonomy and audacity at a time when women’s lives were constrained by traditional expectations.”...
Museum Gift Stores Have Always Been A Little Special, But They’ve Leveled Up
“Rather than an exit point, this new wave of merchandising is quickly turning museum gift shops into a desirable entry point. Curated edits ......
The Five Top Takeaways From The Kennedy Center Ruling
And yes, we sure do mean the Kennedy Center. - The New York Times
