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The Gen-Z YouTubers Of Ballet
Two Canadian sisters make polished, professional, joyous ballet breakdown videos every week - and they have won over ballet scholars and ballerinas alike. “The...
Thieves Steal Renoir, Cezanne, Picasso Works In Three-Minute Raid In Italy
“The Magnani Rocca Foundation, a private museum, lies in the heart of the countryside 20 kilometres from Parma. Local media reported that the thieves were able to nab the paintings in...
The Oscar-Winning Documentary Has Been Banned In Russia
To no one’s surprise, A Russian court banned the Oscar-winning documentary Mr Nobody Against Putin from several streaming platforms .., alleging it promoted ‘negative attitudes’ about...
Horror Tropes Are Starting To Feel Like They’ve Reached The End Of Their Useful...
But the movies keep on coming. - Salon
The Accidental Creation Of Project Hail Mary’s Breakout Star
No, we’re not talking about Ryan Gosling. We’re talking about puppetry, and voices. - The New York Times
South Africa’s Daring Anti-Apartheid Theatre Turns Fifty
“Even the fact that audiences were made up of Black and white South Africans mingling together was unheard of in a city where...
The Met’s New Tristan Und Isolde Set Looks Fantastic, But There’s One Little Problem
Sitting in the orchestra, the principals sound wonderful. But elsewhere, thanks to onstage tunnels: “Few lines of the libretto could be made out over...
The AI-Based ‘Recommendation’ Issue That’s Going To Destroy Trust In The Internet
Should that trust still exist, which is questionable. “With the rise of large language models, the problem of not-quite-right advice will only get worse....
This Poem Was Banned One Hundred Years Ago. Now, It’s Onstage
“A narrative poem full of sex, drugs and violence, it tells the story of a crazy gathering hosted by a beautiful vaudeville singer named...
How Reality TV Became An Unstoppable Cultural Force
“Many shows have not only endured, they’ve spawned universes, international adaptations and spinoffs. Bravo, a TV channel that used to focus on the performing...
Why Two Emmy-Winning Stars Of The Bear Are Experimenting On Broadway
“'There’s nobody I’d rather go to battle with,’ Bernthal said fervently of his co-star. And ‘if we do go down,’ Moss-Bachrach said,...
TikTok Has A Policy On Labeling AI-Generated Advertising, But Those Labels Are Really Not...
The problem is caused, but not solved, by technology: “There is currently no trusted technological solution for reliably identifying AI-generated content, or even human-made...
Movies, As Seen In ‘Project Hail Mary,’ Are Fun Again
And the box office reflects it. - The New York Times
The World Changed While The World’s Biggest Boy Band Was On Hiatus
But it wasn’t just the world; it’s the music: BTS's comeback album is, maybe, not that great. - Slate (MSN)
Mary Beth Hurt, Tony-Nominated Actress Who Originated A Role In Crimes Of The Heart,...
Hurt also "drew moviegoers to her array of emotionally impactful performances in such films as Interiors, Chilly Scenes of Winter and The World According to Garp.” - The...
Why Is Everyone Still In Love With Sherlock Holmes?
“The real Holmes - the one written by Conan Doyle - is endlessly fascinating. He is a genius but flawed because he is so...
Tracy Kidder, Who Helped Redefine Nonfiction, Has Died At 80
“Kidder was careful to eschew focusing on his longtime loves like fishing or baseball, afraid that if he spent too much time in one...
Will A Lawsuit Allow Claire Tabouret’s Windows To Be Mounted In Notre Dame?
“At the crux of the controversy is the fact that Tabouret’s new windows would push out Viollet-le-Duc’s undamaged ones. Advocates for the project argue...
If Streamers Like Netflix Keep Raising Prices, How Will Viewers Keep Up?
The newest price increase includes a $27 a month premium (that is, not ad-supported; which was, one may remember, THE WHOLE POINT OF STREAMING)...
Rebecca Solnit Wants Progressives To Calm Down And Keep It Slow
“Yes, we’re living through a political revolution, but it’s not the one you think. It’s not the fast-paced hurtle towards fascist necropolitics we wake...
Why Did So Many People Walk Out Of Julian Schnabel’s Newest Movie?
“An audience member shouted to the stage that the movie was too violent. ‘Well, life is violent,’ Schnabel responded.” - San Francisco Chronicle
What We All Miss When We Second-Screen
“Short-form video habituates the brain to rapid stimuli, reducing its capacity to stay focused on the slower and more demanding. There’s a popular term...
We’ve Been Mispronouncing The Name Of A Foundational American Writer For Decades
“It was a hotly debated thing, and it came to a head with Meryl Streep.” - The New York Times
Iran Is Winning The AI Slop Propaganda War
An AI-generated LEGO movie mocking Trump as a pedophile “is the work of Iran-based propagandists called the ‘Explosive News Team’ and is just the...
The Lion King Lyrics Legal Battle Is Unfolding Before Our Eyes
So … does the opening line really mean “Look, there’s a lion; oh my God”? Or is all of this just a big GoFundMe...
