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If You Want To Know How The Economy Is Doing, Check The Lavish Dinner...
Watch the duck. Seriously, watch. The. Duck. - Salon
In The This Almost Didn’t Happen World, Count Itzhak Perlman Nearly Opting Out Of...
Talk about an alternate reality: Perlman told John Williams he’d consider it. “Toby, my wife, said, ‘Are you out of your mind? You’re going...
Will Audiences Who Love Animation Be Able To Save?
As animation studios wither, one indie animator, whose fan-supported series has now been picked up by Amazon Prime: “I’ve been online since, like, late...
The Widower Of Suzanne Somers Says He’s Made An ‘AI Twin’ Of Her
Ethical experts have some questions, and some worries - though Somers’s widower claims she knew all about it, and approved, before she died. -...
What’s Up With Woody Allen And Spanish City Names?
Madrid wants to join Vicky Cristina Barcelona with … who knows? “Regional authorities are confident” - to the tune of €1.5 million - “the...
Painting History In Houston’s Graveyards
Cemetery artist Arthur “Deatly works with slow-drying acrylic paints, whose extended drying time gives flexibility outdoors. This allows him to take his time to...
Fluxus Artist Alison Knowles, Who Made Art From A Tuna Sandwich, Has Died At...
“She invited friends — and later hungry museumgoers — to join her for the ordinary-seeming meal, and she documented some of the feasts in journals and...
Is There Any Hope For The Iconic Cinerama Dome In Los Angeles?
Well, at least there’s a new alcohol use permit? - Los Angeles Times (Yahoo)
How Yayoi Kusama’s Pumpkins Became All The Rage In The Museum World
Or rather, not just the museum world: “It’s Kusama’s pumpkin patch; we’re just living in it.” - Washington Post (Yahoo)
The Novelist Anne Enright, On Trying To Clean Out Her Parents’ House
“Everything must be seen and experienced before it can be recycled, shredded or, as a last resort, binned. We must honour and mourn. We...
Art Crime Is In The News Again, This Time Thanks To An International Art...
"German police say they've broken up an international art forgery ring that tried to sell works purportedly by Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt, Frida Kahlo and...
For The First Time In Two Hundred Years, You Can See The Parthenon Without...
Of course, “having been originally built in the fifth century BC, and come through most of that span much the worse for wear, it...
The Existential Angst Of Playing Bruce Springsteen
Jeremy Allen White “was at first reluctant to take the role, given that he didn’t play guitar and was not a confident singer. He...
Thinking About Misty Copeland’s Legacy
“Her journey shattered long-standing norms in an art form historically dominated by white dancers, challenging stereotypes about body type, ethnicity, and ‘who belongs’ in...
Hollywood Writers Seem To Have Lost Their Way On AI
Sure, old Black Mirror episodes about AI (creepily, eerily) presaged our present — but current TV can’t quite figure out what all of the...
The Crisis In Belief Is Running Deep In An Age Of AI
“It’s the human factor I find the major underdiagnosed problem these days, the spiritual crisis now gripping many journalists and democracy enthusiasts. ‘What is...
Alison Williams Is An Adult Now
“After Girls, she more or less abandoned romantic heroines, in part to show her range and also because Marnie (and through her, Williams) became...
Because Arts Nonprofits Don’t Have Enough To Worry About
Turns out GoFundMe created “realistic-looking but unauthorized fundraising pages without permission that included logos and other identifying information from the nonprofits, but suggesting an...
Can Hollywood’s Fresh New Love Affair With Microdramas Last?
Wow, do streamers have a show (or 450, all produced quickly) for you. "Though vertical dramas are the length of a movie, they are...
June Lockhart, Beloved TV Mom, Has Died At 100
Lockhart played Timmy’s mom - and Lassie’s human, too, on Lassie; and then she starred in Lost in Space as well. Lockhart started her...
How To Enjoy Horror Movies Without Suffering Through Gore And Jump Scares
If you love thinking about how horror reflects societal concerns, but you’d rather not hear the screaming or throw your popcorn all over your...
TV Shows Are Trying To Save Korean Royal Court Cuisine, Since UNESCO Wouldn’t
“Despite Korean palace cuisine appearing on Bon Appetit, Your Majesty and other TV shows, these dishes don’t grace everyday dining tables. A certain level...
Taylor Swift’s Choreographer Also Happens To Choreograph Operas For The Met
Mandy Moore “has created charming routines for movies including La La Land and Silver Linings Playbook and television shows. … She has made dance numbers for the...
As AI Tries To Take Over, Are Humans In A Great Age Of De-Skilling?
“Are all forms of de-skilling corrosive? Or are there kinds that we can live with, that might even be welcome?” - The Atlantic (MSN)
What Happens When You Name Your Kid After A Fictional Character Before The Book...
It can go badly — see “Khaleesi” as a name, for instance — or fine, but what a risky idea. - The New York...
