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What Brokeback Mountain Meant Twenty Years Ago, And What It Means Now
Director Ang Lee: “That movie made me feel there’s a movie God who loves me and wanted me to keep contributing to cinema.” -...
Authors Are Creating Time-Lapse Tik-Toks To Prove They Don’t Use AI
One young adult fantasy author “doesn't say a single word in the video, but her captions on the screen speak volumes. ‘Using GenAI to write...
This Book Cover Trend Is Starting To Get Annoying
Because these covers are everywhere. They "are the new signifiers of stylish literary fiction, telegraphing gravitas, wit and cool. They make a bid for...
World, Especially US, Politics Hang Over Art Basel
“'Many folks have asked specifically if we are OK,’ said David Kordansky, a Los Angeles dealer who felt the need to defend the image...
What It’s Like Watching The Evita Balcony Scene From A London Sidewalk
“‘We’re both interested in the accessibility of the arts,’ said 25-year-old Sian, who had come with her drama-school buddy. ‘I don’t know the show,...
Why Don’t The Emmys Have A Category For Outstanding Performance In Reality TV?
“The industry treats reality stars like the animals in a nature documentary: They can be compelling as we observe them in their habitat, but...
Can The Venice Architecture Biennale Use AI To Gain Popularity?
Architects "balked at having their voices clipped. The compromise was to let architects write the texts they wanted (which can be full of jargon...
The Music Industry Can’t Stop The AI Onslaught
But the industry has new tools to help companies track down what songs are ‘made’ by software, and what are human-created. The focus could...
Despite Anger From Industry Workers, FilmLA Gets Five More Years To Handle Film Permits
The industry group argues that "$900 permits are not what is causing productions to flee L.A. That is just a drop in the bucket.”...
Oops, Sorry, Authors – TikTok Doesn’t Actually Want To Publish Books
The news "came as a shock to authors who were swayed by the possibility that 8th Note could help engineer best sellers with elaborate...
Was The Newest Marvel Movie Always Doomed At The Box Office?
Thunderbolts* - beloved by critics and indie fans - isn’t going to break even. But was the point of this particular film to make...
The Scariest Two Musical Notes In Film History
"The 'Main Title' music from Jaws has inspired generations of commercial and cultural riffs and rip-offs — since filed under a larger surge of...
This Administration Almost Sold The Freedom Rides Museum, And Other Civil Rights Monuments
“Many of the buildings on the original list were not ‘underutilized’ at all. They were simply being used for government work that the president...
British Comedian David Walliams Performed The Nazi Salute Twice During A Panel Taping
Walliams is also a children’s author. “The show's production company and the BBC both described the gestures as ‘completely unacceptable’ and said the segment...
National History Day Has Turned Into A Deeply Competitive Performance Extravaganza For High School...
But federal funding cuts are threatening national history: "A scramble for stopgap funding from donors and bake sales allowed all qualifying teams to attend...
Julianne Moore, Action Hero
“There are these physical fights, stuff with horses, there’s all this water and diving and pulling and carrying. It’s exhausting!” - The Guardian (UK)
Dara Birnbaum, Who Transformed The Wonder Woman TV Show Into Art, Has Died At...
“Television was a one-way medium, its audience tending to become passive. … I wanted to show the aggressive conditioning forced upon viewers by these...
The Schomburg Center, At 100, Is Ready For Its Day In The Sun
“Artists, writers and community leaders have gone the center to be inspired, root their work in a deep understanding of the vastness of the...
Writing Joy Where Publishers See Only Pain
“What does it mean when the majority of the African LGBTQI+ narratives lauded as ‘important,’ ‘urgent,’ or ‘powerful’ are ones where queer black bodies...
Emmy Writers On Controlling Runaway Costs In Hollywood
“The most important part of my job besides writing producible scripts that are on time is to keep my show on the air as...
Stop Blaming Jaws For ‘Ruining’ Movies
“Five decades on, it’s easy to forget just how remarkably undiluted the pleasures of Jaws were, and how unassailable its craft.” - Washington Post...
How Los Angeles Museums Have Failed Undocumented Immigrants
“In a city of over 800 museums, fewer than a dozen have publicly voiced their support for the undoc+ community, with the majority of institutions exclusively...
Space Artists At The Museum Of Natural History Discovered A Spiral At The Edge...
As the artists worked on a video, “We’re flying away from the Oort cloud and out pops this spiral, a spiral shape to the...
Joel Shapiro, Post-Minimalist Sculptor, Has Died At 83
“Shapiro’s best-known sculptures are easy to recognize. Constructed from wooden beams jutting in different directions, they typically suggest a human figure with outstretched arms,...
The Paris Opera House Turns 150 This Year
“It was a time in French history when you could change your birth status with money. The nouveau riche included industrialists and bankers. You...
