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A Fire That Destroyed This Artist’s Work Turned Him Into A Writer
After the fire, the artist went to the American Academy in Rome. "I always say Rome was a great place to be depressed. I...
Joan Acocella, Elegant And Erudite Writer About Dance And Culture, Has Died At 78
Acocella, who wrote of dance, culture, and more for The New Yorker and The New York Review of Books for decades, "was often mischievous...
Inside The Shop Filled With Plastics That NY Artists Love
Even as other industrial materials shops move away (and galleries open in their place), "For 50 years, Canal Plastics Center has enticed artists, designers,...
French Filmmakers Have Revived The Ambiguous Courtroom Drama
And that's not just the Palme D'Or winner, Anatomy of a Fall, but several others that came out in 2023. "Arthouse film-makers are subverting...
Why We’re All So Obsessed With The Teen Who ‘Beat’ Tetris
The 13-year-old gives us hope for humanity and human ability - and that's vanishingly rare. - Wired
The Australian Physios Who Helped A ‘Broken’ Ballet Star Have Big Plans
At the Australian Ballet’s artistic health centre in Melbourne, ballet star David Hallberg - who went to them, "broken," he says, in 2015 -...
Who Won Everything At The Globes?
This is the CBS live feed, which updates as awards are announced and will have the full list after the Globes end. - CBS...
In A Streaming World, What Are Three Million LPs Worth?
The ARChive of Contemporary Music "reportedly holds some of the world’s biggest collections of Broadway, African, punk, jazz, country and western, folk, hip hop,...
What Role Will The Conflict In Gaza Play In Awards Shows?
There's basically no response that won't offend someone, says a USC prof. "Add alcohol to the mix, as is often the case at these awards...
A Public Radio Station Reporter Was Fired For Some Of His Online Comedy Clips
Then an arbitrator ruled that since his jokes "were funny," he had to be re-hired by Philadelphia NPR affiliate WHYY - but he also...
Why Is ‘Barbie’ In The Oscars Race For ‘Adapted’ Screenplay?
Judd Apatow, for one, is not having it. Sure, there were dolls, but dolls aren't a narrative. "It’s insulting to the writers to say...
Podcast Numbers Are Tanking. You Can Blame Apple.
The company after whom the entire genre is named (remember the iPod?) maybe shouldn't kill podcasting, and indeed, the numbers might be an accident:...
The Deeply American Story Of Waiting, And Longing, At Angel Island
In this 21st century oratorio, the director says, it's cathartic "to allow ourselves to feel what our ancestors have felt and know that we’re...
Can Anyone Make Awards Season Safe For Introverts?
"Creative introverts dread campaign season. They’re allergic to the self-promotion. Not to mention that the world is designed to reward extroverts. ... But you...
TikTok And Instagram Drive A New Brand Of Stand-Up Comedy Success
The real-life audience for stand-up is larger, and more diverse, thanks to viral clips. But, one comedian says, "If you base your comedy around...
Vinie Burrows, Who Got Her Start On Broadway At 15, Has Died At 99
Burrows grew frustrated with Broadway's lack of roles for Black women, and "took matters into her own hands as a solo artist. She received...
The Creative Arts Emmys Are Halfway Over, And There Are Some Big Winners
Awards season is what one might call compressed due to the Hollywood strikes of the spring and summer (and fall). Thus: "HBO’s post-apocalyptic drama The...
How Does Instagram Stack Up As A News Feed?
Young users "said that relevance and proximity were key to defining news, but that relevance was personal and individual rather than public, and that...
Why The NYT Really Sued OpenAI
The New York Times is "spending a fortune creating what’s unfortunately now called content - the articles, investigative pieces, analysis, puzzles, recipes, product recommendations...
Hollywood Is Still A Boys’ Club
At least in the director's seat, it's the old Ken Mojo Dojo Casa House all over again. - HuffPost
The Inevitable Steamboat Willie Mickey Mouse Slasher Movie Is On Its Way
You see, "while modern Mickey is known for his charming personality, Steamboat Willie Mickey was more menacing with his propensity to use his fellow animals as...
A New Gilbert And Sullivan Opera?
In Britain, the call has gone out for everyone to check attics, garrets, and old bookshelves: "The original score of Gilbert and Sullivan's Utopia...
Elvis Costello Saw A Depressing Movie, So He Made A Musical From It, Of...
Cold War (the 2018 movie, and the new musical) "is a microcosm of the tragedy of a Poland wallowing in hardship and paranoia." -...
The Golden Globes Became Too Big To Fail
"At a time when the film industry is still struggling with deep existential anxieties, ... for many in Hollywood the impetus to look past...
The Man Who Made ‘Seven Brides For Seven Brothers’ 100 Percent Less Rapey Would...
"David Landay, the only one of the 1982 show’s four writers who is alive, added a prologue and revised the plot so that the...
