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The People Chasing Thrills, And The Artists And Engineers Running Up Against Physics To...
“In recent years, Americans have drifted away from many of their once-beloved sources of pleasure: drinking, throwing parties, having sex, making friends. Yet they keep coming...
These Nazi-Looted Paintings Will, After An Intervention, Not Be Up For Auction
A nonprofit, the Monuments Men and Women Foundation, received a tip that the art was on the auction block in Ohio, and went into...
The National Gallery Can Finally Show Britain – And Tourists – The Story Of...
And gosh, maybe it can even start to include a fair number of women artists. - The Guardian (UK)
When A Writer Starts To Lose His Words, What Happens?
“After 50 years of publishing, Munsch told me, his ability to come up with new stories seems to have vanished. ... Plots used to...
A US Actor Trying To Restore A UK Manor He Calls ‘Downton Shabby’ Has...
Hopwood DePree "grew up listening to stories of the family’s ancestral home in England, but believed them to be fairytales, until he began researching...
The French Movies That Influenced Kristen Stewart As A Director
"In her typical unfiltered, brainy and self-deprecating fashion, Stewart made the audience laugh as she admitted that she actually struggles to watch entire movies.”...
What Jane Austen Had On Her Playlist
“In the last decade, after academics at the University of Southampton in England digitized the sheet music collection of Austen and her family, more and more...
Anthropic’s We Stole Your Books, Here’s Some Money Offer Isn’t Great
But this author wants the settlement money anyway. - Wired
There’s A Labubu At The Emmys, Plus Everything Else That’s Happening
The Vulture post will load if you click this headline, but here is the Los Angeles Times live chat, The Hollywood Reporter’s live stream...
How Poptimism Ate Itself
“The truth is that the vulgar poptimist ideal of letting people like what they like is also the preferred state of affairs for capitalism — cultural...
The Slow Death Of French Restaurant Criticism
“Paris, the centre of French gastronomy, has never been in more need of a great restaurant critic. Today, the Parisian food media scene has...
Many, Many Good Shows Weren’t Nominated For Emmys
"I guess what I’m saying is, you could watch the Emmys, or you could watch some of the other things that were on TV...
Erik Satie, Inventor Of Modern Music
“Despite music in general having long since assimilated the daring qualities of Gymnopédie No. 1, the original piece still catches our ears — in its subtle...
Sean Astin Is Elected To A Powerful Union Position
That’s right, Samwise Gamgee is now the president of SAG-AFTRA as the performers’ union heads into another contract year. - Los Angeles Times
TikTok Is Filled With Women Dressed As Alexander Hamilton Sneaking Out Of Windows And...
Many of the TikToks “deliberately portray as a stereotypical bad boyfriend or spouse with wandering eyes. Some are more explicit, like one in...
Belgian Music Festival Cancels Performance Because Munich Phil’s Conductor Also Helms Israeli Phil
“'In light of role as the chief conductor of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, we are unable to provide sufficient clarity about his attitude...
Paramount Pictures Has Denounced A Boycott Of Israeli Film Industries
Paramount "sharply denounced a proposed boycott of Israeli film institutions by a group that calls itself Film Workers for Palestine and is supported by...
Britain’s National Trust Encourages Slow Looking
The Trust “said it wanted to increase the average eight-second viewing time for an artwork, as a way of reducing stress and developing emotional...
How Is Everyone In Oslo So Darn Nice, Even While Having Sex?
At least, according to a director of movies about the sex lives of Norwegians. “It could be regarded as utopian,” he says. - The...
The Surprising Numbers About Playwriting Equity In The United States
“The new-play results nationwide and in New York are very close to parity after all, while the all-play results, which include all the Shakespeares...
Daniel Day Lewis Didn’t Actually Mean He’d Retire
Sure, he said that, but what he meant was that he "just stopped doing that particular type of work so could do some...
Why Are Video Games Taking Longer And Longer To Make?
“Success can be a blessing and a curse in video games. Critical acclaim can mean big sales, which help to fund your next work. But...
Why Readers Love Reading Books About Books
Or actually: “Books about books, or bookstores, or people who work in bookstores, or in publishing, or in libraries, or anything book-adjacent.” - LitHub
Nancy King, Who Was Called The Best Living Jazz Singer As She Shunned The...
“King’s improvisational skills were formidable, even by the standards of a music built on improvisation. ... She would rearrange songs on the fly, and...
When The Studio Cleans Up At The Emmys, Will You Be Watching?
OK, OK, that’s just a (widely shared) prediction, but in any case - here are the details for the big ceremony tonight. - The...
