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Studio Ghibli Gets A New Owner And Lease On Life
After Hayao Miyazaki's animator son Goro refused to take over from his now-82-year-old father, Studio Ghibli's future was in doubt. - The Guardian (UK)
Why Authors Are Suing Open AI
Chat bots are trained by millions of hours of human blood, sweat, tears, and typing - and these authors want compensation. - Fast Company
A New Sound For The New World Symphony
The sound is new artistic director Stéphane Denève's French accent, as he succeeds the legendary Michael Tilson Thomas. - Washington Post
The National Cathedral Unveils Two New Stained Glass Windows
Replacing the stain of the Confederate-themed windows that were removed six years ago, the two new windows, designed by Kerry James Marshall, are themed...
Studios Allege They’ve Presented Their Final Offer To Writers
A "best and final offer" before today's meetings may lead to a deal soon, but the writers say this is a management-side leak and...
To Keep Kids Interested In Music, It’s Time To Dump The Holiday Concert
Instead, "bring play back into the classroom by instructing students how to hear a melody on the radio and learn to play it back...
The Little Prince Lands In New York
This is surprisingly logical, since Antoine de Saint-Exupéry wrote Le Petit Prince while living in the city after escaping the Nazi invasion of France....
Every Streamer Wants To Be Hulu Now
It's clear why: Streamers make (a lot) more money off of cheap subscriptions ... and the ad dollars that support them. - Fast...
AI Is Coming For Video Game Jobs Too
Game developers: "The last world we want to live in is the one where the robots get to make all the creative decisions and...
Meanwhile, In England
Warner Bros. is planning to expand the studios where they shot Barbie - to the tune of 4,000 more workers. - BBC
What’s Up With The Oscars Race In This Very, Very Weird Year?
All the major film festivals are over, and though the writers and actors' strikes continue, some movies are shaping up as awards season contenders...
Little Poems For Giacometti
Wait, why aren't we all writing poems about art? - LitHub
The National Gallery Reneges On Its Agreement About The Corcoran
"When the Corcoran was eviscerated, there was a pretense that somehow it would actually continue to exist — without its art, without its building,...
Hollywood’s Crew Members Make Candles, Do Tarot Readings To Get By
As the writers' strike passes its 140th day, "crew members have expressed frustration over the slow pace of negotiations." - Los Angeles Times
The Babysitting Nonprofit Helping Parents Go To Broadway Shows
"Helping people in theater take care of their children is part of core mission — an early initiative was hiring babysitters to watch...
Amazon And Goodreads Are Just Flat-Out Letting AI Tank Authors’ Reputations
Jane Friedman, who writes a newsletter about the publishing industry and was a victim of AI-generated content: "There’s not a lot of critical thinking...
Miro’s Yellows Have Lost Their Brilliance
Even his works from the '70s have faded - and it's because of the atomic structure of his yellow paint. - The New York...
Orchestra In Ontario Cancels All Performances And Practices
The Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, founded in 1945, abruptly canceled its youth events on Saturday - and then deleted everything off its calendar for 2023-24. -...
Fury And Grief As The UK Closes Its Art Schools
"These places are where people begin their art careers. No one starts at the RCA – you go to your local site of...
The Wildenstein Art Dynasty Is In Court In France, Again
The so-called "discreet dynasty" of art dealers is no longer impregnable thanks to multiple lawsuits from generations of women who say they were cheated...
The Namer Of Nail Polish Colors Speaks Up
It's a tough job, coming up with names like "Yummy Mummy" (beige) or Molly Coddled (pinkish), but someone has to get paid to do...
Judge Throws Out Four Of Five Claims In Fired Art History Professor Case
But art historian Erika López Prater, fired for showing an image of the Prophet Muhammad in an online Hamline class, may keep her lawsuit...
In England, An Orchestra Has Its Very Own School
The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra now has built-in students at a new school - and that might help orchestral music stay alive in...
Southern Kids Have Lost Their Accents
We're all West Coasters now: "This same accent that Gen Z has, which sounds a little bit like California English, to be honest, has...
We’ve Suddenly Got A Few Middle-Aged Heroines In Film, If You Can Believe It
Of course, there's Michelle Yeoh's Evelyn in Everything Everywhere All at Once, but that's not the only zeitgeist change. Middle-aged women "have had enough...
