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The Streaming Squeeze Is On
Will it ever end? And how much can one household afford? - The Verge
President Erica Muhl Left Berklee College Of Music Suddenly In July
Why? She had only been on the job for two years. Now, "virtually no member of the staff, faculty, or administration, including those who...
Our Idea Of Attention Spans Came From 19th Century Factory Managers
So, stop worrying about whether your attention span is too short, and start understanding distractedness as "a radical alternative to an internalised puritan work...
Consciousness Is So Mysterious, There Are 20 Scientific Explanations For It
A five-year full-on "test" to figure out which theory is right didn't figure it out - but that doesn't mean we didn't learn anything...
Jack Anderson, Longtime NYT Dance Critic, Has Died At 88
Anderson wrote approximately 4,000 pieces for the Times. He "combined a historian’s learnedness with an enthusiast’s ardor for what was new and surprising." -...
A Wild Ride Through Podcasting’s No Good, Very Bad Year
"Spotify laid off hundreds and effectively killed its in-house podcast production units, Gimlet and Parcast. It seemed like every entity, from public radio to news publishers, made cuts to...
Can A New Graphic Novel Of Watership Down Actually Not Traumatize Children?
The 1978 movie "was rated G but famously scared a lot of the unsuspecting kids who saw it. In fact, just in this past...
Best Bookstore Day Ever?
Sir Patrick Stewart saw copies of his book in a window and just ... dropped in and signed some. The bookseller stayed calm ......
How The Culture Of Amazon Promotes Sexism Through Supposed Meritocracy
"The idea was, Well, if women were qualified for these jobs or wanted these jobs, they would just rise into them. They would just take them....
Theatre Parents Don’t Get To See Any Theatre
Tony-winner Ali Stroker has a new book out, and a new kid, so what has she seen on Broadway? Nothing, "because Mom life. ......
SAG-AFTRA Clarifies Halloween Costuming Guidelines
The union says not actor adults, but yes, their kids, can dress as characters from struck movies. (For instance, Barbie or Ken, or perhaps...
The Problem With French Cinema
Justine Triet, director of Anatomy of a Fall, spoke out against French film funding after she won the Palme d'Or at Cannes - and...
Want To Be A K-Pop Star?
Then you'd better move to Korea. - CBC
Waltraud Meier’s Life In Opera
Her 47-year career came to a close in Berlin last week. For every role, she says, "I ask myself, What do I want to...
A Second Woman Accuses Danny Elfman Of Sexual Assault
The woman said Elfman abused her while she was a young, aspiring composer. The accusations include his "exposing his genitals to her and masturbating...
Let Them Eat Cake, Biscuits, And The History Of Art
At Bobby Baker's restaging of her 1976 An Edible Family in a Mobile Home, visitors "five lifesize family members made of biscuits, meringue and...
Boston’s New Repertory Theatre To Close After 40 Seasons
Though it closes with a strong 2023 season, the theatre couldn't get major funders behind it to continue. - American Theatre
Kitty Green Likes To Make Terrifying Movie
Green, who made The Assistant and has the new Royal Hotel out, says - only partly about her films, where women face dangers at...
The Sydney Opera House, At 50
In 1956, Australia held an international competition "to design a national performance venue on Bennelong Point that would put Sydney on the map" -...
Did Brexit Move The Center Of The Art World Back To Paris?
One gallerist says, "The quality of the work is better, things are presented more thoughtfully. And collectors like spending more time here" (despite a...
Authors, Stressed About AI, Take Their Objections To The Courts
Authors are suing to get their work, and characters, out of AI programs. "OpenAI, for its part, has contended that training an AI system...
After A Massive Deal, Microsoft Is Now A Gaming Company
Microsoft "is collecting these infinity stones of game companies." Will this deal be as bad as the Warner Bros.-AT&T merger? - Slate
American Ballet Theatre’s First Woman Artistic Director Takes The Reins
Susan Jaffe has some questions to answer, like how can ABT reflect society, and attract younger audiences - "and how do you make a...
Indie Films May Have A Solid Chance At The Oscars
That's thanks to the writers' and actors' strikes. "If the strike continues without stars on the circuit, voters may be left to their...
The Philadelphia Orchestra Ratifies A New Contract
Two months after a strike authorization vote, the contract ratification means the musicians play on, with a much better deal than management press releases...
