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Jadie David On A Lifetime Of Being Hollywood’s First Full-Time Black Stuntwoman
David, who got into the business by pure chance, was also "a trailblazer for equality and safety within the industry. It was no holiday,...
The Emmys Are Officially Postponed
The new date is, supposedly, January 15. But we'll see. - CBC
Liverpool Museum Cuts Ties To Sir David Adjaye
"Adjaye Associates had led the architectural design of the £57m plans. follows reports in the Financial Times three women had accused Sir David...
How The National Socialist State Saw Hannah Arendt
"In that first summer, after Hitler’s accession to power, there can have been few clearer illustrations than the example of Hannah Arendt that it...
North Carolina Theatre Ends ‘Redface’ And Hires Native Actors
"The Lost Colony is guided by Littleturtle, a Native American storyteller. Where the Indian characters that colonists confronted once spoke gibberish and pidgin English,...
We’ve Been Through A Whole Pandemic, And All We Got Was Lightly Improved Video...
"After all that, the actual experience of video chat is maybe in its most boring state ever. ... The market is largely run by...
The Right Wing Book Freakout Is Harming Librarians, Teachers, And Authors
"No longer are just books under fire, but also the library administrators, teachers and long-beloved librarians who are defending them. They're being shouted down by parents,...
International TV Series Won’t Save Streamers From Strikes And Other Worker Actions
"It isn’t just American actors and writers who want to be paid fairly. It’s all of them. ... Actors in South Korea, where Netflix...
Getting Navajo Culture Right On TV
George Joe consulted family to help with accuracy, since they all lived through the time and place depicted on Dark Winds. Then, language: "On...
What’s The Point Of The Met Museum’s New Collaboration With A Virtual Reality Company...
Maybe this: "I realized I was paying more attention to historical objects and works that I otherwise might not have given a second glance...
Artificial Intelligence Programs Seem To Threaten The Profession Of Architecture
"In terms of strategic thinking and real-time analysis, AI is already way beyond what human architects are capable of. This could be the final...
Global Investment Firm KKR May Buy Simon And Schuster From Paramount
"The possibility that a private equity firm could buy Simon & Schuster has made some publishing executives nervous over the past three years, concerned...
How Global Investment Firm KKR Is Making Public Libraries Far Worse
In 2020, a global investment firm bought the company that provides ebooks to nearly all libraries in the US, and quite a few in...
Asian American Writers Have A Conference Despite The Smithsonian’s Weaseling Out At The Last...
The Asian American Literary Collective got their "Ghosted World" conference together quickly after the Smithsonian canceled its huge and popular event. One organizer: "This...
What Joyce Carol Oates Owes To Oprah
We can't really say "feminism," but if it's feminist to start thinking of your mom as a person when she's 84 years old, then...
The Existential Crisis Of Being A Writer And Parent To Kids Who Don’t Love...
A writer parent, tasked with teaching her kids in the early days of the pandemic, realizes it's not just that they don't love it...
Leny Andrade, The First Lady Of Brazilian Jazz, Has Died At 80
"Andrade rose from the clubs of Rio, where she performed as a teenager, to forge a six-decade career, recording more than 35 albums as...
An Interview With The Guy Who Had The Music Handle On Twitter For 16...
Musk yanked @music away without warning. Jeremy Vaught: "It’s been emotional. ... The idea that they’ll just take your account because they want it—I’ve...
The Writers’ Strike Is Really About One Company That Has Changed Everything
"Writers’ rooms, in fact, were never written into any WGA contract, seemingly based on an assumption that business would continue as usual. But Netflix,...
Back To The Stone Building Age
Look, stone is energy efficient, and some architects are ready for a return. "Solid stone can once again form the walls and structure of...
New York’s Bessie Awards Honor Performances And Grieve For A Slain Friend
"'How is it possible that in 2023 someone was brutally murdered for dancing?' Manchildblack said." - The New York Times
In Vancouver, ‘Hollywood North’ Has Been Hit Hard By The Strikes
"Foreign film and TV shoots in Canada have ground to a halt. While domestic production continues, union leaders say that eventually many of the concerns driving...
When An NHL Player And His Wife Asked Readers To Stop Sexually Harassing Him
Hockey romance fans "gravitate to players who remind them of their favorite book boyfriends, and one popular choice is Seattle Kraken center Alex Wennberg....
The Unspoken, But Specific, Language Of Crosswords
"The rules of crosswords ... are intimately related to the grammar of language in general. Just as toddlers develop a deep knowledge of different...
Julia Scully, Influential Editor Of Modern Photography, Has Died At 94
Modern Photography "was as devoted to the technical side of photography as it was to its aesthetics. Ms. Scully focused on the latter, and...
