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A Library Book Comes Back 119 Years Late
Good thing fines are mostly a thing of the past, eh? "This came back in extremely good condition. ... Someone obviously kept this on...
The Repurposed Burlap Coffee Bags Of Henry V
The set designer for the production at the Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival: "It just immediately added a layer that I don't think...
A Thumbs-Up Emoji Can Be A Contract, Court Says
"The ruling shows how ingrained emojis are in modern culture, also that so much of our daily communication happens via text. The playful symbols...
The Set Used For The Banshees Of Inisherin Is Now A Real Pub, Open...
"The film set pub lay for a year-and-a-half in a yard on Achill Island - and when Luke offered to buy it from...
Minnie Bruce Pratt, Poet And Activist, Dead At 76
Pratt, originally from Alabama, "moved between the worlds of literature, scholarship and activism over nearly five decades as the LGBTQ+ community achieved gains such...
Netflix Gets Deeper Into Europe With Deal In Germany
The deal gives the streamer access to upcoming films "involving Jella Haase, Peter Saarsgard, Ben Chaplin, John Magaro, Leonie Benesch, Mads Mikkelsen, Vanessa Hudgens,...
A Trial May Determine Which Of Aretha Franklin’s Handwritten Wills Is Valid
Shall it be the will in the cupboard, or the will from the sofa cushions? "I think they all wish this had been settled...
Puritanical British Transport Bans Theatre Ad Featuring Wedding Cake
Just what we need: More joyless, foolish bureaucrats quashing theatrical productions. "The interactive show is set at an Italian-American wedding, with a three-course meal,...
A Documentary Of Wham In East Asia, Squelched
To watch If You Were There, director Lindsay Anderson's cut of a documentary about Wham! in China, you have to go to a university...
How ‘Fiddler’ Helped Usher In The 1960s’ Jewish Pride Movement
"In the early 1960s, the Jewish American soul was tied in knots. On the one hand, Jews knew they were outsiders. ... On the...
Writing Music For Rolling Boulders
"Composing for movies, often mischaracterized as auxiliary to the primary work of filmmaking, is an art form in its own right. At its best,...
The Woman With The Many Languages
With (far) more than 350 dialects of indigenous languages spoken across the United States, and few interpreters, vital information can fall away. "When you...
Tearing Down Old Buildings To Build New Ones Is So Pre-Climate Emergency
The second word in the three Rs of environmentalism is reuse for a reason, writes Rowan Moore of planned London construction. "The most sustainable...
Wolf Biermann Is A Singer Whose Music And Moral Stances Once United East And...
"Biermann was born under Nazism, in 1936, and raised in West Germany. As a teenager, he defected to the East and made a career...
Let’s Just Calm Down About AI And Music
All right, recent events are alarming for actual musicians. But "even a more radical artists-rights activist like Kevin Erickson, director of the Future of...
The Secretive YouTuber Recording, And Changing, Amusement Park Design
Come for the scoop about people getting conceived on a Garfield ride in Pittsburgh, stay for the philosophy: "Perhaps if we better understand amusement...
The Czech Film Festival Karlovy Vary Has Brought A New Old Filmmaker To The...
That is to say that Japanese director Yasuzo Masumura, who died 37 years ago, is enjoying a renaissance thanks to the festival. "There is...
The Women Who Have Interpreted Dylan
Cher "ran into Dylan in a New York recording studio as her version was climbing the charts. He told her that he dug...
Even The Best Directors Are Going Franchise, But Why?
Chloe Zhao followed up Nomadland with a Marvel tentpole. Greta Gerwig is about to release Barbie. Barry Jenkins is directing ... a Lion King...
How The Heck Did ‘Barbie’ Find Itself At (Cold) War With China?
A crayon drawing, maybe. "Vietnamese censors have banned or altered several other movies that showed disputed areas as being under Beijing’s control. The list includes...
Actors Step Up Strike Preparations, Share Them On Social Media
"The union that is in the midst of tense contract negotiations with Hollywood’s major studios published a 42-second video on that showed members wielding...
Pianist, Crossover Artist, And Pops Conductor Peter Nero Has Died At 89
"Nero was a national treasure. He appeared with Frank Sinatra, Mel Tormé, Andy Williams, Johnny Mathis and other headliners; released 72 albums; conducted the...
Watermelon Woman Finally Gets Long Overdue Honors At The Criterion Channel
Why did this take so long? Blame the GOP. "In 1997 Michigan Republican Congressman Pete Hoekstra derided The Watermelon Woman as 'possibly pornographic.' ... He decried...
When A TikToker Approached A ‘Looking Defeated’ YA Author, You Won’t Believe What Happened...
Or, you might. "The video was posted to TikTok on Sunday and was flooded with supportive comments. ... On Monday, Warner tweeted that the...
One Dance Principal’s Mission Is To Be ‘As Human As Possible’ In Classical Ballet
American Ballet Theater principal Cassandra Trenary says, "I’m trying to find a balance between being the most human and the most stripped down and keeping it...
