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How Indigenous-Owned Record Labels Are Changing Canada’s Music Scene

The people are doing it for themselves: "Indigenous musicians are building their own foundation within Canada's music industry after years of feeling excluded from...

Macron Blames Protests And Riots In France On Video Games – A Long-Debunked Theory

"Seeing him mention this is almost anachronistic. The evidence is very clear that whatever may be going on in France, whatever violence is occurring,...

Drawing Birds Can Change Your Life

David Sibley: "Drawing is a way of slowing down to take the time to look at something, and drawing also gives you a record...

Libraries Across The Country Made Digital Books Accessible To All Students, So Mississippi Banned...

The openly homophobic and transphobic law means that "even if granted parental permission, minors may not have materials available to them." Texas is likely...

Barbie Won’t Be Playing In Vietnam

Who knew that a scene in Barbie would tank the bright pink event in Southeast Asia? But "the film contains a scene that depicts...

Why Watch A TV Show When You Can Listen To Podcasts About It Instead?

This phenomenon is because, well, the podcasts about The Bachelor are better than The Bachelor (and other shows), basically. Or in host language, "The...

What’s The Matter With Goodreads?

Goodreads was solid, and then Amazon bought it. Now it's got some major issues. "Former employees said Amazon seemed happy to mine Goodreads for...

The Cliches That Date From Shakespeare And Dickens

Pot, kettle, fine points, and dark and stormy nights - they all came from what was, at the time, original thought and phrasing (but...

Why That Naked Jennifer Lawrence Fight Scene Is Actually Quite Feminist

With its on-screen nudity, "this self-consciously retro film is also a modest step forward. Lawrence’s nude scene in No Hard Feelings is funny in a way...

The Fine Art Of Wimbledon

There's actually rather a lot. "For nearly two decades, a club committee has invited artists who work in a variety of mediums, including sculpture,...

Why Playing In Bars Suits Classical Group The Manchester Collective

"When it's 150 people standing crammed into a small room and you're closer to the musicians than you would ever be at the ...

Wait, So All Fiction Is Now Cringe?

Or just the writing of it, says author Yomi Adegoke, author of The List. "You’re like: ‘Oh, I just made this thing up’ and...

Actor Michael Imperioli Says The SCOTUS Decision Means He Can Bar Bigots From Watching...

"'I’ve decided to forbid bigots and homophobes from watching ‘The Sopranos,’ ‘The White Lotus,’ ‘Goodfellas’ or any movie or TV show I’ve been in,'...

The Lost Cultural Cachet Of Chewing Gum

Remember when it was a sign of, like, total rebellion to blow a huge bubble on screen? Well, that time is long gone -...

What Will Happen To The Emmys If Studios Don’t Settle With Striking Writers?

"The Emmy Awards, which are scheduled set to air on FOX in September, could be delayed for months. Reports ... suggest the organizers are discussing...

Novelist Khaled Khalifa Says His Childhood Has Been Wiped Out By War

"Khalifa is a Syrian novelist, poet and screenwriter whose work has been awarded the Naguib Mahfouz medal for literature, one of the Arab world’s...

Actual, Good Theatre News

"On April 21 of the cursed year of 2020, the Upright Citizens Brigade — New York’s premier improv-comedy venue — announced it was closing its Hell’s...

Reddit, And Thus The Entire Internet, Just Changed, A Lot

"If all of this sounds like a lot of fretting over something as wonky as an API change, it’s not. It’s indicative of a...

Let’s Talk About The Sonic Sphere At The Shed

If you miss the sound quality and visual image qualities of the 1970s, or you're in an altered state, you're in luck. "Sober, none...

What Dancers Do In The Off Season

They go to La Jolla, of course. The new company PointeWorks "is intended to 'create a space and platform for artists to perform and...

The Latest Warner Bros Cut: Famed Diversity Exec Karen Horne

Well this seems, in internet parlance, fine: "Horne’s departure comes as Warner Bros. Discovery scales back its socially responsible spending efforts, according to people...

What Is Going To Happen To London’s Docklands As Big Business Quits The Area?

"The rap against the wharf has always been that it is dull and lifeless, no matter how hard its management tries to liven things...

The End Of Affirmative Action Will Truly Kill The College Admissions Essay

Sure, you can blame ChatGPT etc., but: "The pressure to sell one’s race and race-based adversity to colleges will compel students to write like...

Could Fake Reviews At Long Last Be Going Away?

That's the FTC's proposed plan, anyway. Why? Because "there are global businesses dedicated to generating fake reviews for scammers and merchants looking for a...

Los Angeles Officials Damage Artist’s Floating Studio While Impounding It

Artist Sterling Wells: "I’ve been painting in the water for a year and now that they’re paying attention, I can’t be here. ... I’m...
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