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Long Before Hogwarts, There Was The Wizard School Of Diana Wynne Jones
"Jones’s work is galvanised by her respect for the children who read her books. They are warm, sardonic and, in places, unexpectedly elliptical." -...
Something Weird Is Going On With Men And The Roman Empire
This might be one area where it's perfectly appropriate to blame video games and movies. - Wired
Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Board Removes Former Rolling Stone Editor
Jann Wenner, a founder of the Hall of Fame, was removed after an interview in which he said "said that Black and female musicians...
The NYT Says Video Games Should Be Covered Like Theatre
"We review every single play or musical that opens on Broadway," says Jason Bailey, an NYT culture editor. "We review hundreds of movies a...
No, Streaming Doesn’t Cancel Everything
Or even most things! Only things you care about. (Or so it seems.) - The New York Times
Agatha Christie Pilgrims Have A New Stopping Point
The author of 66 novels and 15 short-story collections gets her own (seated) statue in the town where she lived for more than four...
Fiber Art Is Flourishing Again
Not that it ever went away, but the "fine art" world is taking notice of the feminized and thus less important "craft" once more....
AI Is Not Actually Hollywood’s Biggest Problem
So says Cord Jefferson, director of Toronto International Film Fest favorite American Fiction. - Los Angeles Times
A Chinese Singer Went To Mariupol’s Bombed-Out Theatre And Sang A Patriotic Soviet Song
The theatre, which had been a civilian shelter, is "a symbol of Russia's war crimes," says the city's exiled mayor. "To turn the theater...
Scorsese’s Project Is Deconstructing Misogyny
You might not think it from his movies about violent men, but you can see it masterfully done in the 30-year-old Age of Innocence....
Former Dancers Say The UK’s Top Ballet Schools Constantly Body-shame Students
More than 50 former students told the BBC about issues, saying they had developed eating disorders, "while some said they had been left with...
The Movie ‘Poor Things’ Wins At Venice
Emma Stone is Frankenstein's monster, but a feminist one. - Globe and Mail (Canada)
What’s Scarier, Doing A One-Woman Show Or Riding A Coney Island Roller Coaster?
Ask actor Rachel Brown (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), who's performing in a show about existential dread for work, and riding for fun. - The New York...
Did Yeats Ever Say The Quote Engraved On Dublin Marathon Finishers’ Medal?
Twenty thousand finishers of the marathon are set to receive a medal reading, "There are no strangers here; only friends you haven’t met yet."...
What We Look Like When We Look At Art
It's not all selfies: "People are still engaging, if only for a moment, with what’s hung on the wall or placed in courtyards and...
What Hollywood Folks Are Doing To Make Ends Meet
Hand-cutting 3D-printed houses for snow globes, giving Hebrew lessons, living with their parents ... and walking their unions' picket lines. - NPR
Drew Barrymore’s Show Is Going Ahead Without Guild Writers
She writes, "I want to be there to provide what writers do so well, which is a way to bring us together or help...
Is Google Search Now Just Sneaky, Janky Ad-Filled Spyware?
Possibly! The trial starts Tuesday. - Wired
The Artist Using Coloring Books To Push Back On How We Understand Punishment
Sable Elyse Smith:"The system itself is insistent. The fact that these things persist and keep developing and repeating themselves, kind of replicating the...
Balanchine Thought His Ballets Would Dissipate Quickly
Instead, "they have become classics, cornerstones of the international repertory, ... danced everywhere by all the major ballet companies and most of the minor...
Novelist Lauren Groff Writes Several Novels At A Time
She writes them in longhand - twice, the second draft without referring to the first draft - and sometimes in iambic pentameter "just for...
Mural Artists In Australia Are Losing Insurance For Working On Walls
It's OK to paint a short wall, or install work at mouse-height. But the insurance "carve-outs would effectively prevent artists doing public art and...
How To Make The Past Look Like The Past
Set designers say sledgehammers are important - and don't forget eBay. - The New York Times
Studio Ghibli’s Miyazaki Flunks Retirement, Again
He started saying he'd retire before Gen-Z was born - and his new film, The Boy and the Heron, cements the feeling of hope...
The Vulture Capitalists Who Now Own Simon And Schuster
"If you train an AI model on Danielle Steel’s nearly 200 books and write a new one, somebody has to own the rights." -...
