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How IP Ruins Most Movies
Yes, even ones that have nothing to do with Marvel or DC, like Barbie. And yet: The newest animated Spider-Man has figured out a...
Women Directors Outnumber Men At This Year’s Tribeca
That's a first, and it's not reflected in larger films. Still, "the news from Tribeca suggests that a more equitable future is possible, particularly...
The Actors Concerned About Generative AI Are All Too Correct To Be Worried
"It’s not hard to imagine a future in which a wide-eyed actor signs up for one season of a vampire TV show, and then...
Will This Year’s Emmys Finally Show Some Love To Latina And Latino Actors?
I mean, we're talking about Pedro Pascal, here, people. And Selena Gomez, Diego Luna, and Jenna Ortega. Before this year, the only - only!...
Production Design For The Barbie Movie Wiped Out A Global Supply Of Pink Paint
Not a joke. To be fair, the pandemic's supply chain issues, plus the 2021 Texas deep freeze, created a shortage on their own -...
Ghanaian Author And Playwright Ama Ata Aidoo, 81
Ata Aidoo, "as well as being a writer and university professor, also served as Ghana’s education minister in the early 1980s; she resigned when...
Old-School Romanian Pottery Has Suddenly Become A Hot Commodity
A Romanian-born owner of a London design store says "the décor industry is fond of artisanal work right now, adding that if it’s 'obscure'...
The Hollywood Writers’ Strike Is Going Strong, One Month In
There was a K-Pop themed strike day, and the writers have also held "singles events, Greta Gerwig appreciation day, Pride and drag queen day,...
Don’t Learn To Code
"Computers that we can all 'program,' computers that don’t require specialized training to adjust and improve their functionality and that don’t speak in code:...
In The UK, A Statue Of A Black Woman Was Painted White By A...
But the artist invited the entire seaside community of Bexhill to help fix the damage and restore the statue. "More than 300 volunteers ......
The Best Time To See A Movie Is Before Lunch
"If the life wisdom espoused by self-improvement columns and my grizzled colleagues was 'Do the hardest thing first,' I was taking the opposite approach....
The Life-Changing, And Sometimes Life-Saving, Joys Of Internet Fandom
Let's not downplay the true connections people find online. "I could introduce you to dozens (if not hundreds) of other people who have met...
This Artist Has Had A Solid Career, And Now He’d Like To Sell Another...
"If he finds a buyer, he will be prohibited from being Darren Bader the contemporary artist, and that identity will be taken over by...
Fighting For The Right To Fix Our Own Stuff
Many people are sick of buying and throwing away everything from clothes to phones. But repairing things with computer chips can be illegal. So,...
Bill Lee, Bassist And Composer Who Scored His Son Spike’s Movies, Has Died At...
"Lee was an acclaimed sideman and session player with a rich acoustic bass sound. His sensitive approach and versatility — he could be gentle...
When The World Ends With A Whimper
"I like to imagine that I would survive, thrive even, conveniently forgetting that my life of indoor pursuits, reading, writing, and streaming drama box...
What’s The Point Of A Prize?
"Winning a prize is an undeniably thrilling, magical thing. It is, in essence, the world’s way of telling you that you’ve done something noteworthy...
An Auto-Captioned World Is On Its Way
"My first conversation with captioned glasses did feel like something out of the movies. I kept shaking my head in wonder at the captions...
Writing, During A Pandemic And A War, About Rachmaninoff In Exile
"We remain guests, respectful of the amount we can never know, hoping to take away something of lasting value for all." - The Observer...
The Woman Trying To Archive Black Twitter
Professor Meredith Clark "says preserving Black Twitter will allow for a more accurate and complex retelling of the history of the internet. But it's...
The British Team Trying To Preserve, And Restore, As Many Banksys As Possible
"If you owned a valuable painting you'd keep it inside, in correct lighting and temperatures but outside art is open to all the elements...
How Disney’s Musicians Redid The Music For The New Little Mermaid
Regardless of the movie's critical reception, the music is pretty good. "With the help of a renowned dance company, an 86-person orchestra and a...
How Did A Novel About Game Development Become A Multi-Year Bestseller?
Gabrielle Zevin, author of Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, isn't sure. And it's a bit weird for her. "Even though is not her...
A New York City Artist Is Paralyzed After Being Shoved On The Subway
Artist and illustrator Emine Yilmaz Ozsoy's "designs have been featured in outlets such as Chicago Magazine and NPR, and she won an American Illustration award in 2021." - Hyperallergic
Ingrid Haebler, Splendid Interpreter Of Mozart, Has Died At 96
Haebler was a pianist who "drew particular acclaim for her performances and recordings of the works of Mozart, impressing critics while still in her...
