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The EU Strongly Suggests The US Join Its Fight To Regulate AI
Here's the issue with a lack of US regulation: "If the EU’s forthcoming AI Act isn’t matched with US rules for AI, it will be more...
The Years When The US Thought The Swastika Was A Fashion Symbol
We're not talking about the Bund or other Nazi sympathizers in the U.S. - of course they liked it. But its use "was widespread...
Director Shekhar Kapur Says Some Diverse Casts Are Driven By Guilt
Kapur thinks that series like Bridgerton have casts possibly more diverse than historical record because there's guilt over actors not getting work. Instead, he...
Jane Birkin, ‘French Icon,’ Actor, Musician, And Eponymous Bag Inventor, 76
Birkin "helped define chic female sexuality of the 1970s as an actress in arty and erotic European movies and in her relationship — equal...
Why Are Music Memoirs Big Business Right Now?
There's one very good reason: In 2012, publisher Faber committed to "campaigns that applied lessons learned from record labels, a faster-moving industry – creating...
Is There Any Privacy-Protecting Way To Use New AI Tools?
Maybe, but probably not. "It's worth putting some guardrails in place right at the start of your journey with these tools, or indeed deciding...
The Historic – And Wide-Ranging – Disruptions Of The Hollywood Strikes
For the producers, "There isn’t a leader or leaders who have volunteered to handle this and to be the focal point of the discussion....
Painting Through Unimaginable Grief
Luella Bartley, famous British designer whose oldest, artist child died two years ago at age 18: "I wouldn’t say that I have acceptance, but...
The Writers And Actors Are Striking For All Of Us
"Almost nobody is immune to the risk that A.I. could devalue their economic position, even though A.I. will also have widespread benefits." - The...
How Director Agnes Varda Turned Her Photographs Into Films
Varda was a photographer first, and for her first film, La Pointe Courte, "she really worked on the photos – it was more than...
Marga Minco, Who Chronicled Jewish Life In Europe During The War, Has Died At...
Minco "described the stark crisis of Jewish life in the Netherlands during World War II, based on her own experiences." Her first book, Het...
Why Does It Matter Than 90 Percent Of Historic Video Games Are Impossible To...
It's our history. And right now, for a definition of "classic" that means before 2010 (!), "the availability of classic games is only slightly better than the...
The English Is Coming
Never fear, Europe. Though the language itself seems to have invaded every corner of France, an announced focus on English this summer at the...
Octavia Butler’s Seemingly Prophetic Parable Of The Sower Is Now An Opera
The book, published 30 years ago, is a classic that took on new relevance during recent events. Co-writer Toshi Reagon: "Singing this story evokes...
Private Museum In India Fires Curator Over Anti-Modi Personal Social Media Post
"Sandip K. Luis, the former curatorial research and publications manager at the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA) in Noida, was formally terminated from...
And Now To Explain Why So Many People Have Walked Off Work
In a word, money. In a few words, "the advent of streaming has led to significantly lower residuals, according to SAG-AFTRA." - Washington Post
A Rebellion Against AI Stealing Content
Fan fiction writers, "social media companies such as Reddit and Twitter, news organizations including The New York Times and NBC News, authors such as...
Meanwhile, Netflix Says Its Password Crackdown Is Working
Prognosticators of doom were not correct. "Instead of the company shedding users, Netflix’s new subscriber count grew 236% between May 21 and June 18...
Let’s Be Clear About What Hollywood Actors Are Allowed To Do Right Now
It's not a lot. While the strike lasts, "actors cannot act, sing, dance, perform stunts, pilot on-camera aircraft, puppeteer or do performance capture and motion capture...
What’s At Stake For So-Called ‘Background’ Actors?
"'I am sure that the feeling is unanimous among background actors that being scanned and having our likeness used in perpetuity for a one-time...
The Smithsonian Suddenly Cancels Asian American Literature Festival
"The 2023 iteration was expected to draw thousands of attendees to Washington in early August. But just weeks before writers from across the world...
Don’t Settle, Hollywood Actors Urge Canadians
"Stars including Elliot Page, Martin Short and Tatiana Maslany are among the 74 Canadian actors who signed a July 10 open letter calling for...
Just Stop Oil Protesters Interrupt First Night Of Proms In London
"The duo mounted the stage and briefly unfurled an orange banner on Friday. They were met with boos and jeers from some members...
Drunk Shakespeare, But Make It Union
"'We have had so many conversations with our upper management about the issues we are trying to fix, and once it became clear that...
How ‘In Cold Blood’ Destroyed Truman Capote
"Overnight, Capote catapulted from a mere darling of the literary world to a full-fledged global celebrity on a par with the likes of rockstars...
