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This Year’s Best Picture Winner Signals A Linguistic Change In Hollywood
It's complex - see the Indigenous villains in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, but "Increasing use of non-English languages and subtitles demonstrates both a trend...
The Future Of AI In Hollywood – Fact Or Fiction?
At SXSW, there's a lot of discussion around what AI could do for (or against) the movies. But "for all the hype, some remain...
Poet Warsan Shire’s Influences Include Toni Morrison – And The Goosebumps Series
Not to mention luck at the library: "I found Krik? Krak!, a short story collection by Edwidge Danticat, in the Ealing Road Library and...
As In Hollywood, Bollywood Actors Have A Complex Relationship With Paparazzi
"Stars rely on them for publicity and they depend on stars to make a living. But this relationship can also turn toxic" - and...
Superfans Of ‘A Little Life’ Are Extending The Adaptation’s Theatrical Run
The reviews are in, and, like the book, the play sounds, er, challenging. But the show has been extended thanks to fans who attend...
Let’s Take A Moment To Celebrate The Mistakes This Year’s Oscars Didn’t Make
Because honestly, a lot of things went right (not including the too-frequent Cocaine Bear jokes). For one (big) thing, in a much better choice...
Anna Netrebko Didn’t Denounce Putin, But The Met Must Still Pay Her Contract
An arbitrator "in a decision issued last month that has not been previously reported, ruled that the Met should compensate Netrebko for 13 canceled performances,"...
King Charles Taps Andrew Lloyd Webber For His Coronation Song
It's not their first meet-up. Before the pandemic, when he was merely the crown prince, Charles summoned Webber to fix the problem "that there...
The 23-Year-Old Who Won Two Jazz Grammies By Going Old School
Samara Joy "possesses an innate ability to take an old standard and make it seem like the lyrics were torn from her diary. It's...
SNL Reaches Agreement With Editors Just In Time
"These workers – who help create the show’s music-video parodies and other popular pre-taped segments – had been unrepresented and paid rates far below...
Actors Rehearsing For ‘Room’ Were Gathered In The Middle Of Rehearsal And Laid Off
The show was meant to open on Broadway April 3. Producer Hunter Arnold "told the cast and crew — and soon after, the public...
South Korean Broadcast Edits Out Michelle Yeoh’s Exhortation To Women
Yeoh said, "Ladies, don't let anyone tell you you're past your prime." Inspiration, except on South Korean broadcaster SBS News, where "'ladies' was conspicuously...
This Degas Dancer Is Now Wearing A Ukrainian Dress
Or so says the Metropolitan Museum of Art - which used to call the painting Russian Dancer. This is far from the only label...
Climate Activists Turn To Hollywood For Help
Hollywood is very, very good at pathos - the art of emotional persuasion. The goal of the newly formed Climate Action Network is to...
How Artists And Writers Are Pushing Back Against AI
"Collective campaigns, lawsuits, international rules and IT hacks are all being deployed at speed on behalf of the creative industries in an effort, if...
The Oscars Completely Screwed Up The Naatu Naatu Dance Performance
How? By not hiring a single South Asian dancer for the performance. Dance group artistic director Achinta McDaniel says South Asian dance groups are...
How’s The Manslaughter Case Against Alec Baldwin Going?
Not well, not well at all. For one thing ... "the literal smoking gun — a key piece of evidence for both teams — might not...
We Don’t Need To Be Jerks To Bots In Order To Deal With Our...
"The real reason that the critique has shifted from 'people are too mean to bots' to 'people are too nice to them' is because...
Lance Reddick, Star Of The Wire, Bosch, And The John Wick Series, Has Died...
Reddick "was a distinctive, instantly recognizable presence, even if he was not quite a household name. His voice was distinctive, too, as players of...
The Wins For Everything Everywhere All At Once Proves That The Academy Loves Conventional...
Sure, some of the sequences were a bit zany (and then there are the hot dog finers), but the film "feels more in line...
How Vermeer Made The World Interior, And Modern
Stop thanking Shakespeare and Falstaff, and start looking at Vermeer's women. "Into the mundane and commonplace, this master of stillness and of light manages...
Does Streaming Availability Actually Help Some Of The Oscars Contenders?
"Streaming services are often thought of as a competitor for the movie theatre experience, but some in the industry see streaming as a benefit...
The Days Of Rolling Thunder
Four years of being the "token able-bodied actor" in Canada's Roliing Thunder Theatre Company, which had three actors with cerebral palsy and one who...
The Women Of Ted Lasso
And we don't mean the women Jason Sudeikis is dating, or the ones the fictional coach may date. Instead, it's the deep on and...
The Real Laundromat At The Heart Of Oscar-Winning Everything Everywhere All At Once
Majers Coin Laundry in San Fernando is "tucked between an auto repair shop and a mobile home park, its tall glass windows revealing vending...
