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The Literary Line A Bot Truly Cannot Cross
Sure, Google Translate can help out with ordering a coffee in another language, but "neural machine-translation models can translate only about 30 percent of...
How The Absolutely Not A Hit Single ‘Insomniac’ Became A Staple Of A Capella...
It's so popular now, still, thanks to hand-transcriptions from the 1990s - and a Best of College A Capella compilation CD. "Many of the...
The Irish Bestselling Author Whose Anxiety Drove Her To The Library – And Then...
Evie Woods's The Lost Bookshop is her fourth novel, and it's outselling nearly everyone else's novels at the moment. But don't ask her to...
The Oscars Couldn’t Handle Having A Popular Film Award
But the Golden Globes could, and the intrigue was great as Taylor Swift faced off against Barbie. The doll won. Can the Academy ever...
Jodie Foster Says She’s No Expert On Movies, Just On Herself
It's been nearly six decades since then-toddler Jodie Foster played her first role. "Even minor celebrity is corrosive, and Foster’s fame is ridiculous. It...
She Helped Bring Some Parity To Theatre
And now, Julia Jordan is stepping down from the Lilly Awards to return to her first love - writing plays. - The New York...
The Questionable Ethics Of The Movie May-December
"What do filmmakers owe the people who inspire the stories they tell, particularly when those stories involve abuse or exploitation?" - Los Angeles Times
The Oscars Could Take Some Notes From Turner Classic Movies
TCM knows how to create a good in memoriam montage, so why doesn't the Academy? - NPR
A Fire That Destroyed This Artist’s Work Turned Him Into A Writer
After the fire, the artist went to the American Academy in Rome. "I always say Rome was a great place to be depressed. I...
Joan Acocella, Elegant And Erudite Writer About Dance And Culture, Has Died At 78
Acocella, who wrote of dance, culture, and more for The New Yorker and The New York Review of Books for decades, "was often mischievous...
Inside The Shop Filled With Plastics That NY Artists Love
Even as other industrial materials shops move away (and galleries open in their place), "For 50 years, Canal Plastics Center has enticed artists, designers,...
French Filmmakers Have Revived The Ambiguous Courtroom Drama
And that's not just the Palme D'Or winner, Anatomy of a Fall, but several others that came out in 2023. "Arthouse film-makers are subverting...
Why We’re All So Obsessed With The Teen Who ‘Beat’ Tetris
The 13-year-old gives us hope for humanity and human ability - and that's vanishingly rare. - Wired
The Australian Physios Who Helped A ‘Broken’ Ballet Star Have Big Plans
At the Australian Ballet’s artistic health centre in Melbourne, ballet star David Hallberg - who went to them, "broken," he says, in 2015 -...
Who Won Everything At The Globes?
This is the CBS live feed, which updates as awards are announced and will have the full list after the Globes end. - CBS...
In A Streaming World, What Are Three Million LPs Worth?
The ARChive of Contemporary Music "reportedly holds some of the world’s biggest collections of Broadway, African, punk, jazz, country and western, folk, hip hop,...
What Role Will The Conflict In Gaza Play In Awards Shows?
There's basically no response that won't offend someone, says a USC prof. "Add alcohol to the mix, as is often the case at these awards...
A Public Radio Station Reporter Was Fired For Some Of His Online Comedy Clips
Then an arbitrator ruled that since his jokes "were funny," he had to be re-hired by Philadelphia NPR affiliate WHYY - but he also...
Why Is ‘Barbie’ In The Oscars Race For ‘Adapted’ Screenplay?
Judd Apatow, for one, is not having it. Sure, there were dolls, but dolls aren't a narrative. "It’s insulting to the writers to say...
Podcast Numbers Are Tanking. You Can Blame Apple.
The company after whom the entire genre is named (remember the iPod?) maybe shouldn't kill podcasting, and indeed, the numbers might be an accident:...
The Deeply American Story Of Waiting, And Longing, At Angel Island
In this 21st century oratorio, the director says, it's cathartic "to allow ourselves to feel what our ancestors have felt and know that we’re...
Can Anyone Make Awards Season Safe For Introverts?
"Creative introverts dread campaign season. They’re allergic to the self-promotion. Not to mention that the world is designed to reward extroverts. ... But you...
TikTok And Instagram Drive A New Brand Of Stand-Up Comedy Success
The real-life audience for stand-up is larger, and more diverse, thanks to viral clips. But, one comedian says, "If you base your comedy around...
Vinie Burrows, Who Got Her Start On Broadway At 15, Has Died At 99
Burrows grew frustrated with Broadway's lack of roles for Black women, and "took matters into her own hands as a solo artist. She received...
The Creative Arts Emmys Are Halfway Over, And There Are Some Big Winners
Awards season is what one might call compressed due to the Hollywood strikes of the spring and summer (and fall). Thus: "HBO’s post-apocalyptic drama The...
