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Apparently, Movie Sex Was Gone, And Now It’s Kind Of Back?
Are Zoomers truly anti-sex? Or is this just a belief in the U.S. as Europeans go on and make, er, sexy movies? - Irish...
Trying To Explain The Messy New Yorker Fight With Comedian Hasan Minhaj
Minhaj's career was halted by a New Yorker piece, but the online tide seems to be turning. Why, exactly? - Slate
AI Isn’t Truly ‘Generative,’ And Firms Are Being Sued For The Artwork They Stole
Er, that is, the very real human work they "scraped." - The Observer (UK)
Israeli Writer Etgar Karet Can’t Make Sense Of This Time
Karet's parents, Holocaust survivors, taught him "that when there are big incidents, there are big narratives. And those big narratives would say: You have...
A 260-Year-Old Theatre Token May Be Honored In England
The token, one of very few originally issued between 1764 and 1766 for the Bristol Old Vic, allows the owner unlimited tickets to the...
Michelle Williams Creating An Audiobook For Britney Spears Is Part Of A Bigger Trend
"Narrating audiobooks is closer to theater than it is TV or film. For one, it's a more direct, more spare performance compared to screen...
More Editors Resign, And Artists Call For Boycott Of Artforum After Firing Of Editor...
And many Artforum employees "have signed a letter demanding that Velasco be reinstated, saying his termination 'not only carries chilling implications for Artforum’s editorial...
Mixing Choral Arts And Activism In Baltimore
"The Baltimore Choral Arts Society sings Amadou Diallo’s last words slowly and softly, as if they were a prayer or an invocation of a...
The Friendly Ghosts Of Long Lost Silent Film Stars
"To be a silent star is to be almost completely, but maybe imperfectly, physically gone; to be a fan of silent films is to...
Joanna Merlin, Who Made Her Mark Onstage And Off, Has Died At 90
Merlin originated the role of Tzeitel in Fiddler, and starred in Beckett with Sir Laurence Olivier - but after she left the stage to...
The Streaming Squeeze Is On
Will it ever end? And how much can one household afford? - The Verge
President Erica Muhl Left Berklee College Of Music Suddenly In July
Why? She had only been on the job for two years. Now, "virtually no member of the staff, faculty, or administration, including those who...
Our Idea Of Attention Spans Came From 19th Century Factory Managers
So, stop worrying about whether your attention span is too short, and start understanding distractedness as "a radical alternative to an internalised puritan work...
Consciousness Is So Mysterious, There Are 20 Scientific Explanations For It
A five-year full-on "test" to figure out which theory is right didn't figure it out - but that doesn't mean we didn't learn anything...
Jack Anderson, Longtime NYT Dance Critic, Has Died At 88
Anderson wrote approximately 4,000 pieces for the Times. He "combined a historian’s learnedness with an enthusiast’s ardor for what was new and surprising." -...
A Wild Ride Through Podcasting’s No Good, Very Bad Year
"Spotify laid off hundreds and effectively killed its in-house podcast production units, Gimlet and Parcast. It seemed like every entity, from public radio to news publishers, made cuts to...
Can A New Graphic Novel Of Watership Down Actually Not Traumatize Children?
The 1978 movie "was rated G but famously scared a lot of the unsuspecting kids who saw it. In fact, just in this past...
Best Bookstore Day Ever?
Sir Patrick Stewart saw copies of his book in a window and just ... dropped in and signed some. The bookseller stayed calm ......
How The Culture Of Amazon Promotes Sexism Through Supposed Meritocracy
"The idea was, Well, if women were qualified for these jobs or wanted these jobs, they would just rise into them. They would just take them....
Theatre Parents Don’t Get To See Any Theatre
Tony-winner Ali Stroker has a new book out, and a new kid, so what has she seen on Broadway? Nothing, "because Mom life. ......
SAG-AFTRA Clarifies Halloween Costuming Guidelines
The union says not actor adults, but yes, their kids, can dress as characters from struck movies. (For instance, Barbie or Ken, or perhaps...
The Problem With French Cinema
Justine Triet, director of Anatomy of a Fall, spoke out against French film funding after she won the Palme d'Or at Cannes - and...
Want To Be A K-Pop Star?
Then you'd better move to Korea. - CBC
Waltraud Meier’s Life In Opera
Her 47-year career came to a close in Berlin last week. For every role, she says, "I ask myself, What do I want to...
A Second Woman Accuses Danny Elfman Of Sexual Assault
The woman said Elfman abused her while she was a young, aspiring composer. The accusations include his "exposing his genitals to her and masturbating...
