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The Argument For A Four-Day Workweek Gains Traction
A massive new study shows that, at least for white-collar companies including advertising agencies and consulting firms, it's a good deal for employees and...
Pierre Apraxine, Who Transformed The Met’s Photography Collection, 88
"Born into exiled Russian nobility and numbering among his forebears an admiral who served under Peter the Great, Mr. Apraxine had trained in classical...
Canadian Police Make Arrests In Years-Long, Massive Forgery Investigation
The wide-reaching fraud included three separate groups that traded fake Norval Morrisseau paintings back and forth and created fake certificates of authenticity. More than...
Everything You Want To Know About The Oscars, If You’re Not Tired Of This...
For instance: "The likely wipeout for Steven Spielberg’s drama about his parents’ divorce would indicate the Oscars are no longer in thrall to big...
At The Indie Spirit Awards, Everything Everywhere All At Once Continues Its Historic Run
The sci-fi domestic challenges immigrant multiverse comedy-drama (yes, all of that) "led all films this year with eight nominations and a won a total...
Chatbots Are The Final Vindication Of Ask Jeeves
"In a sense, Bing and Bard are finishing what Ask Jeeves started. What people want when they ask a question is for an all-knowing,...
Barnes And Noble Has Revved Into Expansion Mode
It's even taking over abandoned Amazon bookshops. - NPR
Film And Digital Video Desperately Need Preservation Focus, Skills, Funding
"To indefinitely continue access to the ever-expanding glut of content – not just an invaluable artistic heritage, but a crucial account of how the...
Brain Science May Explain Why We Like Certain Works Of Art
Some neuroscientists believe "that the mind creates an opinion of an artwork after dissecting it into discrete elements. Basic features, such as color and texture,...
India Used To Have More Than 25,000 Single-Screen Cinemas
"India's single-screen cinemas were grand structures, built to accommodate large audiences and boasted diverse architectural styles." Now, only a few thousand remain, and they're...
Is Canada’s New Streaming Bill Going To Change The Game?
Right now, "online broadcasters like Netflix, Disney+ and Spotify ... are earning money in Canada without being required to reinvest in Canadian content."...
How Jonathan Majors And Michael B. Jordan Fought On The Movie Set, Without Fighting...
Majors, whose star is rising fast right now, was worried that Jordan - already a superstar - might not be great to work with,...
Who Benefits From Saudi Arabia’s New Art Scene?
"Critics say these shifts are purely transactional, with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman trading the appearance of an open culture to paper over a...
This Was, And Is, Pompeii
New excavations make the ancient site fresher than ever. But people have been digging at the site ever since the lava cooled."It has always...
How Did Jonathan Majors Get To Be In Every Movie, Everywhere, All At Once?
It all started when he was forced to take a theatre class after getting in trouble as a kid. - NPR
It’s Super Secret Oscar Ballot Season
And, from the super secret ballots revealed in their entirety here, it sure looks like Todd Field is going to win Best Director for...
Ukraine Issues A Banksy-Based Stamp
The Banksy mural "depicts a man resembling Russian President Vladimir Putin being flipped during a judo match with a young boy." - BBC
The ChatBots Were Never The Point
They were just stalking horses for much, much more expensive and powerful programming interfaces. - Slate
Trying To Reverse-Engineer A Video Game
The game won't be ready for years - but by the time it is, players will have watched "content" for it on TikTok, read...
A Science Fiction Magazine Had To Close Submissions After Being Flooded With AI Content
Clarkesworld publisher Neil Clarke says some people submitting AI content are "listening to all these experts on TikTok and YouTube that say, ‘Hey, you...
Designing Costumes For A Large Group Of Women Whose Characters Dress To Never Stand...
The costume designer for Women Talking "found two consultants who helped her create the costumes authentically. They assisted her in sourcing fabric from...
Look, Just End Grey’s Anatomy
The main character has now left, after 19 seasons, and truly, it's run out of steam. Please, people, just let it go. - HuffPost
Iranian Filmmaker Jafar Panahi Has Been Banned From Making Movies Or Leaving Iran
"There's sort of a state of fear and tension and paranoia that comes with making and watching Panahi's art. And I think there is...
Four Promoted Dancers At City Ballet Signal A Change
The times are changing, with the youngest, and first Asian American woman principal, being 21, and the oldest a 32-year-old who said, "I’m freaking...
Why Music Can Cue Such Intense Memories
"Patients with Alzheimer’s still can experience the music 'time travel' episodic memory phenomenon even after the disease has attacked their hippocampus, as long as...
