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Are LGBTQIA Films Getting Unfairly Slapped With R And NC-17 Ratings?
"Critics say the MPA has long held a double standard against movies with LGBTQ characters, slapping them with higher ratings than movies featuring heterosexual characters...
What Are The Rules For Calling A Piece Of Art Overrated, Anyway?
"It feels as if one whole wing of digital media is devoted to avenging the frustration felt by future content creators in their bored...
The Strikes Are Terrible, But Not Having New Content Brings A Sigh Of Relief
Many viewers are, while not thrilled that their favorite actors, writers, and designers are out of work, relieved to have some time "to catch...
The Man Who Helped Invent Surrealism
Maurice Tabard, once the assistant to Man Ray, helped discover "many of the techniques that became associated with the movement – solarisation, multiple exposures,...
How To Become The Most Famous Dungeons And Dragons Master In The World
Matthew Mercer has some ideas - and a commitment to storytelling in the fantasy realm. "Critical Role is a miraculous success, with 2 million YouTube...
Microfossils Like Shark Teeth Are Changing Our Climate Change Planning
That comes from the new(ish) field of "conservation paleobiology, which uses the fossil record to inform and assist present-day conservation efforts." For instance, scientists...
After Bad Publicity, Amazon Removes Books ‘Generated By AI’ Under Author’s Name
At first, the behemoth company told author Jane Friedman that since she hadn't trademarked her name, there was nothing they could do. "It looks...
The Hollywood Agents Are Also Suffering
As Hollywood's double strikes keep going without much hope for solutions soon, the Creative Artists Agency plans to lay off at least 60 people....
West Virginia’s Flagship Campus Plans To Cut All Languages, And All Language Faculty
The university claimed it "is exploring alternative methods of delivery such as a partnership with an online language app or online partnership with a...
Can A BookTok ‘Sensation’ Become A Decent Movie?
Maybe! "Best-seller lists don’t fully convey the adoration that Red, White & Royal Blue has garnered on BookTok, ... where fans have shared their...
Fires On Maui Destroy Cultural Heritage Sites
A cultural center, a church, the library, and many - nearly all - other buildings in one of the Kingdom of Hawai'i's historical capitol...
Tom Jones, Half Of The Team That Created The Fantasticks, Has Died At 95
"The show had a resilience that no one back then could have predicted. It continued to run at Sullivan Street for more than 17,000...
Jadie David On A Lifetime Of Being Hollywood’s First Full-Time Black Stuntwoman
David, who got into the business by pure chance, was also "a trailblazer for equality and safety within the industry. It was no holiday,...
The Emmys Are Officially Postponed
The new date is, supposedly, January 15. But we'll see. - CBC
Liverpool Museum Cuts Ties To Sir David Adjaye
"Adjaye Associates had led the architectural design of the £57m plans. follows reports in the Financial Times three women had accused Sir David...
How The National Socialist State Saw Hannah Arendt
"In that first summer, after Hitler’s accession to power, there can have been few clearer illustrations than the example of Hannah Arendt that it...
North Carolina Theatre Ends ‘Redface’ And Hires Native Actors
"The Lost Colony is guided by Littleturtle, a Native American storyteller. Where the Indian characters that colonists confronted once spoke gibberish and pidgin English,...
We’ve Been Through A Whole Pandemic, And All We Got Was Lightly Improved Video...
"After all that, the actual experience of video chat is maybe in its most boring state ever. ... The market is largely run by...
The Right Wing Book Freakout Is Harming Librarians, Teachers, And Authors
"No longer are just books under fire, but also the library administrators, teachers and long-beloved librarians who are defending them. They're being shouted down by parents,...
International TV Series Won’t Save Streamers From Strikes And Other Worker Actions
"It isn’t just American actors and writers who want to be paid fairly. It’s all of them. ... Actors in South Korea, where Netflix...
Getting Navajo Culture Right On TV
George Joe consulted family to help with accuracy, since they all lived through the time and place depicted on Dark Winds. Then, language: "On...
What’s The Point Of The Met Museum’s New Collaboration With A Virtual Reality Company...
Maybe this: "I realized I was paying more attention to historical objects and works that I otherwise might not have given a second glance...
Artificial Intelligence Programs Seem To Threaten The Profession Of Architecture
"In terms of strategic thinking and real-time analysis, AI is already way beyond what human architects are capable of. This could be the final...
Global Investment Firm KKR May Buy Simon And Schuster From Paramount
"The possibility that a private equity firm could buy Simon & Schuster has made some publishing executives nervous over the past three years, concerned...
How Global Investment Firm KKR Is Making Public Libraries Far Worse
In 2020, a global investment firm bought the company that provides ebooks to nearly all libraries in the US, and quite a few in...
