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Britain’s Royal Academy Takes Public Submissions For The Summer Exhibition
"Entries are capped at 16,500 and competition is fierce - this year, more than 11,000 people submitted work but less than 10% were successful."...
You Know Who Predicted The Grimmer Aspects Of ChatGPT?
Philip K. Dick, of course. And it's called the "rhetorizor." - Salon
A Saxophonist Has Accused One Of Black Panther 2’s Stars Of Sexual Assault
Musician MarÃa Elena RÃos made the claim. "'It’s very difficult to talk about the emotional abuse and the abuse of power of a sexual...
A British Member Of Parliament Says Local People Need To Be Consulted About Cuts...
Paulette Hamilton, MP for Birmingham, is not having it. "If they're going to take away without consultation, without actually speaking to anybody, just...
It’s Time To Discuss ‘Black Swan’ Again
In the 2010 movie. Natalie Portman "was dancing for up to eight hours a day by the time shooting rolled around. During one significant...
Actor Rosamund Pike Has Had It With The So-Called Wellness Industry
Pike: "This idea that it’s no longer enough to be healthy and we have to be 'well' is something that needs to be interrogated....
A Tony Award Winning Director’s Speech Was Bleeped As He Tried To ‘Reclaim’ A...
Michael Arden, best director for his revival of Parade, said he was often called "the F-word." (The NYT wouldn't print the word either.) Then...
Joseph Fiennes Says Harvey Weinstein Tried To Bully Him
After Shakespeare in Love, Weinstein pressured Fiennes to sign a five-movie contract. "The actor claimed he was effectively threatened by Weinstein that if he...
Days After Playground Stabbings, Annecy’s Film Fest Opens On Defiant Note
Annecy's mayor: "The best response to this tragedy is to live even more forcefully and more intensely. ... With this conviction art and culture...
Author Lorrie Moore Says She Simply Has To Be Cruel To Her Characters
Moore's new noves "is also, as always with Moore, very funny, with plenty of opportunities for her trademark gallows humour." - The Guardian (UK)
In These Tonys, Two Nonbinary Actors Made History
Alex Newell became the first out nonbinary actor to win a Tony, for their performance in Shucked - "and less than an hour later,...
Belgium’s Africa Museum Is Finally Rethinking Its Relationship To The Congo
For good reason. "The museum traces its origins back to when King Leopold II set up the International Exposition of 1897. As part of...
And The Tonys Go To
Kimberly Akimbo for new musical, Leopoldstadt for play, and Topdog/Underdog for play revival. The whole list is at the link. And Ariana DeBose hosted...
Tony Nominees On The Co-Stars Who Made Them Better
Corey Hawkins was nominated "for leading actor in a play alongside co-star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. The duo played brothers in Suzan-Lori Parks’ Topdog/Underdog. 'We...
The Flamin’ Hot Cheetos Story Is Almost Certainly Not Factual
Indeed, the story is now, thanks to an LA Times investigation, famously ridiculous - which is completely unlike all the other "product" movies this...
Hannah Gadsby Is Australian, And Sometimes, Her Aussie Comedy Doesn’t Translate
At least not to the U.S., where sincerity is important. "To make sense of this, allow me to explain the Australian cultural phenomenon that...
When AI Enters The Concert Hall
It's both exciting and worrying. Though "there are key differences between using R.A.V.E. to synthesize new versions of a collaborator’s voice and using A.I....
Women Still Aren’t Getting Considered For Late-Night TV Spots
One TV exec: "I think we were always thinking about a guy. If I'm being honest, I don't know why. But I think that's,...
Not A Lot Of People Want To Go Back Into The Office
Or so surveys of one Very Large Company (yes, the one that's always in the news for trying to bust unions and not cooling...
How Do Broadway Photographers Get Those Perfect Still Shots?
Rehearsal, of course. And then, one photographer of a thousand Broadway shows says some of her favorite shots are never seen. "It's not just...
Musicians Union Reaches Deal With David Byrne’s Broadway Show
There will be 12 musicians, instead of recorded music and protests, as Here Lies Love hits Broadway. - The New York Times
At Last, Apple Will No Longer Autocorrect Swear Words
"In those moments where you just want to type a ducking word, well, the keyboard will learn it, too." - NPR
One Question Etched Into A Mirror Gets A Whole Exhibition Booted In Portugal
"'How many enslaved people is a psychiatric hospital worth?' This question, etched into a mirror and displayed in the panopticon of a psychiatric hospital...
Helen Thorington, Who Brought Sonic Art To Regular Radio Waves, Has Died At 94
Thorington created "the auditory equivalent of an art installation" many times. "Radio art was a niche medium when Ms. Thorington started out, but she...
The Stagehands Union Commits Two Million To Members Losing Money From Writers’ Strike
Many IATSE members are, have been, or will be out of work while the writers are on strike. This fund is to help them...
