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What Hollywood Folks Are Doing To Make Ends Meet

Hand-cutting 3D-printed houses for snow globes, giving Hebrew lessons, living with their parents ... and walking their unions' picket lines. - NPR

Drew Barrymore’s Show Is Going Ahead Without Guild Writers

She writes, "I want to be there to provide what writers do so well, which is a way to bring us together or help...

Is Google Search Now Just Sneaky, Janky Ad-Filled Spyware?

Possibly! The trial starts Tuesday. - Wired

The Artist Using Coloring Books To Push Back On How We Understand Punishment

Sable Elyse Smith:"The system itself is insistent. The fact that these things persist and keep developing and repeating themselves, kind of replicating the...

Balanchine Thought His Ballets Would Dissipate Quickly

Instead, "they have become classics, cornerstones of the international repertory, ... danced everywhere by all the major ballet companies and most of the minor...

Novelist Lauren Groff Writes Several Novels At A Time

She writes them in longhand - twice, the second draft without referring to the first draft - and sometimes in iambic pentameter "just for...

Mural Artists In Australia Are Losing Insurance For Working On Walls

It's OK to paint a short wall, or install work at mouse-height. But the insurance "carve-outs would effectively prevent artists doing public art and...

How To Make The Past Look Like The Past

Set designers say sledgehammers are important - and don't forget eBay. - The New York Times

Studio Ghibli’s Miyazaki Flunks Retirement, Again

He started saying he'd retire before Gen-Z was born - and his new film, The Boy and the Heron, cements the feeling of hope...

The Vulture Capitalists Who Now Own Simon And Schuster

"If you train an AI model on Danielle Steel’s nearly 200 books and write a new one, somebody has to own the rights." -...

So There’s A Literary Quarterly About Taco Bell

The Taco Bell Quarterly editor's thoughts: Taco Bell's advertising and image is "all sort of unhinged. ... So I knew that would fit in...

Eavesdropping On Two Great Artists

Photographer and activist Carrie Mae Weems and George C. Wolfe, director and producer, discuss what the "responsibility to invade" institutions looks like, three years...

Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis Apologize For Supporting Actor Buddy Accused Of Rape

Now that Danny Masterson has been convicted and sentenced, former cast member buddies are feeling bad about their letters asking for leniency - in...

The Revival Of City Ballet

In 2022, New York City Ballet was considering a grim spiral of loss. Now young audiences are helping grow the budget. What happened? -...

Nothing Bonds Americans Anymore, Except Games

Wordle, crosswords, Spelling Bee, and now Connections - we're into talking about all of it, all of the time, together. - NPR

Streaming Is Over

It is, obviously, a victim of its own success - but viewers are hurting too.- The Atlantic

Why So Worried?

Artificial intelligence might not destroy film! Let's find out. - The Guardian (UK)

Writers – This Will Shock You – Need Rooms Of Their Own

But they also need community, and time. - LitHub

Powerful Jazz And Classical Crossover Bassist Richard Davis Has Died

Davis, who played for Stravinsky and Bernstein, also appeared on more than 600 albums. - The New York Times

The Writers Union Thinks Maybe It Can Wedge In Where Streamers Mess Up

That is, hey, the WGA is totally open to new deals with studios who think Netflix is hurting them. - Washington Post

Ava DuVernay Was Told Not To Bother Applying To The Venice Film Fest

You won't get in, they told her - because a Black woman director never had. - Los Angeles Times

Who Came Up With This PR Disaster, An AI?

You're head of a pro-AI project that wants to scan people's retinas, so obviously you should name your project Orb and make it look,...

Victorian Britain Was Quite Colorful

Photos won't tell you the right story, but textiles and paintings? Yes. - The Guardian (UK)

What Happens When You Turn Your Own Life Into A Film

Celine Song, writer and director of Past Lives, was trying to leave theatre for film, sick of theatre's politics. Then came a fateful moment...

Where Do The Writers And Actors’ Strikes Stand Now?

The major issues remain the same: Streaming residuals, AI plans, and more. Can anything be resolved soon? Well, that's up to the producers. -...