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Rhoda Levine, Pathbreaking Opera Director, Has Died At 93
Perhaps her “most significant contributions to the repertoire were the premieres ... Viktor Ullmann’s Der Kaiser von Atlantis, an anti-Hitler allegory composed in...
In The US, We Write Essays, And Often Think, Backwards
We think we already know what we want to find, and that enables LLMs to “hElP” with predictable, middling, brain-anesthetizing results. “But a chief...
The Washington National Opera, Which Had A Donor Renewal After Leaving The Kennedy Center,...
The opera, which "received an influx of donations, from more than 500 donors, after its announcement last Friday that it would seek a new...
Spanish Singer Julio Iglesias Denies Charges That He Sexually Abused Two Women In His...
The two former employees “allege they had been sexually assaulted and subjected ‘to inappropriate touching, insults and humiliation … in an atmosphere of control...
Disney Started A Thread About Movie Quotes But Deleted It With Celerity
“People immediately replied with lines from Star Wars, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and even Mary Poppins. The throughline between all the quotes: they were pretty...
One Art Student Hung An AI-Generated Show As His Own, And Then Another Art...
The student who ate some of the show was then arrested and charged. One Bluesky post about the event said, “Look for the helpers.”...
Our Attention Is Being ‘Fracked’ By Big Tech
But there are ways to resist. - The Guardian (UK)
The Physics Of Plur1bus
For real: How does “The Joining” work? Science has thoughts. - Wired
Buildings Of The Past Are Underused Tools For Dealing With Climate Change
During Britain’s “little Ice Age,” builders used common-sense tricks that could still keep houses warmer - or cooler - today. - BBC
Trump Bought At Least One Million Dollars In Netflix And Warner Bros Bonds Following...
“Trump, speaking last month with reporters on the red carpet of the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, D.C., said Netflix’s deal to acquire Warner Bros. studios...
Nazis Stole Fragments Of The Bayeux Tapestry
A textile specialist “is assumed to have stolen the fragments, each only a few centimetres long, when he was sent to Bayeux as part...
Both The Pompidou And The Grand Palais Appear To Be In Financial Difficulties
"The Centre Pompidou gave up one of its two spaces at the Grand Palais due to what the Paris museum described as ‘financial constraints faced by both institutions,’...
Sundance Picks Former Universal Chair As New CEO
“Linde will begin his tenure on Feb. 17, after Sundance’s final film festival in Park City and before it heads to its new home...
After The Big One In An Art City In Japan, Trying To Preserve An...
The massive earthquake on New Year’s Day 2024 washed away the homes and studios of “hundreds of Wajima artisans in this Holy Land of Lacquerware...
Time Didn’t Used To Be Linear
Seriously: We decided it was in the 18th century. “In 1765, the scientist-philosopher Joseph Priestley, best known for co-discovering oxygen, invented what was arguably...
Jodie Foster On Her Acting Life As ‘Taxi’ Turns Fifty
“ gave me an outlet that I would not have had if I'd gone on a path to be what I was meant to...
Artists Killed By Iran In Crackdown On Protests As The Repression, And Internet Blackout,...
Though the number is undoubtedly higher, "among the thousands of civilians confirmed dead are sculptor Mehdi Salahshour, filmmaker Javad Ganji, fashion designer and student Rubina Aminian,...
Former Nickelodeon Child Star Kianna Underwood Killed In Hit And Run In Brooklyn
Underwood was “a cast member of the former Nickelodeon children’s sketch comedy series All That,” and she had other credits to her name as...
Hamnet Is No Shakespeare In Love
It’s far worse: It does wrong by Shakespeare. "Hamnet changes many details and events in Shakespeare’s life to tell its story, but it is in...
Why It’s Good For The Washington National Opera To Part Ways With The Kennedy...
Financially, it’s likely to be good for the Opera. “The news of the split could inspire a groundswell of support from longtime patrons who...
New York’s New Mayor Says Theatre Should Be For Everyone, Handing Out Free Tickets
“'The shared laughter in a crowded theater, the eager debrief after a musical, the heavy silence that hangs over all of us in a...
South African’s Right-Wing Culture Minister Axes The Country’s Venice Biennale Proposal
The proposal by artist Gabrielle Goliath was a performance to mourn Gaza’s dead after Israel’s actions against the area. A spokesperson said that it...
In A Last-Minute Decision, CBS Cut Best Original Score From The Golden Globes Broadcast
Welp, podcasts are in, music is out; sorry to "Alexandre Desplat for Frankenstein, Ludwig Goransson for Sinners, Jonny Greenwood for One Battle After Another,...
The Writers Who Saw All Of This Coming
In case you need a list of dystopian novels to read instead of, hm, the news. - The Guardian (UK)
Those Teeny Tiny Microphones Are Ruining The Red Carpet
“Even if tiny mics are a trend that’s crossed over from influencer culture, they’ve become yet another obnoxious staple of the film industry that...
