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Hollywood Will Never, Ever Stop With The Remakes
“Hollywood's affection for recycled and rehashed stories started right alongside Hollywood itself: going as far back as Georges Méliès' L'Arroseur from 1896, a remake of the...
When Puzzling Became An International Community Event
“Slocum first threw this party on April Fools’ Day in 1978; just 10 people gathered in the living room of his Beverly Hills home.”...
One Hot Immersion Summer, Or, How English Speaking Opera Singers Learn German
“I know after this program that when I walk into an audition room with other Americans, or people from different countries than Germany, that...
A Second Master Chef Contestant Has Been Edited Out Of The New Season
Why is the BBC still running this show after “a report which upheld claims against hosts Gregg Wallace and John Torode”? What will be left...
What Texas Needs Is A Huge Paramount Studio To Make More Yellowstone Content
Yep. “The massive production hub will be situated on the Alliance Texas campus, a 27,000-acre development owned by billionaire Ross Perot Jr.’s Hillwood, a...
How Are Native Broadcast Stations Preparing For Existence Without The Corporation For Public Broadcasting?
These stations “are unique in the landscape of American media. While many are part of the NPR and PBS networks, they are mostly staffed...
South Park Is Crude, Cynical, And Childish, So Perhaps It’s Perfect For This Moment
“If you were making a list of the series likeliest to become voices of the Trump 2.0 resistance, South Park would not have been...
Creative Control, Catalogues, Contracts, And Creedence Clearwater Revival
John Fogarty, after a long fight, in January 2023: “This is something I thought would never be a possibility. … After 50 years, I...
How Fan Fiction Has Changed The Publishing World
Sure, there’s Twlight fan fiction and Huck Finn fan fiction, Murderbot fanfic and Star Trek and etc. But there’s an awful lot of Biblical...
Doris Lockhart Saatchi, Critic And Prominent Art Collector, Has Died At 88
Lockhart Saatchi was an “American-born collector of contemporary art and art writer who played a leading role in giving movements like Minimalism and Pop...
For Older Gamers, On Confronting Death
And on confronting the ways that media that appeal to anyone over 35 (OK, sure, that’s “older”) don’t deal in any serious way with...
Greenpeace Hangs Huge Anish Kapoor Artwork From A Gas Extraction Rig
“‘I call it Butchered,’” the British sculptor told the Guardian. ‘I’m referring to the butchering of our environment. It is at the simplest level...
Another Top Official Resigns From The Kennedy Center As The President Of The US...
“The top official overseeing theater at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is stepping down, throwing into question the stability of...
How The Heck Did Apple TV’s The Studio Score A Cameo From Martin Scorsese?
The show boasts a “deftness in casting both fully fledged characters and quick-hit celebrity cameos, thanks in large part to the work of the...
Lucinda Williams, On Singing After A Stroke
The singer-songwriter says her guitar playing got worse - but other people can play the guitar for her. Meanwhile, she thinks her voice improved....
The Devastation, And Slow Recovery, Of Asheville’s Arts District
“About 350 of the displaced artists are working again in the district. Some are actively involved in the continuing recovery process, waiting to return...
Oh TIFF, Not Another Scheduled, Canceled, Rescheduled Documentary
“The decision — in both directions — has angered a number of critics and moviegoers over the festival’s clear lack of consistency and conviction.” - Vulture
Could We Maybe Get Some Positive Climate Fiction?
"Should writers try to offer a restorative or rousing spirit for the times we live in, an opposition to eschatology? Can literature actually be...
Five Beautiful Objects An Artist Wishes He’d Made
Sometimes, you just have to admire the pencil. - The New York Times
A Dedicated Volunteer Exposed A Long-Running Wikipedia Fraudster
“From December 2021 through June 2025, 183 articles were created about Woodard, each in a different language's Wikipedia and each by a unique...
Carnegie Museum Employees Wonder How, Exactly, This Conservative Group’s Fundraiser Wasn’t Political
“Weeks after last month’s event, the museum network’s chief executive, Steven Knapp, acknowledged to employees that it was a violation of policy, accusing the...
St. Rat In Seattle: Art And Theology Experts Weigh In
“Hot Rat Summer features St. Rat, a kind of patron saint for those at the bottom of the societal heap: Furries, gay people, trans...
How TV Networks Are Now Trying To Control The Watercooler Moment
Hosting their own podcasts and making-of series, networks "try to anticipate what beats from the episode people will be talking about and then ......
The Morally Nebulous, Financially Lucrative World Of The Gaming Cheat
On the one hand, there are quite a few data-stealing cheat systems out there. On the other hand, "your laptop’s probably never as safe...
As ‘Black Swan’ Turns Fifteen, Four Black Swans Contemplate What It’s Meant For Ballet
“Black Swan felt magical to me. It offered this picture of being in New York and dancing for a professional company. I don’t remember...
