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Look, Why Would Anyone Pay For Facebook?
Facebook, sadly, "is following the trajectory of the airline industry writ large. It is a once-revolutionary service that, over time, has transformed into something...
The Obies Were Announced Before The Ceremony, And ‘English’ Wins Best Play
OK? The American Theatre Wing "decided to announce the award recipients in advance to allow the evening to focus on a celebration of theater’s...
Oh, You Thought The Lord Of The Rings Movies Were Over
You were very, very wrong. Because where there's money - so much money - to be made, there are "multiple films in the pipeline."...
British Reality Show “The Piano” Is Sweet, Funny, And An Inspiration To Learn To...
"Watching the crowds cry, or clap, or tap their feet, it’s impossible not to wonder how many of those train travellers – or the...
Spotify’s AI DJ Has Absolutely No Soul
Not a real surprise, and yet, "Cast your mind’s eye behind Spotify’s X voice and you will find only the void—a vast jumble of...
Don’t Miss The Exuberant Diversity Of Ukrainian Literature
It's a thorny question after years of occupations and wars. That, "combined with the systematic repression of the Ukrainian language and Ukrainian culture has...
The Man Turning Newark’s Trash Into Art
Frustrated with Newark's ongoing water crisis, Wille Cole and his communities take the city's resulting trash and try to create something better. "It’s not...
Many Indian Film Fans Aren’t Impressed With The Song Naatu Naatu Or The Movie...
"Among Indian audiences, there is a deep divide between those who applaud that the rest of the world is waking up to his brilliance...
Who Owns The Rights To South Park?
Basically, there are too many streaming services involved. "Warner Bros. Discovery claims that Paramount Global 'embarked on a multi-year scheme to unfairly take advantage...
How One Young Photographer Changed The Game For Herself And Her Peers
When editors said they couldn't find Black photographers during the George Floyd protests, journalist and photographer Polly Irungu transformed her social media and networking...
Barbara Bosson, Who Took A Brief Cameo And Turned It Into A Vital Hill...
"Bosson received five Emmy Award nominations in as many years for her supporting role, as she portrayed a character who reinvents herself to help...
What Is Fixer-Upper Empire Builder Chip Gaines Doing With Larry McMurtry’s Last Bookstore?
This is a twist. "The Archer City store was the last remaining shopfront, and had become a pilgrimage of sorts for devotees of McMurtry’s...
The Puppetry Group From Manchester That Brought Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio To Life
It wasn't easy: "Creating the models for Pinocchio took 62 people tens of thousands of hours over four years." - BBC
Even In Canada, The Right-Wing Is Coming For Drag Performances
Not great! "It has become quite aggressive online and our drag queen performer has also been personally harassed," says the Kings Playhouse interim director....
Hey Big Tech, And Everyone, Let’s Keeping Online Options Open
It's completely fine not to meet in real life - and look, virtual relationships of all kinds are "real." (Performance art spaces need to...
A French Documentary Wins Big At Berlin
A real surprise: "The festival’s top award is rarely given to a documentary, and in his acceptance speech, a clearly surprised asked the...
Turns Out Students Don’t Actually Want An ‘All-Digital’ Library
Make that 'library.' Faculty and students at Vermont State University were not having it when the financially strapped institution announced last week that everything...
Alvin Ailey Dance Turns 65
The troupe's third artistic director says it's been a real challenge during the past few years, and now is a time for joy and...
The Thames Quietly Gets Two New, Pretty Great, Pedestrian Bridges
Remember the Garden Bridge imbroglio? These two are far from that. Instead, the results are "faceted and intriguing ... driven by the imaginative response...
Mediocre Movies, Not Only Marvel, Can Save Movie Theatres
What theatres need "are the movies that grease the wheels of the theatrical experience: the friendly bread-and-butter formula films for adults that audiences can...
Who Painted This Portrait Of George Washington?
Turns out that after years of doubt and many studies, "experts are confident they can declare the portrait a true Peale, one of...
Britain’s Most Prolific Female Director
Muriel Box - the first woman to win an Oscar for screenwriting - "directed 13 feature films in the 1950s and early 60s and...
Rena Gluck, Who Brought Modern Dance To Israel
"Israel is now considered a global hotbed of contemporary dance, with Batsheva still at its center. But when Ms. Gluck arrived in 1954 as...
Was Disney’s Purchase Of Fox A Huge Mistake?
One analyst: "Even without Fox, Disney would still be struggling with linear channels and figuring out how to make streaming profitable. ... But they’d...
Native American Activists Ask Miami To Stop Archaeological Dig
The site is - of course - going to become a residential development. "The artifacts found at the site include pottery sherds, stone tools,...
