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Italy’s Steamy Melodrama Has Fans Diving Off Piers To Swim To The Set
One of the producers of Mare Fuori says, "We have realized that these stories of young lovers, people like a lot. ... In the...
A British Town Has Two Iconic Towers ,But Can’t Decide Which Is Which
"The towers have been a source of local pride for almost 100 years, but now a debate has ignited over which structure is which...
A Museum In Minnesota Gets Permission To Break Up Its Collection
In Bemidji, Minnesota, "A First Nations tribe in Canada sent the historical society a letter enquiring about a ceremonial water drum. The museum no...
Going To The Cinema Is A ‘Deeply Human Experience’ That Streaming Can Never Provide
"The beauty of going to the movies was never just about the films on the screens — it was about the way we all...
A Brief Cultural History Of Crying While Reading
In the nineteenth century, "The tears were a form of praise. The femaleness of response, though, became a negative." Until the trauma plot, and...
Has Nero’s Theatre Been Found In Rome?
At a 15th century palace that will become a Four Seasons Hotel, "to the archaeologists’ surprise — and immense delight — the dig brought...
The Paradox Of Vanishing Land Art
As Beverly Buchanan's Marsh Ruins sink into the marsh, questions arise. "What should be done when a work is major partly because the artist...
You Can Read Esperanto Literature In Translation
It does feel a bit ironic, but it's good to have, for instance, Ukranian writer Vasily Eroshenko's "set of Esperanto fairy tales — stories...
The Actors Hold A Star-Studded Rally In Times Square
"If you can announce the highest-viewed this and the highest profits in that, then you can track our residuals. So we need to come...
Pamela Blair, Original ‘Chorus Line’ Cast Member, Has Died At 73
Blair sang "Dance: 10; Looks: 3," or as it's known to every theatre kid, "Tits and Ass." Her character Val's "brassy solo ... was...
The US Picks Indigenous Artist Jeffrey Gibson For Venice Biennale
This is a first. "Although Indigenous artists have shown work more broadly in Venice over the years, the last time Indigenous artists appeared in...
The Anti-CGI Backlash Is Here
And it's earning a lot of money at the box office. For instance, "Greta Gerwig used techniques dating back to silent film and soundstage...
Dear Studios: AI Is Also Coming For You
OK, this sounds nightmarish: "AI doesn’t need Hollywood. It just needs itself. And AI will be able to offer audiences what Hollywood can’t: movies...
In Seattle, Taylor Swift Fans Cause A Mini Earthquake
Well, OK, "seismic activity," anyway. Turns out "it’s actually 'quite common' for humans partying to create such vibrations, sending 'a lot of energy into...
One Of The Things ‘Oppenheimer’ Gets Wrong Is Very American History
Tossing people off their land at gunpoint and giving them only 48 hours to go? Sounds like the USA - and that's just what...
How The Kens’ Dancing Affects The Barbie Movie
"The dance is more than a dance: It’s an emotional release. ... The choreography is a passionate expression of selfhood, a tonic that recalls...
Comic-Con Without The Actors Was Quite Different This Year
But, some whispered, was it better? At least for regular cosplayers? "All the excitement that we’re not getting from the panels and stuff, we’re...
New Building Material: Fungus?
A new piece was "built using a paste of mycelium and sawdust that’s pumped inside a fabric formwork. ... hardened into a moderately...
There’s A New Guerrilla Artist Residency In IKEA
Which IKEA? Well, that depends on where the residency applicants live. In Burbank, one artist "pulled out a tub of IKEA’s MÅLA modeling dough...
The Deep Crisis In The United States’s Regional Theatres
"'It’s impossible not to be distraught about the state of the field,' said Christopher Moses, an artistic director of the Alliance Theater in Atlanta....
How A Grammy-Winning Jazz Composer Learned To Trust Her Creative Instincts
Maria Schneider says that "the pressures in your life, good and bad, just affect music so much. ... When you look back, it's...
The Front Line In Ukraine’s Opera Houses And Pop Concerts
"Before the curtain, an announcement: 'In the event of an air raid or siren, we ask you to adjourn to the shelter. If the...
The Producers’ Refusal To Come To The Table Is Sending Ripple Effects Through The...
"With both the studios and unions expecting a drawn-out battle, everyone from makeup artists and costume designers to carpet dealers and foam sculptors is...
Indigenous Artists In Australia Unite In Defense Of The Ocean
Artist Megan Cope, for instance, says her artwork at the Sydney Opera House, made by a team of volunteers, "can raise awareness of oyster...
Please, Please Do Not Try The Barbenheimer Nightmare Combo
"Uf you take anything from this, it’s that you should really go and see Barbie first. Because otherwise, and I’m talking from very recent first-hand experience,...
