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Legendary Costume Designer Says Budget Cuts Are Killing Theatre In The UK
Sandy Powell, a multiple Oscar and BAFTA winner, says, "It terrifies me this has happened. ... What I would say to government is that...
Label BMG Secretly Signed A French Rapper Condemned For Antisemitic Lyrics
Freeze Corleone was big on Spotify, and the label wanted him. "The memo, sent in September 2021 by two executives in the company’s French...
What U.S. Television Says About Muslim Lives In The Americas
Uh ... "Muslim male characters outnumber female characters 174 to 1, and when women do appear, they are portrayed as 'fearful and submissive' or...
More Great British Bake-Off, But Make It Pianos
And also, make it so that the contestants don't know they're on a reality TV show - "This isn’t a documentary – it’s a...
Can Lula Deliver More Books, More Literacy, And More Opportunities To Brazil?
The newly re-elected president "has reinstated the Ministry of Culture, created a new secretariat dedicated to books and literacy and unblocked nearly $200 million in funds...
The Bawdy, Self-Aware Wife Of Bath As First Modern Character Of English Literature
"Unlike the queens and witches who preceded her in English literature, Alison is not a flat allegorical figure. Her ordinariness makes her radical." -...
What Minnie Driver Had To Do To Get Her Start In Entertainment
The Oscar-nominated actress says, "In the early 90s, I had to fake an orgasm in a room full of male ad execs at an...
Linda Pastan, Whose Poetry Illuminated Everyday Life, 90
"The range of her poetry was vast. A 1978 collection was called The Five Stages of Grief. On the other end of the spectrum...
In A First For Google, YouTube Contractors Go On Strike
What's the issue? A demand to return to in-person work ... for no real reason. "The contractors are paid as little as $19 an...
Broadway Streaming Is Back, And Here To Stay
Sure, people are mostly back to live theatre - but " a newly formed nonprofit organization is collaborating to bring nonprofit Broadway ... into...
Iran Releases Director Jafar Panahi From Jail Two Days After He Starts Hunger Strike
His wife said at the time of his arrest "that his detention - several months before the ongoing anti-government protests erupted - amounted to...
Calm Down, Netflix Password Sharing Isn’t Over In The US – Yet
One Netflix exec said, though, that it will be coming, and he added, "I think it’s worth noting that this will not be a...
Tourist From The States Arrested For Knocking Down And Assaulting Statue Of Jesus In...
"In social media video, the suspect can reportedly be heard saying 'You can’t have idols in Jerusalem.'" - Yahoo News (The Independent UK)
Why Society Needs Violent, Scary Computer Games
"My favorites are the games that have intricate plots, because many of them are cultural markers that reveal what fascinates us — and more...
Everything To Know About The Grammys Before The Big Music Industry Night
First of all, Beyoncé "needs three wins to tie, and four to beat the conductor Georg Solti, who holds the record for most overall...
A Head-Spinning Time For Podcasts
And those heads aren't spinning in a "get rich podcasting!" kind of a way. "Call it a pivot, call it a withdrawal; ... whatever...
The So-Called Discovery Of Knossos Was ‘Half Bull, Half Truth,’ New Show Says
You might not revile Sir Arthur Evans in the same breath that you do Lord Elgin - but the British archaeologist was a fabulist...
Apple’s ‘Failed’ Lisa Computer Shaped Everything We Do On Screen
From 3D graphics to half-tone images, from letters of different widths to editing pictures - it all started with the Lisa in 1983. -...
The Rift Within Art Criticism Reflects, In Part, The Shrinking Job Market
In addition, the more progressive U.S. membership has clashed - repeatedly - with the much more culturally conservative international contingent. - The New York...
How (And Why) Film Creatives Bow At The Altar Of Groundhog Day
"It gave a name to the very common human experience of realising that you’re stuck. ... And that you can’t seem to get out...
The Academy Decides To Investigate How A Movie That Made $28,000 Earned A Best...
It was a grassroots campaign. But was it allowable? (And how exactly was it different from the million-dollar campaigns studios mounted for other stars?)...
New Photos Show Damage To Dallas Museum Of Art From June Break-In
A vandal had more than 15 minutes to smash vitrines and priceless art before security realized something was wrong - and the photos show...
How Did A Scooby-Doo HBO Show Become The Target Of Internet Ire?
"Despite the vitriol, people are watching the show; according to HBO Max, Velma was its biggest animated series premiere ever. Problem is, they’re watching it through...
France’s National Opera Of The Rhine Cancels Productions
The reasons stem from energy costs - and cuts in subsidies. "Strasbourg hosts the choir, the design workshops for sets and costumes and the...
The Heirs Of A Man Who Sold A Picasso To Flee The Nazis Would...
And they're suing the Guggenheim Foundation to get the painting, Woman Ironing, back. - The New York Times
