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Young Dylan Thomas, It Turns Out, Was A Serial Plagiarist
“The young Thomas was an enthusiastic contributor to Swansea Grammar School's magazine after joining as an 11-year-old in 1925, but Gallenzi found at least...
Jerome Lowenstein, Doctor Who Helped His Tiny Literary Press Pick A Pulitzer Prize-Winning Book,...
“His detour into literature began in 2000, when he was asked by Martin Blaser, the chairman of N.Y.U.’s department of medicine, to join him...
How Did Mystery Author Louise Penny Build Such An Intense, Huge Fan Club?
Her publisher sure didn’t help, at least not at first. But then the community “was nurtured and deepened by the connections that Louise made...
How Do You Move On From An Iconic, Long-Term Role?
Kit Harington’s timing was perhaps challenging. Game of Thrones finished; he went into rehab; then the pandemic hit. "When things started up again after...
What Do You Do For A Sequel When Your Spy Drama Was Groundbreaking, But...
“This second Night Manager season arrives at a moment when spy dramas have moved on, and in a grubbier, more down-to-earth direction than the one the...
Love Island Got A Little Too Hot For TV
That is to say, climate change makes fools of us all, including reality TV shows: "Filming for Love Island: All Stars has been postponed...
Hamnet Wins Best Picture For Drama At The Golden Globes, Raising Its Oscar Odds
“Chloé Zhao recovered from looking shellshocked to quote Paul Mescal, saying that making Hamnet made him realize that being an artist is about being...
Golden Globes Live Updates
In case you want to know, the Los Angeles Times has you covered. (So does Variety.) - Los Angeles Times
Why Is Ticketing Fraud So Widespread – And So Hard To Fix?
Digital tickets fixed physical ticket counterfeiting, sure. But "digital tickets didn’t eliminate fraud. They just changed the face of it—and in the process, blew...
How A Writer Got Sucked Into The Ranks Of Broadway Superfans
“There was what I would not call lying to my family but obfuscating about where I was and what I was doing, as if I were having an...
Turns Out Movie Director Ben Wheatley Is Also Prolific Musician Dave Wheldon
The director of indies and Meg 2: The Trench says, “Before it might have been playing games or doomscrolling. is a more productive...
National Portrait Gallery Swaps Trump Portraits And Removes Reference To His Two Impeachments
The caption for the previous photo read in part, “Impeached twice, on charges of abuse of power and incitement of insurrection after supporters attacked...
Bela Tarr, Hungarian Director Beloved By Cinephiles, Has Died At 70
“Susan Sontag once claimed she would be ‘glad to see’ Béla Tarr’s 1994 masterpiece Sátántangó ‘every year for the rest of my life.’ No small compliment given...
Why Are So Many Writers Dropping Out Of Adelaide’s Famous Writing Festival?
“Nearly 50 authors, commentators, and academics have dropped out of this year’s Adelaide Festival in Australia after the Festival announced that they were canceling an appearance...
Actor And Director Timothy Busfield Accused Of Child Sex Abuse
A judge in New Mexico issued a warrant for his arrest. "Busfield was charged with two counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor...
Adapting A ‘Controversial’ Bestselling Book To The Screen Isn’t Easy
Netflix’s adaptation of Emily Henry’s The People We Meet on Vacation has some issues. “This diminishment of each element almost entirely nukes the book’s...
This Little-Known Museum Has Old Hollywood In Its Very Bones
“Everything we now know as ‘Hollywood,’ ... the global ‘dream machine’ with all its enduring art, complicated mythology and current anxieties, began under a...
Oscar-Winning ‘Crash’ Filmmaker Paul Haggis Civil Case For Rape Settles For Two Million
Haggis, never convicted in a criminal court, was initially ordered to pay a former publicist $7.5 million. - The New York Times
Why Thomas Paine Still Matters, 250 Years Later
“The pamphlet changed the way Americans viewed government. Beginning with an origin story that echoed John Locke’s ‘Second Treatise of Government,’ Paine depicted people...
So X Is Suing Music Publishers, Again
It’s a new lawsuit in a long, long battle, with opponents that are not exactly beloved. “X and the publishers have been in a...
This Oregon Library Is Literally Sinking
It’s probably the busiest building downtown. But the area’s residents have voted down two library bonds. What’s next? - Oregon ArtsWatch
Wagner Moura’s Starring Year
“After his breakout role as Pablo Escobar 10 years ago on Netflix’s Narcos, Moura frustrated his agents by turning down many of the high-profile, lucrative projects...
How An REM Song Helped A Doomsday Cult Member Escape
“As my will to blindly obey crumbled, I began to secretly tune in to the American armed forces radio station that broadcast in Japan....
Orlando Fully Launched Tilda Swinton’s Career
And she pays the book, at least, back with a reread every few years. - The New York Times
Who Will Win Tonight’s Golden Globes?
For one thing, “Warner Bros. will swear there was absolutely no calculation involved in running One Battle After Another as a Comedy at the Globes. If...
