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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,...

Josephine Chaplin, Actor And Daughter Of Charlie, Has Died At 74

"A longtime resident of Paris, Chaplin did most of her acting in French features, among them Nuits rouges (1974) and À l’ombre d’un été (1976). According to IMDb,...

We Have To Save Ballet, But How?

Involve college students. "Unlike music, ballet lacks a script or a widely accepted form of notation. ... Ballet is passed down one performer or...

Actors Have Been Going Through It For A Long Time

It's not just AI and streaming residuals - it's literally everything about the career. "Actors have long been conditioned to feel grateful that they...

Composer Danny Elfman Sued For Sexual Harassment

"The 70-year-old, whose scores include Batman, Spider-Man and Good Will Hunting, was accused in 2017 by 35-year-old composer Nomi Abadi of exposing himself and...

The Barbenheimer Phenomenon Led To The Fourth Best Opening Box Office Of All Time

Who coined this? They should get an Oscar. Honestly: "Each rippling with commentary on ideas born out of mid-century America, Barbie and Oppenheimer seemed to...

The Technology That’s Disrupting Bayreuth

The floating psychedelic flowers of this season's Parsifal "are meant to provide the audience with 'sacred visions' of 'a world where wonder still exists,'"...

Watership Down Gets New Rating And Content Warnings

It's not just a bunny story, as countless children and parents have discovered when watching the 1978 movie. - BBC