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The World’s Whitest Paint Is Coming For Your Car
And airplanes, and spacecraft. It could "coat cars, planes, and refrigerator trucks, where it could lower surface temperature by up to 42 degrees Fahrenheit....
The Boom In The Comic Book Market
Some gently owned comics are now selling for ridiculous sums. No surprise - you can thank movies and TV for the rise in prices....
Kevin Locke, Who Brought Lakota Music And Dance To The World’s Attention, Has Died...
Locke, who died after performing at the Crazy Horse Memorial, once said, "I have been able to teach countless Indian and non-Indian children to...
Why ‘Blonde’ Is Such A Mess, Both As A Novel And A Movie
"I wonder if the fact that Elvis relies on biographical research rather than a novel made it the more successful film for me (and most critics)....
How Disney Became A ‘Secular Religion’ For Some Superfans
For some people, Disneyland or Disneyworld (or the Disneys in other countries) are like church. "People don't just marry at Disney. They mourn lost...
Travis Hatton, Innovative Conductor In A Portland Suburb, Has Died Suddenly
"During the dozen years he led the orchestra, Hatton created its annual Young Artist Concerto Competition, and showcased at least one work by a...
How Colleen Hoover Rose To Bestseller List Domination
Yes, BookTok. But not only BookTok. The woman who self-published her first book while she was earning $9 an hour and whose books outsold...
So, How Does Geffen Hall Sound Now?
Justin Davidson: "I’m not ready to declare the hall a flop or a triumph. Acoustics are not a separate entity from the music that...
Nikki Finke, Once ‘The Most Feared Woman In Hollywood,’ Has Died At 68
Finke, the founder of the site Deadline, was "a tenacious journalist who revolutionized entertainment reporting." She "placed a singularly unforgiving spotlight on the studio...
Speaking Of Me Too, Harvey Weinstein Is About To Go On Trial In Los...
"Weinstein, who has been accused by more than 90 women of sexual misconduct, faces 11 charges in his Los Angeles trial, which is expected...
Putting Emily Bronte Back In The Narrative
Writer-director Frances O'Connor says, "Sometimes it takes us a while to get the courage to step into something that we really feel passionate about,...
The Intangible Effects Of The Me Too Movement
"As a worker’s rights movement, it brought about a slew of upgrades to industry standards and state law. As a major news event, it...
Streaming Services Want To Fill The Family Movie Void
A Netflix exec: "We loved going to see great original family films. ... Sadly, now when you look at what a lot of the...
An Artist Has Turned Iran’s Fountains Blood Red
"The Persian-language Twitter account 1500tasvir, which has been monitoring the state crackdown that has killed dozens, credited the red liquid in the fountains’ basins to an...
Without Italian Opera, Mexican Ranchera Would Be Very Different
It all started with tours: "In the early 1800s, opera companies and their star singers traveled from Italy to perform across the country. 'It...
Driven Out Of Belarus For Opposing The Regime, An Opera Singer Rebuilds His Career
Ilya Silchukou was the "lead soloist at the State Opera Bolshoi who represented his nation at official government functions at home and abroad and...
The Lessons Of 60 Years Of Listening To The New York Philharmonic
Geffen Hall (previously known as Avery Fisher Hall) was an acoustic disaster from the jump. But while "the hall was no Carnegie or the...
Battered By The Pandemic, Secret Cinema Gets A Real-Life Fairytale Ending
Or rather not ending, but continuation, as a U.S. company buys and intends to expand the company that hired actors and built elaborate sets...
LA Opera Gets A New Resident Conductor
Lina Gónzalez-Granados was 5 "when she joined a 'tuna' — a musical group traditionally made up of college students who ... stand in a...
How To Get Newspapers To Drop Their Paywalls
Get them to become part of public media networks, as with the Chicago Sun-Times. - Nieman Lab
London In Three Dimensions
For those visiting for Frieze, London offers the rewards of sculpture - even if the death of the queen scuppered a planned Sculpture Week....
Why Is Director David O Russell Avoiding Consequences For His Behavior?
His terrible treatment of his actors, including Amy Adams, on sets has been an open secret for quite some time. Yet he's faced no...
Artificial Intelligence Has Transformed Many Things – Including Cheating At Chess
"For some high-level players, even getting the advice of a machine for a move or two at a critical moment is all you’d need...
It’s Not Just Some Artists Faking Native Heritage
The issue of "Pretendians" is real in Canada (and the U.S.). Who decides? And why are so many academics, writers, and artists claiming First...
The Iconic Easter Island Statues Have Been Damaged In A Fire
"Ariki Tepano, with the indigenous Ma'u Henua community that manages the park, said the fire had done 'irreparable' damage to the site. 'The moai are totally...
