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The UK’s Heirloom Ceramics Sector Is In Deep Trouble
“The UK ceramics sector employs 20,000 people, half of them in the West Midlands, and is regarded as an indispensable to the economy” - but...
California And Other States Are Possibly Suing To Block The Warner Bros. And Paramount...
One advocate for the lawsuit: “The consequences would be felt nationwide, from destroying CNN the way that Ellisons have devastated CBS to entertainment industry...
The French Open Finals Courts Get Choreographed Ballet Dances For Some Reason
Choreographed by Benjamin Millepied, no less. “Tennis doesn’t have a strong tradition of opening numbers — and certainly not of dance routines.” - The...
The Movie Cars Ruined Pixar
“Pixar plummeted to the ground with such a force that I began to question my undying devotion to an animation studio. Could my beloved...
A Century On, Martha Graham’s Modern Dance Vision Still Matters Intensely
“Her choreography landed like a bomb in a landscape where vaudeville and ballet ruled the day.” - The New York Times
Why Is There No Tony For Best Wigs?
Weird: “There’s an Oscar and an Emmy. I’ve been nominated for Emmys for TV stuff. Theater is literally the only area in our industry...
What Marjane Satrapi Did For Iranian Women
“Satrapi was a spokesperson for our trauma, our upbringing and our particular flavour of shame, repression and outspokenness. She made us legible to our...
The Kennedy Center’s Lawsuit Against Musician Who Refused To Play Christmas Eve Is Tossed...
“The judge, Tanya M. Jones Bosier, wrote that the Kennedy Center failed to prove that Chuck Redd, a jazz musician and a host of...
The Effort To Save The Kennedy Center From This President Is Far From Over
“Fundamental questions about the institution’s leadership, finances, and artistic direction remain in flux. ‘It’s not clear if there’s any money to stay open with....
Dance Is Getting Its Moment – In Advertising
Why so much dance on TV lately? “Where the goal is to quickly get and then hold the viewer’s attention, energetic movement is a...
Newer Streamers, Even Ones From Well-Established Channels, Hope For An Emmy Boost
Peacock and Paramount+ have high hopes. “Emmy success can still bring tangible benefits. Even the commitment to campaigning can move the needle, especially for...
Ranking All Twenty-Two Films That Were In Contention For The Palme D’Or This Year
“The experience of watching so many movies over a twelve-day period coaxes your brain into a heightened state of pattern recognition, and you might...
Oakland Creatives Are Having A (Possibly Long Overdue) Heck Of A Year
“The Town has seen its homegrown talent reach new levels of success on the global stage, from figure skater Alysa Liu earning Olympic gold in Milan...
A Deeper Dive Into How That Book About The Problems Of AI Was Partly...
Um, ouf? “He doubled down on his personal commitment to AI, noting that he still uses it every day. … I asked him whether...
Over The Weekend, The British Museum Was Evacuated After Staff Found A ‘Suspicious’ Package
“The museum said it had also received what it described as ‘malicious communications’ before the evacuation.” - ARTnews
If We’re Really In A Reading ‘Crisis,’ Here Are Some Solutions
It’s not about the phones. Instead, as a society, we have to remove structural barriers - and build new libraries. "A democracy needs its...
Turns Out If You Let YouTube Turn Into Feature Films, Kids Will Go To...
Well, not kids, but youth, YouTube youth. “The success of two YouTube-native filmmakers at the box office indicates the growing power of the platform...
Sometimes, You Have To Turn Your Back On Your TBR Pile And Simply Reread
“You take yourself with you, right? The image becomes mirrored: Who you were and what you took from a book the first time is...
Even If Trump’s Name Comes Off The Kennedy Center, He Might Still Destroy It
“When the history of Trump’s second administration is written, the whole sorry Kennedy Center chapter will be key to understanding the chaos, cruelty and...
The Beatles Are Still Quite, Quite, Quite Big In The UK
“It’ll be like Barbenheimer,” says one biographer of Paul and John of the new wave of movies coming out this year, including four by...
A Billionaire’s Firm Just Tried To Buy Universal Music, But They Turned Him Down
OK: “The music giant said Pershing Square's $64.3bn (£48bn) takeover offer was ‘not in the best interests’ of the company, shareholders, artists, fans and other stakeholders.”...
All Over The World, Poetry Fans Are Celebrating Allen Ginsberg’s 100th Birthday
Lawrence Ferlinghetti explained, years ago, that “‘Howl’ knocked the sides out of things, just the way rock music in the '60s knocked the sides...
As You Would Expect, Heated Rivalry Cleaned Up At The Canadian Screen Awards
So did the comedy series North of North. But Heated Rivalry, whoa: "The series entered the night riding on a red-hot winning streak after...
Tony Leung Was Ready To Quit Acting Out Of Boredom, And Then Wong Kar-Wai...
“From the first day I met him, when I was going through a period of frustration, I knew we would make special films, that...
Saying No To New Gadgets Might Make Us Happier
Just in case you’ve missed multiple strains of philosophy, ethics, and “happiness studies” over the years, not to mention Buddhist thought, well: "When we...
