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Why Is Tupac’s Likeness Appearing Again – In A Video Game?
“The announcement was the latest in a series of creative decisions that have earned the studio a growing amount of skepticism.” - CBC
How David Hockney Taught His Beloved, Adopted Los Angeles To See Itself
“‘He loved the sunlight, the weather, the boys,’ said Richard Benefield, a veteran museum executive who served as the first director of the David Hockney...
What America’s Treasure To Trash To Treasure Pipelines Say About All Of Us
After WWII, “single-family homes spread across the nation like fireweed. In a distinctively American architectural feature, many of them were joined to a small...
Canada Has Stepped Out Of The Shadows Of Hollywood North
Said one presenter at the Canadian screen awards, "A country that doesn’t tell its own stories in its own way is just a market...
There Are Now Plans For A New Black Box Theatre In Seattle
The plan - after extensive renovations of the now unprepossessing building - is for ExoArts to “offer six six-week blocks a year at subsidized...
Gene Shalit, Legendarily Moustached Today Show Film Critic, Has Died At 100
After moving over from the book critic desk, “Shalit proved to be a spirited counterbalance to the heavier news of the day, entertaining audiences with...
They Just Had To Take That Man’s Name Off The Kennedy Center From Behind...
After blowing the deadline and begging for more time - and being denied - workers took Donald J. Trump’s name off the Kennedy Center...
The Guardian’s Pretty Solid Summer Reading List
That is, if you like taking the advice of Zadie Smith, Mark Haddon, Anne Enright, Sarah Waters, Bernadine Evaristo and more. - The Guardian...
The Artists Producing ‘Anti-Slop’ In Response To Generative AI
“That spirit of rejection seems to be coalescing into its own design aesthetic – a move towards the conspicuously handmade, the janky, even the...
Trying To Remember Which Memes Were Important Back In The Day?
The British Film Institute has your back. - The New York Times
Minneapolis Gets A Massive Land Art Mural
Franco-Swiss artist Saype “said he decided to pick Minneapolis for the project during the federal immigration enforcement surge after seeing neighbors helping each other.” -...
Why Is Philly’s Gem Of A Bridge So Badly Neglected?
“The University Avenue Bridge was designed and built as a prime specimen of the City Beautiful aesthetic. … Today, the bridge that connects West...
What’s Gone Deeply Wrong With Social Media
“Something seems to have broken down in the functionality of the internet, between Facebook’s erratic algorithm and Google search results now headed by fabricated,...
When Los Angeles Turns The Cameras On Itself
“There's something really ugly and beautiful about Los Angeles, I think, and that's what these films capture - the idea that anything could happen...
The New School In Manhattan Lays Off Nearly 90 People
It’s a body blow to the institution’s humanities sectors. “All 19 impacted faculty members were in the Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts and...
Vinyl Is Back, But It’s Also Polluting The Planet
“Modern vinyl records are crafted with PVC resin, which makes up more than 75% of an average disk The synthetic polymer itself is made of chlorine...
Eight Great Moments From The Tonys Stage
Bernadette Peters, Neil Patrick Harris, P!nk, Bowen Yang, André DeShields, and Leslie Odom Jr. added extra glam to a star-studded night - one that...
What Steven Spielberg Has Taught Critic Wesley Morris
“Thank you for daring and caring and trying to show us the light, to keep the lights on, as the artistic system you worshiped and symbolized and...
Do We Really Care If Memoirs Are Truthful?
“The facts may not totally line up, but the emotions are all present and accounted for.” - Washington Post (MSN)
At The Tonys, Schmigadoon Wins Best New Musical; Liberation Wins Best New Play
Schmigadoon! winning might give it an economic boost, though Liberation has closed. Other big winners are Ragtime and Death of a Salesman. - The...
Writers, Directors, Critics, And Superfans Choose Their Favorite Spielberg Films
“He came of age in the American new wave era but in spirit belonged neither to that nor fully to Hollywood’s golden age studio...
The Strangest Skills 38 Tony Nominees For Their Roles
“Broadway actors need to shine in all sorts of ways. Some are obvious (mastering an accent). Some are surprises (mastering a horse).” - The...
Sure, Write What You Know, But Write What Scares You
“When you sense a story, or glimpse a scene, or feel a character coming to life, you stop, step back, consider what in that...
The Tony Awards, Updated Live
In case you can’t tune in … - Playbill
A New Documentary Shows Just How Much Movie-Makers Can’t Handle The Reality Of Michael...
Capitalizing on his name is one things, as the fictional Michael heads to a billion-dollar take at the box office, but Netflix is also,...
