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The Kennedy Center Under The 47th President: Emptier, Showier, Way More Political
“What is the Kennedy Center now? For one thing, it’s getting a Trumpian revamp. He ordered new marble and the repainting of the exterior...
Guy Cogeval, Art Historian And Curator Who Turned The Musee D’Orsay Into A Well-Traveled...
“In a country with a reverential approach to its artistic heritage, the flamboyant Mr. Cogeval — ‘deceptively reserved and genuinely eccentric,’ according to Le Figaro newspaper...
According To A Linguist Who Works At A Language App, Here Are 2025’s Most...
We all know that a lot of folks get the new mayor of New York’s name wrong - sometimes deliberately. And then there’s a...
A Flash Mob Waves Ukrainian Flags As La Scala’s Grand Opening Features A Russian...
“A dozen activists from a liberal Italian party held up Ukrainian and European flags in a quiet demonstration removed from the La Scala hubub...
Dear Ted Sarandos, We Beg Of You Not To Screw This Up
Please, please, please, PLEASE do not screw this up, Netflix. We want HBO to be HBO, Warner Bros. to be Warner Bros. - and...
As Slop Fills Streaming And Public Media Is Defunded, What Will Happen To PBS...
Parents and researchers are very worried - and rightly so. - Boston Globe
Artist Imprisoned In Iran For Six Years Says Creativity, And Sewing, Kept Her Alive
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: “They can take away the world you live in, but they can’t take away what’s happening in your mind, your imagination and...
Don’t Put Hannah Arendt On A Pedestal
“Nearly a year into a second Trump presidency and 50 years after Arendt’s death, she is still routinely invoked as the key to understanding our moment. It’s...
The Sphere May Be The Horrifying Future Of Entertainment For All Of Us
“There is no escape in the Sphere. The walls are screens. The ceilings are screens. The floor, swooping underneath you at an impossible angle,...
Mad Men’s Special Effects Foreman Has Some Things To Say About The Events Of...
Such events being HBO’s Mad Men remaster that showed a little too much. “We always tried to camouflage ourselves as much as possible, but...
Performance Professionals Are Learning From Toddlers
“Some artists are … making very young children a part of the choreographic process, or creating music designed to get them moving. They’re...
Four European Countries Boycott Eurovision Over Israel’s Participation
Ireland, Spain, Slovenia, and the Netherlands have all withdrawn from the 2026 competition. The Dutch broadcaster: "After weighing all perspectives, Avrotros concludes that, under...
What Changed About Hamnet Between Page And Screen
The book is not only made up of words but also concerns words. The author, who co-wrote the screenplay: "To make a 400-page novel...
This Oscar Winner Has Been In The Business For More Than Six Decades
Youn Yuh-jung, Oscar winner for Minari, doesn’t want to be seen as an icon, however. “In Korea, they usually say, ‘Is there any message...
According To The BBC, These Are The Ten Most Iconic Gehry Buildings
From Spain to France to the Czech Republic and, well, Spain again, here are the BBC’s faves. - BBC
And We Know It’s Good For Netflix
The deal with Warner Bros. “gives the streaming giant an identity it didn’t have before and a back catalog that will rival that of...
Hey, Hang On, Netflix Might Be Great For Warner Bros.
Well, good, anyway. “Staffers at the company are taking comfort in what Netflix co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters said about HBO on a...
Carrie Soloway, The Real-Life Person Who Inspired Prime’s ‘Transparent,’ Has Died At 88
“Dr. Soloway went to red carpet events related to the show,” but she didn’t love them. “She was very humble in terms of publicity;...
How The Classical Guitar Becomes One Of The Most Complex Instruments, In A Good...
“What’s distinctive about the classical guitar is its simplicity. Ultimately, it’s basically a wooden box with strings attached and a fretted neck, a bridge,...
What Will This French City Do If Its Famous Comic Book Festival Fails?
Angoulême is where graphic novels and comic books are normally celebrated in a huge festival each year. But maybe not in 2026. “Criticized for...
Fighting To Save Britain’s First Multiplex Movie Theatre From A Housing Development
“As a shot of commercial and architectural adrenaline, it revived British cinema-going, welcoming more than a million visitors in its first year, and impelling...
How Did Tom Stoppard Fund His Playwriting?
Hollywood. “At one point in the early 1990s, Stoppard earned $500,000 for a five-week stretch polishing various projects for Universal Pictures. … He seemed...
Ethan Hawke On Playing The 5-Foot-Tall, Combover-Laden Lorenz Hart
“Hawke shaved his head and stood in a trench to appear shorter than his co-stars. This literally gave him a fresh view on the...
Clueless Colleges Are Preparing To Harm Their Students In The Name Of ‘Preparing’ Them...
“Based on the available evidence, the skills that future graduates will most need in the AI era—creative thinking, the capacity to learn new things,...
Video Games Are Feeding A Deep Well Of Conspiracy Theories
“In the fiction of Assassin’s Creed, humanity is descended from ancient aliens; ... world events influenced by a shadow war between two secret societies;...
