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Why ABC Decided To Play With Fire

“ABC knew that Paul had been charged in a domestic violence incident that led to the injury of her child and somehow thought...

What It Takes To Bring A Long-Neglected 1930s Cinema Back To Life

“The Holly’s revival offers a case study in how a historic landmark can complement an existing arts ecosystem — strengthening downtown vitality while reconnecting...

Is This New Movie About Seattle Accurate About The Wealth Gap In The Emerald...

The Seattle Times analyses Tow, claiming that “it’s the right story at the right time, speaking to a Seattle that’s grown increasingly unaffordable for...

The Art Detective Who Follows Clues To Stolen Paintings In A Shadowy, Underground Ecosystem

“One afternoon, Brand says he opened his door and found a blue IKEA bag on his doorstep. Inside, he says, was a pillow soaked in blood....

Nicholas Brendon, Who Played Scooby Gang Member Xander On Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Has...

Brendon said that “thousands of people had told him that helped them in hard times. ‘It just got them through, which means that...

The Oscar-Nominated Movie That Was Supposed To Feel Like A Hug

“I didn’t want my kids in 10 or 15 years to look at my work and say, ‘Oh, Papa was so cynical.’ I wanted...

The Protest Music Of Today Is On TikTok

“This new age of protest songs also call out politicians and administrations by name with hyper-specific lyrics, and they're often shared online within days...

Calvin Tompkins, Who Profiled The Giants Of Contemporary Art For The New Yorker, Has...

An early profile of Jean Tinguley “defined an approach that informed the dozens of artist profiles he wrote for The New Yorker over the...

Netflix And Warner Music Group Make A Big Music Documentary Deal

“WMG is home to some of today’s biggest stars including Dua Lipa, Ed Sheeran, Bruno Mars, Charli XCX and Zach Bryan, along with longtime...

Brooklyn Library Hosts A Booklover’s Dream Slumber Party

Is this real or a dream? “This year’s festival was stuffed like a generalist’s backpack. Events ran from 7 in the evening and wound...

Grammarly Apologized For Turning Live And Dead Writers And Teachers Into So-Called Experts

But what the CEO “failed to mention was that the company wasn’t just dealing with hundreds of furious writers — it was facing litigation...

Recommendations For Deeply Depressing Irish Books To Read On St. Paddy’s Day

“These days the air has a keen edge. A desperate edge. What forms can the imagination take when power seems nonsensical and cruelty deliberate?...

This Tiny Art School In Queens Just Got Two Million Dollars From Trump’s NEH

The school's founder and artistic director says the grant “represents a chance to further what he calls his lifetime mission to inspire a return...

In A Really Tough Market, Some Indie Publishers Are Finding Ways To Survive

Jane Austen card decks (themed by book), collaborations with London publishers, old imprints reabsorbed or renamed, and audio - some indie publishers are finding...

What’s Going On With Yannick Nezet-Seguin, Wolfgang Dorner, And The Vienna Phil?

“We’re left to wonder why a noted Price advocate, one of the world’s greatest orchestras, and a respected composer thought it was a good...

When A ‘Sold Out’ Performance Space Means Nothing More Than Marketing

Where are the bodies? - El País English

What Happens When A Tiny Library In A Tiny Coastal Town Gets A Windfall

A donor “gave $150,000 to the library in honor of her late husband, ... who had been a math professor,” with one catch: the...

For The First Time In Oscars History, A Woman Wins For Cinematography

“The filmmaker, who also worked with Coogler on Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, also asked that all the women in the theater stand up during...

On Set When No One’s Performing

“The fact that stills photographers often find themselves shooting very famous subjects at what might be sensitive, stressful moments on set is only one...

Javier Bardem, Announcing The Best International Oscar, Gets Political

Bardem “started his time at the poduium by saying ‘No to war and free Palestine,’ which earned a big round of applause from the...

Cultural Awakenings Can Even Come From 1960s Folk Band Revivals

“I grew up feeling perpetually ‘in-between:’ half-white, half-black; half-British, half-Caribbean, and on the faultline between what sometimes felt like two worlds at war. One...

Jurgen Habermas, Influential Philosopher Of The 20th Century, Has Died At 96

Habermas "theorized that democracy emerged and could continue to exist in a healthy form only if there was a space that was outside the...

The Most Powerful Oscar Movie About The Arts That You Probably Didn’t See

“In 2023, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed was up for best documentary feature, which — unlike some major categories at the Oscars —...

How A New York Times Critic Finally Fell For Michael B. Jordan’s Acting

“Fights about Jordan’s acting have lit up chat rooms and nearly destroyed barbershops. Is he good? We’re just. Not. Sure.” - The New York Times

Can Restaurant Culture Be Fixed?

“The stuff you see on TV is just sort of the tip of the iceberg of what goes on in a lot of these...