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The Academy Held A ‘Bake-Off’ For Ten Shortlisted Casting Directors To Explain What Casting...
“Only members of the casting branch vote on the nominations, but the bake-off is open to members from across the Academy, since they’ll be...
For The Director And Star Of This Brazilian Film, There Was A Cost For...
Wagner Moura, Oscar-nominated star of Oscar-nominated movie The Secret Agent says of the movie: It “is a result of something that we both...
Behind The Two Oscar-Nominated Songs From Documentaries This Year
“One of them is an aria performed an opera star … from an obscure documentary titled Viva Verdi!.” - Variety
Where Has Hollywood’s Production Money Gone?
Quite a bit went to Great Britain last year, actually. - The Guardian (UK)
How Did Milan’s Olympics Opening Ceremony Measure Up, Artistically Speaking?
“Do you know what’s more tubular than snowboarding? Giant tubes of paint descending from the ceiling! More sweeping than curling? A beautiful recital of a poem...
Yorkshire Takes A Weary Breath, Prepares For Another Onslaught Of Wuthering Heights Fans
One hotel owner: “It could all be a flash in the pan, and that’s fine. If it sticks, that’s also great. What I do...
Those ‘Self-Driving’ Cars Are Often Piloted By Humans 8,000 Miles From San Francisco
Yes, Soylent Green is people, and … so is Waymo? “The autonomous vehicle company uses remote workers in the Philippines to assist its self-driving...
Anthropic Wasn’t Just Taking Electronic Books To Feed The AI Maw, But Scanning And...
Well, at least they bought those books? “This program raised red flags for some inside Anthropic, who knew that tearing books apart to feed...
Woodie King, Who Died In January At 88, Was A Major Figure Steering Black...
“Woodie, as artistic director and producer, understood and respected the sanctity of the director. … Woodie, even faced with the challenges of inequitable funding...
The Louvre Will Restore The Crown Of Empress Eugenie And Put It Back On...
It was, of course, badly damaged when thieves dropped it in October. - ARTnews
Suddenly, The Michelle Obama Documentary Is Incredibly Popular On Streaming
Surely it’s a coincidence that as a movie named about the current First Lady opens in the UK, people start watching a movie about...
What Hudson Williams Does When He’s Not Busy Promoting Heated Rivalry
The man loves reading and writing, basically. “I love Joan Didion, and she once said she journals so that when she gets really old,...
It’s Not Easy Designing The World’s Biggest Stage
At the halftime show for the Super Bowl, “the stage must be assembled in about eight minutes, using rolling carts equipped with pneumatic tires....
Toronto’s Royal Conservatory Of Music Accused Of Enabling A Predatory Piano Educator
“I was left with a feeling of tremendous shame. Even after gathering the courage to speak up, I was ashamed that I was a...
Are Tribeca Galleries Planning To Report Immigrant Street Vendors?
The “report,” encouraged in an email after a meeting among many galleries, would be to New York’s 311 system. Then the mostly immigrant vendors...
Three Men From Oscar-Nominated Documentary Moved To Solitary In Alabama Prison
“Family members of the three men said they fear for their loved ones’ safety and are concerned the moves to solitary confinement are a...
Why Some Theatre Critics Hate Contemporary Musicals
“Since the gargantuan success of Hamilton, … Broadway productions have leaned in to liberal identity politics as their state ideology, favoring ‘message musicals’ (like the...
The 8-Year-Old Who’s The Breakout Star Of Sundance
“Despite the presence of stars Channing Tatum and Gemma Chan, it’s Reeves, who de Araújo discovered at a Richmond District farmer’s market on Clement Street, who...
Oscar-Nominated Screenwriter Of ‘It Was Just An Accident’ Arrested In Tehran
“Mehdi Mahmoudian, the Oscar-nominated co-screenwriter of Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just An Accident, was arrested in Tehran yesterday after signing a statement condemning the actions of Iran‘s...
Twenty-Eight Films For The Twenty-Eight Days Of The 100th Black History Month
“Art is here to be a guide to construct new modes of understanding, communicating, and believing. In this moment of collective reckoning, Black cinematic...
In Case You Don’t Already Love Sondheim, Take Five Minutes And Fall
“Sondheim, who died in 2021 at the age of 91, was also just a damn fine tunesmith, turning out songs that, in context or...
Artists Who Embrace Rejection Can Change Their Worlds
“Rejection has often functioned as a crucible, helping to forge some of the most extraordinary artistic movements, from impressionism to punk. A reject has...
Demond Wilson, Who Played The Long-Suffering Son On Sanford And Son, Has Died At...
“When Mr. Wilson landed the role of Lamont, he was only in his mid-20s, a theater veteran but a newcomer to the screen. The...
Netflix Gets Into The Grammies Game With K-Pop Demon Hunters
“The breakout single, ‘Golden,’ which spent eight weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, nominated for song of the year, the...
What Franco Paid For The Goya Painting He Wanted To Give To Hitler
The story of this plan “has gone from urban legend to proven fact in a series of chapters that have been unfolding over almost...
