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Darcy’s White Shirt Is Going On Exhibit In Jane Austen’s House

Yes, Austen lovers, that shirt. "Jane Austen Undressed focuses largely on the undergarments that Austen heroines would have worn under their Regency dresses, but one...

What Happens When Kids (And Some Adults) Learn History Through Video Games?

"Teachers may not even notice that the student asking why the Ottomans didn’t colonize America or what happened to Burgundy may have a view...

The Resurrection Of Andy Warhol

Not that his influence ever went away, "but if Warhol seems particularly ubiquitous right now, that’s because he is — onscreen, onstage, in museums and...

Fine, Let’s Rank All Of The Full-Length And Short Movies Nominated For Oscars

Yup: "There are actually 53 movies nominated across all 23 Oscar categories this year, ranging in quality from great to terrible." - Vulture

Oh No, It’s The Oscars, And Evening Gowns Are In Trouble Because Of Supply...

Gowns are out of stock everywhere. "It really has almost been like a roaring twenties situation," one store buyer said. - Fast Company

The New Novel For A Time Of New War, A Century Ago

Ali Smith: Take note of what happened when Katherine Mansfield and Virginia Woolf's friendship addressed war - it changed everything for Woolf, her novel...

Two Men Are Now Helming Madison Ballet

Ja'Malik, the company's new AD: "A lot of people think is a very elitist art form. It’s only for a certain demographic, a...

Why 200 Workers At The American Museum Of Natural History Are Voting On Unionization

What the guest services workers say: It's the verbal abuse from guests, massive understaffing, and, generally speaking, a lot of stress. - Vice

Addicted Artists Don’t Seem So Glamorous Anymore

"So many artists have lived hard lives and had awful deaths that for years we seemed to expect this of them — that addiction...

Hollywood May Finally Be Paying Attention To Its Own Deaf Community

"This past year, there are deaf characters and deaf representation all over the place. A list that includes: Hawkeye, Eternals, A Quiet Place Part II, CODA, and Only...

Amsterdam Publisher Halts Publication Of Book About Anne Frank’s Betrayer

A report by Dutch historians refuted The Betrayal of Anne Frank. "The book had claimed to identify the informant who alerted Nazi police to...

Literature In Odesa Amid The Air Raid Sirens

"When I ask [legendary Odesa journalist Yevgeny Golubovsky how I can help, he replies, 'Ah, I need nothing, and when I ask again what...

If Some Topics In ‘Turning Red’ Shocked Parents, That’s Not The Movie’s Fault

That is to say, if you haven't talked about periods with your kids, you're gonna blame Pixar for that? - USA Today

Over Some Opposition, Laurie Cumbo Is Named NY’s New Director Of Cultural Affairs

Cumbo "takes the helm of the Cultural Affairs department at a delicate moment — with the arts sector still struggling to emerge from the...

Who Is Best Movie Nominee CODA Really For?

Let's talk about the film's use of music. "Though music is not intrinsically antithetical to deafness—deaf musicians are not unusual ... — CODA largely treats...

TV Ratings Giant Nielsen Rejects Private Equity Takeover Bid

Nielsen ratings were the gold standard for decades, but "the rise of streaming and mobile video has challenged the company, with its clients calling it...

Demanding Cultural Literacy Isn’t An Inherently Conservative Position

"I wholeheartedly agree with something that the great historical sociologist Orlando Patterson said in a summer teacher seminar:  If you want to critique western...

Why CODA Should Indeed Win The Best Picture Oscar

"There is some sniffiness out there towards Coda as best picture material: the feeling that it’s too blatant a crowdpleaser, machine tooled to leave...

How Fans Forced A Finish To A Canceled Adaptation Of An Incomplete Jane Austen

The show was canceled in Britain, where the fan movement started - "a fan group called the Sanditon Sisterhood, which began a mass Twitter campaign."...

Broadway Fans Now Have Their Own Pop-Up Store

It is, of course, located in New York - in a corridor of the Columbus Circle subway station. It's "physical arm of the Broadway Makers...

Where To Turn When You’re A Breakout Movie Star Who Doesn’t Have A Ticket...

TikTok, of course. (But honestly, how the heck did this happen?) - Variety

The Last Time Campion And Spielberg Went Head To Head

That would be 1994, when The Piano and Schindler's List were up against each other for various things, and the directors were neck and...

The Joys Of Singing In Harmony With Others

"The voice is the oldest musical instrument of all – and the most complicated. At root it is just an exhaled breath, the noise...

Now The Movie Editors Group Is Calling For The Oscar To Reinstate Live Awards

The letter reads, "Treating certain categories differently from others has struck a nerve within our community, with the overwhelming majority of our membership feeling...

The Parents Of The Late Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins Are Trapped In Ukraine

The cinematographer was shot and killed as she filmed the movie Rust. Her widower "Matt Hutchins said in a tweet that his late wife's...
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