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Are Summer Movies Back?
If so, despite massively climbing COVID-19 numbers, which one is going to dominate the summer? (Probably dinos, but what about the little French-ish shell?)...
The Standing Ovation At The Tonys Luncheon Was For A Waiter
"The whole room just lost it. ... To see her coming full circle, from a little girl watching him serve, and he had worked...
The Florida Orchestra Fights Back
A nonbinary composer gets their debut with a piece called "Ode to Liberty." Subtle? No (nor were Tchaikovsky or Beethoven in their day). "That...
What Does A Production Designer Exactly Do?
Good question. The boring answer - "A production designer works with the director and the producer (or showrunner) to build a story’s world." -...
The Damage Memes Can Do
Yeah, this is not great for domestic violence survivors. "We're seeing this proliferation of misinformation about a domestic violence trial. We're seeing people see...
Should Music Only Be A Pursuit For The Wealthy?
As a royalties group in Britain slashes its charitable giving arm by 60 percent, new young musicians say they'd never have kept playing without...
Dervla Murphy, Who Produced Reams Of Travel Writing Via Her Bicycle, Has Died At...
"For her 10th birthday, Dervla Murphy received a secondhand bicycle and an atlas. As she rode up a hill near her home that day in Lismore,...
Peak TV Just Won’t Stop Pitching
"There are so many TV awards consultants spending a good chunk of the year on campaigns that we’re often pitched by three or four...
Quebec Is Laying Down (A New, Stricter) Law On French
Or rather, in French, about French. Bill 96 limits "access to public services in English and government powers to enforce compliance, despite objections...
Archaeologists Are Mining Glasgow For Buried Treasure, From 1988
Honestly: "How does an operational railway, an entire rotunda or indeed a three-metre-tall working sculpture of a floating tap manage to go missing?" A dig (and some online appeals)...
The Zoom Adventures Of A Teenage Opera Singer
Tobin Durrant "developed a love for opera after performing pieces for his exams and being moved by the influence he said it can have...
So Wait, Viggo Mortensen Said What To Pedro Almodovar, Who Said What Back?
The only popcorn at Cannes might be in reading dueling pieces on IndieWire. - Vulture
Critics Can’t Figure Out What Was Good At Cannes
Hey Cannes, what's good? - The Guardian (UK)
The Big Bored Ape NFT Lawsuit May Not Set The Precedent Seth Green Wants...
Is the hacking of Seth Green's Bored Ape actually illegal? Perhaps not. It "illustrates the limits of the free, frictionless world promised by crypto—and...
An Indigenous Filmmaker Is Turned Away At Cannes For Wearing Moccasins
"Cannes has strict rules around formal wear on the red carpet — black tie for men, evening gowns for women — but there are accommodations for...
Hollywood Is The US Military’s Best Propagandist
This isn't new; it's been going on for nearly a century, but Top Gun really highlights the results. "Each service – army, navy, air...
The Heyday Of The New York Pay Phone
There's an archive of iconic photos even as the icons themselves disappear. - The New York Times
A Civil Lawsuit Against Bill Cosby Heads To Trial
Because the criminal case was overturned - though for reasons unrelated to Cosby's guilt or innocence - "the significance of Ms. Huth’s suit has...
What AI And An Artist Do With Children’s Cartoons
The result is probably not something you'd really want kids to watch. - Vice
The Royal British Columbia Museum Is About To Be Demolished
The claim: It's for earthquake protection. The politics: Extremely complicated. The CEO's claim: "Adding up all the issues and what it would cost to...
Russian Filmmakers Are Quietly Trying To Line Up Deals At Cannes
"Despite the festival’s public posturing ... Russian buyers are meeting with top sales agents at the Marché du Film. Their numbers are substantially down,...
Yes, A Working Parent Can Take In A Biennial
With a lot of planning and flexibility, of course. And a sense of humor. "Let’s consider this my 'embodied perspective,' however frazzled and...
The Vast Majority Of People Absolutely Will Not Pay For News
Running from one free trial to another, even news junkies often think information demands to be free - to the consumer, that is. "Only...
Amanda Claridge, The Archaeologist Who Brought Us The Ruins Of Rome, 72
Claridge "revealed the details of what, to a casual observer, might seem a homogeneous slice of the long-ago," making the ruins speak to any...
What Does It Take To Get Older Audiences Back To The Movies?
Why, just a little Downton Abbey magic, of course. - Los Angeles Times
