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How The FBI Got Involved In Shutting Down TikTok’s Favorite Free Book Site

Well, it's like this: The so-called Z-Library had an unsavory underpinning."Two Russian nationals, Anton Napolsky and Valeriia Ermakova, have been charged with criminal copyright...

Playbill’s New Editor Is Excited And A Bit Stressed

Diep Tran says her concern in covering theatre is, "How do we do this fairly? How do we give credence to both sides on...

A Computer Program Concludes This Disputed Painting Is A Real Renoir

And the computer says that's with an "80.58 percent" certainty. - The Guardian (UK)

The Numbers Around Viola Davis’ Potential Oscars Run

If she is nominated for The Woman King, she'll be one of very few actors nominated for more than a few Oscars after turning...

The Secrets Of The Dick Francis Family Fiction Workshop

The books were always "a true team effort" of Dick, a former jockey, and his writer wife Mary - and, for many years now,...

Oh Great, BookTok Is Becoming Book Selling Tok

To be honest, why didn't this happen earlier? It's a perfect marriage of social media and sales. - LitHub

The One Good Thing About The Taylor Swift Concert Ticketmaster Epic Fail

"The Justice Department has opened an antitrust investigation into the owner of Ticketmaster. ... The investigation is focused on whether Live Nation Entertainment has...

The Russian Jewish Artists Who Have Immigrated To Israel During The War With Ukraine

Of thousands who have fled, "Russians are relocating mostly to Turkey, Kazakhstan and Georgia. But Israel offers one big advantage: Those with at least one Jewish...

The Power And Joy Of Artists’ Fierce Resistance To Hitler’s Fascism

The stories of the Rote Kapelle group "show the power of joy, creativity, and love in the fight against the compliance, fear, and silence...

The Projection Artist Behind The Viral Twitter Building Images

Messages flashed on Twitter's flagship building in San Francisco read "Musk's Hellscape," "launching to bankruptcy," and "worthless billionaire." You can thank artist Alan Marling....

If Disney’s Pirates Scared You, Thank Alice Davis, Who Has Died At 93

The costume designer also created more than 150 outfits for the It's a Small World ride. "One wrinkle occurred, Ms. Davis said, when she...

Twitter Gave Many Writers A Path Into Publishing’s Walled Garden

Twitter has given writers access. "People of color, people who live anywhere other than New York City, people who work day jobs unrelated to...

The Art World Has Exploded In Lawsuits

What's actually going on? Contracts, lawyers, and insurance, basically. - The Guardian (UK)

A Guide To All 25 National Book Award Finalists

Which debut novel might hear its name called? Will nonfiction about viruses or chronic illness defeat Imani Perry's sweeping take on the history of...

Inside The Fight To Save The Unauthorized Trans Joker Movie

The director "was certain that viewers would never mistake her absurdist, autobiographical ... queer coming-of-age film, in which the titular heroine battles gender dysphoria...

Amazon Enables The Shady, Lucrative Book Rip-Off Business

Summary Culture gone wild: "I was flattered that these folks, whoever they are, had bothered to rip off my book. But I was also...

Harvard Says It Has Hair Samples From 700 Native American Students

The hair samples were taken from children at residential schools between 1930 and 1933. The Peabody Museum "apologized to Indigenous tribal nations and descendants...

How Tech Like Spotify, Facebook, And Google Lock Us In

And how they rip us, and artists, off as well. "Large firms can corner audiences and put them into a sort of corral. And...

Restoring, And Unveiling, A Long Censored Nude By Artemisia Gentileschi

And by long, we're talking centuries. "Swirling veils and drapery were added to Allegory of Inclination about 70 years after Gentileschi painted the lifesize...

How Did Harper Bliss Write Nearly 40 Novels In Eleven Years?

Well, first of all, the romance author doesn't think that's quite enough: "I’m now writing my third book this year. I always aim for...

Turning Margaret Atwood’s ‘MaddAdam’ Into Dance

Imagine making a ballet of this: "The novels that constitute the MaddAddam trilogy are set in a world where genetic engineering has produced a variety of...

Alan Rubin, Co-Founder Of Washington’s Biograph Theater, Has Died At 85

Rubin was a geologist before he discovered the joys of art films in San Francisco. "For nearly three decades before it went dark in...

The UK’s Official Singles Chart Turns 70, And Looks Back On Its Many Controversies

There was the case of the vanishing Beatles hit, the decision around "Ding Dong, the Witch Is Dead" after Margaret Thatcher's death, and the...

At HarperCollins, The People Who Make The Books Are On Strike

"It's been a long negotiation process for the approximately 250 union members. This includes people working in publicity, design, marketing and more - all...

To Stop Climate Activists, One Madrid Museum Is Adding A Police Presence

At the Reina Sofia, "security measures have been reinforced, including the presence of undercover members of the police forces." - Hyperallergic