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A Theatre Tries To Answer The Perennial Question
Not ‘To be or not to be,’ but, obviously at this time of year, “Is Die Hard a Christmas movie?” - NPR
Hollywood May Finally Be Ready For Nancy Meyers Again
In 2023, “Meyers had written a semi-autobiographical rom-com called Paris Paramount. She’d originally written it for Netflix, but they did not want to give her the...
When Tragedy Strikes Near An Entertainment Venue, Should The Show Go On?
“We didn’t have a lot of information before the show started, and the local authorities were telling our team that the best and safest...
What Does Realism Even Mean?
And, more importantly, how can creative people destroy the very word? - Happy Dancing
CBS News Yanks ‘60 Minutes’ Story On Brutal El Salvador Prison
Bari Weiss is said to have spiked the show a few hours before it was supposed to run. "The report … was to have...
Museums Are, Understandably, Freaking Out After The Louvre Heist
In short, they all want to make sure they’re guarding the perimeter. - The New York Times
Moviegoing Is Split Into Two Equally Miserable Experiences, But You Never Hear About The...
Hell is other people in a cinema, sure, but Hell - especially for a movie that needs an audience - is also no other...
Popular British Children’s Author Is Dropped By Publisher After Allegations Of Harassment
David Walliams, “one of Britain’s most successful children’s authors, was reportedly the subject of complaints that he had ‘harassed’ junior female staff at HarperCollins...
This One Little Word Can Make Or Break A Film
You know the word - the f-word. “A single use of the F-word requires at least a PG-13, while additional uses will elevate it...
A British Museum Asks Its Visitors To Help Uncover The History Of Its Looted...
“The museum holds more than 40,000 items from across Africa, many of which were traded, collected, looted or preserved during the era of the British...
James Ransone, Actor Who Played Ziggy On ‘The Wire,’ Has Died At 46
“Ransone was born in 1979 in Baltimore, an advantage in the early 2000s when The Wire, then a little-watched drama on HBO, was looking...
The Future Of Film Never Arrived, And Never Will
“I covered the 3-D boom from the start, and even early on one could see that the golden goose was cooked. It was clear that the...
In Los Angeles, People Daringly Put Their Faces On Buildings Asking ICE If They’re...
“Along with projecting portraits of Angelenos, Am I Next? highlights brief stories of people, including US citizens, accosted and snatched out of homes, cars,...
Why I Stopped Reading Print, And Embraced Audiobooks
“Here’s what I love about listening: I can do it all the time, not just while sitting still. I read … while making my...
Romance Fiction Is Booming, And It’s Not Just Because Of Love
“It is possible, with your small candle, to make your way in the darkness. One delight, against all this. The world crumbles, and lipstick...
Wait, The Right-Wing Is Using ‘Theatre Kid’ As An Insult?
This feels very, let’s say, sixth-grade. One actor: “‘Theater kid’ being the bullied party is a tale as old as time. … We’ve always...
This Year’s Best Music Was Inspired By Grief
"Death, collapsed relationships, the passing of youth and the inexorable passage of time: these are sombre themes that fit a quite spectacularly grim year....
How Terrible Does A Christmas Movie Have To Be For It To Disappear Forever?
Bad, really bad. "It’s a mistake to compare this stuff to other films. It is, indeed, a mistake to compare it to any other...
AOL Instant Messenger Taught The Internet To Chat
But it wasn’t supposed to exist at all - and it’s only thanks to a “semi-rogue” group that we all know ROTFL, LOL, and...
Some Pretty Big TikTok Creators Are Worried About New US Ownership
And that’s because of censorship. - Variety
You’re Probably Going To Watch A Movie On, Or Over, Christmas, Right?
How to pick an (Oscar) winner: "The presumptive top five in the Best Picture race includes two auteur-driven blockbusters, one old-school weepie, one timely...
What Directors Have To Say About ‘Wasting’ Money On Their Movie Sets
“You don’t have a right to make your movie, because it costs so much and you need so much help. You do have to...
K-Pop Demon Hunters, But Make It Classical
Does this have rizz? Welsh mezzo-soprano Katherine Jenkins has recorded a classical reinterpretation” of “Golden,” from K-Pop Demon Hunters. - BBC
Literary Authors Are Writing Romances Under Pseudonyms And Never, Ever Talking About Romance In...
Gross. "Every type of writing requires specific attention to detail. For people not to take that seriously (and to ask for your help in...
Rosa Von Praunheim, The Pioneer Of Gay Cinema In Germany, Has Died At 83
“His second feature, entitled It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives, premiered at the Berlin film...
