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A Call For ‘Equal Time’ Could Have A Chilling Effect On US TV And...
"It’s the Trump White House’s latest salvo against the network late night talk show hosts, primarily Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers and Jimmy Kimmel, who...
Beatriz Gonzalez, Colombian Artist Who Turned Mass Produced Culture Into Painterly Critiques, Has Died...
González, one of the foremost painters of the late 20th century, painted subjects included "the violence that permeated life in Colombia; the European ‘high...
At The Academy Museum, There’s No More Oral History Project Staff
The museum’s union calls the cuts "a sad and reckless choice.” - Los Angeles Times (MSN)
Wait, How Exactly Did Heated Rivalry Become A Hit In Russia?
“The popularity of the show has prompted calls in Russia to purge it from the internet.” - Washington Post (MSN)
NPR Has Some Plans For Your Winter Storm Reading
For instance: A cultural history of ice in the United States and Val McDermid’s new memoir, entitled Winter. - NPR
The Last Sundance In Park City
This weekend, “the festival is bidding farewell to its longtime home and forging forward without its founder, Robert Redford, who died in September. Next year,...
BBC Admits, And Apologizes For, Homophobic Abuse Of A Presenter It Fired
“Jack Murley alleged he was called homophobic names, including ‘fairy boy’, by other staff members and told to sound ‘less gay’ on air by...
Delroy Lindo Is Getting His First Oscar Nomination At 73
Many observers expected the actor to get a nod for Da 5 Bloods (as did the actor). There’s an easy answer about why he...
Renee Fleming Will No Longer Perform At The Kennedy Center
“Fleming and the Kennedy Center did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Friday evening. The center’s website said that she had...
The Love Letters From Lord Byron’s Boyfrien
“While performing the role of the straight heartthrob in public, Byron was concealing his more complex history—no matter the sacrifice to his feelings.” -...
This Year’s Oscar-Nominated Documentaries Fight The Power
“Each is a story about standing up to something that seems too big to confront: an authoritarian government, an abusive system, dehumanizing societal norms....
Meta Hits Pause On Teens Chatting With AI Characters
Apparently, it was too hard to put parental controls on the old characters. So: “We’re pausing teen access to the current version while we...
Travel Bans From The US Administration Have Stymied Artists, Keeping Them From North America
This isn’t great for U.S. audiences either - or the producers and promoters trying to bring international artists. “It’s an unbelievable mess, … and...
Can’t Predict The Oscar Winners Without Predicting Who’s Even Going To Be Nominated
“The Oscar field has included one international director for seven straight years, making it likely that dissident filmmaker Panahi, a vocal critic of...
A New Show Shares ‘A Gush Of Affection’ For A Giant Of Art History
Meyer Schapiro "was one of the most important figures in the evolution of art history as an academic field. He combined close formal analyses...
When Equity Actors Need A Little More Work For Health Care, This New Theatre...
“Helping stage managers and actors just shy of eligibility qualify for coverage through the Equity-League Health Fund—one of the strongest health plans in the...
Popular Streaming ‘Singer’ Sienna Rose Probably Isn’t Real
One huge tell: If you listen to a few of “Rose’s” tracks, “you'll hear a telltale hiss. … That's a common trait of music...
Miami Used To Be The Telenovela Capital Of The United States
Three companies “produced between seven and 10 telenovelas a year between them, a volume that would leave Miami the primary center of production of...
The D.C. Area May Be Getting A ‘Mini-Sphere’ Like The One In Vegas, But...
“The smaller cousin of the famed Vegas attraction would offer the same features as the original and be the first in a ‘global network’...
The Best Use Of AI In Music Is For Surveillance
But that doesn’t have to be a bad thing. “AI music is here to stay, and rather than fighting it, we should understand its...
What’s Going On With A Proposed Audit Of The Houston Airport’s Public Art Program?
In November, the mayor of Houston said, “Quite frankly I like art, but I like parking at the airport and access and picking up...
The Weird Grief Porn Of Birds In Recent Hollywood Movies
“If you can’t tolerate autonomy, love it and set it free, if you can’t relish it for its very ugliness, its deathiness, then you are...
In Praise Of The Boarding School Novel
“Because they distill and contain all the pain and pleasure of being young into one crucible, ... they are such rich source material for...
Heated Rivalry Clip Nights Are Overtaking Dance Floors
OK, sure: Heated Rivalry Night “began as a single event that quickly sold out, leading to extra dates … and more than 100 multi-city pop-ups are...
Netflix Apparently Wants Its Movies To State And Restate Plots Three Or Four Times
Matt Damon says action movies used to have three acts, but now, “They’re like, ‘Can we get a big one in the first five...
