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How The Show ‘Friends’ Helps People Around The World Learn English
Yes, that's right, the long-running sitcom (still massively popular with Millennials and Gen-Zers thanks to streaming) is useful for English language-learners around the world....
The ‘Paddington 2’ Stranglehold On Rotten Tomatoes Is Over
There's a bad review of Paddington 2? Yes" "The new Paddington 2 review slammed the warm-hearted adventure film for having deviated from the spirit of Michael...
USC’s Pacific Asia Museum Reopens With A Goal
And that goal is to decolonize itself. Museum director Bethany Montagano: "We felt a sense of urgency to do this because colonial systems of...
Under Biden’s Plan, NEA Funding Would Rise
On the Friday before Memorial Day weekend, President Biden proposed a 20 percent increase in funding for an agency the previous president always threatened...
There’s A New Black Superhero In Town – And That Town Is Milan
It's not common for Italian shows to have mostly Black casts, but the new show Zero does - and makes the invisibility of Black...
What Ta-Nehisi Coates Did For Black Panther
And, as his five-year run writing for the comic series comes to an end, what it did for him. "Coates decided early on he...
How Will Amazon Exploit Bond, Other MGM Classics?
Amazon desperately needed content, but will the Bond plan work? "Bond is a treasure trove, unexploited beyond the 25 feature films focusing on its...
Alix Dobkin, Who Wrote Songs Of Liberation, 80
Dobkin was an early idol in the women-loving-women movement. "Long before K.D. Lang transformed herself from a country artist into an androgyne pop idol...
There’s No Actual Mayor Of Easttown, But Residents Have Some Thoughts On Mare
The chair of the Board of Supervisors of Easttown says the real town isn't much like the show. "'I can’t remember when the last...
Gearing Up For Summer Reading
You ready for 75 nonfiction books in 90 days? (Oddly, LitHub also has recommendations for a mere 38 fiction works in the summer, but...
The 1990s Magazine That Showed, And Gripped, Lesbian Mecca San Francisco
Curve began its life as Deneuve, a lesbian magazine founded by a 23-year-old who gambled all her money on horse races, won, and used...
Restarting The New York Phil, In A Cemetery
Justin Davidson, on the NY Phil's Green-Wood Cemetery "Death of Classical" concert: "That might not seem like the obvious location to stage the revival...
It’s Time To Abolish Museums
Does that sound hyperbolic? It is, a bit. It's time to abolish what musuems have been in order to see what they can be,...
Prizewinning Composer Sara Glojnaric Talks About How Music And Identity Intersect
Sara Glojnarić, who won Berlin’s “Neue Szenen” competition last year, explains that being a woman, being queer, and working against racism all intersect in...
Humans Might Not Be Cut Out For Universal Morality
Are there biological or other scientific causes for our moral beliefs? If so, how does that affect our moral beliefs and choices? It's a...
Blindsiding Movie Talent With Streaming Is Probably The New Normal
Gotta keep those subscriber numbers up with direct to streaming movies! But ... how do agents, producers, directors, and actors feel about this? It's...
Musicians Don’t Make Good Money From Streaming, But Is That Spotify’s Fault?
The amount of money people are spending on music hasn't changed from when we bought albums at the record store or CDs by Sony...
Inside TikTok’s New Incubator For Black Creators
The app - long derided both for squelching LGBTQIA voices and exploiting Black creators - reacted to the George Floyd protests by starting an...
Instagram Is Full Of Perfect Ballet Bodies, But TikTok Offers More Fun And A...
Dancer Jennifer McCloskey first realized her medium was TikTok in 2020, during the shutdown. "On her feed, McCloskey seamlessly blends comedy, criticism of ballet...
That Viral Band The Linda Lindas Gets A Record Contract
The girls went absolutely viral for a video of their performance at the Los Angeles Public Library, especially a clip with their song "Racist...
Former Moonlighting Showrunner Glenn Gordon Caron’s Time At CBS Ends After An Investigation
After multiple writers left the show following season five, the show investigated. The writers - who all refused to be named out of fear...
Kathleen Andrews, The Woman Who Helped Bring Us Ziggy, Cathy, And Doonesbury, 84
Kathy Andrews and her husband Jim, "with his best friend, John P. McMeel, concocted a newspaper syndication company from the basement of the Andrewses’...
Adapting A Bestselling Historical Novel For The Stage During A Global Pandemic Isn’t Easy
But, of course, Hilary Mantel isn't really into easy. She and actor Ben Miles had to figure out their newest Thomas Cromwell adaptation: "You...
Don’t Count Print Newspapers Out Yet
Well, not quite yet, anyway. "When futurologist Ross Dawson published his 'newspaper extinction timeline' in 2010, he predicted that newspapers would cease to exist in the...
Should We Call Great Women Artists By Their First Names?
Maybe. It depends entirely on the scholarship, and the artist. And then there's research: "The same artist with different names can be confusing even...
