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Netflix’s Animated K-Pop Band Is Beating Flesh And Blood Bands On Spotify
Perhaps this is not a surprise in a time of AI slop, but at least the villainous, fictional Saja Boys’s songs are performed by...
Is Digital Security Even Possible In An Age Of Dictatorship?
Likely not, but people, and groups, persist in countries where the consequences can be dire. For instance, “the government of El Salvador has created...
How A Whole Team Creates The Anxiety Inducing Sounds Of The Bear
“The sound team has anxiety-heightening tricks. ‘Whether it’s some repetitive sound that starts speeding up, like some chopping or whatever. Just adding, adding, adding,...
Test Audiences In Arizona Didn’t Like Elio, So Pixar Cut Out All The Gay...
Then the (gay) director left; "a number of creatives working behind the scenes left,” and America Ferrera, originally supposed to be Elio’s mom, left...
Recents Faves From The NYT’s Classical Music Writers
Recordings, live performances, and uncovered treasures have them hooked. - The New York Times
Did The Salt Path Seem Like A Good Story?
That’s because the “memoir” (and its sequels, not to mention the new movie starring Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs) was at least partly fiction,...
British Law Prevents The Victoria And Albert Museum From Returning Looted Objects
“They can get rid of an object only if it is a perfect duplicate; if it is unsuitable for retention in collections and can...
Where Did Sinners Get Its 1920s Costumes?
Thank you, Marvel, for (probably!) abandoning your planned 1920s version of Blade. - The AV Club
Museums Are Collecting People’s Goals And Hopes For The 250th Birthday Of The United...
And it’s weirdly hopeful, deeply compelling stuff. “People were especially motivated to share their input when they were told that their contributions would be...
Sandra Neels, Dancer, Choreographer, And Teacher Of Modern Dance, Has Died At 85
“On arriving in Manhattan, she found studio closed; he and the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, which he founded in 1953, were on tour....
The Euphoria Of Being A First-Time Novelist In One’s Fifties
“Debuting at fifty-three is sweet. And I am so incredibly grateful. The dream I had as a girl—the one I couldn’t say aloud—not in...
After Epically Bobbling A Venice Biennale Selection, Creative Australia CEO Faces Calls To Resign
An external review “recommended a review into Creative Australia’s governance processes, better training for future board members, and the urgent appointment of a board...
The Viola Would Like Your Attention, Please
"Often demoted to an accompanying role in musical textures, the viola’s chronic absence as a solo instrument has meant that violists have had to...
Barbara Kingsolver, Author Of Demon Copperhead, Is Deeply Worried About What’s Coming For Rural...
The author, who is funneling her profits into a recovery house for women, says, "The damage will be unimaginable. Lots of people will die,...
The BBC Has Decided To Restrict International Listening
And the Republic of Ireland isn’t thrilled about it. - BBC
Australia Says No To Kanye West After His Song Praising Hitler
“The song proved to be the final strike for Ye. First shared in a social media post on X, 'Heil Hitler’ has been widely...
Denver’s Theatre By And For Disabled Actors Is Hit Hard By GOP Cuts
“I know some arts organizations and some nonprofits are taking their DEI statements off their websites because they're afraid. And if we do, then...
The Relevance Of Glee, A Decade After It Ended
“I was mad that the representation, whether of teenagers or queerness, was not completely akin to my own real-life experience — this show was...
Pocahontas Came Out Three Decades Ago, But Gen Z Is Making Its Signature Song...
The movie isn’t seen as progressive, but “on TikTok, people … have reinterpreted the ‘Colors of the Wind’ lyrics to comment on an array...
China Is Arresting Women Who Write Sexy Gay Stories
"Although authors of heterosexual erotica have been jailed in China, observers say the genre is subjected to far less censorship. Gay erotica, which is...
Documentary Makers Fear Being Turned Into Criminals By A Harsh New British Law
"We are being advised that the curtailing of Palestine Action could have a major knock-on effect for us as it could become not only...
Just How Big Is Romantasy, As A Genre?
Oh, it’s big. Rebecca Yarros’s Onyx Storm “came out earlier this year and sold 2.7 million copies in its first week,” for instance. -...
There Will Never Be Another Editor Like Vogue’s Anna Wintour
For one thing, the decline of print media is too stark. “Yes, there are still front rows to sit in, parties to attend. But...
Transforming A Sports Arena Into A Concert Venue Takes A Steady Hand
“Five times a year, art is sandwiched by science. It typically takes four to five days to transform T-Mobile Park into one of Seattle’s...
This Author Decided To Focus-Group The Novel, Or Rather, Two
The least wanted novel contains a mix of “such ostensibly despised elements as stream of consciousness, explicit sex scenes, an extraterrestrial setting, metafictional commentary...
