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Facebook Quickly Deletes Its Too-Honest AI Profiles
“Did Meta create you to drive profit? I asked. Answer: 'Behind the noble goal, yes — Meta hoped virtual companions like myself would increase...
Some Of The Most Borrowed Books Of 2024
But even the most borrowed books only represent a sliver: "When you actually look at what people read in New York City, it wasn't...
The Baltimore Small Stage Coalition Emerges From The Pandemic As A Strength
“Their first round of collective auditions took place last January and drew representatives from about 20 statewide companies. The auditions made it possible for...
One Way To Remember Every Day Of Your Life
“It occurred to me that if I really did want to remember a few gems about each passing day, why not simply write them...
Despite A Year-Ending Surge, Hollywood Box Office Receipts Are Down From Last Year
Bad, yes, but on the other hand, no one thought the industry could even partially recover from the first half of the year’s Furiosa:...
Macondo, The TV Version, Versus Colombia, The Real One
This is not the fake Colombia of Disney's Encanto: “Many on the set considered it an honor to be part of the project. Several...
Well, Someone Had To Invent The Corridor
“Until John Thorpe, rooms in the great houses of England used to lead on, one from another, all grouped around a central entrance hall,...
On Movie Endings, Great And Completely, Totally Forgettable
At this task, Gladiator II utterly failed: “None of us could remember how the new movie ended, which was particularly hilarious because we’d all...
What You See Depends On Where You Are
Yes, of course, but physicists have reconsidered the idea - and the cool thing is that “quantum reference frames might help resolve some of the...
The Hottest Trend In Book Publishing Is Books You Can Really, Truly Judge By...
“Publishers are investing in colorful patterned edges, metallic foil covers, reversible jackets, elaborate artwork on the endpapers, ribbon bookmarks and bonus content.” - The...
The President-Elect, Who Once Tried To Ban TikTok, Asks The Supreme Court To Hold...
“TikTok faces a ban if its parent company, ByteDance, does not follow a new federal law that requires it to be sold to a non-Chinese...
Michel Del Castillo, Who Published A Vivid, Child-Aged Account Of The Holocaust, Has Died...
“Holocaust scholar Richard Plant said 'begins where Anne Frank’s diary ended.’ With its graphic account of privation, suffering and death in French and...
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Says Acting Has Saved Her
And by that, the Nickel Boys actor means, “If I hadn’t been able to filter my insistence on justice, and the rage that I...
Why Global Audiences Fell For Indian Cinema This Year
“As Bollywood struggled to find its footing, smaller films by Indian women that told nuanced stories made headlines in the country and across the...
Learning Something New From Your Kid About Your Favorite Music
“Watching someone you love enjoy something has a way of dispelling snobbery." - Los Angeles Times
Just How Much Criterion Channel Does Pamela Anderson Watch?
“I watch every night before I go to bed. I love Godard and Fellini and Herzog and Cassavetes. And Gena Rowlands — she’s my favorite actress.” - The New York Times
Olivia Hussey, Who Was Juliet In 1968, Has Died At 73
“Hussey won the best new actress Golden Globe for her part as Juliet, but decades later she sued Paramount Pictures for sexual abuse as...
Rewatching Films For Kids To Regain A Sense Of Joy Might Lead Down Some...
“There is less time for impulsiveness and joy, and the bar that Andrews sets as Maria or Mary Poppins can feel unattainable when you’re...
Turns Out That People Really Like Movies Based On Fan Fiction
Critics might never see them, and certainly never review them, but “these films are often huge successes for streaming services like Prime Video and...
Ruth Butler, Who Brought Artists’ Muses To Life, Has Died At 93
Butler, who became fascinated by portraits of Rodin’s wife Rose, “was determined to tell not just Rose’s story but those of the muses and...
Disney Officially Killed This Game In 2013, But A Group Of Teen Fans Kept...
For the teens at the time, "The thought was mostly like, this will be a fun little experiment. We'll learn some stuff. Maybe we'll...
At The End Of The Year, Theatre Fans Should Tune Into This Streamer
Jessica Lange isn’t playing Chekhov, exactly, but in (HBO) MAX's The Great Lillian Hall, she is playing an actor who’s in Cherry Orchard -...
Audiobooks Really Took Off In 2024
That’s partially due to Spotify - but the service only pays authors when listeners finish a book, so despite the increase in listenership, it...
The Real Scenes Of New York Behind Sean Baker’s Movie Anora
“Starting at the strip club in Midtown and wending around the Belt Parkway in Brooklyn, past the Parkview Diner, Coney Island and Brighton Beach...
Indian Time, A Newspaper That Straddled Nations, Has Published Its Final Edition
"The shuttering of Indian Time closes the final chapter on a legacy of journalism in this Haudenosaunee community, which sits 120 kilometres west of Montreal, stretching...
