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What AI News Slop Is Doing With Forgotten URLs
“For readers, the sloppified news churned out by many of the sites is a reason to be wary of a confusing media landscape. And...
As Ireland Institutes Basic Income For Some Artists, Canadian Artists Wonder If Their Country...
Canadian artists aren’t just advocating for themselves, but for everyone in Canada to have a universal (hence the name) basic income. - CBC
Broadway Actors Have A Tentative Deal, But Musicians Still May Strike
The musicians’ local president: “We are thankful that our brothers and sisters in labor at Actors’ Equity have reached an agreement. … Local 802...
Warner Bros Discovery Rejects Paramount’s First Offer, But The Talks Are Far From Over
Chat, is this less than ideal? “The merger would lead to the elimination of one of the original Hollywood film studios, and could see...
What’s Next For The Book Industry?
The CEO of Simon & Schuster has some thoughts about what will be going on a decade from now: "I fearlessly predict that the...
Every Portlandian Pays An Arts Tax, And Now There Are Tools To See Where...
The thing is, “music classes require ukuleles, recorders, and sheet music for every student. Visual arts classes require painting supplies –– easels, paper, paint brushes,...
Gamergate’s Ghosts Keep Haunting Gaming, But The Script Is So Boring
"This issue of right-wing men attacking minority creatives and characters in video games has been going on for well over a decade at this...
Actually, English Majors Are Thriving
At least, at the University of Minnesota: “Students come to our courses not only for practical career training but to fulfill their love of...
Eliza, The Best Of Wives, Was A Better Citizen After Hamilton Died
Eliza was worth a lot more than her quick summing up in two minutes at the end of a 165-minute musical. "Eliza’s widowed years...
No Surprise, But Oscar Winning Director Chloe Zhao Says Hollywood Isn’t Great At Nuance
Zhao, at the London premiere of her new Hamnet, said, “In Hollywood, in the film industry, we are not very good at preserving the...
It Was A Nice Dream, To Turn Office Blocks Into Apartments
In Australia, that dream — borne of the pandemic — appears to have died. - The Guardian (UK)
A Small Box Office Weekend, But A Big Secret Screening
“It’s been over a decade since the New York Film Festival has deployed a ‘Secret Screening’ of a major Oscars contender — not since...
How The Book Writer For ‘In The Heights’ Became A Pulitzer Prize Winning Playwright,...
Quiara Alegria Hudes: "I think there is more space for our different communities in literature than in theater. It costs less, and you can...
Chicago Arts Leaders Ask The Mayor For An Arts Leader With The ‘Gumption’ To...
“My hope is that the administration continues to recognize how important artists and culture workers are to telling the story of Chicago and...
Bob Dylan’s Art Makes Its Off-Broadway Debut
To get into Masquerade, you must go through Dylan’s door. Masquerade’s creative director, Shai Baitel, says that Phantom of the Opera and Dylan’s work...
Amazon Awkwardly Edits Guns Out Of James Bond Posters For, Uh, James Bond Day
Yes, Bond, the action hero who famously solves problems without guns … er, sorry, that's Doctor Who. "Unsurprisingly fans went into a tizzy about...
Susan Griffin, One Of The Inventors Of Ecofeminism, Has Died At 82
Griffin was “an influential poet, playwright and prolific feminist author who pioneered a unique form of creative nonfiction, blending propulsive, poetic prose with history,...
Diane Keaton Was A Tireless Campaigner To Preserve The Architectural History Of Los Angeles
The actor “had a very genuine passion for historic preservation, not only for the buildings or the cultural landscapes, but for what they mean...
How To Win The Nobel Prize In Literature
First, book-length sentences are good. Also, well, “The Nobel Committee for a certain stretch of history, like the last 40 years, has had something...
If You Build A Small Cinema, Regulars Will Come
Carlos Costa, in São Paulo: “The movie theater is just me. I project the films, make the popcorn, sell the tickets, everything. For economic...
The Arts Column That The Washington Post Refused To Run
“Monuments are supposed to be collective tributes to shared ideals. Like Confederate statues, would function as the opposite — broadcasting a one-way message.” ...
The Cincinnati Symphony Gets Its New Music Director
Cristian Macelaru: "The work is a lot more complex and challenging here , but it’s also much more rewarding. … I’ve always had such...
Perhaps Because Its People Now Control All Branches Of The US Government And A...
Actually, the conservative watchdog group is bankrupt. - Los Angeles Times (MSN)
Apparently, Some People In The US Have A Deep Love For The Toppled Christopher...
“Many of the statues have been revived with the help of Italian American groups, who cherish Columbus as a figure their ancestors embraced as...
Cleveland State University Just Closed A Decades-Old College Radio Station For No Apparent Reason
“A student-run radio station trains kids to do all sorts of things. It’s the engineering, it’s the on air, it’s the music, it’s the...
