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Yes, Hollywood Is Hurting
And here’s why: "Most states have some sort of financial incentive for productions. So do nearly 100 countries, including Canada, the U.K., Ireland and...
Not Great News For Local Media In Colorado
The National Trust for Local News did what now? "The Times Media Group is, to put it mildly, an odd choice of buyer.” ...
Who Will Win The Tonys – And Who Should Win?
It’s the biggest night of the year for Broadway. How will plays like Oh, Mary do? - The New York Times
A Vibe Check For Summer Stock
”The competition feels stiffer (perhaps oversaturated), though artists searching for opportunities during the audition season—typically winter through spring—are finding community through research and collective...
Endangered British Indie Cinema Gets An Important Listing From Westminster City Council
For London's Prince Charles cinema, threatened with a huge rent increase, “the listing provides the local community with the right to try to raise funds...
The AI Agatha Christie Course Is Actually Not That Great
Perhaps not for the reasons you might suspect, though. “I found myself longing for someone, Aldridge perhaps, to mine Christie’s exquisite autobiography more broadly...
The Extremely Tight Choreography Of The Broadway Show Operation Mincemeat
“It’s a show where you’re always thinking about the other people onstage. … Everyone is both lead and chorus, and you really can’t have...
The Annenberg Study Is Out, And It Once Again Shows The Landscape Is Grim...
“Women make up 11.3.% of the directors in the United States, which is on par with the average. The percentage of women of color...
Will English Eventually Vanish From The Earth?
It feels unlikely right now, but why not? Almost every other language has. - The Guardian (UK)
Trump Administration Fires Head Of Copyright Office, Days After Firing Librarian Of Congress
Shira Perlmutter had been hired by also recently fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden. The firing came two days after Perlmutter’s office released a...
A Year Spent Photographing The Dying Changed This Artist’s Life
“What stays with him is the courage of the people who allowed him into their lives, sometimes in their last moments.” - The Guardian...
What The United States Could Have Been
Reconstruction, when? - New York Review of Books
Disney Has A New Location
And a bunch of Disney adults are not exactly thrilled about it. “It’s another fracture within one of the largest and most intense fandoms,...
Going Down The Rabbit Hole Of Info About The Most Egregious Bird In Movie...
“For the truly birdpilled, it’s about tuning in to a new layer of reality around you and decoding it. The word bird becomes not just a...
Dance Music Is Back, But Different, And Maybe Better
“Digital platforms like Boiler Room — the hugely popular video series that pioneered the de facto online D.J. video format — have changed the...
Why We Still Need Novels
“We live in an era in which there is too much information but not enough knowledge, and even less wisdom. This excess of information...
Cannes About To Kick Into Gear Under Shadow Of Trump’s Tariff Threat
“For many directors, reaching the Cannes competition — this year, that’s 22 movies vying for the Palme d’Or — is career milestone.” - Seattle...
Koyo Kouoh, Who Was Supposed To Oversee Next Year’s Venice Biennale, Has Died At...
"Ms. Kouoh’s ‘sudden and untimely’ death came just days before she was scheduled to announce the title and theme of next year’s event. The...
Seth Rogen’s TV Show Knows Why Movies Have Gotten So Bad
“Playing it safe and following the herd are real problems. But The Studio offers a more radical answer: The true problem lies with you,...
How Ukrainians Are Fighting Back Against Russia, Through Ballet
“Ballet, and art in general, isn't just a way to show joy and hope during this war; it is a way to fight back,...
Translating Art, With Words, For The Blind
It’s not just description. “They started with the audio description of short films and then studied ways of translating the visual language of works...
Can The Kennedy Center Survive This Administration?
“The Trump anti-Midas touch is in operation here, and now everything is worse. Not only are ticket sales down, but donations have been paused,...
The Toddler Who Damaged A Rothko Shouldn’t Stop Museums From Welcoming Kids
“Children respond instinctively to art. They have not built up defences, or preconceptions about it, and the earlier you take them to galleries and...
Sinners Is Heading Toward Elite Company
Of course, box office isn’t everything, but the Ryan Coogler movie should stand at about $330 million by the end of its theatrical run,...
Oscar Nominee Ava DuVernay Calls On Artists To Resist Trump
"Asked if she is alarmed by Trump’s assault on arts and culture, DuVernay told the Guardian: ‘Certainly. But not surprised. When you elect a...
