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Those ‘Self-Driving’ Cars Are Often Piloted By Humans 8,000 Miles From San Francisco
Yes, Soylent Green is people, and … so is Waymo? “The autonomous vehicle company uses remote workers in the Philippines to assist its self-driving...
Anthropic Wasn’t Just Taking Electronic Books To Feed The AI Maw, But Scanning And...
Well, at least they bought those books? “This program raised red flags for some inside Anthropic, who knew that tearing books apart to feed...
Woodie King, Who Died In January At 88, Was A Major Figure Steering Black...
“Woodie, as artistic director and producer, understood and respected the sanctity of the director. … Woodie, even faced with the challenges of inequitable funding...
The Louvre Will Restore The Crown Of Empress Eugenie And Put It Back On...
It was, of course, badly damaged when thieves dropped it in October. - ARTnews
Suddenly, The Michelle Obama Documentary Is Incredibly Popular On Streaming
Surely it’s a coincidence that as a movie named about the current First Lady opens in the UK, people start watching a movie about...
What Hudson Williams Does When He’s Not Busy Promoting Heated Rivalry
The man loves reading and writing, basically. “I love Joan Didion, and she once said she journals so that when she gets really old,...
It’s Not Easy Designing The World’s Biggest Stage
At the halftime show for the Super Bowl, “the stage must be assembled in about eight minutes, using rolling carts equipped with pneumatic tires....
Toronto’s Royal Conservatory Of Music Accused Of Enabling A Predatory Piano Educator
“I was left with a feeling of tremendous shame. Even after gathering the courage to speak up, I was ashamed that I was a...
Are Tribeca Galleries Planning To Report Immigrant Street Vendors?
The “report,” encouraged in an email after a meeting among many galleries, would be to New York’s 311 system. Then the mostly immigrant vendors...
Three Men From Oscar-Nominated Documentary Moved To Solitary In Alabama Prison
“Family members of the three men said they fear for their loved ones’ safety and are concerned the moves to solitary confinement are a...
Why Some Theatre Critics Hate Contemporary Musicals
“Since the gargantuan success of Hamilton, … Broadway productions have leaned in to liberal identity politics as their state ideology, favoring ‘message musicals’ (like the...
The 8-Year-Old Who’s The Breakout Star Of Sundance
“Despite the presence of stars Channing Tatum and Gemma Chan, it’s Reeves, who de Araújo discovered at a Richmond District farmer’s market on Clement Street, who...
Oscar-Nominated Screenwriter Of ‘It Was Just An Accident’ Arrested In Tehran
“Mehdi Mahmoudian, the Oscar-nominated co-screenwriter of Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just An Accident, was arrested in Tehran yesterday after signing a statement condemning the actions of Iran‘s...
Twenty-Eight Films For The Twenty-Eight Days Of The 100th Black History Month
“Art is here to be a guide to construct new modes of understanding, communicating, and believing. In this moment of collective reckoning, Black cinematic...
In Case You Don’t Already Love Sondheim, Take Five Minutes And Fall
“Sondheim, who died in 2021 at the age of 91, was also just a damn fine tunesmith, turning out songs that, in context or...
Artists Who Embrace Rejection Can Change Their Worlds
“Rejection has often functioned as a crucible, helping to forge some of the most extraordinary artistic movements, from impressionism to punk. A reject has...
Demond Wilson, Who Played The Long-Suffering Son On Sanford And Son, Has Died At...
“When Mr. Wilson landed the role of Lamont, he was only in his mid-20s, a theater veteran but a newcomer to the screen. The...
Netflix Gets Into The Grammies Game With K-Pop Demon Hunters
“The breakout single, ‘Golden,’ which spent eight weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, nominated for song of the year, the...
What Franco Paid For The Goya Painting He Wanted To Give To Hitler
The story of this plan “has gone from urban legend to proven fact in a series of chapters that have been unfolding over almost...
Yo-Yo Ma Wins His 20th Grammy And Stephen Spielberg Gets His EGOT
“Ma has won Grammys across multiple classical categories including Best Chamber Music Performance, Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (with orchestra), Best Classical Crossover Album, and...
After Numerous Artist Cancellations, Trump Says He’s Closing The Kennedy Center For Years For...
Trump wrote on Truth Social that “he would shut it down this summer, on July 4, arguing that a dramatic step was necessary to...
Live Updates From The Grammys As They Happen
This livestream has a rich list of links to stories about the nominees as well as live updates from the red carpet and, eventually,...
The Latest ‘Restoration’ Scandal Is An Angel Possibly Painted To Resemble The Italian Prime...
“Italy’s culture minister and the diocese of Rome have launched investigations after claims were made that an angel in a landmark church in Rome...
How The Kennedy Center Forced The National Opera Out With Economics
The “uniquely American” model of funding opera meant that the National Opera had to leave, thanks to “a new mandate set forth by the...
Even In These Terrible Times, A Maine Arts Program For Immigrants Persists
“Before I started my dancing, I wasn’t really close to my culture. I was really into the Western stuff. … Then as I got...
