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Hollywood Writers Seem To Have Lost Their Way On AI
Sure, old Black Mirror episodes about AI (creepily, eerily) presaged our present — but current TV can’t quite figure out what all of the...
The Crisis In Belief Is Running Deep In An Age Of AI
“It’s the human factor I find the major underdiagnosed problem these days, the spiritual crisis now gripping many journalists and democracy enthusiasts. ‘What is...
Alison Williams Is An Adult Now
“After Girls, she more or less abandoned romantic heroines, in part to show her range and also because Marnie (and through her, Williams) became...
Because Arts Nonprofits Don’t Have Enough To Worry About
Turns out GoFundMe created “realistic-looking but unauthorized fundraising pages without permission that included logos and other identifying information from the nonprofits, but suggesting an...
Can Hollywood’s Fresh New Love Affair With Microdramas Last?
Wow, do streamers have a show (or 450, all produced quickly) for you. "Though vertical dramas are the length of a movie, they are...
June Lockhart, Beloved TV Mom, Has Died At 100
Lockhart played Timmy’s mom - and Lassie’s human, too, on Lassie; and then she starred in Lost in Space as well. Lockhart started her...
How To Enjoy Horror Movies Without Suffering Through Gore And Jump Scares
If you love thinking about how horror reflects societal concerns, but you’d rather not hear the screaming or throw your popcorn all over your...
TV Shows Are Trying To Save Korean Royal Court Cuisine, Since UNESCO Wouldn’t
“Despite Korean palace cuisine appearing on Bon Appetit, Your Majesty and other TV shows, these dishes don’t grace everyday dining tables. A certain level...
Taylor Swift’s Choreographer Also Happens To Choreograph Operas For The Met
Mandy Moore “has created charming routines for movies including La La Land and Silver Linings Playbook and television shows. … She has made dance numbers for the...
As AI Tries To Take Over, Are Humans In A Great Age Of De-Skilling?
“Are all forms of de-skilling corrosive? Or are there kinds that we can live with, that might even be welcome?” - The Atlantic (MSN)
What Happens When You Name Your Kid After A Fictional Character Before The Book...
It can go badly — see “Khaleesi” as a name, for instance — or fine, but what a risky idea. - The New York...
Is The Colosseum About To Host Raves And Rock Concerts?
Not really, but there will be “acoustic and jazz” concerts, poetry readings, dance performances and more — including possible “historical reenactments of gladiatorial battles.”...
Francis Ford Coppola Lost So Many Millions On Megalopolis That He’s Paying With...
“At a news conference at Cannes, Coppola discussed the tremendous amount of his own money that he had sunk into the film, saying that...
The Internet’s Favorite Librarian Is All-In On The Reading Rainbow Reboot
Mychal Threets “recalls the joy he felt as a young boy watching Burton on the show, taking viewers anywhere from an underwater world...
Ski Ballet, Long Overshadowed By Snowboarding, May Be Making A Comeback
No, seriously: This is snow dancing, with skis. "In 1988 and 1992, ski ballet featured as a demonstration sport in the Winter Olympics. At a...
In Britain, A Plan To Funnel Money To Small Music Venues Is Gaining Steam
But small venues “should not be valued solely for their role in nurturing future superstars. Live music has an intrinsic value and venues can be part...
Why Did Netflix Buy, Brag About, And Then Suddenly Shutter This Gaming Company?
Boss Fight Entertainment was the studio behind the popular Squid Game: Unleashed, but that didn’t save the company. “Netflix’s next big gaming initiative is...
Benita Valente, Bel Canto Soprano Who Brought Joy To The Met For Decades, Has...
Valente “was acclaimed for the faultless technique and intelligence of her performances in operas, recitals and chamber music, but inexplicably failed to gain...
Paris Investigators Prefer To Let The Mystery Be
The mystery of who that dapper person in the now famous photo might be, that is. The jewel theft, they’re working on. - AP
Police Make Arrests In Louvre Heist
“The arrests were a major breakthrough for French investigators, who are racing to find the thieves before the jewelry is dismantled and the rare...
A Few Moments In The New Julia Roberts Movie Have Transformed Actor Lio Mehiel’s...
“Such a step has been years in the making. Mehiel, who lived in Puerto Rico until they were 5 years old, began their creative...
How A Hardline Evangelical Christian Childhood Can Lead To Mainlining Supernatural Horror As An...
“With his insistence on seeing only god’s will in the Catholic vs. Protestant religious wars of his Europe, Luther reminds me of nothing...
Along With The Entire East Wing, The White House’s Movie Theatre Is Now Destroyed
“The 42-seat luxurious movie theater a place where countless presidents, their families or staff have screened any movie of their choosing, whether the...
It’s Getting Harder And Harder To Take OpenAI Seriously
Curing cancer? Hm, not so fast. “Slop, memes, and sex seem like such a comedown from OpenAI’s carefully cultivated reputation as an ambitious but...
The Administration’s Pressure On Museums Will Soon Be An All-Out Assault
Museums are not ready. “Censorship corrodes trust in complex ways. … Solidarity is mostly lacking in the museum world, where the strategy so far...
