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Van Gogh’s Final Painting Is Causing Trouble In This Idyllic French Village
“The continued fight over Van Gogh’s tree roots has cast a pall over what is usually a celebratory season in Auvers, population 7,000, where...
Why New York’s Parking Lots Are Stuffed To The Brim And Beyond
It’s the food trucks. Their owners or renters are gone, or in hiding, never opening their doors. In this version of the Big Apple,...
The Naval Academy Was Supposed To Host A Lecture On Idea Censorship And Reading...
Then the Academy, apparently not fearless, censored the lecture. "I did not want to cause them trouble. I did, however, feel it was essential...
The US Knew It Needed Public Housing, But The People Building It Often Didn’t...
Despite the decades of neglect, when a new “Chicago museum’s leadership was pursuing oral histories of public housing, they found other narratives as well...
Buying A Book, Novelist Kiley Reid Says, Isn’t Going To Fix Racism
“Theme always comes last. I never say, I want to write about capitalism or women. What gets me into writing is always this tiny...
An Updated Timeline Of The Harvey Weinstein Trials
As jury selection begins in the newest trial, here’s a timeline of all of the trials and appeals so far. - NPR
David Cronenberg Found His Will To Live By Making A Movie About Death
“During the pandemic, when I was watching a lot of old movies, it occurred to me that every person who worked on this movie...
Turns Out UK Taxpayers Gave Nearly Ninety Million Pounds Toward A Recent Jurassic Park...
It’s easier to make a profit when the people of the country where you film underwrite the whole thing, no? At least it’s transparent:...
Podcasts Mostly Have To Turn Into Brands To Make Money
That means podcast-themed backpacks, toys - and cruises. Indeed, one “chief content officer” says, “We’re trying to take a Hollywood-style approach to IP-building and...
Artists In The United States Survived A Rabidly Anti-Art Government Before
And here’s how to do it again. - The Conversation
Helping Cinemas Survive Might Mean Moving TV Series To The Big Screen
For instance, this TV series about the life of Jesus is doing numbers, as in, big numbers. - Los Angeles Times (MSN)
Should Gaudi Be Seen As A Saint?
Even if you’re not a believer, the answer is probably a yes. “Gaudí’s mission was to find spiritual meaning in a world transformed by...
Medieval Monks Did What?
In the Ireland of a thousand years ago, monks fleeing the Vikings spread their beautifully decorated version of Christianity to Europe. Some of those...
The Thing About ‘Black Mirror’ Is, It’s Not So Fictiony Anymore
“Every episode serves in part as a warning about how technological advancement run rampant will lead us, often willingly, toward a lonely, disorienting and...
When Hobbies Like Knitting And Fishing Become Too Expensive, We All Lose
When hobby inflation takes over, we lose community across all kinds of lines: “Hobbies can produce communities where, because the hobby itself takes top...
How One Talk Show Absolutely Nails It On TikTok
“Before taking the stage, guests make their way down a hallway as members of the show’s staff serenade them with a complicated, customized hype...
Once You’ve Begun Writing, When Do You Stop?
Poet and memoirist Maggie Smith says, “You have to enjoy the process more than you enjoy patting yourself on the back about having a...
After A Movie That Lionized Him, The Guy Who Popularized Tetris Wants To Tell...
The movie, described by one outlet as The Big Short meets The Bridge of Spies, was a bit, let’s say, intensified. But the real...
Making Opera Local Again
“If you want to find a creative space, it doesn’t necessarily need to be in Manhattan or Brooklyn. … It’s where you are.” -...
How Trump And His People Want To Capture The History Of The United States
“The president has gone beyond rhetoric, moving to challenge or seize control of history-related federal cultural institutions including the Smithsonian, the National Park Service...
When An AI Chatbot Simply Makes Up A Company Policy, Things Can Go Very...
This seems fine: “Instead of admitting uncertainty, AI models often prioritize creating plausible, confident responses, even when that means manufacturing information from scratch.” -...
The Important Twins Of Recent Media
“Eer since people have feared the idea of doppelgängers, twins have been featured in hundreds of stories over the years.” - Variety
The Life Of An Author Can Be, Well, Imaginative
Author Sayaka Murata: “Ever since I was a child, I’ve had 30 or 40 imaginary friends who live on a different star or planet with whom I have...
Way Too Early Emmys Handicapping
“With so much time between now and July 15 (nomination day), not to mention September 14 (Emmys night), we’ll have plenty of opportunities to...
Some Hollywood Productions Are Filming Anywhere But California
“International sites often come with lower labor costs and more expansive tax incentives than those that California offers, making it much cheaper to film...
