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The Self-Reinvention Of Reese Witherspoon In A World Of Books

Witherspoon: “When there’s a big economic shift in the media business, it’s not the superhero movies or independent films we lose out on. It’s...

Tony Nominee Sarah Paulson Enjoys Playing Tough – Some Might Say Unlikeable – Characters

"Some actors avoid playing objectionable people, concerned about being pigeonholed into villainhood, or that in the audience’s impressionable minds, their character’s likability might blur...

King Lear Had A Happy Ending For 140 Years

OK, bring back the 18th century: "Cordelia gets a romance. ... She gets her love, Edgar. King Lear gets to rule. The bad people...

Will Glasgow Ever Restore Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Burned Out School Of Art?

“People wept in the street when the magnificent Mackintosh building was nearly destroyed by two fires. So why, 10 years on and despite overwhelming...

John Leguizamo Says Rejection Made Him The Actor And Activist He Is Today

"For clearly one of the hardest workers in show business with one of the longest resumes I've ever seen, it's hard to believe that...

The Tate Britain Finally Gets A Louise Jopling

One of the most famous British women artists of the 1800s, "for more than a century, Louise Jopling has been dismissed by the art...

What With The Whole Cyberattack Thing, How’s The Spring Art Market Doing?

The market already wasn’t super hot: “The bidding wars that characterized the pandemic spending frenzy have largely dissipated in favor of prearranged ‘guarantee’ deals...

Judi Dench Talks All Kinds Of Books

Her macular degeneration might keep her from “reading” the old-fashioned way, but she still loves books of every sort. "I love being surrounded by...

Every New Streaming Bundle Is A Reminder Of What We’ve Lost

“If bundles are back, why did we ever give up cable in the first place" - Slate

London’s National Gallery Turns 200

The museum celebrated with a light show projected on its façade, a show that featured hundreds of projections of paintings from its collection. -...

Nerdy, Unscripted Voice Actors Are Going Big By Playing Dungeons And Dragons For The...

The team that started Critical Role years ago would be shocked by their "transmedia kingdom of novels, comic books, animated series and original games,...

Life As A Stunt Double Is Exciting, Weird, And Dangerous

"Mum ran a gymnastics club, so I was a solid acrobat. I’d trained through my teens as a dancer: choreo and movement mimicking came...

Three Chances To Play A God

"If you’re a performer, you have that little spark of magic that makes you watchable, right? When you play a god, it’s like, how...

Where Is Mona Lisa Sitting?

The mystery may have been solved. - The New York Times

Manchester’s Coop Live Is Set To Open, Finally, On Tuesday

The music venue, whose opening has been delayed three times by everything from power supply problems to “part of the ventilation system becoming detached,”...

At The BAFTAs, Some Expected Winners – And Some Surprises

No, Happy Valley’s intense final season didn’t win top drama - but Sarah Lancashire won for her portrayal of tough, vulnerable, smart cop-in-danger Catherine...

Colson Whitehead Withdraws As Commencement Speaker After UMass Admin Call Police On Protesters

On Bluesky, the author wrote, “Calling the cops on peaceful protesters is a shameful act. ... I give all my best wishes and congratulations...

The Formerly Missing Star Trek Enterprise Model’s Fate Will Be Decided In Court

“The starship model and its celebrated return is now the subject of a lawsuit alleging fraud, negligence and deceptive trade practice, highlighting the enduring...

Colm Toibin On Writing An ‘Intimate’ Sequel To Brooklyn

“Tóibín is a master of silence and shadows; his subjects are abandonment, loss and denial – the things not said, the feelings not acted...

Switzerland’s Nemo Wins Eurovision

“‘It is the most insane thing that has ever happened to me,’ the 24-year-old vocalist said at the post-event press conference. ‘The Code’ explores...

The Courtroom Sketches Capturing Trump’s Trial In New York

"Courtroom sketching is often described as a kind of artistic sprint that involves racing to capture fleeting moments and toiling under unforgiving deadlines. It...

Fiona Harvey, Alleged Real-Life ‘Martha’ Of Hit Show Baby Reindeer, Says She Will Sue...

“'They have billed it as a true story, and so has he, and it's not,’ Ms. Harvey said in the interview. ‘He is lying...

Roger Corman, Independent B-Movie Director And Producer, Dead At 98

Corman “specialized in fast-paced, low-budget genre movies — horror, action, science fiction, even some family fare — and his company became a work-in-training ground...

Print Isn’t Dead As Christie’s Relies On Print Catalog After Cyberattack Takes Control Of...

The auction house said that “the marquee sales that account for nearly half of its annual revenue would continue, despite the company having lost...

Vail Abruptly Cancels Artist Residency For Native American Artist Over A Pro-Gaza Instagram Post

“'They had a robust program with a stipend, studio, community engagement opportunities,’SeeWalker said. ‘I was really excited about it. I was really excited, as...
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