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In addition to those outside the opera house, "Berlin's mayor, its senator for culture and Ukraine's German ambassador have all criticised the opera for allowing the singer to return to its stage." - BBC

His admission is causing quite the freak-out online - but that's how comedy works: It doesn't have to be "real." - Los Angeles Times

"We review every single play or musical that opens on Broadway," says Jason Bailey, an NYT culture editor. "We review hundreds of movies a year. ... That means we should also be reviewing and criticizing the biggest video game releases." - The New York Times

It's not all selfies: "People are still engaging, if only for a moment, with what’s hung on the wall or placed in courtyards and parks." - Oregon ArtsWatch

It is, obviously, a victim of its own success - but viewers are hurting too.- The Atlantic

"Now, it can make or break them — with implications for how films are perceived, released, marketed, and possibly even green-lit. The Tomatometer may be the most important metric in entertainment, yet it's also erratic, reductive, and easily hacked." Here's how it got that way. - New York Magazine

"Many publishers have scaled back on national author tours, … (so there's) a different kind of thinking about store programming: bookstores are scheduling earlier, focusing on local and regional authors rather than national tours, and being more creative when it comes to both author events and authorless programming." - Publishers Weekly

"Subscribers were long the lifeblood of many performing arts organizations — a reliable income stream, and a guarantee that many seats would be filled. The pandemic hastened their disappearance for a number of reasons." - The New York Times

"Footage posted online shows eight police officers and staff from the Dominion Theatre lining the stairway in the balcony as audience members chant 'out, out, out!'." - The Guardian

And then From Here to Eternity burst upon the cultural scene. - LitHub

It's amateur night at Harlem's famed Apollo Theater, and if you don't make the cut, you'll get tap-danced off the stage. - The New York Times

Basically, memory: "The bouncing DVD logo is my Proustian madeleine." - The Atlantic

"We often let ourselves believe that everything, now, is available to us — that nothing is lost and every experience can be accessed and repeated." But no. - The New York Times

"First and foremost, the firm notes that approximately eight-in-ten Americans (12+) listen to broadcast radio weekly. Weekly listening to radio has remained relatively steady in the last two years after dropping slightly in 2020. ... Weekly listenership dropped from 89% in 2019 to 83% in 2020." - Inside Radio

And Colleen Hoover is on the bestseller lists because that's what she provides, in every single book she writes, no matter the genre. - The Guardian (UK)