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Losing Candidate For U.S. Senate Seat Sues Two Leading Radio Hosts

Yoshi D. Matthews, who came 9th of 10 candidates in the Tennessee race won by GOP incumbent Bill Hagerty, is suing nationally syndicated hosts Steve Harvey and D.L. Hughley, alleging that comments on their shows damaged her business career and political ambitions. But she’s got a big problem in proving her case. - Inside Radio

The Onion Is Looking To Sponsor A College Football Bowl Game (Yes, Really)

The satirical publication is looking to break the 100,000-subscriber mark, which would make it, by circulation, the fourth-largest print newspaper in the U.S. As a marketing effort, it’s looking to buy naming rights to one of the numerous bowl games that happen around New Year’s. Wouldn’t you watch The Onion Bowl? - Nieman Lab

Influential CEO Of Poetry Foundation To Step Down At End Of Next Year

Michelle T. Boone, at one time the city of Chicago’s cultural commissioner, became head of the nonprofit in 2021. Under her leadership, the Foundation (which also publishes Poetry magazine) extended its grantmaking portfolio by millions of dollars. - WBEZ (Chicago)

Art Basel Paris To Partially Refund Gallerists For Early Closure

“All exhibitors who participated in the most recent edition of Art Basel Paris, which closed two days early because of planned protests, will get a 20 percent reduction on their final invoices. … Additionally, tickets purchased for that weekend have already been refunded.” - ARTnews

After Sentencing For Rape, Russell Brand Is Accused Of Domestic Violence

“Jemima Goldsmith, executive producer of movies including The Voice of Hind Rajab and The Bibi Files, has alleged that Russell Brand was abusive during their relationship. … Goldsmith (who also goes by Jemima Khan) accused Brand of ‘violence, coercive control and abuse’ during their relationship in 2013-14.” - Deadline

Duncan Sheik’s Final Musical To Close Early

Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen, the last project by the late songwriter of Spring Awakening, began previews Off-Broadway in late September in the converted former venue of Sleep No More and had been scheduled to run through New Year’s weekend. - Playbill

NY Phil’s First European Tour With Dudamel Hit Some Bumps In The Road, But It Was A Hit

“The tour … was striking in its ambitions: 17 days, four countries, 10 performances and an army of 147 musicians, backup conductors, sound technicians, librarians, stagehands, donors, executives and a tour doctor. They traveled on trains, bus caravans, and chartered and commercial airplanes.” - The New York Times

Art Basel To Discount Gallery Fees After Paris Show Closed Early

“We will exceptionally be extending a 20 percent reduction on booth fees to all galleries that participated in the Paris fair, in recognition of the closure,” on October 24–25, Art Basel chief executive Noah Horowitz told ARTnews in an interview. - ARTnews

AI Has Become The Next Generation’s Way Into The Film Biz

While it can seem like a daunting time for students to enter an industry grappling with contraction and AI-driven shifts, many educators who have embraced AI remain optimistic. They choose to focus on the emerging opportunities for the next generation of talent. - Los Angeles Times

The Vatican Has A Huge, Little-Known Collection Of Indigenous Art. Should It All Be Repatriated?

“The Anima Mundi, formerly the Ethnological Museum, (is) home to around 80,000 objects from across the globe, many of which were ‘gifted’ to the Catholic church in Rome by Indigenous peoples at a time when its missionaries were powerful, and sometimes dubious, figures in their far-flung communities.” - The Guardian

The Worst Thing About Using AI To Write?

Above the chaos is a question: Why did this novel, thematically rote and stylistically bland as it is, receive such acclaim in the first place? - The Atlantic

Why We Are Not Our Brains

Remember that the brain itself is merely another object in the world. To talk about it at all is to have already accepted a level of objective existence which cannot be reduced to sensory experience. - 3 Quarks Daily

Rethinking What Biographies Are For

On its face, biography is the genre of the integral subject—a person interacting with others but distinct from them, not dissolving in a sea of substance. For Carlisle, though, the “metaphysical selfishness” of a world composed of discrete human beings “reinforces moral selfishness, and vice versa.” - The New Yorker

Could Chicago’s South Side Become The Hub Of Black Theater It Used To Be?

Some of the first Black theater companies in the country were in South Side Chicago, and the scene flourished into the 1970s. Then, for economic and systemic reasons, the drama mostly dried up. Now, with some fresh talent and an influx of grant money, a revival is tentatively emerging. - WBEZ (Chicago)

The Death Of Online Search?

Even Google may not be too big to fail, as pessimism mounts about the possibility of Search ever again working the way it used to. - The New Yorker

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