The prime suspects are generally considered to be the writing-directing team of Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, none of whose films have ever scored higher than 7% on Rotten Tomatoes. But no less than David Zucker, co-creator of Airplane! and the original Naked Gun films, points at a different culprit. - Slate (MSN)
“The restoration aligns with federal responsibilities under historic preservation law as well as recent executive orders to beautify the nation’s capital and re-instate pre-existing statues,” the agency said in a statement. - NBCNews
The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission has some 908 individual remains and 79,628 funerary objects in its collection, which are subject to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). - PennLive
What a close comparison in fact illuminates is not just how pernicious A.I. can be to intellectual life, but also how it can undermine the very principles of the Enlightenment itself. - The New York Times
Many listeners know it as the label which introduced the Western world to Arvo Pärt, though its catalog ranges from Keith Jarrett playing Bach on harpsichord to Meredith Monk to the Danish String Quartet playing Beethoven and Schnittke to saxophonist Jan Garbarek improvising along with Renaissance sacred music. - The New York Times
You'll still find books today, even in a world filled with podcasts. Why is that? If we can listen to almost anything, why does reading still matter? - Science Alert
While the underlying mechanism is unclear, neuroscientists theorize saying something out loud separates and distinguishes it from “mere” thoughts. (You didn’t just think it. You also heard it.) - Fast Company
Disney and Metaphysic spent 18 months negotiating on and off over the terms of the contract and work on the digital double. But none of the footage will be in the final film when it’s released next summer. - The Wall Street Journal
Dafen, a village near Shenzhen, was for 30 years the source of up to 70% of the global supply of painted replicas of famous artworks. But business has fallen off by more than half since the COVID pandemic. So the painters of Dafen have started (imagine this!) creating their own art. - Artnet
The internal announcement by the RBO chief executive, Alex Beard, was made after almost 200 Royal Opera and Ballet members signed an open letter criticising the organisation’s stance on Gaza. - The Guardian
Michael Abramowitz, the director of Voice of America, has been fired after refusing to accept what he called an “illegal” reassignment to run a broadcasting station in North Carolina, according to a new court filing on Monday. - Washington Post
Users enter a prompt in plain English, such as “create a smooth jazz song with a ‘60s vibe and powerful lyrics, but relaxing for a Friday afternoon,” and the startup’s AI model generates a tune within minutes, complete with vocals and instrumentals. - The Wall Street Journal
In a statement, the school said: “(Research) has led us to conclude that, in our specific context, young dancers may benefit from more time to develop before entering full-time vocational training. Students who begin full-time training slightly later, when they are more physically and emotionally prepared, are more likely to thrive long-term.” - Bachtrack
“Covered in blood, soaked by rain, adorned with crowns and capes: … ‘There’s nothing more magical,’ Oscar Isaac said. We spoke to actors, directors and others about their memories of working en plein air. These interviews have been edited and condensed for clarity.” - The New York Times
