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Directors Are Mattering More In Hollywood

An emerging trend skews more classic Hollywood—directors, particularly those who might be considered auteurs for their well-defined aesthetic and storytelling style, have begun to matter just as much as the actors attached to them. - The Atlantic

How Hollywood Has Adjusted Its Messaging During The Second Trump Administration

The creators of some of the more politically compelling movies and TV shows of the past year have explored how being alive feels during a tumultuous period. They capture the atmosphere, the mood, the ambient existence of everyday people who are living through a transformative time in history. - The Atlantic

An Opera Singer Who’s Made A Name As A Car Salesman

He started making videos of himself performing robust opera arias while standing outside on a car lot, wearing his name tag. He composed lyrics to describe the cars he was selling and put the videos on TikTok and Instagram. - Seattle Times

Quentin Tarantino Has Written A Theatre Farce For The West End

The stranger-than-fiction truth is that Tarantino has written an original, old-fashioned British farce, in the door-slamming, trouser-dropping, mistaken identity vein of Brian Rix or Ray Cooney. - Daily Mail

Thinking Of AI Art — You Have To Think Of It As Its Own Art Form

I don’t understand how anyone can say they’re anti something that’s potentially creative. If it’s not working for you today it could work for you a year from now. Soon conversations like that won’t even matter. It’s like discussing the Internet. It already is. - The Hollywood Reporter

UK Museums Hold Hundreds Of Thousands Of Human Remains

An investigation by the Guardian found that UK museums hold more than 263,000 items of human remains from around the world, including whole skeletons, preserved bodies, such as Egyptian mummies, skulls, bones, skin, teeth, nails, scalps and hair. - The Guardian

LiveNation Settles Antitrust Case

The centerpiece of the agreement is expected to be structural changes to Live Nation’s ticketing business. Under the settlement, Ticketmaster will be required to open parts of its platform to rival ticketing companies, allowing third-party sellers such as SeatGeek or Eventbrite to list tickets directly through Ticketmaster’s technology. - Politico

Preserving Church Architecture Isn’t Easy, Especially In An Era Of Digital Attendance

“Sometimes people think that churches have some kind of magic ATM machine that we go to and withdraw money. And the truth is that we do not.” - NPR

This Opera Used To Be About History, And Now It’s About Today’s News

“History is repeating itself 70 years later, just in a different way. The government is ‘systematically trying to erase our history with the demonization of trans and non-binary community,’ Newbury said. ‘It has given itself license to hate.’” - Oregon ArtsWatch

Hollywood Turns From Movie Stars Back To Auteurs

An “emerging trend skews more classic Hollywood—directors, particularly those who might be considered auteurs for their well-defined aesthetic and storytelling style, have begun to matter just as much as the actors attached to them.” - The Atlantic

The BBC Commissioned A Film About Health Care In Gaza, And Then Refused To Air It

“All these Palestinians told us that they thought the BBC would never run our film, and we really had to try and persuade them to talk to us because they didn’t and don’t trust the BBC.” The journalists were shocked to learn that the sources were correct. - Reveal

Glasgow Used To Be An Arts Powerhouse, But It’s Losing So Many Arts Spaces

“Glasgow is slowly becoming a hollow shadow of the thriving, radical and creatively edgy place it once was. ... If you’re a young creative person studying in Glasgow today, why would you stay here after graduation?” - The Guardian (UK)

The Best Way To Read 100 Books A Year

Sure, there’s “be rich” or “have your minions do everything in life for you except reading,” but there’s also this: Read physical books. - Slate

Look At All The President’s Men, And See That Movie For What It Was

It’s not really a triumphal movie about the power of journalism, but a dire warning about the future - our present. - Salon

A Top Paramount Executive Sees His Career Take A Big Hit For His Friendship With A Vegas High-Roller

The Paramount Skydance president is "facing new scrutiny after his Paramount bosses hired a law firm to investigate his surreptitious dealings with a Las Vegas high-roller and self-styled ‘fixer.’ Investigators are reviewing whether Shell leaked sensitive corporate secrets.” - Los Angeles Times (MSN)

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