"The distinguished English actor and theater mainstay … appeared (17) times on Broadway from 1962-2018 … (and was) known for playing stuffy types in films and TV shows including Back to School, Mad About You and Friends." - The Hollywood Reporter
"There's no calm, no deliberation, no chance to change your mind about anything. Just a collapse of individuality, the very trait the country was founded on. In America now, it seems, everyone has been snatched by some invader or other." - The New York Times
The reason AM radios are being dropped is that the static problem with AM signals gets much worse when the receiver is near an electric motor. Conservatives claim it's a deliberate attempt by large corporations to wipe out conservative talk radio (which is produced by large corporations). - The Guardian
"The works come from the Khanenko Museum, which sustained damages from a Russian missile strike last October, prompting increased safety measures to protect its cultural objects from Russian attacks as well as looting and illegal trade." - Hyperallergic
"The lawsuit, one of several challenging Florida's policies for launching local book objections, aims to require Lake County officials to make the book — And Tango Makes Three — available to all students" and to have the state's notorious "Don't Say Gay" education laws declared unconstitutional. - Politico
"New galleries have been opened up, learning spaces and restaurants added, and a public forecourt created, in a £41.3 million process of surgical slicing and stitching, giving the rambling warren a vital new lease of life." - The Guardian
The 39-year-old Texas native, a former associate conductor at the Detroit Symphony, succeeds Timothy Redmond, who resigned abruptly in the summer of 2021 after just over two years on the job. - Winston-Salem Journal
Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) saw the largest spike in B.O., with a 32-percent year-on increase during the first quarter of the year. - Variety
We lack the skill to move imagination from the brain to the real world, and, while we like to say "You can do anything you set your mind to," the grim reality is, that isn't the case. Having an AI that translates our words will democratize art in a way that's helpful for everyone. - CNET
The new Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA) is due to open in 2026, near Delhi’s Indira Gandhi international airport. It will be “India’s national modern and contemporary art museum, for all intents and purposes.” - The Art Newspaper
The designs were made through a laborious process of smacking stones against the granite rock that exposed an underlayer of white. This color, in addition to their size, made them highly visible from both the mainland and passing ships. - Artnet
“There’s a class issue that we don’t always talk about in writing and publishing, where you need to be able to afford this life. The average annual income authors earn from their writing is around $10,000. - The Walrus
Let’s get to the other side. After analyzing forty years’ worth of sitcom scripts and studio-audience laughter and applause levels, A.I. has unlocked the secret to comedy: fan-favorite characters entering the scene, over and over again. - The New Yorker
He first visited Istanbul in 1961, where, after a long writer's block, he was finally able to finish Another Country. He spent most of that decade living off and on in Turkey, where he wrote most of The Fire Next Time and No Name in the Street. - The Yale Review
“We have seemingly been hardwired with a number of cognitive biases that impede our ability to take appropriate action to address seemingly distant, gradual and complex challenges such as climate change.” - The Guardian
