Earnings for the second quarter hit $8.6 million, compared to a loss of $121.6 million in the comparable period of 2022, the company reported on Tuesday. It also saw a 12.2 percent gain in attendance year-over-year. - The Hollywood Reporter
Morgan Library curator Roger Wieck explains just how an elaborate 15th-century Book of Hours was copied out and embellished — and paid for. - Hyperallergic
When confronted with claims that term X causes harm to people with a given characteristic, or that term Y is the only way to describe them respectfully, a fair-minded person can reasonably respond, “What evidence suggests that this is true?” - The Atlantic
Jody Gottfried Arnhold taught children in New York City schools before and after she married an extremely wealthy banker; she even created a dance curriculum for the system. She's now been training dance teachers for 25 years and has created and funded advanced-degree programs in dance education. - The New York Times
While readers see less coverage from traditional outlets, arts critics also find it harder to earn a living in the field. Many have moved from print to the internet, in hopes of finding greener pastures – or at least a more appreciative audience. - Quill
"An unlikely group of artists and activists known as the Art Stays Here Coalition has emerged to combat displacement. The small, all-volunteer group is part of a broader effort including policy makers, developers, advocacy groups, and others to confront ... 2 million square feet of (lost) cultural space." - MSN (The Boston Globe)
"Despite limited availability, Barbie has quickly become widely discussed on Chinese social media, at one point even topping searches on Weibo, China's version of Twitter. It has an 8.3 rating on the movie rating site Douban, higher than any other currently showing live-action feature." - The New York Times
As the Philly Pops' legal and financial difficulties drag on, the Philadelphia Orchestra and Kimmel Center Inc. will produce a holiday pops concert with the group of now-unemployed Philly Pops musicians who call themselves the No Name Pops. ("No excuses. No nonsense. No Name Pops.") - MSN (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
At 57, though her singing career is not yet over, she's becoming a top administrator: having been artistic director of Salzburg's Whitsun Festival for more than a decade, she took over this year as head of the Opéra de Monte-Carlo in Monaco. - AP
In Dayton, WA, about halfway between Seattle and Boise, when the public library's board refused a demand to remove or sequester a list of books that's now grown past 100 titles, right-wing activists began working on a ballot measure to dissolve the public library system. - The Nation
With no more new clues being written during the work stoppage, the game show will re-shuffle and re-use answers and questions from earlier seasons. Also from previous seasons will be the contestants: players who lost their first games will get a second chance. - Variety
"In a checkered filmmaking career spanning 50 years, Mr. Friedkin was regarded as both a cinematic pacesetter, responsible for two box-office juggernauts, and a director who struggled to replicate the commercial and critical highs of his heyday in the early 1970s." - MSN (The Washington Post)
"In a move that some in the industry will welcome as putting at least a temporary stop to industry consolidation, the private investment firm KKR has reached an agreement with Paramount Global to acquire Simon & Schuster for $1.62 billion in an all-cash transaction." - Publishers Weekly
Hillary Clinton: An “epidemic of loneliness” may sound abstract at a time when our democracy faces concrete and imminent threats, but the surgeon general’s report helps explain how we became so vulnerable. - The Atlantic
