The “Naked Gun” Reboot May Be Bringing Spoof Movies Back From The Dead. But...
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...
National Park Service Is Restoring Statue Of Confederate General
“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...
Pennsylvania State Museum Shuts Exhibition And Returns Native American Artifacts
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...
How AI Is Undermining Enlightenment Values
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...
A Classical Record Label Like No Other: ECM New Series At 40
Many listeners know it as the label which introduced the Western world to Arvo Pärt, though its catalog ranges from Keith Jarrett playing Bach...
Your Brain Processes Words Differently When You Read (As Opposed To Listening)
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...
What Neuroscience Tells Us About How To Get Smarter
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...
Disney’s Struggles With Using AI Show The Complexities Of Issues
Disney and Metaphysic spent 18 months negotiating on and off over the terms of the contract and work on the digital double. But none...
Global Arts Live seeks Director of Artistic Programs
The Director of Artistic Programs (Director) will lead the visioning, planning, and booking of Global Arts Live’s annual performance seasons, curating a diverse slate...
The World Capital Of Knockoff Van Goghs And Rembrandts Has To Find A New...
Dafen, a village near Shenzhen, was for 30 years the source of up to 70% of the global supply of painted replicas of famous...
London’s Royal Opera And Ballet Cancels Performances In Israel Over Gaza
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...
Voice Of America Chief Fired After Refusing Demotion
Michael Abramowitz, the director of Voice of America, has been fired after refusing to accept what he called an “illegal” reassignment to run a...
New AI Company Composes Music For You
Users enter a prompt in plain English, such as “create a smooth jazz song with a ‘60s vibe and powerful lyrics, but relaxing for...
London’s Royal Ballet School Will End Boarding School And Full-Time Instruction For Preteens
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...
Intoxicated Raccoons And Malaria Ponds: Actors’ Tales of Shakespeare in Central Park
“Covered in blood, soaked by rain, adorned with crowns and capes: … ‘There’s nothing more magical,’ Oscar Isaac said. We spoke to actors, directors...
Yet More Untruths Uncovered In Travel Memoir “The Salt Path”
“The bestselling memoir, recently adapted into a film, was presented as a true story by its author, Raynor Winn. But a recent investigation by The...
New York Post To Launch A California Counterpart
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. plans to run the California Post as a conservative tabloid with an irreverent streak, a robust online presence and a...
Studio Museum Of Harlem Sets Firm Opening Date
“After the Museum closed its doors for renovations in 2018, it would take seven years and a $300 million capital campaign that nearly doubled its...
For Nonprofit Arts Organizations, It’s August and the Fan Is Clogged with S**t
Big protests about the war and immigration, but the arts? Just a little Monday night shindig. Before that, a subtle ...
Chicago Conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya Announces That She’s Leaving The U.S.
Said the former music director of Chicago Opera Theater, “I want to be sure that my children grow up feeling like they can always express...
Britain’s Royal Ballet And Opera Cancels Production Rental To Israeli Company
Following an open letter signed by nearly 200 staffers — a letter which explicitly referenced the house’s recent rental of its staging of Turandot...
What is Free Speech? A Review
“Freedom of speech” is never an absolute. Even in a country where people have a great amount of freedom of speech, such as the...
What The Marshmallow Test Misunderstood About Children’s Development
“It wasn’t so much that we’d failed to replicate (the study’s) famous longitudinal results. It was more that our study confirmed a nagging message that...
One Of America’s Busiest Audiobook Narrators Fights For Better Pay For Her Colleagues
Julia Whelan: “The only reason I was doing 70 books a year was because that’s how many books you have to do when you’re...
Remembering Peter Sellers At 100: The World’s Greatest Comic Actor?
Christopher Guest: “I can do a voice, but Sellers was embedded in those characters, and that commitment made it very different.” Michael McKean: “I...
