Once Again, France’s Government Attempts To Eliminate English From French Tech Jargon
This time it's about video gaming. "While some expressions find obvious translations — 'pro-gamer' becomes 'joueur professionnel' — others seem a more strained, as...
First Look: Pix Of Bradley Cooper As Leonard Bernstein
“I (told Spielberg), ‘I always felt like I could play a conductor, but may I research the material and see if I can write...
Writing In “The ‘New Yorker’ Sort Of Voice” (And Knowing When To Leave It...
"It is a voice of intelligent curiosity; it implies that the writer has synthesized a great deal of information; it confidently takes readers by...
Will Rogers — A Proudly Indian Actor In John Ford’s Cowboy-Movie America
He was born into the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma in 1879; his grandparents had survived the Trail of Tears. "Despite his consistent and very...
How Choreographers Are Adapting The Dance Films They Made During Quarantine For Live Performance
"What goes into transforming a work from screen to stage? What gets added, lost or modified? Pointe spoke with three choreographers to learn what...
Tokyo’s Nakagin Capsule Tower Is Being Demolished, Yes, But Some Capsules Are Going To...
"The preservation project calls for some of the capsules to allow for real-life living in a separate locale. Those in museums will be refinished...
Brazilian Music Legend Milton Nascimento To Give His Final Tour
"As Nascimento nears his ninth decade of life, the inimitable Afro-Brazilian vocalist is preparing to retire from the stages that have made him one...
Britain Won’t Have To Have Kevin Spacey Extradited To Face Sexual Assault Charges
"I will voluntarily appear in the U.K. as soon as can be arranged and defend myself against these charges," said the disgraced actor in...
This Guy Dressed Up As An Old Lady, Rolled His Wheelchair Into The Louvre,...
"Think of planet Earth, there are people destroying it," he proclaimed as security guards dragged him away. Don't worry: the painting's fine, and the...
Rewatching Frances Ha, Ten Years On
Picture Frances "as she whips out her phone and bursts, 'I just got a tax rebate! Want to go to dinner?' (I did not...
The Return Of Kate Bush
How did Running Up That Hill finally hit number one on the pop charts? Well ... Stranger Things, actually. - The Wrap
What It’s Like Creating An Opera About A Collapsing World, During A Pandemic
Composer Tom Coult: "There’s a lot in Violet about just how quickly society can break down. It was very odd to see that happening...
The Architect Making Slag Livable
Landscape architect Julie Bargmann's work "to revitalize toxic sites and reconnect them to their communities has earned her the nicknames 'Toxic Avenger' and 'Queen...
The Generations Recovering, And Playing, Music The Nazis Suppressed
James Conlon wants to pass the torch to a new generation so he doesn't hear, "'I never heard of this person. How good could...
Silence Is Really, Really Good For Your Brain
But, of course, how to get it in an always-connected world? - Salon
IKEA Is Doing What To Billy Bookcase?
It's one of the most popular piece of furniture in the world. And it's getting a redesign. (For safety, and the planet.) - Fast...
Samella Lewis, Central To The World Of Black Artists, Has Died At 99
There's no way to sum up her influence, but: "Lewis was an artist, an activist, a historian, an author, a curator, a professor, a...
The Ridiculous Challenges Of Trying To Visit Literary Sites In A Very Inaccessible City
London absolutely sucks for wheelchairs and the people using them. "Somewhere, the ghost of Virginia Woolf was smiling knowingly, or maybe rolling her eyes....
Mere Months After The Academy Museum Of Motion Pictures Opened, The Staff Say It’s...
"The Cultural Workers United (CWU) movement, as AFSCME has dubbed their campaign, has taken hold at museums like MOCA, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum...
Hitting The Right Notes In History Musicals
If history musicals don't succeed this season, it won't be for sheer effort, or numbers. The doubt is always there: Hamilton made it, but...
Let’s Talk About Ray Liotta’s Breakout Performances
The actor died suddenly at 67 last week, and many people are remembering him for Goodfellas. But the true breakout was Something Wild, wherein...
Conde Nast Is No Longer A Magazine Company, Says Its CEO
The CEO who has made Condé Nast profitable again: "We have about 70 million people who read our magazines, but we have 300 something...
A Movie About Class Warfare Wins The Palme D’Or
The winner was Triangle of Sadness, a Swedish comedy (because class war is hilarious) by Ruben Ostlund, who also won in 2017 for the...
The FBI Investigates Some So-Called Basquiat Paintings
The FBI's Art Crime Team is really quite interested "the authenticity of 25 paintings that the Orlando Museum of Art says were created by...
What Can Fiction Do In The Face Of Climate Change?
Jeff VanderMeer investigates Ursula Le Guin's Left Hand of Darkness, and our devastating realities. "Just as the inhabitants of Winter have dozens of words...
