The Top-Selling Global Music Group Of 2021
The South Korean band beat the likes of Drake and Adele to top a chart compiled by music industry body the IFPI. - BBC
Why Some Words Sound Ugly To Us
This phenomenon, where the sound of a word triggers an emotion or a meaning, is referred to as “sound symbolism”. Yet the idea that...
Experts: By 2030, Most Of The Internet Could Be Created By Artificial Intelligence
As its capabilities advance, the idea is that AI could start to generate entire online worlds, along with all the stuff that inhabits them...
Norman Lebrecht: The New Geffen Hall Will Be A Game-Changer
Deborah Borda, president of the New York Philharmonic, gave me a virtual tour on Zoom the other day. What I saw leads me to...
How Artists Are Responding To The Ukraine Invasion
"I never expected Russian artists to publicly take a stand, to venture, to risk, but when they did, I am struck (mostly) by the...
London’s Royal Opera House Cancels Bolshoi Ballet Appearances
The Moscow-based ballet company were set to return to London this summer but their tour has been called off as Ukraine was hit by air strikes and...
How The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Retrofitted A 1930s Theatre For Sound
First of all, "the Warner Grand Theater building was originally designed for film screenings, not live performances, so the depth of the stage had...
China’s Formerly Intense Appetite For Anything Hollywood Has Disappeared
"In the last few years, as China’s diplomatic relations with the west – and in particular the US – plummeted, the preferences of Chinese...
The Crown’s Jewels (And Other Props) Were Stolen
"The props are collectively valued at roughly $200,000, and include a replica of a Fabergé egg, several sets of silver and gold candelabra, a...
Possible New Info In Gardner Museum Theft
At least, new info to the public. Investigators have been looking at links between the 1990 art heist and a 1991 execution-style murder for...
Sure, Music Can Heal – But Can It Heal Bones?
A new study says maybe it can. - Salon
Wait, What Film Just Won At The SAG Awards?
That's right: CODA. And though it was the biggest surprise, it wasn't the only one in an unpredictable evening. - CBC (AP)
Ireland’s Film Business Is Booming
It's so intense right now that "Screen Ireland ... is to open five film academies, including one specialising in animation, to keep up with...
That Time Mies Van Der Rohe Designed A Frat House
The frat house didn't get built, but the design did - as a building for Indiana University's art, architecture, and design department. - Hyperallergic
Often, The Show Did Not Ever Go On After Pandemic Restrictions Eased
For instance, among the dozens of hard stories, "at the shutdown’s outset, Signature Theatre in Arlington had to scratch the world premiere of Camille...
The SAG Awards, As They Happened
If you missed them yesterday, they're getting rebroadcast on HBO, but as usual, the Oscars discussion heats up as American awards start to roll...
The Pretty Cool Rise Of New Places To Make And Promote Documentaries
A real shocker this year, leaving the way open for newbies like Paramount Plus and Showtime: "Like fellow top docu distributors including Amazon, National...
The Lone Screenplay Phenomenon
When the Academy snubs every actor, the director, and the movie - but just can't bring itself to leave the movie off the nominations...
How To Respect The Animals You’re Filming In Up Intimate Moments
Start with cows: "Every cow has a passport and paperwork affiliated with it, and when it moves to a new spot it is required...
A Green Alternative To CDs And Vinyl
Composer Fabian Almazan, who uses a sense of place to inspire his writing, started Biophilia Records as a way to get other enviro musicians...
The Met Says It Will Cut Ties With Pro-Putin Artists
Peter Gelb: "We believe strongly in the warm friendship and cultural exchange that has long existed between the artists and artistic institutions of Russia...
We Need To Talk About Those Oscars Ceremony Changes
Hey Oscar, why did you boot those categories? "What I'm doing, see, is making sure everyone who gets the spotlight at my party can...
What Better Time To Found ‘A Journal Of Ideas’ Than During The Pandemic?
OK, sure, there might be better times, but The Drift has done pretty well for itself, oddly. With "a penchant for publishing lengthy essays...
The Power Of Movie Critics Hasn’t Fully Waned
Look, there's just no way Drive My Car, which had earned less than $1 million in the U.S. by the time of the nominations,...
Iranian Director And Oscar Winner Asghar Farhadi Has A Rule
The director says he has no interest in making movies about the rich. "It is very valuable for me to always focus on ordinary...
