How Emmys Voters Award, And Ignore, Writers And Directors
“Writing and directing winners often get caught up in a sweep … so when they do diverge from the series winner, it can...
Ann Harris, Who Shaped The Exorcist, The Thorn Birds, And Many Other Bestsellers, Has...
“'She was a classic, old-style editor,’ Frances McCullough, who worked with Ms. Harris as an editor at Harper & Row, said in an interview....
Can ‘Bricking’ A Phone Fix Phone Addiction Issues?
No. “The main problem is that Brick requires you to be intentional about being present. I was addicted to being omnipresent.” - The Verge
South Koreans Are As Obsessed As People In The US With Netflix’s K-Pop: Demon...
“The film’s popularity in South Korea is rooted in its keenly observed details and references to Korean folklore, pop culture and even national habits...
This Gen Z Journalist Got The Washington Post On TikTok
And he thinks short-form videos are, yes, once again, the future of journalism. - NPR
Staff Member Dies In A ‘Tragic Accident’ At Jacob’s Pillow
Production manager Kat Sirico and an intern lost control of a dolly carrying heavy platforms. Sirico tripped and fell, and the dolly and platforms...
How Virginia Woolf’s London Became The London So Many People Know
In Mrs. Dalloway, "London is not just a backdrop but an essential character. It is a living, breathing organism, to be held, touched, traversed,...
The Smithsonian Now Says It Will Restore Trump To Impeachment Display
Eventually. And by the way, they removed the info, they say, because it "was meant to be a temporary addition to a twenty-five year-old...
Covering Forty Countries’ Worth Of Arts And Culture Is No Easy Task
One of the Times’ Culture Desk writers in Europe checks 36 news outlets from various countries twice a day, adding in more, from the...
The Birth Of The Attention Economy — More Than 125 Years Ago
The rise of the cheap, daily newspaper in the 19th century created the first true attention economy—an endless churn of spectacle and sensation that...
Choreographer Sues Fortnite Video Game For Stealing His Dance
Over the years, Fortnite has found itself in hot water for adding in-character dances that bear striking similarity to ones created by professional dancers,...
Edinburgh Fringe Needs A Big Overhaul To Survive
So many of the Fringe’s problems could be solved by a massive injection of cash: to subsidise performers’ costs, to shore up struggling venues,...
Oregon Humanities Council Sues Trump Over Grant Cancellations
Although the suit charges the administration cannot legally cancel grants already approved by Congress, Oregon Humanities Communications Director Ben Waterhouse believes the decision was...
Production Manager Killed In Tragic Accident At Jabob’s Pillow
The person killed, identified by Jacob’s Pillow as Kat Sirico, was rolling a dolly with the help of an intern to transport the platforms...
What Happens When Deaf Actors Take On A Broadway Show
“There is this preconceived notion that if a person is deaf, their entire world is silent. This is not true at all." - Washington...
Accordian Master Dies At 86
The master of the Tex-Mex accordion Leonardo "Flaco" Jimenez, whose tradition-drenched sound came to define conjunto or Tejano music of South Texas, has died. - NPR
Is Netflix Trying To Become More Like YouTube?
As Netflix and YouTube vie for the eyeballs on TV sets, Netflix (and other streamers) are increasingly using YouTube to test the waters for the kind...
Anti-Gentrification Protesters Vandalize Museum In Mexico City
A group of anti-gentrification protesters vandalized the contemporary art museum of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) as demonstrations against rising housing prices...
Royal Albert Hall Seat Owners Lose Suit Over Access To Seats
These investors were granted rights to use or access their seats for the term of the hall's 999-year lease, according to the venue's website....
How Do You Lose Your Country? Not All At Once
Looking back, it becomes clear that the process only really starts after severe damage has been wreaked to the fundamental concept of justice—and once...
Singer Holds Palestinian Flag During Opera Curtain Call: A Political Violation of Art?
Claiming political impartiality in relation to a Verdi opera is like calling Guernica a painting of a horse. - London Review of Books
Music Of The New Avant Garde: …Bagpipes?
“When I was sixteen or seventeen, and getting into the adult category, I started trying to play different repertoire,” she said. “I’d get instantly...
Netflix Is Using Generative AI To Make Movies. It’s A Fundamental Shift
Netflix’s generative AI approach marks a fundamental shift. Instead of building digital scenes piece by piece, artists simply describe what they want and algorithms...
How Technology (Dating Apps Anyone?) Lessens The Power Of Relationships
When technology mediates contact, this can strengthen familiar forms of scepticism about love – for example, about whether or not the other person is...
Was Munch’s “The Scream” The First Modern Painting?
The Mona Lisa represents an impossible ideal—palpable, yet clearly beyond reach. The Scream, on the other hand, arguably speaks to a much more ancient, existential state, connecting...
