Producers Of Documentary On Search For King Richard III’s Body Settle Libel Lawsuit
“The producers of The Lost King on Monday agreed to pay damages to an academic who sued for libel over his on-screen depiction. Richard Taylor said...
Trump Administration Makes Emergency Appeal To Supreme Court To Fire Head Of The US...
The administration’s newest emergency appeal to the high court was filed a month and a half after a federal appeals court in Washington held that...
Does AI Threaten Our Ability To Perceive The World?
Many people invoke a distinction between illicit uses of A.I. (such as the composition of entire drafts) and innocent auxiliary functions — outlining, for...
Trump Fires Entire Design Commission Tasked With Reviewing Capital Region Projects
The commission, which was established by Congress more than a century ago and traditionally includes a mix of architects and urban planners, is charged...
Writer Hanif Kureishi, Paralyzed After An Accident, Creates A Dance
“Kureishi, 70, who wrote the award-winning novel The Buddha of Suburbia and the film My Beautiful Laundrette, has devised a filmed piece about the devastating aftermath of...
Belgrade Theatre Festival Accused Of Censorship, Artistic Director Resigns
Festival administrators canceled controversial director Milo Rau’s play The Pelicot Trial, allegedly over Rau’s criticism of the Serbian government last year; consequently, the festival’s...
Multimillion-Dollar Art Forgery Ring Broken By German Police
“German police said they busted an international forgery ring that was trying to sell fake works for millions of dollars to unsuspecting collectors. The...
America’s Second-Largest Bookstore Chain Is Bouncing Back
“Books-A-Million … is in the process of opening 15 new outlets this year, which will keep the total number of outlets at over 220...
In $1 Billion+ Film and TV Deal, “Yellowstone” Showrunner Will Leave Paramount For NBCUniversal
“Sheridan shocked Hollywood by signing a $1 billion+ deal with NBCUniversal and leaving behind his longtime partner at Paramount where the Yellowstone creator has built an...
For Second Time, Heirs Sue Met Museum Over Van Gogh’s “Olive Picking”
The work was owned by a Jewish couple who fled Germany in 1936; sale proceeds were confiscated by the Nazis. The couple's heirs sued...
Nobel-Winning Writer Wole Soyinka Says He’s Been Banned From The US
“The Trump administration has revoked the visa for Wole Soyinka, the acclaimed Nigerian Nobel prize-winning writer who has been critical of Trump since his first presidency....
Why High School Teachers Should Be Having Students Read Entire Books, Not Just Excerpts
College professors of English Johanna Winant and Dan Sinykin thought they had written a book to help other undergrad-level instructors to teach close reading....
Just How Vulnerable Are Art Museums To Theft?
Many museums do have security systems in place to prevent similar heists, but they aren’t always foolproof. Unfortunately, in the case of the Louvre,...
Second City Has A Sideline: Improv Training For CEOs And Pro Athletes
“The venerable Chicago-based improvisational comedy institution has quietly built out a surprising side-hustle: Using the fundamentals and tactics of improv to teach corporate executives...
Steppenwolf @50: Career-Changing Theatre
Steppenwolf is embarking on its 50 anniversary season as one of America’s pre-eminent theater companies. An invitation to join its storied ensemble — a...
NPR And The Corporation For Public Broadcasting Are Fighting
Hearings continue in NPR’s lawsuit to block the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s distribution of $57.9 million to the newly formed Public Media Infrastructure (PMI). - InsideRadio
A White House Historian Talks About The East Wing
The house was designed to look like a domestic residence, not like the palace of a king or the compound of an autocrat or...
Here’s One Choreographer Who Loves AI And Virtual Reality
Wayne McGregor worked with a Google Arts & Culture Lab team to develop a choreographic language agent called AISOMA — a tool that can...
Misty Copeland Speaks About Her Next Act
Two days after confetti rained down on Copeland, she spoke about her career at Ballet Theater and what comes next. - The New York Times
How Pittsburgh Ballet Is Bucking a Trend And Finding Success
In an attempt to cater to evolving tastes, bring in as many attendees as possible and expose the next generation to ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet...
An Evolution Of Intelligence. So What Is It Now?
The trajectory of intelligent life on this planet can be described as an evolution of verbs: to move, to reproduce, to hunt, to hide,...
Aix-en-Provence Festival Appoints New General Director
American director and writer Ted Huffman, who will assume the position at New Year’s 2026, replaces Pierre Audi, who passed away suddenly this past...
Politics Is Changing The Ways History Is Being Taught In US Schools
Several major curriculum publishers have withdrawn products from the market, while others have found that teachers are shying away from lessons that were once...
Signs Of London’s Steep Decline
On any measure you care to look at, London’s economy — though still the most productive in Britain —is, at best, stagnant, and, at...
The Post-Covid Trend That’s Killing Restaurant Culture
Whatever you order, it will come from a business that operates a bit differently than it once did: less like a restaurant and more...
