Memoir Of Jeffrey Epstein’s Most Prominent Accuser Will Be Published Posthumously
Virginia Giuffre spent several years completing Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice with co-author Amy Wallace. On April 1,...
Comedian Reginald Carroll, 52, Shot To Death In Mississippi
Police officers found Carroll wounded in Southaven, Mississippi, immediately south of Memphis, at the offices of the merchandise company for a fellow comedian with...
What’s Up With All Of The New High-Class Crime Movies?
“Streaming platforms have shown that documentaries about crime get views, and terrestrial television has long since allowed drama to be dominated by crime. The...
Kennedy Center Names New Director Of Dance Programming, One Who Complained About “Leftist Ideologies...
Stephen Nakagawa, a former dancer with the Washington Ballet, was hired just days after the Kennedy Center fired its entire dance programming staff. Nakagawa...
“Emily In Paris” Crew Member Collapses And Dies On Set
Diego Borella, an assistant director on the Netflix series, had a sudden heart attack as he and colleagues were preparing to shoot a scene...
Ticket Sales Were Flat For 2025 Edinburgh Fringe
“The figures showed around 2.6 million tickets were sold for 3,893 shows — a similar level to last year and well below the peak...
Teddy Abrams Extends At Louisville Orchestra For Three More Years
“Over the course of his tenure, Abrams has transformed the mission of the Louisville Orchestra, molding it into what he describes as a ‘public...
Why Pittsburgh’s Three Largest Theatres Need To Merge
If the merger proceeds and is successful, it could become a national model for regional theater companies in other cities and states around the...
In Defense Of Peter Gelb
Mr. Gelb undermined his focus on new works with a comically misguided guest essay for The New York Times that managed to antagonize every remaining...
Broadway Theatres Oppose Proposed Casino For Times Square
Owners of 24 Broadway Theaters are taking their opposition to a new Times Square casino right to theaters goers by stuffing a pamphlet into copies of...
Can We Please Reframe What An AI World Will Mean To Us?
Rather than asking AI to hurl itself over the abyss while hoping for the best, we should instead use AI’s extraordinary and improving capabilities...
How AI Is Coming To Own Culture
Algorithmic culture taps into the casual randomness with which we apportion our care; it takes advantage of the fact that what we bump into...
NEA Cancels Creative Writing Fellowships
On Friday afternoon, writers who applied for the National Endowment for the Arts’ 2026 Creative Writing Fellowships received an email from the NEA saying...
How Music Criticism Lost Its Edge
Over the years, “critically acclaimed” came to function as a euphemism for music that was semipopular, or maybe just unpopular. - The New Yorker
Behind What Looks Like AI Creativity
For years, researchers have wondered: If the models are just reassembling, then how does novelty come into the picture? It’s like reassembling your shredded...
Harvard Makes Budget Cuts In Humanities Programs
Harvard’s Arts and Humanities division instructed department heads to collectively reduce their budgets for non-personnel spending by roughly $1.95 million as divisions across the...
UCLA Gears Up To Battle Justice Department
Leaders have made it clear that a $1-billion payout is a no-go. Another red line for several UC officials is the federal request that...
One Of Film’s Futures Is Immersive
Filmmakers and audience at Venice Immersive, "a quick ferry ride from Lido” where the Venice Film Fest is going on, experience how virtual reality...
This Australian Ballerina Was About To Embark On A Career In Europe
Then a seemingly random, deeply senseless knife attack nearly killed her. Now she tells the story of her recovery and return to dance in...
Book Banners Don’t Want Anyone, Including Adults, To Be Able To Read Romance Novels
Say it with us: It’s not about the children. - Book Riot
What Parents Lose When They Don’t Read To Their Kids
Yes, a decline in reading with kids “suggests a missed opportunity for parents to instill in their children an early love of reading.” But there’s...
Anime Fans Hate Live-Action Remakes
But studios keep churning them out. “On the one hand is a discerning fandom and on the other hand, an irresistible opportunity to find...
Writers’ Retreats Are Growing Ever More Luxurious, And Expensive Too
Who can afford this? And yes, writers’ retreats “have long been a staple of creative life,” but “you don’t need an approved writing sample...
When You’ve Sold Millions Of Books About Your Perfect Life, And That Life Changes...
You write about the imperfections, of course, even when a New York Times interviewer is so doubtful about your narrative that he says, “Help...
Food Writer Mark Bittman Is Ready To Make No Money
The author of How to Cook Everything also, it turns out, has some ideas about how to feed everyone. - Fast Company
