Apple TV Is No Longer A Plus
It’s just itself. But why did Apple exit the plussified name trend? - Fast Company
One Big Thing We’ve Learned From Technology Is That Humans Desperately Need To Be...
“If you deliberately and regularly go without checking your phone, or indeed exposing yourself to any other source of electronic stimulation, you’ll build ‘the...
Sir David Attenborough Has Become The Oldest Daytime Emmy Winner, At 99
He won for his work on Secret Lives of Orangutans, a documentary that also won Emmys for “outstanding music direction and composition and outstanding...
The Passions Of Patricia Arquette
Loves: Baroque music, textiles “from all over the world,” real estate listings from across the world. Oh, and candy. "Am I not human?” -...
The Jewish International Film Festival Has Been Postponed Because Cinemas In Sweden Wouldn’t Participate
Some of the movie theatres in Mälmo “offered safety and security concerns for their refusal because they were worried something might happen to endanger...
The South London Fashion House That Supplies Hamilton, Wicked, And Strictly Come Dancing
DanceSport International London used to be a dance studio - but now it employs 52 artisans constantly engaged in costumes for the West End,...
The Architects Who Love It When Their Architecture Disappears
Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi enjoy watching their architecture vanish beneath the landscapes they also design. Or is it all one artistic product? -...
How Much Does Jeff Hiller’s Emmy Win Mean To Him?
First of all, it was a surprise - to HBO. “It was very clear that they had been having meetings for Phase 1, and...
Actors, Dancers, Other Performers Worry They’re Being Replaced By Their Own Bodies
“A friendly assistant director who is already known to you, who brings you tea and holds your phone while you’re acting, says that the...
After Funding Cuts, A DC-Area Book Vending Machine Provides A Small Boost For Local...
The founder: “I had friends who wrote award-winning books and couldn't get their books into D.C. bookstores because they were smaller presses, or they...
Why This Young Copywriter Left The Kennedy Center
“Just as Trump is trying to legally redefine what it means to be ‘American,’ he is also attempting to redefine which Americans can make...
Why Thousands Of People Are Converging On A Museum In Germany
Museum Wiesbaden is seeing an uptick - a rather large uptick - in visitors thanks to none other than Taylor Swift. - BBC
Thieves Break Into The Louvre, Steal Napoleonic Crown Jewels
“The thieves used a basket lift to access the room directly, forced a window and broke display cases to steal the jewels, before escaping...
How To Watch The ‘Olympics Of The Piano World’ From Home
Participants in the International Chopin Piano Competition “train as if they were elite athletes, with superhuman focus and skill, preparing hours of music, even...
What AI News Slop Is Doing With Forgotten URLs
“For readers, the sloppified news churned out by many of the sites is a reason to be wary of a confusing media landscape. And...
As Ireland Institutes Basic Income For Some Artists, Canadian Artists Wonder If Their Country...
Canadian artists aren’t just advocating for themselves, but for everyone in Canada to have a universal (hence the name) basic income. - CBC
Broadway Actors Have A Tentative Deal, But Musicians Still May Strike
The musicians’ local president: “We are thankful that our brothers and sisters in labor at Actors’ Equity have reached an agreement. … Local 802...
How Jafar Panahi Keeps Making Films In Iran, Despite Censorship, Official Harassment And Even...
The “triple crown”-winning (Cannes, Venice, Berlin) writer-director has developed both coping strategies and outright tricks. For instance, sending one version of a script to...
How The Atlantic Magazine Is Flourishing While Others Are In Decline
A publication that began in 1857 is defying the trends of a troubled media industry. The Atlantic is returning to publishing monthly two decades...
Miami City Ballet’s New Artistic Director Dives Right In
Gonzalo García is only the third artistic director in the company’s history, after founder Edward Villella and predecessor Lourdes Lopez. He only started in...
Why There Was A Surge Of Art Heists In The 1970s
According to art historian Tom Flynn, the surge in heists in the 1970s "coincides with the boom of the art market". - BBC
UK Drama Schools Are Under Severe Stress
“The cost of undertaking higher education courses is increasingly a barrier for people from less well-off backgrounds. This will lead to even less diversity...
New Tax Could Be “Devastating” To London’s Music Venues
Labour’s plans are designed to target Amazon-style warehouses, with the cash raised going to lower the business rates for smaller high street businesses. But...
How Do You Convince Newcomers To Try Seeing An Opera? Ask The Dallas Opera’s...
“(Her) infectious creativity has made Amy O’Neil’s work for The Dallas Opera a must-watch. From her fun, punchy synopses of upcoming productions to her award-nominated series...
UK’s Opposition Greens And Reform Parties Are Running On (Very Different) Culture Issues
Support for both parties is defined by cultural issues. In the case of Reform, by the culture war around immigration and national identity; in...
