Why The French Government Withdrew An AI Video It Released Celebrating The Nazis’ Withdrawal...

“The problem was that authorities did not check the video for historical accuracy. In a scene of Parisians jubilantly celebrating the 1944 end of...

How The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Got Their Pay Quintupled

“They will also be paid more for their appearances outside of cheering for the Dallas Cowboys. It’s a happy ending to a grueling season and...

Here’s The Early Post-Tony Awards Fallout On Broadway

Sunset Boulevard has seen its weekly gross up more than $400,000 to $1.7 million. Purpose and Oh Mary! had grosses rise by well over...

Actor Hits Tyler Perry With $260 Million Sexual Assault Lawsuit

Derek Dixon, who appeared in 85 episodes of Perry’s BET series The Oval, alleges that Perry used his power to assault, harass, and exploit...

Iran Closes Its Museums And Orders Artifacts Transferred To Safe Storage

“As the conflict with Israel continues to escalate, Iran has closed its museums and cultural heritage sites until further notice, according to local news reports....

Pianist Alfred Brendel, 94

“His technique was sufficient but rarely dazzling, and his tone was full and generally attractive but not especially lustrous. ... What attracted listeners was...

Reworking A Nouveau Circus Show On Short Notice After A Key Performer Gets Injured

In this case — the Montreal-based troupe The 7 Fingers, rehearsing in New York for a show opening in two days — the injury...

Report: More Than Half Of Americans Now Get Their News From Social Media

More than half (54%) of people get news from networks like Facebook, X and YouTube - overtaking TV (50%) and news sites and apps...

Tourists Sit On, And Break, Crystal-Coated “Van Gogh Chair” In Museum

A couple visiting the Palazzo Maffei museum in the Italian city of Verona was caught on closed-circuit TV sitting on artist Nicola Bolla’s Swarovski-encrusted...

In May, Streaming Viewership Beat Broadcast And Cable Viewership For The First Time Ever

Streaming accounted for 44.8% of viewership via TV screens during the month, the report said, while broadcast (20.1%) and cable (24.1%) together represented 44.2%...

The Cultural Implications Of The UK National Gallery Rehang

A rehang tends to elicit strong reactions from anyone with a stake in the collection – and in the case of a public gallery,...

How The Fake Research Publishing Game Works

The paper mills have various techniques to take advantage of desperate or lazy researchers and to trick publishers: some operate as a marketplace in...

How Did A Giant Water Pistol Get To Be The Symbol, And Preferred Weapon,...

It started as a joke, of course.  The first really angry protest on the issue happened on a hot summer day in Barcelona, and...

Defining The Art Of Genius

Generally, we want geniuses to be good with their minds rather than with their hands, but we can make an exception for a surgeon...

Egypt’s Grand Egyptian Museum Opening Is Delayed Due To “Regional Developments”

“In light of the current regional developments, it has been decided to postpone the official opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum,” the GEM explained...

Met Opera Attendance This Spring Was Down, Probably Due To Reduced International Tourism

The company sold 72% of capacity this past season, the same as 2023-24 but below projections. General manager Peter Gelb said that attendance was...

Opera Montreal Picks A New General Director

The company announced that the Board of Directors chose Jen-Pierre Primiani, who currently serves as Chief Philanthropy Officer, for the position and will begin...

Rural Public Media Stations Will Close Or Be Greatly Reduced As Federal Support Goes...

“That would mean an almost immediate disappearance of almost half our operating budget,” David Gordon, executive director of KEET in Eureka, California, said of...

The Urge To Isolationism Isn’t New

This exaltation of self-sufficiency and the downgrading of the value of trading links amounts to a profound break from the orthodoxy of globalisation –...

Trump Administration, Having Shut Down Voice of America’s Persian Service, Races To Restart It...

“The U.S. Agency for Global Media told employees placed on administrative leave to immediately return to their roles providing counter-programming to Iranian state media...

Publisher Releases Facsimile Edition Of García Lorca’s Secret Homoerotic Sonnets

While “Sonnets of Dark Love” was once published in translation in France, it had never appeared in the poet’s homeland or native language because...

Paramount Global Is Now In “Active Settlement Discussions” Over Trump’s “60 Minutes” Lawsuit

The new was revealed in a motion by Trump’s attorneys requesting a deadline extension in his lawsuit against Paramount Global, parent company of CBS,...

Leonard Lauder, Major Philanthropist And Art Collector, Has Died At 92

The billionaire chief of the Estée Lauder cosmetics company had special relationships with the Whitney Museum (he was a former board chairman) and the...

Huge Crowds Protest Overtourism In Spain, Portugal, And Italy

In Barcelona, Palma de Majorca, Lisbon, Venice, Genoa, and other cities, crowds marched through the streets, brandishing signs and water pistols, angrily demonstrating against...

Louvre Abruptly Shut Down By Workers Protesting Overcrowding And Understaffing

“The Louvre’s spontaneous strike erupted during a routine internal meeting, as gallery attendants, ticket agents and security personnel refused to take up their posts...