Screenwriter-Director Robert Benton, Winner Of Three Oscars, Is Dead At 92
Of the nine films he wrote and directed, the best-known are the two for which he won Academy Awards: Kramer vs. Kramer (for screenplay...
Authors Guild Sues DOGE And NEH For Cancelling Grants
“A class action lawsuit was filed Monday by the Authors Guild, along with independent scholars and writers, against the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and officials within the...
Audible To Use AI For Narrating And Translating Audiobooks (But Not All of Them)
“Today, Audible announced it would begin offering AI-powered narration to select publishers. AI translation services will launch in beta later this year.” CEO Bob Carrigan pointed...
New York State Increases Tax Credit For Broadway Productions
“Included in the $254 billion budget is an expansion of the New York City Musical and Theatrical Production Tax Credit, known colloquially as the downstate tax...
Ireland’s New National Dance Company Makes Its Debut
“Liz Roche, Artistic Director of Luail, Ireland's all-island dance company, (writes) about the beginnings of the company, as it prepares to make its highly anticipated...
Public Radio As An Empathy Machine
Public radio had been explicitly understood as an empathy machine since the dawn of This American Life in 1996. If we allow synonyms for empathy, radio...
Read The Resignation Letter From NEA Literary Staffers
“We are processing a lot of complex emotions in this moment, as we imagine you are too in light of recent agency developments, but...
What We Learn From Close Reading
We all pretended that we knew what close reading meant. We not only talked about it but we did it. We knew it when...
Why We Should Learn To Be More Skeptical… Of Our Own Ideas
Even our educational institutions often teach critical thinking as a weapon to dismantle others’ arguments rather than a tool for examining our own. The...
These Are The Nine Artists Elle Magazine Says Are Shaping Culture This Year
These nine visionaries have released Grammy-winning albums; performed in nearly every major concert hall and to packed audiences from the stage; won record-setting Tony...
As The Big Streamers Retrench, Nigeria’s Filmmakers Pivot To YouTube
The country’s film industry is the world’s second largest by output, but the big streaming services who had been commissioning films have cut way...
Corporation For Public Broadcasting Denies Access To DOGE
CPB leaders denied that request, citing federal law that establishes the independent nonprofit outside of the control of the federal government. The request comes...
Library Of Congress Staffers Refuse Entry To Trump Officials
Trump appointed Todd Blanche, his former defense lawyer, as librarian of Congress after abruptly firing Carla Hayden. Library staff resisted, insisting Congress must be...
Clooney Play Says It Has Recouped Its $9.5M Investment In Only Seven Weeks
The acclaimed new play broke history many times over and recently announced that it holds the all-time record for the highest grossing play in...
The Ascent And Descent Of Gérard Depardieu: A Timeline
“For over half a century, (he) stood as a towering figure in French cinema, a titan known for his commanding physical presence, instinct, sensitivity, and...
How Trump’s Attacks On Funding Culture Are Changing The Landscape
For decades, there has been a nationwide artistic and cultural infrastructure receiving bipartisan support, including through the first administration of Donald Trump. Now that is...
How The Ancient Greeks Filled The Parthenon With Light
It was long thought the giant reflective pool in front of the statue of Athena acted as a mirror, sending light shimmering across its...
The Existential Battle Behind The Copyright Office Firing
The timing was extraordinary: the office had released a report just two days earlier (on Friday, May 9), concluding that many current AI training practices likely...
The Full Arc Of A Tragedy In 4½ Minutes: Audra McDonald And Ben Brantley...
“All of this — right down to that climatic, rushing release called catharsis — is provided, near the end of a delectably tuneful show,...
Putz Paints Penis On Ancient Peruvian Ruin
“The man was filmed while spraying the graffiti on one of the original walls of Chan Chan, a pre-Columbian city 500km (300 miles) north...
New York State Boosts Tax Incentives To Attract More Business From Hollywood
“New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has approved a state budget that increases the cap on the state’s film and TV subsidy to $800 million,...
Second City In Chicago Boosts Pay And Avoids Actors’ Strike
“The performers’ major concern was a wage increase. David Kolen, a senior business representative at Actors Equity Association, said the performers have taken a...
Budget Cuts In Los Angeles Threaten Frank Lloyd Wright Landmark
“Hollyhock House, Frank Lloyd Wright’s eclectic Los Angeles masterpiece, is under threat of closure and losing its UNESCO World Heritage Site status amid drastic budget cuts...
La Scala’s Next Music Director Will Be Myung-Whun Chung
The 72-year-old South Korean-born, US-trained conductor has appeared at the Milan opera house more often than any other guest conductor, going back to 1989....
Gérard Depardieu Found Guilty of Sexual Assault
“The actor, 76, has been convicted of having groped a 54-year-old set dresser and a 34-year-old assistant during the filming of Les Volets Verts...
