The Head Of Amazon’s TV And Movies Division Leaves, And Will Not Be Replaced
What’s going on at the tech and everything else giant? "The change shocked many employees inside the studio, including one group busy putting the...
The Intersections Of Art And Sports
“Art and sports have so many parallels, like the idea of practice versus natural talent. Athletes and artists both have invisible teams that ensure...
AI Voice Clones Are Threatening Voice Actors’ Any Chance At Having A Career
“Voice cloning has become much easier, requiring just seconds of audio. … have found their voices replicated online without their consent, knowledge or...
This Dinosaur Choir Might Tell Us How At Least One Of The Giants Sounded
And it’s a cool instrument too: “In effect, the user’s breath becomes the dinosaur’s breath. The result is not the roar that we hear in the...
What To Know About The Smithsonian Museums, And The Crisis They’re Facing Now
One (really) good thing: “While the vice president, along with the chief justice of the United States, is a member of the board by...
How Can Arts Grantwriters Deal With Trump’s Various Orders And Plans?
"When I was coming up in the ranks, no one ever talked about the complicated ethics of fundraising. How do you decide when to say...
The Impromptu Airport Dance That Sparked An International Social Media Craze
“The clip — titled ‘Slayed this TikTok but missed my flight’ — has inspired a months-long social media trend as scores of fans around...
DEI Policies May Have Been Flawed. But The Backlash Is Alarming
Today, DEI programs are being shuttered across North America. Despite my own and others’ cynicism about how DEI is employed, this is an alarming...
In Search Of The Buddha: What Archaeologists Are Learning About The Real-Life Siddhartha Gautama
“Archaeologists have been searching (in and around Lumbini in southern Nepal) for an altogether different Buddha — not the figure of faith and metaphor,...
Vancouver Art Gallery Parts Ways With Its CEO
He was at the helm as the gallery prepared to relocate to a new building downtown and then scrapped that plan last year after the project’s...
Keeping The Traditions Of Gullah Music Alive
A look at who’s preserving, and who’s updating, the music sung by generations of African-Americans in the South Carolina Lowcountry, from a cappella groups...
Renzo Piano Recalls Building The Museum That Scandalized Paris
As far as possible, the original building will be conserved as it was before. To do otherwise might be considered cultural sacrilege – after...
YouTube Stars Make Their Pitch To Advertisers: We’re The New Appointment TV
"These creators are like the networks of today delivering the hit TV shows of today. This is really about one-to-one communication, where creators can...
How The National Antiquities Act Has Saved Natural Wonders
They cover more than a quarter of the nation and large parts of the West. Some are crisscrossed by hiking trails and used by hunters and...
The Origin Story Of “Maybe Happy Ending”
“This intimate spectacle (was) already a hit title in Asia for years. ... The Times spoke separately with members of the musical's cast and...
The Problematic Notion Of Recovered Memories
This case launched a huge debate between memory researchers like me who argue there is no credible scientific evidence that repressed memories exist and practicing clinicians who claim that...
Two Big Seattle Theatres Join Forces
This pairing is the latest in a series of major deals between local arts and cultural organizations, including the merger of ACT Contemporary Theatre and...
Drawing Bought For $12 Might Be Renoir
There was a faint signature, the frame was high quality and the type of paper used was also a clue that it might potentially...
Check Out A Few Samplings From Joan Didion’s Archive
“The 336 boxes constituting the Didion-Dunne archive are available to researchers starting today, by appointment, and even the most cursory look through them is...
A (Sort Of) Chastened Scott Rudin Says He’s Returning To Producing Plays And Films
“He called his previous behavior, particularly toward subordinates, ‘bone-headed’ and ‘narcissistic.’ He acknowledged that he had long yelled at his assistants (‘Yes, of course’)...
Trump Executive Order Aims To Stamp Out “Improper Ideology” At Smithsonian
“President Trump signed an executive order Thursday aimed at reshaping the Smithsonian Institution and removing what he deems ‘improper ideology’ from its museums, education and research centers and the National...
How Is The Smithsonian Set Up And Funded? Can Trump Really Force Changes There?
“The president has instructed the vice president ‘to eliminate improper, divisive, or anti-American ideology’ from the institution’s entities. … But who runs and funds...
Federal Judge Appears Open To Blocking Trump’s “Gender Ideology” Restrictions On NEA Grants
“Senior U.S. District Judge William Smith, during a hearing in Providence, Rhode Island, questioned how such a policy could be reconciled with federal law,...
Sundance Is Moving To Boulder, Leaving Utah Behind
“The Sundance Film Festival will relocate to Boulder, Colorado in 2027, ending its decades-long run in Park City, Utah. The festival reached a 10-year deal with...
What Happened At Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Let’s-Beat-Up-NPR-And-PBS Congressional Hearing
“’NPR and PBS have increasingly become radical leftwing echo chambers’ said the Georgia Republican representative during her opening remarks, accusing NPR of having a...
