People Really, Really Want To See Denzel Washington And Jake Gyllenhaal At The Public
“Othello sales are next-level, seeming to reflect the appeal of the combination of two well-known actors with a well-known title, and also a 'Taylor...
The BBC Settles With Four Women Who Say They Were Put Through A Sham...
The broadcaster admits no liability in the settlement (of course). The four women “argued they were discriminated against because of their sex and age,...
Theatre Schools Need To Get Smarter About Teaching Their Students How To Get Jobs
”Undergraduate theatre training programs have a moral imperative to prepare students for the profession, not simply teach them to be good at what they...
The Artist Of Blue Paint, And Soil
Artist Amanda Williams wanted to recreate George Washington Carver’s Prussian blue. “It’s a pigment that took Williams, together with two material science labs, three...
The Newest Best Actress Doesn’t Like Intimacy Coordinators. She’s Not Alone.
But perhaps there’s a missing link in some actors' and directors’ minds. After all, "if an actor doesn't like working with a particular stunt...
The Deaths Of Gene Hackman And Betsy Arakawa Are A Red Alert About The...
That’s what Bruce Willis’s wife says as she cares for her own husband, who has dementia. “Caregivers need care, too. ... They are vital,...
Michael Connelly Was Writing A Lincoln Lawyer Book Set In 2025 Los Angeles When...
What does a writer do when not only his own beach house but much of his beloved city burns? - The New York Times
Meta Manages To Muzzle Former Employee Who Published Memoir
“The book, Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams, who used to be the company's global public policy director, includes a series of critical claims about...
The Supreme Court Just Reopened The Question Of Who Has The Right To This...
A new California law changed a ruling that had seemed to be final last year, and now the painting, which is hanging at a...
Now, They’re Coming For All Of The Libraries
These executive order-demanded cuts will affect public libraries, museums, the Voice of America, and so very much more. - Politico (MSN)
Send In The Clowns: This City Reduced Traffic-Related Deaths By Putting Mimes Amidst The...
In the 1990s, Bogotá mayor Antanas Mockus replaced hundreds of corrupt traffic cops with a few dozen mimes. Armed with nothing but signs that...
Is There Any Such Thing As A “Mainstream” Media Now?
What was once the mainstream media—the networks, the newspapers, certain magazines—years ago lost the command that it had of the nation’s attention and with...
Celine Dion Warns Fans About AI-Generated Music That Impersonates Her
“It has come to our attention that unsanctioned, AI-generated music purporting to contain Celine Dion’s musical performances, and name and likeness, is currently circulating...
The Songs Of Canada Versus Trump
The pro-Canada songs currently spreading across social media, including some by Canadian celebrities, reveal a range of reactions to Trump’s tariffs and annexation threats,...
Forget 1215 And “Bad King John” — Here’s The Real Magna Carta
The “Great Charter” signed by John of England and his barons lasted less than three months before they were back at war with each...
Sofia Gubaidulina’s Place in The Musical World
Gubaidulina’s work is not the kind of thing you put on during morning yoga. She makes sounds of struggle and disorder; of awaiting some...
Balanchine Wasn’t Just Important In Dance
Balanchine’s relevance to visual art is not just in direct collaborations and affiliations with artists in his lifetime. His formal gestures and patterns make...
Steven McRae On Coming Back From A Ballet Star’s Worst Nightmare
The Royal Ballet principal was performing at Covent Garden one evening in 2019 when — alone onstage in front of over 2,000 people —...
IATSE Stagehands Protest Show Cancelations At The Kennedy Center
“Behind-the-scenes workers need to feed our families and have neither participated in any decisions relating to booked content, nor have we considered social issues...
JD Vance Booed At Kennedy Center Concert
On Thursday night, the Kennedy Center concert hall was awash in nearly a minute of howling, passionate booing. It started with one or two boos...
OpenAI Urges Trump Whitehouse To Allow Its AI To Train On Copyrighted Work
In its proposal, OpenAI urged the federal government to enact a series of “freedom-focused” policy ideas, including an approach that would no longer compel...
How And Why Did Trauma Narratives Become Ubiquitous?
“You need only look at some of the biggest stories of the past decade to realise popular culture from the late 2010s had a...
The Persian National Epic Becomes An Extravaganza Of Shadow Puppetry
“The show” — Song of the North, adapted from the medieval Persian epic poem Shahnameh — “is mind-dizzyingly complex, involving 483 puppets, 208 animated...
The Market And The Rise Of “Red-Chip” Art
“What is red-chip art? … (It) comes in many guises, but certain visual patterns predominate: super-flat cartoons, a street art/graffiti aesthetic, and multi-colored chrome....
Miami Beach Mayor Threatens To Evict Cinema For Showing Best Documentary Oscar Winner
Mayor Steven Meiner has asked the City Council to terminate the lease of, and end a $40,000 grant to, nonprofit movie theater O Cinema...
