Behind The Scenes With Oscars Strategists
“When I called one to ask how the season had gone, she responded with seven uninterrupted seconds of laughter. Thankfully, this week was the...
The Moral Crisis In Arts Funding
“This is a grim cautionary tale about complying with authoritarianism in advance, and it's not going to be pretty, but at the end I'll...
Artists Who Have Represented Australia At The Venice Biennale Call For Ousted Artist, Curator...
In the open letter to Creative Australia, the artists write, “To strip the chosen artistic team of this opportunity is unacceptable. Indeed it signals...
To Write An Opera Based On Moby Dick, First You Must Know The Hearts...
“I just read and reread the book, which I hadn’t done since high school—and back then I probably skipped some chapters. I was also...
Apple News Is Coming Directly At The New York Times Cooking App
OK, that’s not the explicit reason that Apple News Plus is adding a recipes section, but let’s not fool ourselves. - The Verge
Not To Overpraise The CIA, But This Book Smuggling Operation Behind The Iron Curtain...
“The uncensored literature flooding the country wasn’t reaching Poles by chance. It was sent as part of a decades-long US intelligence operation ... designed,...
What In The Name Of All That Is Far From Holy Are Trump’s National...
Sudden cancellations of author events about civil rights, voting, homelessness, and climate change make the authors suspicious. One source said “the Carter Library would...
How To Lose An Oscar In A Brutal Ten Online Days
Karla Sofia Gascón’s fall from assumed winner to persona non grata was intense. “Rarely has a nominee’s curated image—that of a righteous up-and-comer, applauded...
The Dream Accessory Of Every Booklover
“There is—and has long been—a physical appeal to being blanketed by books. … The ladder is a symbol of the scale of the collection,...
It’s Ten Years Out From The Oscars So White Debacle
Has anything changed for young Black actors (or, for that matter, older Black actors) in Hollywood? - NPR
Is The Brutalist’s Small Use Of AI Going To Ruin Adrien Brody’s Chances?
Legally, "producers do not need to acquire consent from their performers when using AI to alter ‘pitch, tone, clarity ... or the voice of...
Operatic Soprano Olga James, Star Of Carmen Jones And Mr. Wonderful, Has Died At...
“James had performed with an opera company in France and in a popular musical revue in Atlantic City, N.J., when her manager, Abe Saperstein — the...
Only Some Celebrity Book Clubs Truly Change The Authors’ Lives
No surprise: Oprah is still on top. Then there are the other three. Sorry, Natalie Portman: Your fans think you’re hot, but they don’t...
Kennedy Center’s First Programming Announcement: Celebrating Christ!
“How crazy is it to think that we’re going to celebrate Christ at Christmas with a big traditional production, to celebrate what we are...
Sorry, There Will Be No 45-Foot Naked Woman In San Francisco’s Union Square
“R-Evolution” by sculptor Marco Cochrane had been scheduled to open the evening of Feb. 6 at a public party in the square, but the...
This Is What It Looks Like When Local News Dies
While some politicians no doubt celebrated the disappearance of pesky journalists, others are lamenting their absence, because municipalities must now work harder and spend...
FCC Trains Its Sights On PBS, NPR
Since taking over as chairman, FCC Chair Brendan Carr has revived bias complaints against CBS, ABC and NBC over their 2024 presidential campaign coverage after the...
This Broadway Musical Is Based On A Real-Life Story So Crazy That Audiences Wouldn’t...
Operation Mincemeat, about a plot to convince the Nazis that the Allies were about to invade Greece instead of Sicily, recently arrived on Broadway...
Couldn’t We Use AI Music Generators To Express A More Perfect Music?
All of these songs have really strong sentiments, but they aren’t quite the same as expressing your unique thoughts and feelings for your intended...
These Literary Criticism Debates Are Not So Fun Anymore
Debates about the value and function of literary criticism today are, it seems to me, both constant and evergreen—always seeming new, urgent, specific to...
The Oscars Are More International Than Ever. So Why Is The “Best Foreign Film”...
The Academy Awards’ marquee category for international cinema, best international film, has been continually criticized as unjust, outdated and subject to political interference. -...
Adobe Architecture May Be The Key To Rebuilding A Fireproof Los Angeles
Since the latest wildfires, interest in natural buildings has spiked, particularly after a widely-shared photo showed a backyard SuperAdobe that emerged from the Eaton fire intact....
Report: Live Nation Booked $23 Billion In Revenue In 2024
Some 151 million people attended nearly 55,000 Live Nation events in 2024, an increase of 4% year-on-year, the events and ticketing company said in its full-year...
Cambodia’s National Museum Is Overflowing With Treasure
Foreign institutions and collectors are returning artifacts with deep spiritual meaning for Cambodians. Where and how to display them remain open questions. - The...
In Praise Of Self-Publishing
I have made a beautiful book, but to complete my book biz journey, I will go on the road again, a box of books...
