A Breakthrough In How Robots Learn
“This is the year that people really realized that you can build general-purpose robots,” she said. What is striking about these achievements is that...
Why The “Wizard Of Oz” Story Endures
Artists across genres and mediums have, for decades, found great storytelling potential in Baum’s characters and mythology. But the mode that Oz has continued...
Why Choreographer Kyle Abrahams Is Dancing Again Despite His Stage Fright
"Throughout his career, he has struggled with stage fright, he said, especially when dancing in groups. ... But for “Dear Lord, Make Me Beautiful,”...
Isabella Rossellini On Being A Major “Nepo Baby”
Says the daughter of actress Ingrid Bergman and filmmaker Roberto Rossellini, "Of course it opens the door, because people are curious to see you....
Bronze Cast Of Leonardo’s Only Wax Sculpture Is For Sale For $100 Million
"Silverpoint Holdings, the current owners, are now offering the bronze cast for sale through Art Encounter, a Las Vegas gallery led by father-son duo...
Jim Abrahams, Dead At 80, One Of The Trio Behind The Funniest Film Ever...
"With his childhood friends Jerry and David Zucker, Abrahams formed the filmmaking trio, called Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker, and popularized the spoof genre of...
Despite Layoffs And Programming Cuts, Sacramento’s Capital Public Radio Is Still Mired In Debt
"Capital Public Radio released Thursday its financial statement for a year marked by financial turmoil, providing the first detailed breakdown — since the release...
Disney Co. To Pay $43 Million To Settle Claims Of Unequal Pay For Women
"The Walt Disney Co. has agreed to pay $43.3 million to resolve a long-running lawsuit brought by a group of female employees who alleged...
Good News From Cleveland Orchestra: Finances And Audience Numbers Are Healthy
The orchestra's 2023-24 annual report shows a sixth consecutive year of a balanced budget as well as endowment growth of 11% to $296 million;...
London’s Old Vic Theatre Names Rupert Goold Artistic Director
The two-time Olivier Award winner and Tony nominee will assume the role at the beginning of 2026 after what will have been 12 years...
Mexico’s New President Wants To Fight The Popularity Of Ballads About Drug Lords
"Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday she has a plan to reduce the popularity of 'narcocorridos.' … (She) vowed to launch a campaign to...
Diva Angelina Jolie’s Take On Maria Callas’ Diva
The movie is energized by the emotional implications of the gap between her unflagging devotion to music and, essentially, music’s abandonment of her—the loss...
Historic Town Halls In Australia Are Becoming Low-Cost Performance Venues
"Beautiful brick early 20th-century town halls were once venues for council meetings, award nights and country dances. But in recent decades many have been...
Nostalgia Used To Be A Bad Thing. Now It Seduces Us
Nostalgia is a universal malady for which there is no effective remedy, and throughout its long history it has served politically diverse ends. -...
Millions Learn New Languages With DuoLingo. But Do They?
“It’s really good for learning receptive skills: listening, reading, learning about grammar and vocabulary, so it can be a great place to start. But...
How An Iranian Director Made His Award-Winning Film In Secret — And Was Then...
Mohammed Rasoulof had been imprisoned for his work before, and he knew that his The Seed of the Sacred Fig — which ultimately got...
Inside The Haruki Murakami Phenomenon
Murakami’s approach to consciousness is less representational than literal, with many of his characters literally being transported to a realm created by (or wholly...
The Real Crisis In Children’s Reading
In 1984, the first year for which data is available, 35 percent of 13-year-olds reported reading for fun “almost every day,” according to NAEP. By...
Opera In Its Traditional Role: Innovator, Leader In Technology
“Every technology affects the way that we think, behave and interact. AI is not going away. It will become a part of our humanity,...
Climate-Protesting Art Vandals At DC’s National Gallery And National Archives Sentenced To Prison
The leader of the group Declare Emergency, Donald Zepeda, got 24 months for destruction of government property, while group member Jackson Green got 18...
NPR Tries Tweaking Its News Magazine Shows To Stanch Audience Decline
Eric Nuzum said he’s relieved NPR is trying to “correct audience erosion issues that should have been addressed years ago.” But he also concluded...
Taylor Swift’s Book And The End Of The Middleman Publisher?
Lately, various writers with meaningful personal resources—money, followers, notoriety—have struck out on their own or made nontraditional arrangements. - The Atlantic
The New AI Slop: Nature As Supernatural Images
My guess is that there are thousands of A.I. accounts, commenting on one another to drum up attention. When the gambit works, it draws...
Australia’s Leading Dictionary Declares “Enshittification” 2024’s Word Of The Year
Macquarie Dictionary defines the word as "the gradual deterioration of a service or product brought about by a reduction in the quality of service...
Dictionary.com’s 2024 Word of The Year Is “Demure” (?)
The word saw an enormous spike in searches on the site in August, thanks to a TikTok video by a creator named Jools Lebron...
