Alec Baldwin Isn’t Going To Have A Criminal Conviction For The Rust Shooting
But here come all of the civil suits. - The New York Times
How To Write Funny
Author Sally Franson says that if you want belly laughs, you might have to go through some painful experiences first. “The harder I laughed...
What Will It Take To Revitalize The Twin Cities’ Ballet Scene?
New director Lauren Post, currently dancing Romeo and Juliet with ABT’s corps de ballet at the Met, has some ideas: Focus on education first,...
Punching Artistic Holes In Protest Of Climate Change
Dutch artist Johannes Harm-Hovinga sits, punching holes in a copy of a UN report on climate change, for hours a day - and the...
Equity Actors In Britain File Lawsuit Against A Casting Website
“Spotlight charges performers to appear in its directory, which it says was used to cast 99% of productions in the UK in 2023. But...
Britain Might Be In Line For A Full Cultural Reboot
The Arts Council England chair has a five-point plan, and he thinks now, with the new government, is the time to realize it. -...
An American Novelist, Telling Immigrant Stories Anew
Dinaw Mengestu, on his character Samuel: “There’s a limitation to how fully we can truly understand his experiences. ... That gap becomes part of...
There Is No Such Thing As A Song Of The Summer
Sorry, those who love to rank the bops and decide which one comes out on top, the idea is “more of a cultural myth...
Gen X Actress Shannen Doherty, Star Of Beverly Hills 2010, Has Died At 53
Doherty was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015 but continued working, both in TV and in her own popular podcast, including when the cancer...
We Need To Have A Serious Chat About OpenAI’s Security
“Safety issues loom large at OpenAI — and seem to just keep coming. Current and former employees at OpenAI recently signed an open letter demanding better...
The Vein Writers Have To Tap Into
C. Pam Zhang: “It’s fascinating to see that there’s no linear relationship between input and output when it comes to creativity. For me, it...
Bill Viola, Who Showed Us All What Video Art Could Do And Be, Has...
“Many of his most powerful works slow down the passage of time so that viewers become keenly aware of their own physical presence and...
A University In Canada Reconsiders Its Tight Ties To Alice Munro
“Western University on Friday took a step toward reconsidering its relationship with acclaimed local writer and Nobel laureate Alice Munro, announcing it has decided...
Keeping The Lights On, Literally, In The Met
“At the Met, there’s the art — and then there’s the art that goes into displaying the art, and those are the lights.” -...
Goodbye, Redbox, The Wrong Idea At The Wrong Time
“Maybe if we could figure out where all the DVDs in those 24,000 kiosks were going we could start to stockpile for our discless...
New British PM Says The BBC License Agreement Is On For Three More Years
“The Conservative government suggested in 2022 it would abolish the licence fee when its charter was up for renewal and move towards a voluntary...
Anthea Sylbert, Costume Designer For Chinatown Turned Producer With Goldie Hawn, Has Died At...
Sylbert, said Hawn, “didn’t have any fear at all. She fought for what she believed in and made everyone around her better.” - The...
Britain’s Flawed Artist Visa Program Has Serious, Worldwide Consequences
“The problem of visas for visiting artists has become almost as much part of festival season as festivals themselves. … There is also an...
The Idea Of “Timeless” Art Is Transitory
There was in the 19th century, a growing feeling that, far from there being universal standards of taste and beauty, every age needed to...
Inside Out 2 Becomes Pixar’s Top-Earning Movie Of All Time
Inside Out 2 finished Tuesday with $1.251 billion in global ticket sales, including $543.5 million in North America, where it’s already the third-biggest animated pic...
Florida Theatres Offer To Give Up Grants If Desantis Restores Arts Funding For Others
Leaders of The Orlando Fringe and Tampa Fringe described the governor’s description as inaccurate on Thursday at a news conference, but they said it...
Chicago’s American Academy Of Art To Close After 100 Years
The announcement blamed the pandemic and sought to frame the school’s demise in a broader context of falling student numbers: “The decision to close...
Inside The Fight To Save Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch
The story of the sprawling former estate of pop singer Michael Jackson took a new turn this week when Neverland Ranch stood in the...
Reviving The Lost Spanish Art Of Ringing Church Bells By Hand
Most of the bells in the towers of Spain's churches had been mechanized in the 1970s and '80s, and the machinery is now deteriorating....
Galleries: Shaping The Palm Springs Scene
The pandemic certainly shut down the social art scene. Inevitably, collectors became more comfortable purchasing art sight unseen. People of means found themselves restricted...
