All Of The BAFTAs, As They Happen
A live feed mixing fashion commentary and media reporting, the way the internet was intended to give us our awards news. - The Guardian...
Reddit Has A Deal To Train AI With Its Many Years Of User Info
Yes, longtime users, Reddit ITA, to the tune of $60 million a year. “It’s not known what company Reddit made the deal with, but...
The ‘Glass Church’ In LA, Designed By Frank Lloyd Wright’s Son, Shuts Amid Landslide...
The Wayfarers Chapel "sits on the Palos Verdes peninsula, which is prone to landslides. Cracks had begun to appear in the structure, and several panes...
Turns Out Live TV Isn’t Dead
And it can thank streaming for that: "With streamers raising prices and adding commercials, maybe the urgency of watching something as it’s happening has...
Choreographer Fatima Robinson Says The Dance World Has Changed Dramatically In Her Time
That includes, in recent years, TikTok trends. “I find it so much fun. It’s an inspiring place to go to find out how young...
A White Singer Rejects A State Honor For Her Grammy Because The Legislature Chose...
"Paramore singer Hayley Williams decried a Tennessee House of Representatives dustup this week where a Republican lawmaker blocked a resolution honoring the Grammy win of Black...
Queer Literature Is On The Rise Across The Continent Of Africa
One Nigerian author: “I knew I wanted to write characters who are queer. That’s the only way I am going to show up on...
Sure, The New J-Lo Movie Is A Celebrity Vanity Project
But why aren’t more celebrities using their money for this kind of baffling, joyous, wacky creative venture? “It is genuinely exciting to see an...
School District Near Minneapolis Accedes To Somali Families’ Anti-LGBTQIA Books Request
"St. Louis Park Public Schools will allow opt-outs for families who don’t want their children to read books with LGBTQ+ characters, after six Somali...
Alexei Navalny’s Last Laugh
"I will always remember the words written on a piece of paper that Navalny held at one of his court hearings: 'I am not...
How Novels Can Crack The Tightest Belief System
When George Orwell, Margaret Atwood, and Toni Morrison let some light in. - The Guardian (UK)
Please, Please Quit It With Overperformed Audiobooks
“Please just read me a story without distraction. I don’t need to hear a variety of voices from a single narrator if a full-cast...
The BAFTAs Have Never Awarded A Black Woman With The Best Actress Award
That seems unlikely to change this year either, despite the nominations of Vivian Oparah for the charming Rye Lane and Fantasia Barrino in the...
For These Major Awards, Some Authors Were Unaccountably Declared Ineligible
Then Hugo Awards rumors started; now leaked emails confirm that “one of the Hugo administrators had advised other members to vet the finalists and...
AI And The End Of Websites
”In the future, a company’s AI agent—basically the AI version of that company—will be just as important as their website,” says Taylor. “It's going...
AI Is Letting Us Read Ancient Scrolls At Herculaneum For The First Time
The news that we could finally read these still rolled-up papyri hit me like a lightning bolt. In the past, opening the scrolls, even...
Does Perfection Have To Be The Measure Of Ballet?
Is it possible to imagine the ballet world without a primary teleology of aesthetic perfectionism and a baseline of low self-worth? Is it possible...
Why Fight Over Equality? Just Define It My Way
In a famous essay, the economist and philosopher Amartya Sen pointed out that we are all in favour of equality. We just disagree about...
The Copyright Wars (In Perspective)
Though invisible to most people, copyright, the authors point out, is the legal matrix underlying the wealth of nations today, with copyrights in design,...
Urban Planning: Street Grids Are Making a Comeback
We were the victims of an American approach to city planning that had lost its way. But the next generation of kids may not...
Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson Has Dementia
Following the death of his wife last month, the 81-year-old pop legend has had two co-conservators appointed. He's described in court documents as "unable...
LACMA’s Looted Art Problem
For experts in museum ethics, LACMA’s handling of the situation — which partisans see as a proxy battle in a larger war over evolving...
How To Get Broadway Out Of Its Winter Doldrums? Let Audience Members Ride The...
In the current staging, Sweeney's barbershop is above the stage; when he slits a customer's throat, he pulls a lever that sends the victim...
Kansas Senate Cancels Public Broadcasting Funding Cut After Embarrassment
Republican senators objected to an LGBTQ documentary. - Current
Remember When That Microsoft Chat-Bot Told A New York Times Writer It Loved Him...
Kevin Roose: "My column about the experience was probably the most consequential thing I’ll ever write — both in terms of the attention it...
