Matthew Perry, Comedic Heart Of ‘Friends,’ Has Died At 54
Perry, who played the sweet and not so smart Chandler on the popular show, was found dead in a hot tub at his Los...
Apparently, Movie Sex Was Gone, And Now It’s Kind Of Back?
Are Zoomers truly anti-sex? Or is this just a belief in the U.S. as Europeans go on and make, er, sexy movies? - Irish...
Trying To Explain The Messy New Yorker Fight With Comedian Hasan Minhaj
Minhaj's career was halted by a New Yorker piece, but the online tide seems to be turning. Why, exactly? - Slate
AI Isn’t Truly ‘Generative,’ And Firms Are Being Sued For The Artwork They Stole
Er, that is, the very real human work they "scraped." - The Observer (UK)
Israeli Writer Etgar Karet Can’t Make Sense Of This Time
Karet's parents, Holocaust survivors, taught him "that when there are big incidents, there are big narratives. And those big narratives would say: You have...
A 260-Year-Old Theatre Token May Be Honored In England
The token, one of very few originally issued between 1764 and 1766 for the Bristol Old Vic, allows the owner unlimited tickets to the...
Michelle Williams Creating An Audiobook For Britney Spears Is Part Of A Bigger Trend
"Narrating audiobooks is closer to theater than it is TV or film. For one, it's a more direct, more spare performance compared to screen...
More Editors Resign, And Artists Call For Boycott Of Artforum After Firing Of Editor...
And many Artforum employees "have signed a letter demanding that Velasco be reinstated, saying his termination 'not only carries chilling implications for Artforum’s editorial...
Mixing Choral Arts And Activism In Baltimore
"The Baltimore Choral Arts Society sings Amadou Diallo’s last words slowly and softly, as if they were a prayer or an invocation of a...
The Friendly Ghosts Of Long Lost Silent Film Stars
"To be a silent star is to be almost completely, but maybe imperfectly, physically gone; to be a fan of silent films is to...
Joanna Merlin, Who Made Her Mark Onstage And Off, Has Died At 90
Merlin originated the role of Tzeitel in Fiddler, and starred in Beckett with Sir Laurence Olivier - but after she left the stage to...
The Streaming Squeeze Is On
Will it ever end? And how much can one household afford? - The Verge
Right Wing Journalist Nominated To Lead Venice Biennale
Since coming to power last fall, Italy’s far-right leader Giorgia Meloni and her party the Fratelli d’Italia have been installing right-leaning candidates into leadership positions in...
Fascinating List – Here Are The Most-Banned Books In US Prisons
The list includes Amy Schumer’s memoir The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo, flagged by Florida officials for graphic sexual content and for being...
Public Radio Station Sees Huge Ratings Boost With High-Context News
“We've been in a crazy news cycle, people are coming to us for nuance and context, like they've been doing many public...
Tate Modern Reopens Its Controversial Panoramic Viewing Platform
The rooftop viewing gallery was designed to give panoramic views of the city, and it opened in 2016. It quickly became the subject of...
Is Our Definition Of Creativity Too Narrow?
You can show creativity in countless activities, from organising storage space to trimming shrubs to fixing a hole in your wall to training the...
How Does A Kosovo Theater Dramatize The End Of The Post-Yugoslav Wars? Farce, Of...
In Jeton Neziraj’s Negotiating Peace, "vain generals can only be lured to the negotiating table by promises of Hollywood films celebrating their actions. Opposing...
2023 List: America’s Most Arts-Vibrant Cities
Adjusting values on a per capita basis as well as accounting for differences in costs of living enable this analysis to level the playing...
All About Fake Movie Blood
"In all its elemental, metaphorical, campy, over-the-top, gore-y goodness, blood is something that has seeped into the visual vocabulary of movies. But how exactly...
Board Of The Much-Troubled Banff Centre Is Fired
The Province of Alberta has sacked the board and appointed an administrator to oversee and assess. The institution has suffered for years with poor...
You Should Never, Ever Tell David Sedaris Your Humiliating Stories
Well, unless you want them recounted in his writings or on stage, as Gabb Schivone learned the hard way. - Yahoo! (Slate)
This Is What AI Thinks Is Attractive Humans
When an AI image-generation tool—like the ones made by Midjourney, Stability AI, or Adobe—is prompted to create a picture of a person, that person...
How Akram Khan Found Himself Combining Classical Indian Kathak With Contemporary Dance
"That was accidental. … (At university) there were modules on contemporary dance. I didn’t know what the hell that was. But I decided because...
Spotify Says It Will De-Monetize Least-Popular Tracks
Presumably, Spotify will frame this as a way to combat fraud and to limit payments to ambient-noise generators, but it could also have a...
