$34.5 Billion Mega-Merger Will Create US Cable TV Behemoth
Charter Communications is the country’s second-largest cable company after Comcast; Cox is also among the largest. … Charter’s footprint includes New York City and...
Charles Strouse, Composer of Broadway Hits “Annie” And “Bye Bye Birdie”, Is Dead At...
“In a career that spanned more than 50 years, (the three-time Tony winner) wrote more than a dozen Broadway musicals, as well as film...
Actor Joe Don Baker, Known For “Walking Tall,” Has Died At 89
A tall, broad-shouldered Texan, he portrayed heroes and villains during his career as a leading man in the 1970s and ‘80s, most notably in...
The Eurovision Song Contest’s Real Heroes: The Crew That Does Complete Set Changes In...
While viewers watch the introductory videos known as postcards, dozens of people swarm the stage. Thirty-five seconds to get one set of performers off...
Broadway’s Back Baby! Box Office Exceeds Pre-Pandemic Take For The First Time
Last week, Broadway grosses for the season-to-date surpassed 2018-2019’s record season-to-date box office for the first time. - The Hollywood Reporter
Mubi, Born As A Streaming Platform, Wants To Conquer Indie Cinema
Efe Cakarel founded Mubi in 2007 to stream independent art films (“the auteurs’ platform”). Now it's a studio with an Oscar winner (The Substance)...
A Growing Number Of Foreign Musicians Are Canceling Performances In The US
A growing wave of performers — like German pianist Schaghajegh Nosrati and Canadian folk singer Bells Larsen — have canceled shows in the States, either in protest of...
BBC Chief: Disinformation Is A Big Threat
“The future of our cohesive, democratic society feels for the first time in my life at risk. We have so much to be proud...
Argentine President Is Waging War On History And Closing Arts Speaces
In an ongoing attempt to erase victims’ stories of Argentina’s dictatorship under Jorge Rafael Videla, President Javier Milei has started closing art spaces. -...
The Backstory Of The Third Accuser, Newly Gone Public, In Harvey Weinstein’s Trial
“Her Jane Doe identity was finally cast off on the trial’s splashy opening day, when she revealed herself to be a Polish former runway...
Why Do All Our Movies Seem To Have The Same Plot?
The formula is particularly repetitive in cinema. As it happens, aspiring screenwriters in 21st-century Hollywood are following a rubric set out in the 4th century...
National Constitution Center Gets Its Biggest Gift Ever
The $15 million donation from billionaire hedge fund manager Kenneth C. Griffin will support the creation of two new galleries focused on America’s founding...
Why America Needs The NEA More (Not Less)
We are in a cultural moment where critical thinking has become synonymous with cynicism. Our government and larger media have spent decades telling us...
What Gérard Depardieu’s Sexual Assault Conviction Means For France’s Movie Industry
“Young actors are calling out wrongdoing on set more and more, and (director Christophe) Ruggia received a four-year prison sentence for what he did...
College Students Are Using AI To Do Their Assignments. Is It Cheating?
When he started at Columbia as a sophomore this past September, he didn’t worry much about academics or his GPA. “Most assignments in college...
How Is It Legal That AI Can Appropriate Artists’ Styles?
The technology has given ChatGPT users control over the visual languages that artists have honed over the course of their careers, potentially devaluing those...
Has American Popular Culture Stagnated?
For what it’s worth, most Americans share this sense of declinism when it comes to movies, music, and TV, telling pollsters that these things peaked somewhere...
Major Restoration Project At Hagia Sophia In Istanbul
“The imposing structure ... is visibly uneven in places, particularly the grand dome, which for hundreds of years has sat atop four columns of...
Crisis At Hamburg Ballet As Dancers Publicly Criticize New Artistic Director
Demis Volpi succeeded longtime director John Neumeier only last summer. Now almost half the company’s principal dancers have resigned, and more than half signed...
Pussy Riot’s Founder Goes Back Into A Prison Cell — This Time At L.A....
Nadya Tolokonnikova, who spent almost two years in a Russian penal colony as punishment for a notorious performance at Moscow’s Orthodox cathedral, will spend...
Unknown Ian Fleming Story Is Published, And It’s Not About James Bond
“’The Shameful Dream’ … is a short story about a Londoner named Caffery Bone. Fleming’s protagonist is the literary editor of Our World, a...
Playwright Donates Thousands To Replace Berkeley Rep’s Canceled NEA Grant
“Tony Award-winning playwright John Logan is donating $40,000 to Berkeley Repertory Theatre — the same amount the company was set to receive from the federal agency...
Federal Judge Orders Trump Administration To Reverse Dismantling Of Institute Of Museum And Library...
The decision, issued in a case brought by 21 state attorneys general, ruled that Trump’s executive order to close the agency violates the separation...
Music Director Of Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra Will Depart After Next Season
Alexander Shelley, who was just 35 when he succeeded Pinchas Zukerman in 2015, will leave Ottawa in the summer of 2026 and begin his...
Warner Bros. Discovery Revives The HBO Max Brand It Killed
“First it was HBO Go, then it was HBO Now, followed by HBO Max and ultimately just Max. But now, Warner Bros. Discovery is rebranding...
