Universal Isn’t Even Going To Bother Releasing The Gay Rom-Com “Bros” In The Middle...
"It's still unclear exactly what markets in the region will be affected, but it's likely to include Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt...
Joseph Thompson, Former Director Of MASS MoCA, Found Not Guilty In Fatal Driving Accident
Thompson, co-founder of the North Adams, Mass. museum, who stepped down as director in 2020 after 32 years, was charged with motor vehicle homicide...
Dustin Lance Black Reports Suffering A “Serious Head Injury”
The Oscar-winning screenwriter of Milk and creator of the recent TV miniseries Under the Banner of Heaven didn't reveal the nature of the injury,...
In Florida, Three Orchestral Players Fired For Refusing To Get COVID Vaccines Are Suing
The three musicians, who were dismissed from the Naples Philharmonic as of June 30 and have filed suit against the orchestra's parent organization, claim...
Philadelphia Museum Of Art Staffers Are On Strike
The 180 unionized members of the museum's 350-strong workforce walked out after two years of negotiations failed to yield agreement on a contract. The...
Guggenheim Museum Ends Its $100,000 Hugo Boss Prize
The museum instituted the biennial award in 1996 to honor "outstanding achievement in contemporary art." Asked why the prize is being discontinued, Guggenheim chief...
The Australian Town Keeping Square Dancing Alive
One of the appeals of square dancing is that it can be done anywhere; once you know the moves, you can attend any club...
The Role Of Shame: Once We Tried To Protect People, Now It’s Online Sport
An ambient culture of shame saturates the online social environment. On such platforms as Twitter or TikTok or YouTube the risk of humiliation is...
The Pittsburgh Symphony Went On A European Tour And Were Treated To…
The orchestra’s members enjoy treatment on these trips more in line with sports teams or pop stars than classical musicians (although the gatherings lean...
Netflix Settles Its Copyright Suit Against Bridgerton Musical
Netflix sued in July, alleging that Emily Barlow and Abigail Bear had infringed on its copyrights by putting on a for-profit stage show at the...
The Vibrant Art Scene Growing On The Edge Of Delhi
“The Indian contemporary art scene has been rocketing since Covid. People have been spending a lot of time in their homes and want something...
Is AI In Art A Tool Or A Toy?
Everything has a potential to be used as a weapon—imagery, words, music, text. But we also see an opportunity here for people who never...
Europe Faces A Cold, Expensive Winter. How Will Museums Stay Warm?
The most desperate museums have reported possible plans to reduce opening hours over the winter, but this is not an outcome that should be...
King Charles Has Strong Ideas About Architecture. This Is The Town He Has Idealized
The town of about 4,600 people has been widely mocked as a prince’s plaything and architectural theme park. Yet for one very important man...
Theatre Across America Is Changing (Because It Has To)
"I think it's time for us to re-imagine. Seventy-five years of doing it the same way is a long time." - NPR
Jazz God Pharaoh Sanders, 81
Is that why people called his music “spiritual jazz?” Because it made us feel like we were being released from the physical world? Sanders...
Clapping Back At The No-Clappers
What's up with the no clapping between movements - and, in 2022, is it time to make a compromise between the rowdy 18th century...
Louise Fletcher, Who Won An Oscar For One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, Has...
"The Ratched character had been softened in the script compared to Kesey’s original, and Fletcher gave a rather subtle performance, often conveying the character’s...
Alan Rickman’s Secret Diaries
The actor, who died in 2016, kept impeccable diaries with sketches and accountings. About the first Harry Potter: "The film should only be seen...
Who Gets To Make What Films?
A white woman making a film about four men who were in Saudi Arabia, undergoing deradicalization? Sundance has dumped it, but one Muslim American...
At The Rijksmuseum, Insects Now Rule
"An Open Letter for Invertebrate Rights, penned by Saraceno and placed next to one of the webs that has appeared in the museum over recent...
Nancy Hiller, Who Broke The Glass Ceiling In Woodworking, Has Died At 63
Hiller opened her own studio in 1995, becoming as force as a woodworker - and as a writer of both popular and scholarly articles...
On The Set Of ‘The Bear,’ The Chefs Are Truly The Bosses
Two chefs supervise the food. "The culinary producers devised on-camera dishes for the FX on Hulu series and also served as inspiration and sounding...
Streaming May Be Killing Bollywood
But not for the usual reasons. "As growing audiences began to avidly consume Tamil (Kollywood), Telugu (Tollywood), Malayalam, Kannad (Sandalwood) and Marathi-language cinema in...
The Metaverse Looks Cool, But It Puts Everyone’s Privacy At Risk
How? Big data. "Headset devices are able to record things like a person’s movements, facial attributes, blinking, surroundings, and their activities when they’re in...
