Why Pop Music Today Doesn’t Resonate?
The music of today has grown up on the internet rather than adapting to it. Instead of using the infinite archive to show superior,...
Disturbing New Trend: Concert Performers Are Being Hit With Objects Thrown By Audience Members
In the latest bout of singers being pelted by concert fans, the country star Kelsea Ballerini was hit in the face by a bracelet thrown...
Blockbuster No More? “Indiana Jones” Struggles To $60 Million Opening Weekend Box Office
The film, reportedly budgeted north of $250 million, came in on the lower end of projections with $60 million in ticket sales from 4,600...
The Idea Of “Nature” Is A Human Invention
The ideal of nature as it used to be before human intervention and before we introduced what we now call “invasive species” is one...
Music Streaming Is Collapsing On Itself. The Music Industry Is At An Inflection Point
The music industry is at a tipping point. There is still time for the creators and businesses within it to help shape what comes...
Why Canada’s New Media Deal With Online Platforms Isn’t Good News
I was part of an Australian research team that wanted to understand how Google and Meta were able to have such different responses to...
Virginia Johnson’s Groundbreaking Career
“I wanted to continue the way that Arthur Mitchell had started Dance Theatre of Harlem, and show how diverse ballet could be as an...
Barbie Won’t Be Playing In Vietnam
Who knew that a scene in Barbie would tank the bright pink event in Southeast Asia? But "the film contains a scene that depicts...
Why Watch A TV Show When You Can Listen To Podcasts About It Instead?
This phenomenon is because, well, the podcasts about The Bachelor are better than The Bachelor (and other shows), basically. Or in host language, "The...
What’s The Matter With Goodreads?
Goodreads was solid, and then Amazon bought it. Now it's got some major issues. "Former employees said Amazon seemed happy to mine Goodreads for...
The Cliches That Date From Shakespeare And Dickens
Pot, kettle, fine points, and dark and stormy nights - they all came from what was, at the time, original thought and phrasing (but...
Why That Naked Jennifer Lawrence Fight Scene Is Actually Quite Feminist
With its on-screen nudity, "this self-consciously retro film is also a modest step forward. Lawrence’s nude scene in No Hard Feelings is funny in a way...
The Fine Art Of Wimbledon
There's actually rather a lot. "For nearly two decades, a club committee has invited artists who work in a variety of mediums, including sculpture,...
Why Playing In Bars Suits Classical Group The Manchester Collective
"When it's 150 people standing crammed into a small room and you're closer to the musicians than you would ever be at the ...
Wait, So All Fiction Is Now Cringe?
Or just the writing of it, says author Yomi Adegoke, author of The List. "You’re like: ‘Oh, I just made this thing up’ and...
Actor Michael Imperioli Says The SCOTUS Decision Means He Can Bar Bigots From Watching...
"'I’ve decided to forbid bigots and homophobes from watching ‘The Sopranos,’ ‘The White Lotus,’ ‘Goodfellas’ or any movie or TV show I’ve been in,'...
The Lost Cultural Cachet Of Chewing Gum
Remember when it was a sign of, like, total rebellion to blow a huge bubble on screen? Well, that time is long gone -...
What Will Happen To The Emmys If Studios Don’t Settle With Striking Writers?
"The Emmy Awards, which are scheduled set to air on FOX in September, could be delayed for months. Reports ... suggest the organizers are discussing...
Novelist Khaled Khalifa Says His Childhood Has Been Wiped Out By War
"Khalifa is a Syrian novelist, poet and screenwriter whose work has been awarded the Naguib Mahfouz medal for literature, one of the Arab world’s...
Actual, Good Theatre News
"On April 21 of the cursed year of 2020, the Upright Citizens Brigade — New York’s premier improv-comedy venue — announced it was closing its Hell’s...
Reddit, And Thus The Entire Internet, Just Changed, A Lot
"If all of this sounds like a lot of fretting over something as wonky as an API change, it’s not. It’s indicative of a...
Let’s Talk About The Sonic Sphere At The Shed
If you miss the sound quality and visual image qualities of the 1970s, or you're in an altered state, you're in luck. "Sober, none...
What Dancers Do In The Off Season
They go to La Jolla, of course. The new company PointeWorks "is intended to 'create a space and platform for artists to perform and...
The Latest Warner Bros Cut: Famed Diversity Exec Karen Horne
Well this seems, in internet parlance, fine: "Horne’s departure comes as Warner Bros. Discovery scales back its socially responsible spending efforts, according to people...
What Is Going To Happen To London’s Docklands As Big Business Quits The Area?
"The rap against the wharf has always been that it is dull and lifeless, no matter how hard its management tries to liven things...
