The Brain Trust: Meet The Staffers Who Kept All The Details On “Better Call...
"Working closely with a team of writers, assistants and producers — led by the showrunner and co-creator Peter Gould — Ariel Levine and Kathleen...
People May Keep Working From Home, But Downtowns Will Not Die, Writes Richard Florida
"Downtowns and the cities they anchor are the most adaptive and resilient of human creations; they have survived far worse. Continual works in progress,...
It’s Time To Stop Hiring Plácido Domingo, Says The Washington Post
"On the international stage, Domingo has largely remained an in-demand star. But why? I can tell you right now it's not his voice. …...
Salman Rushdie Attack: Suspect Says He “Read Like Two Pages” Of “The Satanic Verses”
Hadi Matar, speaking from his cell at the Chautauqua County Jail: "I read a couple pages. I didn't read the whole thing cover to...
Gallery 249 At The Met Is Full Of Stolen Art, Says Cambodian Government
"The Cambodians have enlisted the help of the U.S. Justice Department to press for the return of dozens of artworks, basing their claim in...
Who Were The Dudes Jet-Skiing On Venice’s Grand Canal?
"The mayor of Venice has said he is on the hunt for the 'two overbearing idiots' who were filmed gliding along the Grand Canal...
NFTs Aren’t A Scam, They’re A Story
Most NFT projects are definitely bubbles—but the NFT art-and-collectibles trading ecosystem as a whole is something more like a new form of art-themed online...
Writing Workshops (An American Invention) Aren’t Bad. They’re Just Limiting
It is not that I think we should scrap existing syllabi, but rather that we must make room for other storytelling traditions in these...
Report: Rampant Harassment In The Comedy Industry
New research from Get Off! and the University of Sunderland saw nearly 850 members of the live comedy industry (more than half of which...
More And More Libraries Are Censoring Books From Children
“This is a state-sponsored purging of ideas and identities that has no precedent in the United States of America. We’re witnessing the silencing of...
Movie Theatre Giant Says Admissions Down Due To “Limited Film Slate”
Cineworld’s liquidity and debt burden, which stood at more than $5 billion in net debt as of the end of 2021, have long been...
Department Of Ego-Mania: Mariah Carey Tries To Trademark “Queen Of Christmas”
The 53-year-old pop singer is trying to trademark that title so that she alone can sell goods — perfume, lotion, sunglasses, face masks —...
How Maria Montez Made Hollywood Make Her A Star
"An immigrant from the Dominican Republic with minimal acting skills, she managed by sheer force of will to become one of Hollywood's brightest stars...
How Google Search Has Evolved, Subtlely Undermining Democracy
By adding all of these features, Google has effectively changed the experience from an explorative search environment to a platform designed around verification, replacing a process...
Preserving The Traditional Kashmiri Craft Of Papier-Mâché
"Papier-mâché has been practiced for centuries by Kashmiri artisans ... who make their living from the craft. But, in recent years, just as Kashmiri...
Composer Eva-Maria Houben On Music Structure And Listening
"I think these methods of analysis and talking about music are ideas musicologists need to explore a piece. When I listen to music, it...
How Much Medieval European Literature Have We Lost?
A team of European researchers, using a method borrowed from biostatistics called the "unseen species model," has estimated that 90% of the literary manuscripts...
The Power Of Music To Drive TikTok Memes
Though TikTok didn’t invent the audio meme, its effortless interface may have perfected it, and the platform, which recently ended Google’s 15-year-long run as...
Paris Is Developing Something It’s Never Had Before: A Lively Comedy Club Scene
"American-style comedy clubs ... barely existed in France before the 21st century. ... At (several) venues ..., all opened within the past three years,...
Argentine Prosecutors Link Placido Domingo To Criminal Gang
Numerous broadcast channels in Latin America have been airing excerpts of audio recordings, obtained by wiretap, that include the voice of a man whom authorities claim...
The Cult Of Offense: We Are Not All Salman Rushdie, And Some Of Us...
"We have conceded moral authority to howling mobs, and the louder the howls, the more we have agreed that the howls were worth heeding....
Bollywood’s Blockbusters Are Having A Bad Time At The Box Office This Summer
In recent months, the marquee releases from the Hindi-language film industry in Mumbai have been earning much less than they cost to make. Why?...
The Magical Power Of House Dance
With its freestyle form and openness to incorporating almost any movement style — from tap to voguing to capoeira to jacking — house dance...
Explaining The Controversy Over The Painted Ancient Greek Statuary At The Met Museum
The argument is not about pristine whiteness or the purity of uncolored marble: scholars have known ancient Greek statuary was originally painted for over...
A Trans Cleveland Orchestra Staffer Is Suing Her Employers For Discrimination. The Issue? Health...
Rem Wransky had completed her transition when she became the orchestra's web developer in April 2021, but she developed some physically painful complications which,...
