SNL Reaches Agreement With Editors Just In Time
"These workers – who help create the show’s music-video parodies and other popular pre-taped segments – had been unrepresented and paid rates far below...
Actors Rehearsing For ‘Room’ Were Gathered In The Middle Of Rehearsal And Laid Off
The show was meant to open on Broadway April 3. Producer Hunter Arnold "told the cast and crew — and soon after, the public...
South Korean Broadcast Edits Out Michelle Yeoh’s Exhortation To Women
Yeoh said, "Ladies, don't let anyone tell you you're past your prime." Inspiration, except on South Korean broadcaster SBS News, where "'ladies' was conspicuously...
This Degas Dancer Is Now Wearing A Ukrainian Dress
Or so says the Metropolitan Museum of Art - which used to call the painting Russian Dancer. This is far from the only label...
Climate Activists Turn To Hollywood For Help
Hollywood is very, very good at pathos - the art of emotional persuasion. The goal of the newly formed Climate Action Network is to...
How Artists And Writers Are Pushing Back Against AI
"Collective campaigns, lawsuits, international rules and IT hacks are all being deployed at speed on behalf of the creative industries in an effort, if...
The Oscars Completely Screwed Up The Naatu Naatu Dance Performance
How? By not hiring a single South Asian dancer for the performance. Dance group artistic director Achinta McDaniel says South Asian dance groups are...
How’s The Manslaughter Case Against Alec Baldwin Going?
Not well, not well at all. For one thing ... "the literal smoking gun — a key piece of evidence for both teams — might not...
We Don’t Need To Be Jerks To Bots In Order To Deal With Our...
"The real reason that the critique has shifted from 'people are too mean to bots' to 'people are too nice to them' is because...
Lance Reddick, Star Of The Wire, Bosch, And The John Wick Series, Has Died...
Reddick "was a distinctive, instantly recognizable presence, even if he was not quite a household name. His voice was distinctive, too, as players of...
Adam Gopnik And The Difference Between Knowing And Doing
“Activities that are interesting to read about (science experiments) are probably dull to do, while activities that are dull to read about (riding a...
Kazuo Ishiguro On The Art Of Writing And Medium
Over the decades I’ve learned a huge amount about writing novels. I feel like I’m just learning on the job about screenplays. One key...
The Barcelona Residents Protesting Construction On Sagrada Familia
As anyone who has been forced to live in close proximity to building works for an extended period might understand, a growing movement of...
Post-Pandemic: A New Sense Of Collaboration In Theatre?
I feel that we’re in a kind of new and important phase where directors especially, who never get to hang out with each other,...
Women Composers Have Reached Parity In Australian Orchestras
Half of the composers commissioned by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra for its flagship new music program, 50 Fanfares, are women. The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra will...
AO Scott Says Goodbye To Movie Criticism
"The thing I love most about the movies is their ability to obliterate reason and abolish taste. You know the jump scare is coming,...
Why The Exclamation Point Started Fading Away, And How It Came Roaring Back!
Mid-20th-century writing guides taught that this emphatic punctuation mark should be used sparingly -- not least because advertising and marketing overuse it. But !...
Visitor Attractions In The UK Down Substantially From Pre-COVID Attendance
Figures published on Friday by the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions show that while the number of visits to its sites rose by 69%...
Scientists Working On Notre-Dame’s Reconstruction Have Found Something They Had Never Anticipated
"Scientists working on the scorched interior of Notre-Dame de Paris have found iron was used in the cathedral's construction in the mid-12th century. It's...
The Fraud Of AI Generators
AI image and text generation is pure primitive accumulation: expropriation of labour from the many for the enrichment and advancement of a few Silicon...
Amazon Stops Selling Periodical Subscriptions For Kindle And Print
"Amazon hasn't shared its exact reason for the change …, but one obvious explanation is that relatively few people are buying these subscriptions and...
Survey: UK Museums Are Struggling To Get Visitors To Return
The British Museum was the most-visited art museum in the UK in 2022—and the third globally. It reported 4.1 million visitors, more than three...
How Broadway Was Tied Up With Signature Bank
The New York-based institution is the favored bank of many Broadway theaters, producers, and related businesses; when New York state regulators closed Signature last...
Los Angeles Is A Creative Place (But Its Arts Aren’t Very Equitable)
“Despite being the top per capita provider of arts in the nation, Los Angeles ranks 259th in government funding allocation,” the nonprofit’s CEO Gustavo...
Two King’s Singers Tell How The Pensacola Concert Cancellation Went Down
It made international headlines when Pensacola Christian College cancelled a performance by the famed vocal sextet two hours before curtain time because of some...
