British Theatre Audiences Behaving Even More Badly (We’re Talking Fists, Screams, And Urine)
"A front-of-house assistant at a theatre in the north says disruptive incidents now occur weekly and are increasingly serious: “Myself and my colleagues have...
Al Jaffee, Legendary “Mad” Magazine Cartoonist Who Retired At 99, Has Died At 102
"Few of the magazine's self-billed 'Usual Gang of Idiots' contributed as much — and as dependably — as the impish, bearded cartoonist. For decades,...
The Internet Archive Publishing Ruling That Will Change How Libraries Work
The judge wrote that the IA had simply “copied the Works in Suit wholesale for no transformative purpose and created ebooks that … competed directly...
How Governments Are Using Science Fiction To Predict Potential Threats
Not only can science fiction help us imagine a future shaped by new technologies, but it can also help us learn lessons about potential threats....
The Mystery Of Who Attacked Jascha Heifetz 70 Years Ago
Seventy years later, the man who attacked Jascha Heifetz has not been identified. A faction called Han oar Haivri (or Hebrew Youth), later linked...
Something To Consider: A Post-Human Economy
One estimate is that 99.9% of internet content will be AI-generated by 2030. The future, in other words, will be by bots and for bots....
Scientists: Human Memory Can Be Unreliable Almost Immediately
Scientists exploring our ability to recall shapes say people can make mistakes after just a few seconds – a phenomenon the team have called...
Ann-Margret Is Finally Getting Her Chance At Rock And Roll
After years of being thought of as rock 'n' roll adjacent,"it’s only now, at the improbable age of 81, that Ann-Margret is getting the...
It’s OK To Enjoy Yourself – Even To Have Fun – While Writing
Apparently, it's not necessary to be filled with self-doubt or depression while creating a novel. Wild if true. - LitHub
Department Of Justice Asked To Review WB-Discovery Merger In Wake Of Cancellation Of Latinx...
"Opportunities for Latinos and other artists have been reduced," four lawmakers wrote to the DOJ. For instance, "The studio canceled the $90-million movie Batgirl in order...
TikTok May Die, But Long Live TikTok Dance
Even if the app goes away, the style will remain "— a culture marker rather than a passing trend." - The New York Times
A Portrait Of Picasso, By A Tractor In An Italian Wasteland
Land artist "Dario Gambarin said he was inspired by Picasso’s 1907 self-portrait to create what he says is the largest portrait of the Spanish...
ChatGPT Doesn’t Have A Body, And That Means It Doesn’t Know What It’s Saying
"If you need to cover your hair for work in a fast-food restaurant, which would work better, a paper sandwich wrapper or a hamburger...
Why Abbott Elementary Has Teachers – And Millions Of Other Viewers – Hooked
It's all too real: "Philadelphia is the poorest of the country's 10 largest cities, and its school district has long suffered from chronic underfunding....
The Court Ruling Throwing The Future Of Libraries Into Doubt
Look, if the ruling stands, it's a disaster. "Knowledge is too precious to be abandoned entirely to the whims of the profit motive." -...
A Marvel Superhero Holds True To Her Mayan Heritage
María Mercedes Coroy may be a star of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, but "the day after filming her final scene in Los Angeles, ...
Critics Raise New Allegations Of Plagiarism Against Roy Lichtenstein
"'It’s called stealing,' said comic strip artist Hy Eisman, who has just turned 96 and only recently discovered that Lichtenstein had reproduced one of...
The Family Box Office Isn’t Dead
It just needed a couple of Brooklyn plumbers, a princess, and the Mushroom Kingdom to bring it back to life. (Super Marios Bros. generated...
One Of Elon Musk’s Handpicked Writers Quits Twitter In A Fight Over Substack
Why is Matt Taibbi leaving? "Twitter seems to be in a drag-out fight with Substack, blocking users from liking, replying to, or retweeting many tweets...
Revising A ‘Champion’ For The New York Stage
In Terence Blanchard's opera Champion, opening at the Met, "there are not only new arias (and new lines for supporting characters); what will be...
How Portland’s Art Scene Influenced The New Michelle Williams Film
"Before filming, Williams participated in sculpture training sessions, both on Zoom and in-person at Lahti’s art studio in Portland. Lahti began by sculpting...
Jerry Craft Wrote A Sweet, Positive Story About A Black Kid
It was all love for New Kid for a couple of years. And then the bans began. - Washington Post
How Hip Hop Influenced Visual Art
Modern art was profoundly affected by jazz. You can see its influence not only on American artists such as Romare Bearden, Robert Colescott and Bob...
NPR Says It Will No Longer Tweet After Twitter Designated It “State-affiliated Media.”
While it remains unclear why the “Chief Twit” suddenly decided to place NPR in the same category as Chinese and Russian government propaganda, Musk reacted with an...
AI-Created Pop Culture Is Already Among Us
This idea of “illusory realism” struck me as apt. The A.I. content has the appearance of realism, without actual reality—reality solely as a style....
