In Russia, Most Foreign Ballet Dancers Have Fled Because Of The War
One dancer who fled to Estonia and then to the United States says, "Russian ballet is definitely going to be totally isolated," and the...
Disney Still Isn’t Paying Its Writers
There's "a systematic program of theft from a whole cohort of writers, stemming from Disney's orgy of acquisitions. ... Disney took the position that...
Britain Could Have Ruined Its Remake Of The French Show Call My Agent
That it didn't, while also not making a direct copy, is due to writers who did the right thing - they asked agents what...
That Philip Guston Show Is Opening In Boston At Last, But Are We Ready?
The exhibition in Boston is "a referendum, of sorts, on just how far the MFA and its peer institutions have evolved when it comes...
Bill Murray Doesn’t Apologize For Misconduct On Set
He called it "a difference of opinion" and said production of Being Mortal, the "movie in which he was set to star was...
Building A Treasure Trove Of National Music
In the 1970s, CBC North (part of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) decided the best way to preserve music and build an archive was simply...
The Ukrainian Soprano Who Replaced Netrebko At The Met Wraps Herself In Her Flag
Liudmyla Monastyrska, who replaced Russian superstar Anna Netrebko at the Met in Turandot, wrapped herself in a Ukrainian flag for her curtain call. "'I...
Look, Books Are Great, But Let’s Not Overstate Things
"One of the things that always frightens me about DVD box sets is when it says how many minutes there are to watch. It’s...
Don’t Stress, Art Houses; This Movie’s Success Proves You Can Survive
Well into its run, the indie Everything Everywhere All at Once keeps gaining audience - and its platform rollout, something impossible during the height...
The Self-Described Queen Of The Night And Owner Of The First Disco Has Died...
Régine, a singer and actress "who once ran a nightclub empire from Paris to Los Angeles," opened her first club in the 1950s in...
A Ukranian Dance Troupe In The US Tries To Fight Disinformatio
The Voloshky Ukranian Dance Ensemble, "sees its role in combating Russian aggression as diplomacy through dance, teaching U.S. audiences about Ukrainian history and culture....
An Author Wanted To Show LGBT Kids That Life Wasn’t All Doom And Gloom
And so, of course, a Catholic school in England canceled his school appearance. - The Guardian (UK)
A Cool Tool To Find The Books Set In Every Place In America
The tool also "spits out a bunch of fun facts, like: Bisbee, AZ, is home to the highest percentage of mystery novels. Bloomington, IN,...
The Black Lesbian Playing The Queen Of England
"It’s a scenario that’s perfect for the gossip-fueled Bridgerton: Golda Rosheuvel, who plays Queen Charlotte on the Netflix series, was once told to keep...
The Venice Biennale Was Surrounded By, And Part Of, This Meaning-Free Surreal Moment
Take the NFTs, for example: "banal, tasteless and pointlessly surreal ... The ambiance was somewhere between that of a particularly bad high school art...
Ady Fidelin Was Man Ray’s Muse, And The First Black Model In Harper’s Bazaar
During WWII, Fidelin also preserved Man Ray's entire studio. "Without her preservation, Strauss said, 'we’d be missing a whole chunk of Dada and Surrealist...
Neil Gaiman Also Experiences The Suck Fairy
The beloved children's (and adult) author on all kinds of books, and the challenges of rereading the Enid Blyton books he loved as a...
Some Movie Sequels Feature Fantastic Characters
Some of them - Harley Quinn, my goodness - even get their own movies. But let's consider possibly the best sequel character ever: Yoda....
Grace And Frankie’s Reign Of Terror Is Coming To An End
Happy International Workers Day to Grace and Frankie's service workers! "At restaurants, at the DMV, at big-box hardware stores, and inside delivery trucks, the...
A Very, Very Cleaned Up Constable Takes Center Stage
It only took 270 to get the yellowed varnish off. Looks like the 19th century wasn't as dark and dreary as one might previously...
An Artist Takes Advantage Of The Bridgerton Moment To Remind Everyone Of The Black...
Glory Samjolly, paints oil portraits of Black business owners, artists, writers, and intellectuals in the styles of the European old masters, but she also...
Benin’s Rights-Teaching Girls Band
Like the US band The Linda Lindas, Star Feminine Band make music both for themselves and for a wider audience - an audience that...
Fantasy Writers Should Be Friends With Historical Fiction Writers
And vice versa. Yet it's not so common. "The best science fiction and fantasy and the best historical fiction, it’s not just a period...
What Rome’s Cinecitta Means To Film History
The legendary studio are hosting, live, the Davids - Italy's Oscars. "There are symbolic elements of various types: the Italian film community is back...
The Goal: Something Broadway’s Never Seen Before
After the play Strange Loop, "I told I’d purchased a refrigerator magnet from the merch table, so that every time I walk by...
