James Cameron Slams Netflix And Weighs In On The Side Of Paramount For Warner...
Cameron even wants the U.S. Senate to block the Netflix bid. Either way, “the clock is ticking, but for those who may not be...
Our Inability To Focus On Books Isn’t A Failing
It’s a design flaw, and it can be fixed. “We have been here before. Not just once, but repeatedly, in a pattern so consistent...
Bow To Trump’s Vision Of The Country If You Want A Grant, Museums And...
“The directive to hew to Trump’s preferences unnerved some grant writers, reviewers and former recipients accustomed to nonpartisanship from the agency, stirring debate over...
AMC Started Playing An AI-Generated ‘Film’ Before Movies, But Had To Stop Almost Immediately
“Some called for boycotts. Some found it insulting that if pre-show screen time were being given to short films, AMC would feature AI-generated content...
From The British Point Of View, What Really Are The BAFTAs Anymore?
One British producer in a year in which exactly one British actor was nominated in the two major acting awards: “The Baftas fall between...
Why The BAFTAs Are Important, From The Point Of View Of The Oscars
If you’re in Hollywood, well, “the BAFTAs are the British movie industry’s major award show and also widely seen as a bellwether for the...
Toni Morrison, And The Power Of Ambiguity
“Fiction has no obligation to dispel ambiguity. It can make use of it—even intensify it—in order to evoke and transform experience. In Beloved, Morrison does take...
When ‘The Pitt’ Wanted To Portray A Rape Kit Collection Storyline, They Called In...
The writers didn’t want to focus on the survivor’s trauma. “The story serves to bolster the emotional arc of the show’s healthcare providers, in...
A New Spirit Of Choreographic Artistry In Olympic Figure Skating
“It seems we’re in a particularly fruitful era of artistic innovation in skating. What’s driving the current wave — and how might it shape...
The World Shunned The Taliban. So Why Do They Seem To Be Thriving?
In January, the Taliban announced a new criminal code that, among other provisions, allows domestic violence and the corporal punishment of children and appears...
Reading “Animal Farm” In Afghanistan: A Women’s Book Circle Becomes A Form Of Resistance
With the Taliban having outlawed the education of girls and severely restricted women’s other rights, a clandestine group of women gather weekly to read...
Ohio Comedian Jailed For Making Fun Of Police
Comedian Anthony Novak was nabbed by Parma police, tossed into the county jail and charged “with a felony punishable by up to 18 months...
Can A Rhythmic Beat Be Copyrighted?
The case, known as the Fish Market dispute, asks whether a looping beat widely associated with reggaeton can be protected by copyright. More than 150...
Who Is Championing Adventure In Classical Music?
Up-and-coming composers, looking for a break-out moment with their immense musical feel and depth, probably have their arms and tapping their feet wondering to...
Should Our Museums Be Responsible For Healing Us?
Like many other words that have been “problematised” using post-structural approaches in the humanities, “care” is no longer simply a benign building block of...
Melbourne’s Arts Community Alarmed As State Government Funding Keeps Falling
From 2022 to 2026, the grant pool distributed by state arts agency Creative Victoria has fallen by over 25%, from $81.2 million to $59.4...
How Trump Gamed Approval For His Ballroom
“It’s sad that a majority of the commissioners lack expertise in art and architecture,” the person told CNN. “There is only one architect, yet...
A Major Project To Revive Indigenous Languages
Chicago’s Newberry Library has received $4 million from the Mellon Foundation that will help widen access to Indigenous languages, some of which have been...
Trump Administration Restores Philadelphia Slavery Exhibition After Court Order
The stories and images that had been on display for two decades were abruptly removed last month following an executive order by President Donald Trump. The...
Germany’s International Broadcaster, Deutsche Welle, Loses Millions In Government Funding
Between a reduction of €10 million ($11.8 million) in federal subsidies and the requirement to cut €11 million ($12.9 million) in expenses due to...
Are We Falling Out Of Love With Our AI Confidants?
There are good reasons why people, at least at first, feel positive about their relationship with an AI companion. But new research is showing...
Attention Spans Are A Design Problem
The same teenager who supposedly lacks attention span can maintain game focus for hours while parsing a complex narrative across multiple storylines, coordinating with...
Why A Small Artist Group Decided Not To Canel Its Kennedy Center Dates
There were the contractors it had hired to build an ice rink on the center’s plaza, and the work visas that took a year...
Commercialization Of Frida Kahlo Has Gone Way Too Far, Says Her Grandniece
There is by now an untold variety of Frida merch, from watches to candles to tequila to home décor to a branded Miami condo...
Isaiah Zagar, Known For His Psychedelic Philadelphia Mosaics, Is Dead At 86
A self-taught mosaicist, Mr. Zagar used broken bottles, handmade tiles, mirrors, and other found objects to cover walls across the city, particularly in South...
