“Santa” Copyright Case Dropped Against Mariah Carey
Songwriter Andy Stone sued the popstar in June, claiming he co-wrote a song with the same name five years earlier. He told the court he...
The End Of Facebook?
Mark Zuckerberg is obsessed with a virtual world no one wants, the company’s stock is down 70 percent from its peak, and it has...
Taiwan National Museum Admits To Breakage Of Artifacts Worth $77 Million
The items – a bowl, a teacup and a plate – were broken in three separate incidents during the past 18 months but the damage came...
What, Me Worry? Report Suggests Record Import/Exports In Art In 2022
In the coming year, 77% of collectors say they plan to attend more overseas fairs, exhibitions and events—good for trade but not the environment. - The...
Alarming! Holiday Movie Plots As Analyzed And Pitched By AI
An Artificial Intelligence (DALL-E) was tasked with imagining from their official synopses and titles what these movies, with their mix-and-match tropes and grab bag...
John Garfield’s Seminal Role In Figuring Out Acting In The Movies
It’s tempting to see Garfield as a footnote. But he was far better than his contemporaries at solving the puzzle of how to take...
A Few Dedicated Artisans Preserve The Intricate Traditional Crafts Of Tajikistan
"What makes the usto ply their craft when their own culture moves beyond them? Some find work by updating old techniques for new patrons....
The Multiverse: Where New Ideas And Originality Go To Die
All these multiverses might add up to nothing good. If all potential endings come to pass, what are the consequences of anything? What matters?...
The Irish Language Is Seeing The Start Of A Renaissance In Northern Ireland
"Young people with no personal memories of a time when the Irish language was championed as a form of resistance by republican IRA inmates...
No Wall Between Fiction And Reality. Our Brains Exchange Notions Between The Two
We suggest that fiction and reality interact through some sort of trade exchange with all its dark sides and complexities. Some transactions occur in...
New Yorker Cartoonist George Booth Is Dead At 96
"(He) created a world of oddballs sharing life's chaos with a pointy-eared bull terrier that once barked a flower to death, and sometimes with...
Five Things Science Has Discovered About King Tut
Recently, studies using x-rays, CT scans and DNA testing showed Tutankhamun had malaria, along with some other medical conditions such as a cleft palate. He also...
John Leguizamo’s Plea: “Cast More Latinos!”
"We need a better pipeline for Latinos in movies, TV shows and plays. We need a system for our stories and our projects. ......
The Fertile Creative Mind Of Freeman Dyson
From spaceships powered by exploding nuclear bombs to the eponymous “Dyson spheres” that could be used by advanced alien civilizations to capture energy from...
Sydney Dance Company And Rafael Bonachela Will Have Five More Years Together
"Sydney Dance Company artistic director Rafael Bonachela has had his contract renewed for another five years, which will take his tenure to 19 years...
This Pulitzer- And Tony-Winning Playwright Decided She Had To Take Four Years Away From...
By 2018, Quiara Alegría Hudes found that the field she loved was causing more stress and heartbreak than joy and satisfaction. Last year, she...
The Best International Film Oscar Needs To Be Completely Reworked
"Nothing short of a total overhaul of the category is in order. Every year, the Academy tweaks the rules, trying to improve the controversial...
The Power Of Profanity: Using Bad Words Really Is Good For You, Finds Study
"'Swearing produces effects that are not observed with other forms of language use. Thus, swearing is powerful,' a group of scientists from universities in...
Fine-Tuning The Acoustics Of The New David Geffen Hall
How do you adjust the acoustics of an already-completed auditorium? Turns out the architects and acousticians built in some adjustable features. - The New...
NPR Launches A Paid-Subscription Podcast Bundle
"(The package gives) subscribers access to bonus content, ad-free episodes, and other perks from nearly a dozen NPR podcasts including Planet Money, Fresh Air,...
The Lena Horne Theater: Finally, There’s A Broadway House Named After A Black Woman
"Horne, called a 'fearless agent for change' by New York's governor, was a Brooklyn-born singer and actress whose career spanned decades and broke barriers....
Taylor Swift Announces Tour. TicketMaster Crashes. Fans Are… Upset
“I have now been ‘in line’ on @Ticketmaster for over 4 hours just for the privilege of registering to buy @taylorswift13 tickets. Not even...
Adam Gopnik: Learning To Embrace An Upside Down Mondrian
Uncertainty about an artist’s intentions—including, but not limited to, which way she intended the picture to be top and which bottom—is not a sign...
No Regrets – Putting Off That Creative Career
We spoke to a total of 33 people in the UK, all of whom had felt “called” to music in early life but then...
A Sudden Shift In Culture Of Twitter Users
As a lot of the current people leave and a lot of new people who are there because of what they think Elon is...
