Tag: 04.29.21
The Culture Of Citations That Props Up Writing
"Like many systems that appear meticulous, the writing of citations is a subjective art. Never more so than in fiction, where citation is an entirely...
The Moral Imperative For Releasing The Patents On Vaccines
"The pharmaceutical industry and the governments of several vaccine-producing countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom, as well as the European Commission,...
A California Appeals Court Holds Amazon Responsible In Third-Party Sales
A hoverboard burst into flames, harming the person who bought it from a third-party seller on Amazon Marketplace and leading to a court case...
Rotten Tomatoes Added A 1941 Review That Wrecked Citizen Kane’s Perfect Rating
Citizen Kane used to have a 100 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Then things changed. "The writer, credited as Mae Tinee (a play on...
Writing Mainstream TV Shows About Native American Families
It's normal - but an exciting kind of normal - for Sydney Freeland. When she started film school, "I remember thinking, like, ‘OK, wait....
The West’s First Superstar Composer (His 500th Anniversary Is This Year)
Josquin des Prez was, in his day and for more than a century after his death in 1521, the most influential and most revered...
Blackface Didn’t Start With American Minstrel Shows. It’s Been Around For Centuries
"The origins of blackface minstrelsy are much older than most people know, with deep roots in the English medieval and Shakespearean theatrical traditions. Understanding...
Indonesian Theme Park Ordered To Take Down Lights That Violate Chris Burden Copyright
The theme park had recreated Burden's collection of street lamps that he made for the front of the LA County Museum in Los Angeles....
How Kate Winslet Went About Mastering The Notoriously Tricky Philadelphia Dialect
"Few sounds are as difficult to master as the rounded Os, erratic As, dropped consonants and smushed syllables of the Philadelphia accent — or...
These $63 Million Paintings, Literally Kidnapped And Held For Ransom, Are Now The Subject...
The Shchukin Gallery, which sells Russian art in Paris and New York, is suing a Russian oligarch for damages and attorney fees of $950...
How Pixar Pushes The Boundaries Of Color To Push The Buttons of Moviegoers
"In a way, every filmmaker is really just playing with moving light and color on surfaces. That's the whole ball game, a filmic given....
Amsterdam Branch Of The Hermitage In Danger Of Closing Permanently
"After laying off 25% of its full-time staff, including those who had been there since opening day," the only Western European satellite of the...
France’s Cultural Venues Get An Official Reopening Date
"Museums, theatres, cinemas and concert halls will reopen on May 19, along with non-essential shops and outdoor seating at cafes and restaurants, Macron...
Scottish Government Ordered To Reconsider Six-Foot-Distance Reopening Rule After Arts Groups Rebel
Following a personal intervention by the culture minister, "controversial new guidelines which will force Scotland's arenas, concert halls and comedy clubs to impose two...
UK Artists Demand Action On Post-Brexit Touring Crisis
"We are extremely concerned by the lack of progress which has been achieved over the last three months to unravel the mountain of costly...
A $2 Billion Plan Would Transform LA’s Arts District
An Arts District cold-storage plant dating to the 1890s would be replaced with housing, offices, a hotel and shops in a proposal unveiled Thursday...
Getting In To A Concert Got A Lot More Complicated In The COVID Protocols
"Gone was the chance to rush to a concert after work and plop down into your seat as the curtain rose. Before they entered...
As Western Museums Prepare To Return Benin Bronzes, Nigeria Prepares Their New Home
"The Legacy Restoration Trust … was set up by Nigeria's National Commission for Museums and Monuments, the Edo State government and the royal court...
How Did A Cranky Old Scholar Come To Own An Indigenous Language?
Frank Siebert’s writing system was an obstacle for people who were eager to learn the language. “It was a giant pain for everyone,” he...
Stephen Hawking — A Life In Ideas Obscured By Celebrity
Hawking was no Newton. He said so himself. At a White House event in 1998, First Lady Hillary Clinton read a question from the...