Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Is The Late Night Talk Show Dead? Or Can It Be Reinvented?
Can the traditional talk show format — with an opening monologue, celebrity guests, live musical performances, a sidekick — survive in the streaming era?...
Shares In Movie Producers, Streamers, Decline Monday After Trump Tariff Threat
At the open of the U.S. stock market regular trading Monday, Netflix’s stock was down -3.3%, Disney was -2.4%, WBD was -4.2% and Paramount...
Trump Movie Tariff Would Kill Independent Film
“It’s insane,” a veteran UK producer told us. “So U.S. companies can only make U.S. films? James Cameron can’t make Avatar overseas? Who pays...
Trump 100% Movie Tariff Would Kill Canadian Film Production
Vancouver is the third largest film and television production hub in North America after Los Angeles and New York. There were 26,000 persons employed...
Trump Movie Tariffs Would “Destroy” International Movie Production
Most film production – and indeed TV shows – are a complex patchwork of corporate investment, globally sourced labour and multinational revenue. Some are...
Odesa Struggles Over De-Russia-ing Its Culture
A cultural battle is dividing Odesa, with the Babel statue a flashpoint. The spark was the decolonization law, which was part of a broader effort in...
Alabama Town Goes To War Over Its Beloved Library
The library records more than 180,000 annual visits, one of the highest figures in Alabama, in a city of 25,000. It has been called...
Trump Declares War On Foreign Movies
The president announced on Sunday that he plans on slapping a 100% tariff on movies made outside of the U.S. - The Daily Beast
Why People Don’t Admit They Don’t Know Something (And Why That’s A Dumb Thing...
For one thing, there is a desire in conversations to be cooperative with your partner. When they ask a question, the default cooperative answer...
How Ballet Helped Shape My Medical Career
When I scrubbed in for my first surgery, it felt strangely familiar—there was music playing, overhead lights shining, and a team working in synchrony,...
What 75 Years Of Studies Tell Us About How To Be Happy
“The clearest message that we get from this 75-year study is this: Good relationships keep us happier and healthier. Period." - The New York...
What Happened To Watching Movies? They Seem Like Background Activities Now
Now, “a movie” can be a meme or an endurance contest or just background wallpaper; if it’s playing on your TV, it could easily...
MTT’s Final Concert
With a pioneering sense of eclecticism, he connected the dots between John Cage and James Brown, between Mahler and MTT’s famous grandfather, Boris Thomashefsky, a...
Apple Made A Big Investment In Hollywood. How’s It Going?
Apple TV+ “has become a must-see destination” and posted record viewership in the quarter. Some have compared it to HBO — before Warner Bros....
How TicketMaster Swallowed Live Music
When you don’t get what you want, you tend to look for someone to blame. That someone is usually Ticketmaster. The company, which merged with...
25 Highlights Of Tate Modern’s 25 Years
When the gallery opened in 2000, it transformed the artistic life of Britain – and the world. - The Guardian
A Movie Box Office Rebound?
The rebound started with The Minecraft Movie, spilled into Sinners and moves into Thunderbolts this weekend. - Deadline
Reviving Intellectual History
"I do think intellectual history has been revitalized but primarily outside the confines of the academy. Of course, there are plenty of great intellectual...
How The LA Fires Decimated The City’s Music Scene
Three months on, the city’s own music community is still coming to terms with a fresh, complex lived reality. Not just the notable performing...
How AI Is Making It Possible To Connect With Audience Individually
AI is making it possible to focus on customers as individuals and craft more personally relevant experiences. “We’ve got to get out from behind...
When Technology Does Everything Better Than Humans, Then What?
AI developers are firmly on track to build better replacements for humans in almost every role we play: not just economically as workers and decision-makers, but...
The AI Jobs Crisis Is Here Now In Creative Fields
Almost every professional artist or illustrator I meet tells me they have lost clients and gigs to firms that have turned to AI instead...
They Shot Their Movie In A Week For $7,000. Now The Hard Part: Getting...
It’s a challenge to make a film like “Burt”— and quite another to bring such a handmade film to audiences. In 2024, Burke went...
Judge Blocks Shutdown Of Institute Of Museum And Library Services
The news hardly comes as a surprise, given the judge’s inclination to rule against the IMLS shutdown. The temporary restraining order was issued just days...
The “X” Factor Of City Ballet’s Roman Mejia
Mejia is an airborne dancer whose exuberance shines in joyful Balanchine ballets like “Stars and Stripes,” “Rubies” and “Western Symphony.” But his repertoire, especially...
