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USC Makes Its Acting And Playwriting MFA Programs Tuition-Free
"Starting with the 2024-25 academic year, incoming graduate students, as well as continuing MFA students studying acting and dramatic writing, will shoulder no tuition...
“Reading Dies In Complexity” — Research Shows Online News Consumers Want Headlines To Be...
"Over 30,000 field experiments with The Washington Post and Upworthy showed that readers prefer simpler headlines (e.g., more common words and more readable writing)...
Florida School Board Bans Book About Banning Books
In a 3-2 vote, the Indian River County School Board in Vero Beach overruled its own book-review committee to remove "Ban This Book" by...
Pritzker Prize-Winning Architect Fumihiko Maki Has Died At 95
"The National Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto is considered one of his classic designs, with floating forms of glass, metal and concrete. ......
A City Audit Identifies The Problems Plaguing Nashville’s Arts Funding Agency
"Metro Arts violated multiple government policies in the last two years, according to (the) report. … The agency struggled for months to pay artists...
Why Shari Redstone Backed Out Of The Paramount-Skydance Merger
"Redstone's change of heart, after months of drama and tensions spilling into the public, was the culmination of several forces that had been playing...
Now Edgar Bronfman Jr. And Bain Capital Might Buy Paramount Global
While they haven't made a formal offer yet, sources say that Bronfman, former CEO of Warner Music Group (and, before that, Seagram's, his family's...
Actor Tony Lo Bianco, 87
"(He) brought a gritty realism to his portrayal of cops, boxers and all manner of tough guys, memorably playing a mobster in The French...
Anti-Israel Protestors Vandalize Brooklyn Museum Director’s Home
"Red paint was splashed across the front door and windows of Anne Pasternak’s home. Unfurled between two columns was a banner that read: 'Anne...
Canadian Opera Co. General Director Resigns, Effective Immediately
Perryn Leech succeeded Alexander Neef as the company's CEO only three years ago and had two years remaining on his contract. The statement announcing...
Puerto Rico Considers A Law Regulating Professional Dancing, And Some Dancers Are Very Worried
"PC2170 would make dancers pay a fee to receive a certification and be able to practice professionally. Its purpose is to make dance a...
As Iconic Cartoon Characters Come Into The Public Domain, There Will Definitely Be Slasher...
"It (makes) sense that the movies are always horror, too, because that’s the genre with the most recognisable structures and beats. It’s far easier...
Australia’s Most Populous State Introduces “A Simpler, Fairer And Faster Model For Arts Funding.”...
"For many working in the arts across (New South Wales), the tone and priorities of the reformed model come as a surprise and sparks...
Eric Vu-An, Ballet Star-Turned-Choreographer Who Directed Four French Companies, Has Died At 60
A very popular performer at the Paris Opera Ballet, he left after getting caught in the middle of a notorious battle between Rudolf Nureyev...
The Cries of All Those Cicadas Are Really Music — Some Of The Coolest...
Sure, it doesn't have any particular melody or even a beat, but music it is. Various musicians liken it to Phil Spector's "wall of...
Ousted Directors of Zurich’s Municipal Theater Throw Themselves A Big Ol’ Woke Farewell Party
The contracts for Benjamin von Blomberg and Nicolas Stemann, who had jointly run Zurich's Schauspielhaus since 2019, were not renewed following a right-wing media...
Vatican Arrests Former Employee For Trying To Sell Missing Manuscript By Bernini
The suspect was caught trying to sell the manuscript, which contains Bernini's designs for the altar canopy in St. Peter's Basilica, to a buyer...
Two More Individuals Accuse Artist Kehinde Wiley Of Sexual Assault, Which Wiley Vehemently Denies
Last month Ghanaian artist Joseph Awuah-Darko made public accusations against Wiley; now Black Lives Matter activist Derrick Ingram has accused Wiley of rape while...
Shari Redstone Ends Paramount Global’s Merger Talks With Skydance Media
"National Amusements, which owns a majority voting stake in embattled entertainment giant Paramount Global, said Tuesday that it has ended talks on a possible...
With Author Events Staff Now Fired, Free Library Of Philadelphia’s Author Events Are “A...
The Free Library Foundation's management insisted that none of this season's remaining events were cancelled — and then, as authors have withdrawn, has quietly...
Now There Are Animal-Rights-Protesting Art Vandals, And They’ve Gone After Charles III’s Portrait
Activists from the group Animal Rising went to the new portrait of the British king (the red one), covered his face with a sticker...
Overhauling “Suffs” For Broadway
"When (the) show ... staggered to its Public Theater premiere in April 2022, few people would have bet (on its) future. Yet here we...
Reviving London City Ballet, 28 Years After It Closed
Christopher Marney "wants a company of dancers that reflect the present: a diverse lineup in age, ethnicity, experience and body type, and … an...
Is The Five-Year Renovation Of The Pompdou Center In Trouble?
"A critical report from France’s court of auditors, who assess the use of public funds, revealed that the Centre Pompidou‘s economic model is unsustainable....
Arcimboldo’s “Four Seasons” Paintings, Newly Restored, Are Back On Display At The Louvre
The set of four paintings, each depicting seasonal plant matter assembled to resemble a human male figure, have undergone eight months of conservation work...