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How To Lose An Oscar In A Brutal Ten Online Days
Karla Sofia Gascón’s fall from assumed winner to persona non grata was intense. “Rarely has a nominee’s curated image—that of a righteous up-and-comer, applauded...
The Dream Accessory Of Every Booklover
“There is—and has long been—a physical appeal to being blanketed by books. … The ladder is a symbol of the scale of the collection,...
It’s Ten Years Out From The Oscars So White Debacle
Has anything changed for young Black actors (or, for that matter, older Black actors) in Hollywood? - NPR
Is The Brutalist’s Small Use Of AI Going To Ruin Adrien Brody’s Chances?
Legally, "producers do not need to acquire consent from their performers when using AI to alter ‘pitch, tone, clarity ... or the voice of...
Operatic Soprano Olga James, Star Of Carmen Jones And Mr. Wonderful, Has Died At...
“James had performed with an opera company in France and in a popular musical revue in Atlantic City, N.J., when her manager, Abe Saperstein — the...
Only Some Celebrity Book Clubs Truly Change The Authors’ Lives
No surprise: Oprah is still on top. Then there are the other three. Sorry, Natalie Portman: Your fans think you’re hot, but they don’t...
The Pollock And Picasso That Usually Live In A Vault In Tehran Came Out...
“The Eye to Eye exhibition at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, which opened in October 2024, was extended twice due to overwhelming public...
How The Great French Actor Aurore Clement Survived A Violent Crowd At A Movie...
Only the quick action of a journalist with a trench coat, she says, saved her the day that Meetings with Anna premiered in Paris....
Why The Sudden Removal Of The T From The Stonewall Inn’s National Monument Website...
"All autocracies attempt to control the past in order to control the future. Their methods are ham-fisted, because they see history as a purely...
Bridget Jones 4 Breaks Box Office Records In Britain, Where It’s Not Streaming
Who knew the fourth entry in what seemed a played-out story would prove both so well reviewed and so well attended? The film “accounted...
Turns Out There Isn’t Actually A More Neighborly Recent Past
“The first half of the 20th century … was ‘extraordinarily social.’ Shared spaces—libraries, theaters, and playgrounds—were rapidly built across the U.S. People were gathering...
Maria Teresa Horta, The Last Of Portugal’s ‘Three Marias,’ Has Died At 87
Along with two other writers, Horta helped bring global attention to the dictatorship in Portugal - and to show how all of Portuguese society...
The New Musical About Frederick Douglass And Abraham Lincoln Isn’t Meant To Be A...
“The adversaries-turned-allies famously shaped the course of American history, even though the two leaders met in person only three times .” - Los Angeles...
Taking Conclave From Page To Screen
“It’s almost like mosaic work. … You have all these pieces; sometimes they’re going to be laid out in a very similar order to...
How Chiwetel Eijiofor Went, Happily, From Shakespeare To Bridget Jones
Eijiofor: "You can’t hold onto your 30-something self, obviously, but if you still maintain a bit of that quality, it assists you in navigating...
Gilda Radner Was SNL’s First Cast Member, And One Of Its All-Time Best
“Radner’s particular charisma came from this blend of bigheartedness and fearlessness. She always went for it.” - The Atlantic
YouTube Nearly Lost Its Deal With Paramount, But Saved It At The Last Minute
That means “channels such as CBS, CBS Sports, and Nickelodeon and add-ons like Paramount Plus, Showtime, and BET Plus will stick around after all”...
Bullied At School, Samuel Marino Can Now Say He Has One Of The Rarest...
Mariño, a sopranist, once begged his mother to take him to the doctor to fix his voice. Now, he says before a residency in...
Theatre Critic Misha Berson Of Seattle, And Much Farther Afield, Has Died
Berson was a theatre critic for the San Francisco Bay Guardian for a while, and then she spent 25 years at the Seattle Times,...
Yes, Even Julianne Moore’s Book About Freckles Is Being Banned
Her children’s book is now banned at Department of Defense schools by order of the president. "I am truly saddened and never thought I...
Wait, How Did Romance Get So Mainstream That Even The New Yorker Is Weighing...
“I’m not the only one feeling it—romance is zeitgeisting. Over the past few years, authors and booksellers have noticed a change in the genre’s...
Every Show Canceling, Or Being Actually Canceled, At The Kennedy Center
It’s not just artists canceling their shows: "A National Symphony Orchestra concert described as a ‘celebration of love, diversity, and the vibrant spirit of...
The Deeply Human Desire That Makes Social Media A Real Problem
Everyone, deep down, has “a desire for recognition to be seen as human by other humans. This is a driving, animating desire. Attention is...
All The BAFTA Updates You Could Ever Want
Who’s wearing what, who’s winning what, who says what in acceptance speeches - updated as it happens. - The Guardian (UK)
How Severance Shows Off The Linguistics Behind The Special Language Of Work
“This unifying means of speaking is as likely to create division between insiders and outsiders as it is to foster workplace cohesion.” - Salon
