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Maryland’s State Song Has Been Booted By Lawmakers
The state legislature voted to scrap the state's official song. Why? "The pro-Confederate Civil War-era tune features lyrics that denigrate Abraham Lincoln as a 'tyrant' and...
Flory Jagoda, Keeper Of Sephardic Music Traditions, 97
Jagoda sang and wrote songs that connected her to her grandmother in Yugoslavia. "They were songs of home and family, of love and Hanukkah,...
Want To See The Complete List Of Oscars Nominations?
Of course you do! (And there are articles about the highest profile snubs everywhere as well.) - Variety
Even The Grammys, Which Are Awarded Primarily For Sound, Had Major Sound Issues
Can there be hope for regular humans when the Grammy Awards can't get the sound right on Zoom? "The multiple acceptance speeches during the...
TikTok Is Now Where Musicians Go For Rough Drafts
TikTok has dramatically changed how songs, pop in particular, get made. "In some cases, performers are trying out ideas on the platform to see...
The Book ‘Empireland’ Is Selling Well – And Britain’s Imperially Nostalgic Are Flinging Hate...
The author is pleased by the support from his publisher, but the hate has truly ramped up. Sathnam Sanghera: "In a way, it proves...
Fiction Isn’t Memoir, And Yet
"The belief that every novel is a self-accounting is timeworn: Some early readers of Lolita suspected that only someone with the mentality of a...
Why Woody Allen Defenders Are So Upset By The New Documentary
Perhaps they're not used to the world of 2021. "The truth underlying their emotional, often highly personal defenses of Allen is that he’s become...
The Silver Lining Of Netflix’s Password Crackdown Is Your Security
No, really. "Sharing user names and passwords with even your closest relations can have woesome consequences" - and the Netflix crackdown might help save...
If You’re Watching K-Dramas Or Other Korean TV, You’re Probably Seeing A Lot Of...
That is, the fast food chain, not underground trains. The reason: "Product placement in TV shows is a reality the world over. But South...
Will Disney Break Netflix’s Record Numbers For Streaming?
That's what it's poised to do in 2024, or so the predictions say (on the other hand, who could have predicted that every family...
Carmel Quinn, Irish Singer And Storyteller Who Performed For JFK At The White House,...
But more people would know her as the "blue-eyed, flame-haired Irish singer and storyteller who packed Carnegie Hall on St. Patrick’s Day for a...
How Did Disney Get The Bachelor So Wrong This Year?
The Mouse promised change at the protests in the wake of George Floyd's death. But the online chatter over racism on The Bachelor has...
The Swag Continues, Even For The Virtual Oscars
Good: "Some film insiders are privately asking an uncomfortable question: How do you tastefully campaign for trophies when more than 1,000 Americans a day are...
Memoirs Tell Us What We Don’t Know About The People We Know
A good memoir "gets into the feelings that are so buried and complex that they rarely come into focus in a conversation, even among...
How Exactly Does Voting For The Grammys Work?
Yes, there are secret committees. "And they're just one strange, clandestine part of a voting process that is largely shrouded in mystery." Yikes. -...
A Dance Program To Help Unhoused Women Find Home Boosts Itself Online
A formerly in-person series of dance workshops in Portland, whose profits go to aid women and marginalized gender people experiencing homelessness, actually expanded during...
Leon Gast, Filmmaker Of ‘When We Were Kings,’ 84
Gast spent 22 years making the documentary about the Rumble in the Jungle, and in the end, it paid off: "In 1996, Mr. Gast...
Angelica, Eliza, And Healthcare Workers Making Pandemic-Related Art
Some healthcare workers created dances to deal with the losses and tragedies - and stresses of people not believing in the virus' toll -...
Musical Brit Awards Exclude Nonbinary Musicians
So do most awards - and that excludes nonbinary, extraordinarily popular singer Sam Smith. The official line: "The Brits are committed to evolving the...
We’re Longing For The Communion That Only Theatre Can Provide
We mourn together for our lost months and years. "Every day the theatre is dark, an opportunity for transformation is lost—yes, for the performers,...
A Broadway Pop-Up Concert Slash Rally Briefly Invigorates New York
With Chita Rivera, André De Shields, and an array of singers and dancers, the pop-up on the anniversary of Broadway's shutdown gave paying work...
Novelist Yaa Gyasi Goes Shopping In Her Own Bookshelves During The Pandemic
We all have books that are waiting for just such an occasion. When the author of Homecoming and Transcendent Kingdom was young, her parents...
Live Theatre Finally Gets Its Own Guidelines In Los Angeles
The guidelines are stringent - each county must cycle completely out of "colors" of COVID-19 infections before indoor theatre can open, and they have...
Patrick Dupond, French Ballet Star And Former Director Of The Paris Opera Ballet, 61
Dupont was a household name in France, where his death was major news and occasioned a press release from the president's office. He was...