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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...
How ABT Pivoted To TikTok
At least a little bit: "'The expectation of an elite ballet company is that it's going to be really cutthroat and really scary and...
Netflix May Be Trying To Make Password-Sharing Harder
Here we go: "When users open the Netflix TV app, they will be asked to verify their account with a code that is either...
The Secret History Of Women Writing Liner Notes
Representation is a problem across the board in the Grammys, including - weirdly, wildly - the writing of liner notes (which is an actual...
Herge’s Heirs Are No Fans Of A French Artist’s Edward Hopper/Tintin Mashups
So much not fans that they've sued the artist making the images. Hergé's heirs specifically said of Xavier Marabout's images that "it was not...
The Grammys Slid In Under The Pandemic Wire Last Year, But They’ll Be A...
The head of the Recording Academy, perhaps even downplaying the disastrous pandemic for most musicians: "This has been an extraordinarily challenging year for everyone...
French Actor Wears A Donkey Costume Soaked In Fake Blood, And Then Strips, At...
The details: "Actress Corinne Masiero took the stage in a donkey costume covered in fake blood, before stripping down to a faux gore-soaked gown and, finally, fully undressing...
The Co-Collaborator Behind John Le Carré
Nick Cornwell, the son of both people who created John Le Carré: "It was easy to misunderstand her as just a typist – and...
Want To Hear The Lego Microtonal Guitar?
Of course you do - and the electromagnetic harp, the "evolved piano," and more of the winners of a new instrument competition. - The...
The Pandemic Has Shown Us That We Need A Lot More Art
Yes, we need food and water, air and health care. And we're desperate for cultural nourishment as well. For one family at an outdoor...
Hollywood’s Deliberate Refusal To Center Black Stories And Actors Costs It Billions Of Dollars
Every time a Black-led film makes tons of money - say Girls Trip or heck, even Black Panther - the same stories pop up....