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The Great Depression’s Dance Marathons Were An Exploitative Craze
They might sound like yet another fun thing for young people to have done back in the day, but no. They were even deadly,...
The Hollywood Bowl Is Back, With Celebration And Caution, For The Summer Of 2021
Though the bowl will be limited to 4,000 in a venue that seats 17,500, the excitement is real. "The organization is still ramping up...
Gianluigi Colalucci, Restorer Of Michelangelo’s Colors, Has Died At 91
In the 1980s, Colalucci led the team that restored the Sistine Chapel. "To paint the Sistine ceiling, Michelangelo labored atop a towering scaffolding, his...
The Messy, Low-Budget, Rediscovered Late Soviet Era Lord Of The Rings
The 1991 project was believed to be lost. "But after Tolkien fan clubs urged the broadcaster to scour the archives of its Soviet...
Performers In South Africa Protest For More Government Help During The Pandemic
For the performing arts community, the closure of Cape Town's Fugard Theatre was something of a last straw. "In just a decade of existence...
BAFTA Wins Include A Fair Number Of Surprises
Chloé Zhao won another directing award for Nomadland, which also won best film on the second night of the mostly online awards. Anthony Hopkins...
Dancers Are Still Trying Everything To Make It Through The Pandemic
Real talk: "Kathleen Tiernan, a trainee at Ballet Austin, fears that the pandemic will financially stunt the ballet industry for years to come. 'I...
Scott Rudin’s Abusive Behavior Was An Open Secret
Why did the media not come out and treat it as the truly awful (and unacceptable) fact that it was? "Unlike past stories, The Hollywood Reporter’s...
Chloe Zhao Wins Director’s Guild Honor, Cementing Her Status As Presumptive Oscar Favorite
Zhao, director of Nomadland, is the first woman of color and only the second woman ever to win the DGA award. Though director David...
New Guidelines Suggest Actors Set Nudity Boundaries Before Filming
To keep actors safe - and, of course, to cover their own liability - some productions are now employing intimacy coordinators. But contracts can...
Statues Are Living The High Life In Boris Johnson’s Britain
Lucky statues! "Without themselves needing to organise, these historically neglected members of the inanimate community have within the last few months secured privileges, protections...
So You Want To Be In The Movies
The easiest part of being an extra, ahem, a background artist, is that you just have to be there. "Being an extra requires no...
A Monument To Jefferson Davis In The Hands Of Anti-Racist Activists Becomes A Toilet
The monument, stolen (or "liberated," if you prefer) from a cemetery in Alabama, will now be returned to its former owners, United Daughters of...
This One Key Trick Predicts Blockbuster Success
Despite what every podcast host says (is forced to say?) and what your author friends tell you, it's not five-star reviews. Those are literally...
A New Path Forward For Museums
Art museums sometimes have difficulties responding to the current moment, by design. A new show in Louisville might change some of that. "Conventional encyclopedic...
Anne Beatts, Who Broke Into National Lampoon And Saturday Night Live Before Getting Her...
Beatts helped shape the early days of Saturday Night Live. "'It was pretty much any adjective you want to throw at it,' she told...
Frieze Los Angeles Writes Off 2021, Makes Plans For 2022
The art fest was planned for February, then July, and at locations all over the city (supposedly to promote social distancing). But as July...
Where The World Of Comedy Throws Obstacles, These Women Have Forged Their Own Paths
It's not easy for a woman in comedy, and that's doubly true for a Black woman. Ask Ziwe (who now has a series on...
We’re Living In A Golden Age For Documentaries, But They Have To Drop Their...
The rush of documentaries - they are cheaper to make, and especially if they're true crime, there's a willing and eager audience - has...
Taylor Swift, Reclaiming Her Music With A New, Re-Recorded Release Of An Early Album
The business side of music can be vicious for its musicians, and when a label owned by a man you loathe gets to profit...
A New Cache Of Money For Strapped Venues – If Only The Website Would...
The Small Business Association opened a grant portal for arts venues closed down by the pandemic - and, after a few hours of deep...
The Show Wynonna Earp Came At A Dark Time For Queer Women On TV,...
In 2016, 25 queer women characters on TV died on scripted TV and streaming shows. But Wynonna Earp promised to be different. With the...
The Inevitability Of Fake Art
It's every art dealer's nightmare, but if a fake is a beautiful painting, what's our problem with it? We care about authorship is why...
Actor Riz Ahmed Says He’s At His Best When He’s Overwhelmed
Ahmed, whose performance in The Sound of Metal has been nominated for countless awards this season, doesn't prefer the easy life. When he was...
Ethel Gabriel, Who Ran Parts Of RCA Victor For 40 Years, Has Died At...
Gabriel began working at RCA when she was a student at Temple University, testing records for manufacturing imperfections. And she didn't leave. "Gabriel often...
