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Van Gogh Died Penniless, But His Paintings Paid For His Sister’s Mental Health Care...
Van Gogh died in 1890. By 1909, Anna, the oldest Van Gogh sister, "wrote of selling a picture that he had given Willemien, enabling...
Cepillin, Clown Beloved Across Latin America, Has Died At 75
Cepillín, whose non-performing name was Ricardo González Gutiérrez, was a Mexican clown with a half-century-long career. He "hosted TV shows broadcast from Mexico, sold...
Producers, Actors, And Publicists Are Keeping Pressure On The HFPA
Even weeks after the Golden Globes, Hollywood isn't relenting; this reckoning has been a long time coming. "Now, with the very survival of the...
We Know Amazon Is A Danger To Workers And Retail, But Do We Care?
Well, that's ... a good question. "We know how Amazon treats its workers, how it squeezes its sellers, how it devastates small businesses, and...
A Return To Episodic TV
Is the binge better? Or is it OK to let episodes marinate for a week before returning to a story? When Netflix first dropped...
The Guy Who Possibly Found The Author Of Shakespeare’s Source Material For Hamlet
And other plays too. This isn't a "Shakespeare didn't write his own plays" theory; it's a theory about an Elizabethan playwright named Thomas North...
Beloved New York Bookstore The Strand Has Become A Union Busting Stereotype
This is not great. "The past year ... has laid bare just how perilous a job you like, or even love, can be when...
The New Rules Of Moviegoing
Start with an "electrostatic disinfectant sprayer," add in a seat buffering system, and don't forget prepackaged condiments for your popcorn. (But ... what about...
A Paris Ballet Star Dances With Memories, And Anselm Kiefer Paintings
Hugo Marchand's new memoir speaks of feelings that seem to beset nearly every dancer - of not belonging, of self-doubt, and of stage fright....
Composer Hannah Peel Goes Deep Into The Trees, And Neuroscience
Peel's star has been ascending, with work for TV and movies, and hosting a new, controversial BBC music show - and she managed, with...
Marianne Carus, Founder Of Cricket Magazine, 92
Carus believed that children should read - and see - high-quality short stories, poetry, and art. In 1982, she said in an interview, "So...
Palm Springs Art Museum’s Executive Director Resigns Just Before Museum Reopens
Louis Grachos had a two-year stint, including a year of pandemic shutdown marred by controversy surrounding the museum's response to George Floyd's killing and...
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...
