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Tony Todd, Actor In Many Movies But Was Best Known For Being The Candyman,...
His manager said that the actor - who worked consistently across TV, video games, and movies, but whose first love was theatre - ...
Countries Unite To Preserve Film Across Borders
"India‘s Film Heritage Foundation (FHF) is teaming with French diplomatic missions in India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives on a two-year project dubbed FISCH (France-India-Sri Lanka Cine Heritage).”...
The Dark Origins Of Impressionism
Ninety thousand Parisians died from war and starvation just a couple of years before the first Impressionist show. But “if most fans of Impressionism...
The Native Woman Who Made Her Own Shows During A Time Of Stereotypes, And...
Go-wan-go Mohawk “decided to write her own roles, ultimately carving out a groundbreaking career in which she told stories onstage about Indigenous people as...
Look, Spotify’s AI DJ Just Can’t Compare To A Human
Of course, a lot of us accept “good enough” AI, but … maybe we can make better choices? “An AI-curated set feels like a...
For The Arts To Matter During The Los Angeles Olympics, LA Must Start Planning...
“The Cultural Olympiad (can’t we go back to the friendlier Arts Festival?) is special. It is the only aspect of the Olympics that needn’t...
Yemen Denounces Trafficking Of Its Cultural Artifacts
Thanks to a long and protracted civil ward, “the country’s archaeological sites, ancient cities, and pre-Islamic artifacts have become easy targets for looters and...
Make That Art, Take That Class, Create That Play
You never know whom you’ll influence - or end up being influenced by, in an artistic collaboration years down the line. - The New...
Why Did A Judge Toss Out AlterNet’s Lawsuit Over OpenAI?
And what’s next for the alt-publishers who brought the lawsuit originally? - Wired
Who Is Jarl Mohn, The Donor Making Big Gifts To Los Angeles Arts Organizations?
“I really believe that Los Angeles today is what New York was in the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s, what Paris was in the turn...
Udo Kier, German Actor And Cult Favorite, Is Basking On His 80th Birthday
Kier has worked with Andy Warhol, Lars von Trier, Madonna, Gus van Sant, Rainer Maria Fassbinder - and nearly everyone else. "Of his work,...
You Can Partly Blame TV For The Demise Of Yellowstone National Park
Development - driven in part by remote work and the pandemic, and also by the TV show Yellowstone, is driving development. That is “a...
Judith Jameson, Who Danced With Ailey And Later Led The Company Out Of Debt,...
"She was a performer of great intelligence, warmth and wit” who became an international star, and later built the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater...
AI Is Killing Our Curiosity
“The rabbit holes and the unexpected obsessions are what’s beautiful about searching the internet; but AI, like the tech companies developing it, is obsessed...
St Thomas Church In Manhattan To Outsource Its Famous Choir School
“St. Thomas’s leaders warned earlier this year that the church was considering closing the choir school, one of only a few remaining boarding schools...
A Musical That’s Profitable Before It Even Opens? How?
Turns out star power helps a lot - and so does having a city own the theatre and fund its costs. - Los Angeles...
Granta’s Editor On Working While In Deep Grief
Sigrid Rausing: “When you’re working on a text there’s always a sense of loss when it’s done. But finishing the translation of a book...
The Beatles’ Final Song Was Finished Using AI
And now it’s up for a Grammy. - The Verge
What’s It Like To Write A New John Le Carre Novel?
Ask his son, Nick Harkaway. “I had actually decided I wouldn’t do it,” he says. Then his brother stepped in. - The New York...
If Britain Wants Cool New Social Housing, It Should Look To The Continent
“In many of these places, public bodies and architects see their job as doing more than meeting numbers of homes completed.” - The Observer...
On Being A Woman Of A Certain Age In The Marvel, And Hollywood, Universe
Kathryn Hahn on Agatha All Along: “It does feel like a really radical thing that we've been able to pull off. Though, because my...
What’s Up With Celebs Glamorizing Smoking?
If you remember the 2005 movie Thank You for Smoking, you’d be forgiven for anticipating this is a Big Tobacco thing. “Nine out of...
The Trauma Of Being A Librarian On The Front Lines In The United States
Sure, there are the rancorous meetings where people accuse you of peddling porn, and the death threats. But there are also overdoses, physical attacks,...
The New York Times Digital Staff Go On Strike The Day Before The US...
"The Tech Guild is asking Times readers ‘to honor the digital picket line and not play popular NYT Games such as Wordle and Connections...
This Artist Lost 1000 Paintings In A House Fire
The nightmare: “The blaze made quick work of the art stored in Ayres’s flat: paintbrushes burned like dry straw, oil paintings melted to the...