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Eric Hazan, Publisher And Historian Of France’s Left, Has Died At 87
Though his publishing house has a massive influence, his histories of Paris may be more lasting. “Hazan’s passion derived in part from his despair...
If An LGBTQIA Book Is Banned Anywhere, This Bookstore Will Send The Book For...
“In an effort calls ‘Books Not Bans,’ she sends titles about queer history, sexuality, romance and more — many of which are increasingly...
Banksy Sets, Or Maybe Starts, A Work Of Art During A Band’s Set At...
“As the raft bobbed its way across the many thousands at the Other stage, the band played the song 'Danny Nedelko,' which features lyrics...
Indie Horror Movies Aren’t Enough Anymore
Why is Blumhouse, so successful with horror flicks like M3gan, starting up a game division? Well … “It’s not just potential revenue. … It’s...
How The World’s Richest Man Is Driving His Newspaper Into A Self-Inflicted Crisis
“For years, it was sacrilege at the Post to speak ill of Bezos, the billionaire founder of Amazon who rescued the paper in 2013.” But...
Super-Cheap Gadgets Are Coming For Everything We Use And Love
“Cross-border commerce platforms have suffered from the (correct!) perception that much of what they sell will end up in a landfill within a year...
What Eddie Murphy Has Done, And What He Still Wants To Do
“Murphy has been so famous for so long, occupying such a lofty place in the cultural landscape, that it can be easy to overlook...
Carrie Yamaoka Isn’t An ‘Emerging’ Artist Anymore
The founding member of queer art collective fierce pussy, which had a show in Paris last year, says, “I don’t want a seat at...
Bay Area’s Throckmorton Theatre Goes Up For Sale
This could go well, or it could go very wrong: “The building spans 9,300 square feet and includes the Throckmorton Theatre, which currently serves as...
Morgan Freeman Says AI Imitations Of His Voice Are Scams
The 87-year-old actor, whose voiceover narrations are popular among a movie crowd trained on March of the Penguins, also thanked his fans for calling...
One Man Who Helped Invent Generative AI Wants To Save It From Big Tech
“An open source approach, perhaps with the micropayment system Polosukhin envisions, might provide a way to resolve the tough intellectual property crisis that AI...
Remember Redbox? It’s Dying
In another blow to physical media, Redbox's owner just filed for bankruptcy protection. Why? “The company hasn’t paid employees in over a week and...
Somehow, In 2024, It’s Still ‘Experimental’ To Add Music By Women To Concerts
In Berlin, “although every program booklet had a portrait of a female composer on its cover, her piece was usually a small fraction of...
New Zealand’s Quirkiest Architect
Roger Walker says that in many cases, he was just reacting to the fact that so many houses looked essentially the same. Why not...
An Iowa State Senator Has Been Telling School Districts To Use A Hate Group’s...
Iowa’s censorship law has been suspended under appeal. And while there is no list “designated for schools to determine whether or not materials are...
An Appreciation Of Comedian, Actor, Musician, And Painter Martin Mull
Mull, who died Thursday at age 80, "was a comfortingly disquieting presence -- deceptively normal, even bland, but with a spark of evil” in...
Leonora Carrington Is Finally Getting Her Due
“Her concerns – unusual and even eccentric in her own times – are now ubiquitous. Ecology, feminism, the interconnectedness of all life forms, spirituality...
An Oral History Of Napoleon Dynamite
“The thing with the cow really happened. My mom was a hobby farmer raising a beef cow and it just got too aggressive, so...
The Entire Hallmark Channel Staff Could Not Have Dreamed This One Up
But thanks to what looks like reality, art will imitate life: There will be a Hallmark Christmas movie about a Kansas City Chiefs player...
Ukraine Passed A New Law Directly Supporting Bookstores
The bill "provides subsidies for renting space to open bookstores and the introduction of book certificates (worth 908 hryvnia, or about $22) for 18-year-olds...
When Mikhail Baryshnikov Left Everything He’d Ever Known
“I remember feeling a sense of comfort and security after seeing some very friendly faces in the getaway car. But I also felt fear...
The Joys Of Reading Books That You Don’t Fully Understand
Molly Templeton’s desire is “for us to have the time, the space, the mental bandwidth to welcome uncertainty, to crank up our curiosity and...
Seattle Libraries Are Still Months Away From Full Service After Ransomware Attack
Just a portion of the issues: “The library’s public computers have been unavailable for a month. So have its public Wi-Fi networks. Books are being...
We All Speak Phone Now
We’re in a language crisis. "The discourse that produces new slang is not only publicly available online, but also amplified based on its ability...
For Writer Tomi Adeyemi, Getting To Book Three Was A Long, Fraught Journey
Finishing a trilogy or a series isn’t easy for most writers, but Adeyemi faced physical challenges along the way. She says, "I like that...