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Dame Tracey Emin? King’s Birthday Honours Are Surprisingly Good
New Dame Imelda Staunton said, “I feel that this honour also recognises the importance of the arts in this country. Theatre, film and television are...
As Inside Out 2 Makes Big Box Office, It Also Takes On The Teen...
And one dad (along with the biggest box office of 2024) says it succeeds. “The panic attack Riley suffers at the film’s climax is...
How One Author Deals With The Terrors Of Writing A Book
R.O. Kwon (The Incendiaries, Exhibit) says that the best way to write is to imagine no one will ever read it. - The New...
A So-Called One Hundred Percent Accurate Tonys Prediction List
Well, if we don’t all know Merrily We Roll Along is going to sweep its categories, this Vulture article will tell us - and...
The Powerful President Of France’s National Film Board Gets A Three-Year Suspended Sentence
That sentence is for sexual assault of his godson in 2021 - after which Dominque Boutonnat “was re-upped by the French government in 2022...
Ariana DeBose Is Prepping Hard For Tonight’s Tony’s Ceremony
“For the past two weeks, DeBose has been on a mission, however implausible, to see all of the nominated plays and musicals.” - The...
When Vinyl Boomed Back, So Did Bootleggers
“Following the illegal vinyl trade – and the work of the people trying to stop it – can be both fascinating and very strange. The...
Ursula Le Guin’s Family Is Turning Her House Into A Writer’s Residency
Writing in the same room as Ursula K. Le Guin’s rock collection? Yes please! - Seattle Times (AP)
What Is A Book Ban, Anyway?
Basically, it’s removing a book from the people who would otherwise have access - but oh, the details are complicated. - NPR
What Next For American Ballet Theatre?
Susan Jaffe has some ideas, some plans, and some hopes. But “the challenges facing Ballet Theater, which begins its summer season at the Metropolitan...
How Sleep No More Changed Theatre For Better
And for worse. “The world of the McKittrick, we believed (or let ourselves pretend to believe), was an enchanted one; not just by the...
Philadelphia’s UArts Gets Hit With A Class Action Lawsuit Over What It’s Doing To...
“The suit claims that UArts failed to follow the 1988 Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, which requires employers with 100 or more employees...
The Books That Inspire Emma Donoghue
Donoghue doesn’t know why one story “about a risk-loving boy thief and the scary/seductive witch whose island he repeatedly sneaks on to” gripper her....
The Hype Man For ‘Asian Hollywood’ Gets His Day In The Sun
Bing Chen’s Gold House “operates behind the scenes of a dizzying array of projects. The team’s consulting work for film and TV includes cultural...
Seems Like Making Video Games Universally Accessible Would Be The Most Obvious Goal On...
The true game-changer was 2020’s The Last of Us, Part 2. The makers "decided to do a lot of experimenting and consulting with gamers...
Jean-Philippe Allard, Jazz Producer And Fierce Advocate For Musicians, Has Died At 67
“His passion for the music was stronger than his patience for taking directions — and when he found out that some of his U.S....
As The Senate Blocks A Bill Enshrining The Right To Contraception, A New Sculpture...
Yes, it’s protest art: “Installed by Americans for Contraception (AFC), a campaign advocating for contraceptive access across the country, the lavender IUD is set...
How Fran Drescher Won Social Media, And The Support Of Hollywood’s Unions, During The...
“In an industry shaped over the decades by bombastic and hard-charging men, Drescher embraced her idiosyncratic and unabashedly female style. She offered spiritual teachings...
Apparently, Hollywood Is Sexy Again
“Hollywood is trying to bring sexiness, if not always actual sex, back to the big screen, at a time of superhero fatigue, years of relative...
That Awful Apple Ad Was Even Worse Than Every Creative Person Thought
“It’s not just that the ad is a car crash — it’s that the people who poured so much work and money into something...
Private Museum Employees Vote To Unionize After Pressure From Owners
There’s a wave of unionizing among museum employees, and “Glenstone is a relative newcomer. The museum opened in 2006 as a private center for...
Catherine Opie’s Lifelong Work Is To Fight Queer Invisibility With Art
Opie: “We have a national warning advisory around pride for gay and lesbian and trans folks. It’s crazy. But we’re still trying to go...
What In The Living Heck Just Happened At The Philadelphia Free Library?
On June 3rd, the staff who run the author events program with 120-130 events per year resigned en masse, for the end of the...
A Small Town In Spain Wants To ‘Break The Stranglehold’ Of Madrid And Barcelona’s...
“If the aesthetic aim is to share 120 pieces that illustrate how the arrival of Italian and Flemish art in Valencia fuelled and influenced...
One Director Who Isn’t Freaking Out About Streaming
Richard Linklater isn’t mad at Netflix for premiering Hit Man on streaming. “You got to look at the industry and say, ‘Why did they...