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The Artist Who Defines Persistence
Alison Aye, a "58-year-old textile and collage artist who is based in London, has submitted work to the Royal Academy (RA) over the last...
Clips Of Comedians Interacting With Audience Members Often Go Very, Very Viral
“‘To be a stand-up comedian in today’s world, you have to be a content machine,’ said Gianmarco Soresi, a New York-based comic with about...
Remember When TV Channels Had Music On Them?
In Britain, “at their peak, between 2003 and 2010, there were nearly 40 rolling music video channels available in the UK.” - The Guardian...
It’s Pride Month, But LGBTQIA Actors Want Better Hollywood Rep All Year ‘Round
Carl Clemons-Hopkins says that “accurate representation stems from getting more representation behind the scenes: ‘The more that you can show the variety of the...
People Are So Lonely, And Theatres Are In So Much Financial Trouble
Can funding struggling theatre help solve our disconnect? Sarah Ruhl: "We are facing a public health emergency—and we need funding from the National Institutes...
Big, Golden Art In Las Vegas
Urs Fischer "became a more permanent presence in the desert entertainment mecca when the delay-plagued, 67-story Fontainebleau, a casino and 3,644-room hotel that cost...
Author Lorrie Moore On Her Mentally Ill Characters
“Understanding someone 100% is probably an illusion. And madness can be seen as a stand-in term for the parts you don’t comprehend. I think...
It Turns Out That Microsoft Default Capturing Your Screen Every Few Seconds Is A...
Who could have predicted this was a bad idea? "In the preview versions of Recall, … screenshot data, complete with the user's every bank...
When A Beach Book Author Says Goodbye To The Beach
Elin Hildebrand’s noves, "set among the misbehaving moneyed class on Nantucket Island juggle romance and crime and a sun-kissed beach vibe that her fans...
A Different Dolly Comes To Broadway
For Hello, I’m Dolly (some of us would get tickets simply based on the title), “the star is writing new songs to go along...
Reservation Dogs Doesn’t Have An Emmy Why, Exactly?
There’s a “glaring similarity” among One Day at a Time, The Wire, and Reservation Dogs: “TV shows about Black criminals and cops in Baltimore...
The Queen’s Double Has Died
Jeannette Charles “first acted in small repertory roles in regional theater. But her uncanny resemblance to the queen distracted audiences, who giggled and guffawed...
Dick Van Dyke Wins Another Emmy At 98
Unsurprisingly, “at 98, that makes Van Dyke the oldest actor to receive a Daytime Emmy win.” He said, “I feel like a spy from...
Sacre Bleu! Why Are English-Language Books Filling Europe’s Bookstores?
"As English fluency has increased in Europe, more readers have started buying American and British books in the original language, forgoing the translated versions...
A White Canadian Journalist Just Published A Book About Traveling The US In Blackface
That publishing decision is not being met with glee in either the U.S. or Canada. “‘It's hard to simultaneously draw the ire of black...
Ghost Bikes Are Street Art, But Who Are The Artists?
"The bikes — completely white, including tires, spokes and pedals — serve as stark memorials, both an alert to passers-by that a cyclist was...
In Search Of Books That Elicit Feelings, And Maybe Some Connection
“I am staring in horror at something on my phone or laptop, and no matter how many other people are also staring in horror...
Inside The Last Of New York’s Original Artist Lofts
One artist lost hundreds of paintings in a loft fire before the city made laws about loft safety; another says it’s not easy because...
Libraries Are About So Much More Than Books
Take Minneapolis, for instance. “What separates Minneapolis’s library from the rest is their intensive approach to serving people who are homeless and frequent the...
A Plea And A Manifesto For More Middle School Books
“I am here on my knees begging the publishing industry not only to publish books for younger teenagers, but to create a new publishing...
In An Unexpected Development, Disney Princesses Have Been Leading A Diversity Charge On Stage
One nonbinary Black actor who played Belle says, “I was really encouraged to do my own interpretation, ... and I got to have a...
Bringing Nollywood To Hollywood
“In the past decade, Daniel Oriahi has made over 25 movies. But the filmmaker hit a new career breakthrough when the Tribeca Festival accepted his latest, The Weekend.” -...
The Best Actress Winner At Cannes Sues A Far-Right French Politician Over ‘Sexist’ Comments
Karla Sofía Gascón, who is trans, filed a complaint against Marion Maréchal, granddaughter of National Front founder Jean-Marie Le Pen, who posted on Twitter/X: "So...
Which Reading Platform Is Best For The Planet?
Paperback, audiobook, hardcover, or e-book: Which wins as least bad for the environment? Tough call, and a complicated one. Even "certain fonts can be...
How An Ivory Coast Graffiti Artist Became The World’s Top Seller
After being kicked out when he was 15 for saying he wanted to be an artist, “the young Aboudia pressed on and enrolled in...