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Authors Withdraw From PEN Festival Over Its Response To The War In Gaza
Lorrie Moore, Maaza Mengiste, and many others signed a letter criticizing PEN America for not doing enough to highlight 'the scale and scope of...
Canada’s Independent Cinemas Say They’re In Crisis
And they call for more help: "About two-thirds of the 67 respondents said they need increased public funding in order to stay open, with...
Off-Broadway Stagehands Seem Ready To Sign Up With A Union
Specifically, some, or many, say they want to become part of IATSE - a stagehands and construction crew union across the country. Said the...
The FCC Wants To Speed Up Our Internet
Broadband speed of 25 Millibytes per second (Mbps) for downloads and 3 Mbps for uploads isn’t it anymore - now the FCC says wants...
Art House Films Rely Just As Much On Visual Special Effects As Blockbusters Do
VFX is for a lot more than explosions. “For every Kraven the Hunter or Argylle, there’s a Ferrari, Maestro or Killers of the Flower...
Why Director Ava Duvernay Isn’t On Social Media
"After a decade on Twitter I’d had every possible insult hurled my way. The most awful abuse you can think of. It stopped affecting me....
The Terrible Willy Wonka Glasgow Experience That Went Viral Is Becoming A Musical
Have we all been deeply punked? Was this the plan the whole time? Hm: "The show's lead producer, Richard Kraft, has assembled a team...
The Gay Best Friend Was A Tired Trope, Sure, But Did He Really Need...
“For a long time now, popular culture has been moving forward without a once-essential style accessory: the Gay Best Friend. We’re not supposed to...
The International Booker Longlist Showcases The Strength Of Latin American Fiction
The 13-book longlist "signals a 'second ‘boom’ in Latin American fiction', said judges, with a quarter of the nominated authors being South American." -...
Let’s End The ‘Best Supporting Actress’ Curse Now
“Taking home one of the industry’s most prestigious awards might seem to indicate that an actress is one worth paying attention to, making it...
Britain Released An Official Photo Of Kate As Proof Of Life – Then The...
Speculation has been absolutely rife online about Catherine, Princess of Wales, and the photo was supposed to calm it down. But "at closer inspection,...
When This French Actress Had Trouble Landing Roles, She Made Her Own Play, And...
"The production is testament to Blanc’s ability to forge a lasting career in a performance landscape that has often felt hostile to her. …...
Oregon Finally Passed Some Arts Funding, But Left A Major Museum And Most Smaller...
The state legislature hadn’t funded the arts at all during its regular session in 2023, so “news was both good and bad Thursday ......
Songwriters Are Terrified Of AI
And rightly so. "Any person could put into an AI programme something like ‘I want a song 100 BPM that sounds like a cross...
The Polarizing Movie That Paved The Way For Barbie-Mania
“Before the buzzy movie debuted, paparazzi photos of the costumed stars began leaking from the location shoot. When the premiere rolled around, it was...
Revered Editor And Writer William Whitworth Has Died At 87
Whitworth "wrote revealing profiles in The New Yorker ... and polished the prose of some of the nation’s celebrated writers as its associate editor...
With Contract Negotiations Coming Up, Jimmy Kimmel Brought Crew Members To The Oscars Stage
After honoring and thanking the crew members, "Kimmel turned to leave the crew members with a final promise. 'Thank you for standing with us,'...
The Thing New Actors Misunderstand About The Job
Acting coach Howard Fine says that acting is “incredibly tough,” and if it’s not your passion, you better step away. - Slate
How Far Can A Writer Push Fiction’s Boundaries?
Kathryn Scanlon, winner of the Gordon Burn prize, says, "I love that you could come to this book and not really know what it...
Past Lives Conveys So Much About The Immigrant Experience
"Like Nora, I had lofty dreams and thought of America as my salvation of sorts. The place where I could achieve things I’d never...
Roku Is Now Locking Up TVs For People Who Don’t Want To Agree To...
To opt out, “users must send a letter to Roku's general counsel in California mentioning: 'the name of each person opting out and contact...
Live Updates From The Oscars
As they happen! - Los Angeles Times
Screenwriter Accuses Alexander Payne Of Plagiarizing Script Of The Holdovers
Luca screenwriter Simon Stephenson wrote that "the evidence The Holdovers screenplay has been plagiarised line-by-line from Frisco is genuinely overwhelming – anybody who looks at even...
Why Are Oscar Voters About To Award The Wrong Song From Barbie?
"Only one song from Barbie was a cultural sensation, a TikTok masterpiece, a showstopping earworm—and it’s the other nominated song, the one that’s probably going to lose on...
After The Activision Blizzard’s Merger With Microsoft, Workers Form Gaming’s Largest-Yet Union
Quality assurance workers for Activision, who play games constantly to find and report bugs, or problems, say they’re often the lowest-paid workers in the...