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Podcast Numbers Are Tanking. You Can Blame Apple.
The company after whom the entire genre is named (remember the iPod?) maybe shouldn't kill podcasting, and indeed, the numbers might be an accident:...
The Deeply American Story Of Waiting, And Longing, At Angel Island
In this 21st century oratorio, the director says, it's cathartic "to allow ourselves to feel what our ancestors have felt and know that we’re...
Can Anyone Make Awards Season Safe For Introverts?
"Creative introverts dread campaign season. They’re allergic to the self-promotion. Not to mention that the world is designed to reward extroverts. ... But you...
TikTok And Instagram Drive A New Brand Of Stand-Up Comedy Success
The real-life audience for stand-up is larger, and more diverse, thanks to viral clips. But, one comedian says, "If you base your comedy around...
Vinie Burrows, Who Got Her Start On Broadway At 15, Has Died At 99
Burrows grew frustrated with Broadway's lack of roles for Black women, and "took matters into her own hands as a solo artist. She received...
The Creative Arts Emmys Are Halfway Over, And There Are Some Big Winners
Awards season is what one might call compressed due to the Hollywood strikes of the spring and summer (and fall). Thus: "HBO’s post-apocalyptic drama The...
How Does Instagram Stack Up As A News Feed?
Young users "said that relevance and proximity were key to defining news, but that relevance was personal and individual rather than public, and that...
Why The NYT Really Sued OpenAI
The New York Times is "spending a fortune creating what’s unfortunately now called content - the articles, investigative pieces, analysis, puzzles, recipes, product recommendations...
Hollywood Is Still A Boys’ Club
At least in the director's seat, it's the old Ken Mojo Dojo Casa House all over again. - HuffPost
The Inevitable Steamboat Willie Mickey Mouse Slasher Movie Is On Its Way
You see, "while modern Mickey is known for his charming personality, Steamboat Willie Mickey was more menacing with his propensity to use his fellow animals as...
A New Gilbert And Sullivan Opera?
In Britain, the call has gone out for everyone to check attics, garrets, and old bookshelves: "The original score of Gilbert and Sullivan's Utopia...
Elvis Costello Saw A Depressing Movie, So He Made A Musical From It, Of...
Cold War (the 2018 movie, and the new musical) "is a microcosm of the tragedy of a Poland wallowing in hardship and paranoia." -...
The Golden Globes Became Too Big To Fail
"At a time when the film industry is still struggling with deep existential anxieties, ... for many in Hollywood the impetus to look past...
The Man Who Made ‘Seven Brides For Seven Brothers’ 100 Percent Less Rapey Would...
"David Landay, the only one of the 1982 show’s four writers who is alive, added a prologue and revised the plot so that the...
How Close Will This Year’s Hollywood Get To Pre-Pandemic Levels?
It seems odd to think that in a year with two massive strikes and 20 fewer movies released than in 2019, the industry might...
Can Users Solve The Review Bombing Issues On Goodreads?
Amazon certainly doesn't seem to want to solve the issue by, say, verifying review writers. Now it's asking Goodreads users, along with a team...
Looking Back On The Wildest Art Stories Of 2023
Van Gogh wasn't cooking with onions, the British Museum wasn't keeping good track of its items, and then, you know, Michelangelo's David wasn't actually...
The Quiets Are Winning TV, Again
Who could have predicted that on Netflix, Ginny & Georgia's numbers would be so far ahead of The Witcher - or The Crown? (Anyone...
Seems Like The New Yorker’s Takedown Of Hasan Minhaj Helped His Career Out
"More art than ever leans on the trust and authenticity of journalism, so it’s good for performers to think about the peculiar bargain they...
The Purest Reflection Of Messy Existence
"If you want to know who someone truly is—what they eat, what books they read, what movies they watch, or how furious they get inside...
We May Be Losing The Cultural Language Of Disney
Disney turned 100 in 2023 (as you've no doubt heard ad nauseam). Its founder's "legacy was the production of a modern shared language, a...
Gaming Giant Activision Blizzard Owes Millions After Sexual Harassment Lawsuits
The California "Civil Rights Department sued the Santa Monica-based Call of Duty maker in 2021, alleging that women at the company were regularly subjected...
Queen Eliezabeth II Was One Of The More Boring Monarchs Ever
So how in the world did The Crown make for years of compelling viewing? - Boston Globe
Iconic Chicago Sculptor Richard Hunt Has Died At 88
Hunt was the first Black artist with a solo retrospective at New York's MoMA, and he "recently completed a model for a monument to...
The Rare Pandemic Moment When The U.S. Government Was Generous To The Arts
At the Alley Theatre in Houston, "when the PPP money was announced, which was just within about a couple of weeks of laying everybody...