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If We Force Chatbots Into Third Person, Will People Stop Thinking Of Them As Sentient?

Sherry Turkle: An AI is "really not afraid of death, it’s not afraid of illness, it's not afraid of pain, it doesn't love its children, and it doesn't care if you kill yourself or make dinner." - Wired

Is It Possible To ‘Do Jane Austen Justice’ With Movie Costumes?

Says the new Sense and Sensibility's costume designer, "It was an amazing experience to try and fight those two sides, making historic accuracy marry up with how I wanted to give us a more modern take in the film." - Variety

Peter Nagy, Artist Turned Influential Art Dealer In India, Has Died At 66

Nagy was "a prescient artist turned canny art dealer who brought the New York gallery system to India and contemporary Indian art to the world." - The New York Times

Playing A Rock Concert Is Like Giving Yourself A Concussion, Doctors Tell Billy Joel

His neurologist says performing is out for now. "He describes the combination of extreme sound volume, lighting, stress and energy as the concern. Further testing, he adds, will help determine whether he can return." - The Hollywood Reporter

Creating Art In A Time Of International And Creative Crisis

Elif Shafak's latest book "arose out of our own historical moment, which Shafak has dubbed 'The age of three As: Angst, Anger and AI.'" - The Guardian (UK)

It’s A Good Thing This Artist Signed Her Paintings

Otherwise, they likely would have been described as her father's work, or taken as simply someone from his atelier. - The New York Times

Remounting A Rarely Seen Balanchine Gives A Window Into The 1960s

"Pithoprakta is a wrenching, urgent work that pushes ballet’s otherworldly quality to a darker dimension, both uncanny and mystical. This is no place for chiffon. It’s not polite." - The New York Times

Isabel Allende, Writing Under A Pseudonym, Wins A Major Literary Prize In Spain

"The prize is open to unpublished manuscripts, with the option of submitting under a pseudonym, and Allende entered under the name Luz Ventura, with the fictional title Los que faltan." - The Guardian (UK)

How – And Why – NBC Brought Back Live Musicals On TV

Nobody quite knew what they had when 2011's first revival started. But "Sound of Music Live delivered an astounding 18 million-plus viewers — well past the hope internally that it would reach at least 10 million." - Variety

Texas School Board Say That It’s Not An Anti-Drag Law, But An Anti-DEI Law, Stopping Little Shop Of Horrors

"However, there was no explanation given of exactly how a girl performing as a male character runs afoul of the more recent SB12, leaving only the implication that perhaps gender equality has been nixed under its provisions." - Downstage Center

During And After Protests, Gangs Spread Fires Across France

In Limoges, the city hall burned. At the actual protests, demonstrators "complained about inflation sent soaring over 3% by the war in the Middle East. Others slammed perceived police brutality in student protests that have gripped France over the past four weeks." - Le Monde English

TikTok Has Banned The Musk Documentary Advertiser From The Platform

Hunh: "Distributor Bleecker Street was informed Friday afternoon a 'permanent suspension' was coming regarding any ads it tried to buy, and the company was unable to do so shortly after." - The Hollywood Reporter

Ice Dancing Champion Tessa Virtue Makes Her Professional Debut Dancing On Dry Land

“In the studio, Virtue has found new freedom in the ‘ability to get grounded with the floor,’ she says. ‘I’m not just gliding across the surface, but I’m actually using the floor as an impetus to step and move and turn.’” - Dance Magazine

London’s Art Market May Be Damaged But Small Galleries Are Sharpening Their Edge

Though Brexit and reforms to wealthy international residents’ tax arrangements have damaged the Britain’s art market, the depth and quality of London’s midsize and smaller gallery offerings still give the city’s art scene an edge. - The New York Times

How Ukrainians Are Fighting Back Against Russia’s Destruction Of Their Books

“The Ukrainian response has been a renewal of patriotism and engagement with national culture, along with enthusiastic defiance: the queues outside bookshops that formed in response to … the destruction, the orders that flooded in for e-books, or customers content to wait months for physical copies.” - The Bookseller (UK)

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