Whoops: “Once the staff member who accidentally played the files realised what they had done, they stopped playing them, ‘panicked and left the premises.’” - BBC
Or both, and more - in 2024, the company expanded to New Mexico as well. But right now, Netflix claims, New Jersey’s tax credits are easier to access. - Los Angeles Times (MSN)
“Perhaps you didn’t leave The Odyssey wondering what kind of chief executive Odysseus would be. That’s OK — Forbes has you covered.” - The New York Times
Personal pan pizzas for reading? Yes: “Pizza Hut’s Book It! program is part of the lore of countless childhood readers turned adults. According to Pizza Hut, over 70 million children have participated since the program was founded in 1984, a Reagan-era initiative.” - Slate
“Hollywood is a business, and that business is successful when movies become huge hits. That’s been true since the dawn of the film industry. But the blockbuster mentality also has an irrational side, an irrational exuberance.” - Variety
“Modern prize culture has existed for about 125 years; James F. English, in his excellent book The Economy of Prestige, dates the current craze for literary awards to the Nobel Prize, which debuted in 1901.” - The New York Times
Unfortunately for KC Rep, they’re looking at the same time that there are two other major arts organizations are fundraising and searching out spots. What to do? - KC Studio
And, of course, “iPods are ‘driving the trend’ in sales,” when everyone of a certain age wants an iPod or some other, older MP3 player, one that doesn’t send notifications or keep track of you. - BBC
And making money hand over fist, er, phalange over … anyway, the exhibit “is drawing huge crowds by hitching its star to the Poke-verse, using fossil Pokemon to teach about hunting and collecting fossils in the real world.” - NPR
Generative AI “music” is now available on vinyl. (Though since the environmental cost of each is not great, maybe they are like each other? Hm.) - Los Angeles Times
“The young and upcoming filmmakers are rejecting the use of AI. It’s the established filmmakers, some of whom are legendary, who are the proponents of this soulless technology.” - Boston Globe
“The experience is just very average — or maybe bad. … It's just me saying, like, ‘I don't know, maybe make a sandwich for yourself’ or whatever.” - San Francisco Chronicle
“About 30 artworks belonging to Lilli Petroli owner Mauro Lilli were stolen in the unusual heist, including bas-reliefs attributed to Pablo Picasso, a bronze ballerina sculpture by Giacomo Manzù, paintings by Bruno d’Arcevia of the Italian Manner movement, and pieces by sculptor Mario Moretto.” - ARTnews
