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Mark Singer, Longtime New Yorker Writer And Profile Expert, Has Died At 75

Singer “extended the magazine’s franchise of rich reporting and witty prose about offbeat, complicated and quintessentially American characters,” including a certain current president. - The New York Times

Oh, Bose, What Are You Thinking?

A speaker company wants to do what now? “What the company is undeniably great at is marketing. But selling mediocre Bluetooth speakers at inflated prices is very different from discovering talent and promoting artists.” - The Verge

Basel’s Art Before Art Basel

For one thing, Basel “is a city of nearly 200,000 residents and nearly 40 museums — or about one museum for every 5,000 locals.” - The New York Times

A Musician Points Out Some Racial Disparities In AI Scraping And Use

SZA on Instagram "If your a musician and you support this degenerate shit? Your DISGUSTING and there’s NOTHING YOU COULD EVER SAY TO ME TO MAKE THIS OKAY. … I hope u have the life u deserve.” - Variety

Ireland, In The Midst Of A Real Housing Crisis, Is Seeing Huge Cinema Numbers

Some people think they’re linked (and, after all, what better way to escape the house than to go to the ice-cold cinema?). - Irish Times

Can You Pass This British Museum Quiz?

Sample question: Where was JMW Turner born: - The Guardian (UK)

Judy Blume, She Says, Has Written Enough

The author says, “You're living with for months, sometimes years. And you're locked up in a little room all day with them. That's why 50 years is enough. I was ready to come out into the world. Now, she owns and runs a bookstore. - NPR

Have Movies Doomed Us All?

Seriously: Movies have "proved to be a tool of dictators, an instrument of propaganda and the weapon of ruthless, unaccountable corporate interests.” - The New York Times

With The Roku Sale To Fox, Not To Mention The Paramount Deal, Right-Wing Interests Dominate Streaming

"The scale of this quiet coup is staggering. … In practical terms, Roku controls the television home screen.” - Salon

Apparently, There’s Such A Thing As ‘Dad Cinema,’ So Happy Father’s Day

The number one movie in Dad Cinema is, of course, a Kevin Costner classic. But there are many others, including classic Mel Brooks fare. - The New York Times

In New York, The City’s Oldest Museum Celebrates An Expansive View Of Democracy

The New York Historical’s new wing features a show that's “historically broad, thematically loose, unabashedly polemical, made up of equal then and now.” - The New York Times

David Hockney Wanted, And Got, Only Two Mourners At His Funeral

But “his publicist, Erica Bolton, announced that his life and work would be celebrated in a series of memorial services to be held in places he has lived around the world, including London and Yorkshire.” - The Guardian (UK)

How Exhausting Is It To Voice A Minion?

Also, can one simply voice one Minion? No: French animator Pierre Coffin has co-written and co-directed most of the movies with the small mumbling crew, and he also "voices every last one of the yellow creatures himself.” - Variety

Burned By AI, Granta Will No Longer Publish External Award Winning Short Stories

Ouf. "For the sake of our own editorial integrity, the Granta Trust board has now taken the decision that we will no longer engage in external publishing partnerships. We … wish our former partner, the Commonwealth Foundation, all the best in its work.” - The Guardian (UK)

Norway Had Its Own John Singer Sargent

“Asta Norregaard was a sought-after portrait painter among the rich and famous in Norway at the turn of the 20th century, but when she exhibited her work in the country’s capital, critics were quick to dismiss her pictures as decorative and frivolous.” - The New York Times

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