“Peninsula Lively Arts and its subsidiary Peninsula Ballet Theatre are closing after six decades teaching and performing dance in San Mateo County, leaving a gaping hole in the local dance scene.” - San Francisco Chronicle (MSN)
The sci-fi film starring Ice Cube dominated the 46th Golden Raspberry Awards, also winning Worst Actor, Worst Director, Worst Screenplay, and Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel. Among other honorees were the seven CGI dwarves in Snow White, who took both Worst Supporting Actor and Worst Screen Combo. - The Hollywood Reporter
In an earnings report released last week, the company (which also owns the news site HuffPost and the food site Tasty) said that it does not have enough resources to cover its cash obligations for the next year and has had “strategic conversations” about its future. - CNN
“Trump still fully intends to remake the center in his image; he’d just like to limit the backlash. Whatever his talents, Grenell is not a no-backlash guy.” - The Atlantic
“This weekend, the Vatican revealed a newly discovered painting by master Mannerist El Greco, long hidden underneath a forgery. This small work of oil on board, titled The Redeemer (c. 1590–95), turned up in the (papal apartments).” - Artnet
But what the CEO “failed to mention was that the company wasn’t just dealing with hundreds of furious writers — it was facing litigation as well.” - Futurism
The full scope of the renovations is not entirely clear. But Mr. Trump has said that both structural and internal work was needed, noting on Monday that the building’s heating system would be “ripped out in its entirety,” and that new theater seating and new marble would be installed. - The New York Times
The grant was about as large as the school’s annual budget. And like many of the agency’s other recent multimillion-dollar awards, it went to a handpicked recipient, outside the agency’s usual open competitive process. - The New York Times
Some of the most famous iterations in ancient Rome and Napoleonic France warn us of the tendency of republics to devolve into autocratic empires. - The Conversation
The Afro-soul cover highlights a growing challenge — the difficulty identifying when generative AI has been used in production — and how audiences, platforms and artists are struggling to respond.
Although the literary novel remains the touchstone for what “elite” cultural status might mean, its former midcentury monopoly on prestige, Brier claims, has been shattered. - LA Review of Books
Literature and mathematics have these strong connections because mathematics is all about structure and pattern. It's the language we use to describe those things. - CBC
Sync, it’s called. Once it was known as library music; sometimes it’s called production music. It’s not really a genre. It’s a category, defined by its function: This is music that exists to be paired — synced — with video. That’s why it’s so ubiquitous. - The New York Times
Barnes & Noble is experiencing a revival. It opened 60 new stores last year and plans to do the same this year. It is reportedly soliciting banks to handle an IPO. - The Atlantic
