Tag: 07.06.21
Our Loftiest Ideas Are Rooted In Practical Needs
Unlike ideas of air, food and water that allow us to think about the everyday resources we need to survive, the venerable notions of...
Why Is Amazon’s Science Fiction So Toxic?
Amazon has shat out science-fiction programming for years, and it ranges, on the smell-o-meter, from the merely obnoxious to the just plain noxious—a flatulence...
Creativity Scores Are Going Down
"A researcher at the University of William and Mary analyzed 300,000 Torrance Test scores since the '50s. She found that creativity scores began to...
Study: Why We See Faces In Inanimate Objects
Face pareidolia – seeing faces in random objects or patterns of light and shadow – is an everyday phenomenon. Once considered a symptom of...
Dancing To Heal From Turmoil And Tragedy
Ari Honarvar, who as a teen danced secretly to get herself through life in post-revolution Iran, writes about how she now leads communal dancing...
Notre-Dame’s Neighbors Sue City Of Paris Over Lead Levels After Fire
"The plaintiffs" — local residents and a powerful labor union — "accuse the authorities of 'grave negligence', which they say exposed city dwellers, particularly...
Inside The Black Market For College Essays
"For every privileged kid too lazy to write an essay, there was a more complex story. To my surprise, of the hundreds of clients...
Dallas Theatre Promises To Diversify, Then Announces An All-White Cast
“An effort was made. Was it good enough? Was it the right effort? Was it an effort that was still within the blind spots...
People Are Returning To Movie Theatres. Just Not Enough Of Them
With pandemic limitations in mind, as of early July, the overall domestic box office has reached $1.05 billion in ticket sales, down 42.3% from...
Signs Netflix Is In Decline?
Netflix is the Kleenex of streaming, a brand so dominant it can stand for the whole of the market. (It’s not “Hulu and chill,”...
How The LA Times Brought Down The Golden Globes
“When we were working on the story, it didn’t occur to us in our wildest dreams that not only would NBC pull the show,...
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Has Become A Master Of Visual Communications Tools
Alexandra Lange takes a look at the New York City congresswoman's "ability to get her message across visually, through graphic design, through fashion, and...
Experts Stunned By Huntington Museum’s Decision To Allow Iconic Old Master To Travel
Sending the picture abroad was unanimously opposed by the expert team, who believed travel puts the prized work at grave risk. - Los Angeles...
Jivan Gasparyan, Who Entranced The World With An Armenian Shepherd’s Pipe, Dead At 92
"What he accomplished was remarkable — not just in terms of his personal achievement, but also what he accomplished for his instrument's profile. …...
Beeple Starts Up A Cross Between Christie’s And Sports Illustrated, But For NFTs
It's not enough that he sold his own NFT for $69 million. The graphic artist and some even richer tech and entertainment types have...
Bury Old Movies & Shows That Now Seem Offensive? This TV Network Has A...
" 'Can We Talk About This?' video initiative … is designed to acknowledge what may have been acceptable at one point in history is...
City Of Dallas Wants To Offload Its Classical Radio Station
The City of Dallas owns a classical radio station? Yep. WRR Classical 101 FM, which celebrates its 100th birthday next month, is operated by...
Dilip Kumar, Bollywood’s First Great Realistic Actor, Dead At 98
"In a career that spanned five decades, Kumar is widely regarded as the finest actor India has ever produced. Starring in some of the...
Why Are So Many Musicians Looking To Space For Inspiration?
It is understandable that musicians believe in extraterrestrial beings: after a year socialising over Zoom or from behind a mask, every interaction IRL feels...
Let’s Take A Look At How Museums Deal With Ownership Of Nazi-Era Collections…
The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston have repeatedly rejected the heirs’ claims for paintings that were sold at...
Extraordinary Times: Smithsonian Natural History Museum Turns To Art To Demonstrate Climate Change
The museum staff decided the situation is so complex that they had to turn to photography and conceptual art to address it. - Washington...
This Pair Returned MGM To Glory. Then Amazon Gobbled It Up. What Happens Now?
Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy "have compiled a heady mix of A-list directors and compelling material they hope hearkens back to the days...