There are a lot " a lot " of new cancer memoirs out right now. "As these memoirs suggest, individually and together, there's no way to eliminate the risk of cancer and or be spared from grie…
This piece is a fine, furious, anguished, specific call for action. "Our civilisation faces its end date. Cities are expanding refugee camps for a species in crisis. Every particle matters."…
Seriously, where? "Few works have evoked as much intrigue, either in the world of art or among the courts of Persian Gulf royals. First, its authenticity as the product of Leonardo's own han…
This is bad: "The major chains " AMC, Regal Entertainment and Cinemark " no longer rely on teenage ushers to keep the floors from getting sticky. Instead, they have turned to a v…
Possible the most Company Town thing in this story: "Studios, networks and production companies all over town want to be in the LeBron James business. And not only for his screen presence " …
This is a great discovery because it's of a young, casually seated Tubman, wearing elegant clothing. Obviously, there's wrong with a freedom fighter looking older and more pensive when she's…
Rufus Norris, who was the National Theatre's director, and Lisa Burger, who was the theatre's executive director, will now be sharing power as co-directors. OK, but what does that actually m…
You know, The Nutcracker is an obvious one. (And, of course, Dead Again " you probably knew that from the scissors.) " Los Angeles Times
Basically, you gain the trust of, to put it politely, some shady folks. "There comes a point, you know, when a stolen artwork that's circulating in the criminal community " security in a dru…
Yes, if you've listened to all (or even most) of NPR's wildly popular true-crime podcast Serial, you might not be ready for an HBO special on Adnan Syed. But would you be if the story concer…
You'll know the worst seat " i.e., the front row. "The existence of a worst, then, must suggest its opposite: The ideal seat. The perfect focal point that maximizes your visual and aural exp…
Well, not really, but she does have more than one finger on the pulse of Chicago's fiery cultural heart, and she writes about it in more than one way. "Part of me is an extremely argumentati…
It's not about self-control. Instead, it's more like (not very good) emotion management. "Procrastination isn't a unique character flaw or a mysterious curse on your ability to manage time, …
Maybe not, not yet. Garbage in (this AI was fed a lot of Reddit recommendations, ahem), garbage out: "Right now, novelists don't seem to have much to fear. Fed the opening line of George Orw…
Nyong'o heard a speaker (Robert F. Kennedy Jr.) with a neurological order that makes the larynx spasm involuntarily " and then, of course, she worked with a vocal coach to inject the emotion…
Yep, videogames, gamers, and their lives online need to be placed into context by … well … folklorists, of course. Says one, a gamer and a writer: "We all want to be part of a community,…
Yes, it's about sex tapes. But in a music world of K-Pop dominance, it's time for a reckoning: "The Burning Sun scandal, as it's been called, comes in the midst of a national conversation ab…
The Spanish Royal Academy (RAE), the institution in charge of defending and defining the Spanish language, had been reeling under cuts for more than a decade. Then it got a new director " an…
Add one back: A painting at the Wadsworth Atheneum, questioned by an art historian in 1990 and then shelved, has been re-confirmed as a Van Gogh. " The New York Times (AP)
And the internet is extremely pleased " the photos. The video. The too-real tension. "Also, apparently the entire play was crafted on the cheap out of recycled materials, which is awesome in…
And in specific, stop harassing Asian Americans authors. Listen to author R.O. Kwon (The Incendiaries) discuss her experiences at literary events: "Aside from the colorist comments about my …
Writers focusing on the time period itself, and its long aftermath, have a lot of conflicting desires for their books. "What comes across in all of the writing on the Atlantic slave trade is…
Cohen, writer and director of It's Alive and Hell Up in Harlem, created cult classics. "By stocking his movies with sly social commentary and tongue-in-cheek humor, Cohen's work felt edgier …
Though some on Twitter said this was actually no surprise, pundits were surprised " it was predicted to do about $40 million during its first weekend. Us broke several records in its first w…
Playing Eliza Doolittle right now on Broadway, Laura Benanti (whom people might know as the actor who has played Melania Trump on The Late Show) says, "If I could wave a magic wand, ticket p…