Historic England has released a new list of 500 additions to the built environments it accords "enhanced" or new status. Why does anyone care? "They grow not only ever more surprising " our …
It's a tough selling environment for fiction; the numbers are bleak and falling fast. But Where Late the Crawdads Sang has been going, and going, and going, and going … "Crawdads has sold …
Music critics may resist the idea, but "what if the genre killers are right? What if it doesn't matter whether they're right, but it's happening anyway? Start to finish, 2019 gave us p…
The author of Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit and 10 other novels, along with much nonfiction and several children's books as well, Winterson says, "People always say 'let's get the technolog…
Perhaps that won't improve its dismal showing at the box office this weekend, but at least it might improve the moviegoing experience. Director Tom Hooper "has been upfront about the fact th…
Simon "was often called a pianist's pianist " greatly admired by musicians and critics if not strictly a household name. Known in particular for his interpretations of the Romantic literatur…
Despite rather lackluster reviews, the film is on track to take in almost $400 million internationally. And wow, does that benefit Disney. "Disney said that it had booked The Rise of Skywalk…
Perhaps many of us " at least those who depend on Amazon and the wide world of other online shopping options " have forgotten, but department stores still exist. At least, a few do. "To stud…
Twenty-two years after the groundbreaking production had its U.S. debut in Los Angeles, it returned " "as gloriously relevant as ever." And here is a photo gallery of what happens backstage,…
And, famously, short story writers. Why? "It's a chance to bring together a wide cast of characters at a time when the sense of occasion allows them and the novelist to take the long view of…
Roger Cohen misses the world of the landline. "In the landline world there was down time. You left the house, you looked around, you saw people, you daydreamed, you got lost, you found…
The movie was supposed to be about her, or be "her movie," according to The Rise of Skywalker director J.J. Abrams. But she died long before this one started shooting. The way it worked was …
It's for Netflix, y'all. For The Two Popes. " Los Angeles Times
Sure, some art has been dependent on wealthy patrons for centuries. But in the age of expansion and renovation, and deep income inequality, that reliance has returned with a vengeance. Take …
Not experts in art " experts in serving those populations. " Hyperallergic
But it might be awhile after The Rise of Skywalker before we know more. "'We're literally making this up from whole cloth and bringing in filmmakers to find what these stories might be,' Ken…
But will the U.S. take that opportunity? With more than a quarter of rural lands and nearly a third of tribal lands unable to get internet access, the public sale of the spectrum could make …
Long before virtual reality, and less digital (and perhaps less nausea-inducing), camera enthusiasts with money could create 3-D panoramas. "The technology was introduced commercially in 194…
The Jazz Museum in Kansas City has had financial and leadership struggles during the past couple of years, but it's clearly hoping that Rashida Phillips (a performer herself) will right the …
Survivors of that night at Pulse and their families aren't interested in a $45 million memorial and museum, "They seek a simpler memorial and argue that the money would be better spent helpi…
Hello, capitalism? An audience is calling. Watchmen on HBO was, for black superhero fans, even stronger than the next-best thing, Black Panther. So what will comics properties do with this a…
Karina became a star of French New Wave films as a teenager starring in Jean Luc Godard's The Little Soldier and went on to star in more of Godard's movies (and to marry him). She was a Rena…
The past year has been shocking and a reversion to old, terrible ways, say the artists, galleries, and other prominent people in the Australian art scene. For instance: "'We have called poli…
Despite " or perhaps emboldened further by " Misty Copeland's criticism of the Bolshoi's use of blackface, the theatre's general director says, "La Bayadere ballet has been performed in this…
When she was an 11-year-old performing as a local dancer filling in at a Mariinsky Ballet performance in LA, Dana Nichols didn't know she would be asked to perform in blackface until just be…