Yes, it's a made-for-reality-TV concept that indeed is reality TV in Britain and now in the US: "Without speaking, or even knowing each other's names, two strangers share a choreographed dan…
Right off the bat, you can say that Greta Gerwig's version will make the most money. Then there's the height of the actors playing the little women. " Slate
There's so much " so many Best lists, so many ideas about gifts, so many essays about types in books " and then … "What have tweets and emojis done to the novel? According to the writer…
Why hasn't the EU acted to curb Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's clearly problematic takeover of the media? (Or theatre, for that matter?) Well. "European countries have dragged th…
The designers didn't want an audience probably well-steeped in the Harry Potter movies to be either disappointed or blasé. In the two-part play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, "the resul…
Lyon went on acting until 1980, but " as is the case with many child stars " "she receded from acting and turned away from public life in her later years." " Los Angeles Times
"With Lawrence in Arabia," a 1927 silent film featurette about T.E. Lawrence. This newsreel-style film, which Lowell Thomas showed to audiences as part of a lecture about Lawrence's exploits…
"She was too haughty to deny herself that luxury of the proud-minded"a sense of justice." Sylvia Townsend Warner, Summer Will Show (courtesy of Levi Stahl)
A few months ago I was at a conference of administrators of large arts institutions when a leading researcher in cultural trends made a bold claim: The election of Donald Trump is a result o…
Or is it self-immolating? In any case, when the RWA suspended writer Courtney Milan, who had spent years on its ethics committee and pushing for more inclusion and equity, for calling a book…
Fraser "wrote or translated songs into Inuktitut, an Inuit language, [and] a key aim was to 'use pop music as a platform to strengthen her language,'" her producer said. "She also wanted to …
The massive strike, in its 24th day and spread throughout the country, went viral last week when dancers and the orchestra performed selections from Swan Lake in front of the Paris Opèra. "…
They're so early 2010s, basically. But culture is cyclical, or so it appears in tastemakers' plans, and " according to a vampire literature scholar " "updated versions of these monsters cycl…
Partly it's by letting Canada be Canada. "While movies and TV series are shot across the country, the Canadian locations rarely stand in for themselves. Toronto might be New York. Or Vancouv…
As usual, it's "an eclectic mix of fiction and nonfiction," and the former president included the collected works of Toni Morrison, who died in August. " Los Angeles Times
Real surprise here, but his designs were, mostly, uh, "too avant-garde" for the company. " Open Culture
Inside the last days of Le Pont Traversé " and the economics of a flashy Paris encroaching on the heart of the literary city. The shop is especially known for its poetry. "A few months ago,…
Singer, behind the scenes, was "instrumental in galvanizing federal officials, philanthropies and academics to seed the public airwaves with quality programming and to finance future develop…
Everyone from Harvey Fierstein to Chita Rivera has something to say about the man who deeply understood his craft. Betty Buckley, who played Dolly Levi in the 2018-19 national revival tour o…
The rest of the world already knew that, but now it's official. " Los Angeles Times
And, of course, in a larger sense, does it matter? Well, it matters for the money, of course. "Juliet Wilson-Bareau, a Goya scholar, told the Observer that museums must re-examine thei…
Here's the deal, not that you would know it from Amazon purchases: "The psychic center of American social life has shifted from buying things to feeling them." " The New York Times
In Nieman Lab's 2020 predictions, the founder of a collaborative journalism initiative says that some news organizations aren't doing enough to make the case that they're worth saving, but t…
Look to streaming, of course, to lead the way. "Lucasfilm and Disney are now in a perfect spot: The Mandalorian is a success, Star Wars is ripe for more experimentation, and Disn…
While Cambridge cut out its medieval requirement, Oxford " under the influence of Lewis and Tolkien " doubled down. That weirdly influenced the fantasy all over the English-speaking world. "…