Art and Culture

Good Morning, The Kennedy Center found time this week to order Trump’s name scrubbed from every email signature, voicemail, and letterhead (Politico) — but still hasn’t approved the National Symphony’s budget, leaving…
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NEW YORK (AP) — Dozens of literary entities, from the presenters of the National Book Awards to an organization supporting North Carolina writers, have received grants from an endowment…
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MBW Views is a series of op-eds from eminent music industry people… with something to say. The following MBW op/ed comes from Sammy Andrews. Below, she argues that Bill Ackman may be right about Universal Music Group – and still be wrong…
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Dan Lin’s instructions at Netflix are to spend less money on fewer, better movies.  – The New York Times Source link
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PARIS (AP) — Wilting in the summer sun, a line of tourists waits to climb Notre Dame cathedral and meet its gargoyles. Four meters (13 feet) beneath them, a team of archaeologists is digging the…
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“I love Russian ballet and always wanted to become a dancer, but there is no national ballet school in Japan, so I chose Russia,” says his compatriot Haruka Takemi, 20, who has lived in Russia for six years. – AFP…
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“I don’t know Bari Weiss’ motivations, but it’s hard to imagine that you would create so much turmoil in such a profitable show if what you really cared about was the bottom line.” – The Wrap (MSN)…
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When a Pulitzer prize-winning play about a feminist activist opened in New York, audiences had to do something unusual.They were asked to put their phones away – not in their pockets, but in specially designed pouches, which they could…
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The inaugural Enhanced Games took place to much fanfare in Las Vegas on May 24 2026. An event that has attracted much controversy, the games are designed to showcase the prowess of high-profile athletes who openly take legal…
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Artificial intelligence is rapidly learning to autonomously design and run biological experiments, but the systems intended to govern those capabilities are struggling to keep pace.AI company OpenAI and biotech company Ginkgo Bioworks…
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