Art and Culture

Donald Trump‘s administration has taken exception to UK government plans to compel online video giants like YouTube to promote “public service media” content from outlets like the BBC. In a submission to Britain’s consultation on…
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If the people around you are spiteful and callous and will not hear you, fall down before them and beg their forgiveness; for in truth you are to blame for their not wanting to hear you.– from The Brothers Karamazov (1880) by Fyodor…
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Q&A Nell Bang-Jensen says down with censorship, up with experimental Belgians and South Philly grandmas.  CEO and director of FringeArts, the producer of the Philadelphia Fringe…
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NEW YORK (AP) — Pretty much everyone on stage at the Metropolitan Opera in New York must audition — even the snake who will briefly take center stage in an upcoming adaptation of a Mozart…
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Need proof the movies are really, truly back? The summer box office was already the biggest since COVID upended the industry in 2020 — and now the season has become the highest-grossing of all time. Domestic ticket sales from May 1…
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David Rubenstein, the billionaire philanthropist who was chair of the Kennedy Center’s board until Trump ousted him in early 2025, has purchased the Joel Shapiro sculpture Blue, which was carted away from the Center’s grounds last week.…
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Well, OK, not consistency, but repetition. – The New York Times Source link
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Maisie Williams has dabbled in witchcraft exactly once. The actor was getting ready to audition for a part in a film. “I wanted it so badly that I went on to Etsy, and I paid a witch to manifest me the role,” she says, poker-faced.“It …
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NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Sam Holleran, one of the authors behind the new book Scattered Steel: the afterlife of the World Trade Center. Transcript…
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LISTEN | How Les Simpson became a part of Quebec culture:The Sunday Magazine24:28Why Quebec fans and actors fought to save their own version of The SimpsonsGrowing up in Quebec, Joshua Biasotto fell in love with watching The Simpsons…
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