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The extravagant promotions of ‘Wuthering Heights’ and ‘Wicked’: ‘We are reaching a point between the…
The boundaries between fact and fiction are becoming increasingly blurred. And nowhere more so than in the film industry. The recent promotional tour for Wicked: For Good became a show in itself almost from the get-go. Basically, it was…
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A Tiny Museum In San Francisco That’s More Like A Giant Time Capsule
The museum “covers the entire history of city parks within a 6-by-10-foot room. … Because the museum capacity is five people and the pent-up demand goes back 130 years, the opening was intentionally kept soft.” – San Francisco…
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Myth, monsters and making sense of a disenchanted world: why everyone is reading fantasy | Fantasy…
Fantasy doesn’t need defending. It is one of the great cultural forms at the moment, all-pervading, ubiquitous. Maybe even the dominant form of writing just now, in line with the bookseller’s joke that contemporary publishing divides…
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Literary Hub » Namwali Serpell on Toni Morrison and the Power of Ambiguity
"Beloved reflects a deep ambivalence about revelation, specifically about the use of language to reveal."
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Oscars bellwether, British awards or both? The identity dilemma facing the Baftas | Baftas
It may be billed as Britain’s premier film awards, but when nominations for the Baftas were announced last month, the lack of British representation in the top categories was hard to ignore. Just one British actor, Robert Aramayo,…
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James Cameron slams Warner Bros.-Netflix bid, favours Paramount. Here’s a breakdown of both deals
James Cameron is weighing in on the battle for Warner Bros. Discovery, calling on the U.S. Senate Antitrust Subcommittee to block Netflix's acquisition of the Hollywood studio.In a letter to subcommittee chair and Rublican Sen. Mike Lee…
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Willie Colon, Trombonist And Bandleader, Producer And Composer, Has Died At 75
Colón’s “driving musical energy and mischievous bad-boy image — he was long promoted as ‘El Malo’ — helped made him a luminary of New York salsa music, and 1978 collaboration with Rubén Blades, Siembra, became one of the top-selling…
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In a frenetic digital era, he’s helping Angelenos rediscover the classic cassette player
Stepping into Jr. Market boutique in Highland Park is like entering a 1980s time warp. Built into a refurbished shipping container, it’s filled with everything from tiny Walkman-style portables to colorful, number-flip clock radios and,…
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South Africa Pulls Out of Venice Biennale
Turns out Gaza broke the country's art world, too.…
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