Art and Culture

The Writers Guild has a new deal — four years, notably longer than the three-year contracts that have been Hollywood’s norm since the 1940s (The Hollywood Reporter). What the guild is really buying is time to figure out how AI…
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Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Twenty years ago, I stumbled across a book that would change the course of my career. Donald…
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Now, let me begin by saying: stealing is bad. I don’t think you should steal things. It is a good way to get yourself sent to prison and it is morally wrong to take things that don’t belong to you. Cargo theft? Bad. Stealing priceless…
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The Writers Guild of America has reached a tentative four-year deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers group representing studios and streamers. The writers’ union and the AMPTP officially confirmed the…
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Anthony Norman thought he was just doing a job. But no, says a writer for the weirdly Truman Show-like series: “It was so much more than we ever could have hoped for. … He’s a true hero.” – The New York Times Source link
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As the internet noted earlier this week—and Claire Guinan at Jezebel observed yesterday—Vice President JD Vance may have a plagiarism problem. (Among his many others.) On Tuesday, the man with the most…
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“Sister Margaret-Angela saw their involvement in Call the Midwife as something that would endure. ‘We’ve bought all the DVDs so it’ll be in our archives,’ she said. ‘It’s part of the community history now.’”…
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“This looks like AI.”It’s a phrase I dread seeing as a writer who dabbles in illustration and amateur photography. In a world where generative AI technology is increasingly adept at mimicking the work of humans, people are naturally…
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“The president uses verbs to evade responsibility and even proclaim a new form of leadership. Perhaps surprisingly, this is true even when Mr. Trump is proudly, if also prematurely, declaiming military successes.” – The New York…
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Peachtree Pointe in Atlanta. ATLANTA: Synchronicity Theatre has announced it will transition away from its current venue at Peachtree Pointe, a mixed-use office space in Midtown Atlanta. Synchronicity’s landlord has chosen not…
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