Art and Culture

It’s no longer unusual for a hit movie to come from outside the Hollywood system, with upstart player Angel Studios scoring with Sound of Freedom three years ago, or Taylor Swift going directly to AMC Theatres for her blockbuster…
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“President Trump on Monday urged Congress to approve federal tax incentives aimed at reviving American film and television productions, saying Hollywood has been hollowed out by productions moving to Canada and other countries.” –…
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A record number of people attended shows on a single day at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe, according to organisers.The Fringe Society – which oversees the uncurated festival – said it notched up the highest attendance for a…
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Imagine a Saturday night "spectacular," under the stars at the Hollywood Bowl, with the Los Angeles Philharmonic performing as fireworks explode in the night sky — for $10?Not a pipe dream.The L.A. Phil has taken a major step in…
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Two municipal employees in the Dutch city of Rotterdam have been dismissed following an investigation into alleged corruption involving construction contracts. They include work connected to asbestos removal at Museum…
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Yayoi Kusama was an artist of many mediums — sculpture, painting, performance art and film — but many people will remember her for one body of work in particular: her "Infinity Mirror Rooms."The artist, whose death at age 97 was…
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The trial of Lindsay Clancy, a former labor and delivery nurse who admitted to strangling her three young children before attempting suicide in January 2023, has become the latest true crime sensation largely due to social media.…
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In 2011, Tiit Helimets organized a tour to his native Estonia. Calling the troupe “Tiit Helimets and Co.,” he planned the international tour from California, where he was a principal dancer at San Francisco…
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One might argue that Beckett is the perfect playwright for an actor with that condition to perform — especially when the play is Krapp’s Last Tape, which Peter Marinker is preparing to do this week. Here’s how he, along with the…
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“She is part of a lineage that has gone dormant: larger-than-life, carefully curated personas bolstered by their market value at the box office and by how their sheer artistry shapes the texts that end up on the silver screen. These are…
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