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Inside the BSO power struggle that led to Andris Nelsons’s ouster
“We strongly oppose the decision by the Board of Trustees to end the appointment of Maestro Nelsons,” the musicians said in a statement posted to social media. “The musicians believe in Andris’s vision for the future.”Get Starting PointA…
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How America Learned to Love Barnes & Noble Again
Barnes & Noble was once the avatar for sinister big-box stores on the march against independent businesses. In 1998’s You’ve Got Mail, Tom Hanks plays an executive at Foxbooks, a thinly disguised bookstore chain, who puts out of…
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Behind the scenes of Sinners, Oscar-nominated women are ‘carrying the torch’ for…
After about 50 feature films and 40 years in the industry, Oscar-winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter — nominated again this year for Sinners — has seen a lot of change, but she says it isn’t something that just happened. "We broke…
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Literary Hub » What Night of the Living Dead Taught Me About Filmmaking—and Life
I first saw George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead at age five. A five-year-old doesn’t request a 1960s horror classic; rather, it appears on a screen before him. It helped to have a mother who aligned to the factory specs…
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AI companies want to use improv actors to train AI on human emotion
If you’ve got strong creative instincts, the ability to authentically portray emotion, and are capable of staying true to a character’s voice throughout a scene, there’s a job listing calling for your experience.The catch: You won’t be…
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Ballet, Opera Performers Have A Message For Timothée Chalamet
Timothée Chalamet couldn’t have hit a lower note among his artistic peers last week.The “Marty Supreme” actor’s recent comments dismissing ballet and opera as arts “no one cares about” led to public ridicule and backlash within the…
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As the Oscars approach, Hollywood grapples with AI’s growing influence on filmmaking
I teach a course on AI and filmmaking at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, and lately, rather than planning each session well in advance, I’ve been structuring the class the night before. I’ll browse platforms like X, Substack and…
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Anti-Warner Bros/Paramount Merger Billboard to Circle Dolby Theater During Oscars
Nominations: Oscars, SAG, BAFTA, PGA, GG, Critics Choice
Wins: BAFTA, PGA, GG, Critics Choice
“One Battle After Another” marks the third consecutive Best Picture nominee for director Paul Thomas…
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FCC Chair Brendan Carr Threatens To Revoke Licenses If Iran War Coverage Isn’t To The President’s…
Uh … how’s that First Amendment doing? Carr “accused the news media of wanting the United States to lose the war.” – The New York Times
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