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#MeToo struggled to find traction in France. Then Judith Godrèche came forward
CANNES, France (AP) — Before Judith Godrèche kickstarted a #MeToo wave in the French industry, she was one of the first prominent actors to go on the record against Harvey Weinstein. Godrèche was…
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After Buyout Offer, KQED San Francisco Will Make Further Staff Cuts. | Story
Another public media outlet is instituting layoffs and job cuts to offset a budget shortage. San…
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A Leading Free Expression Group Is Roiled by Dissent Over Gaza
When PEN America celebrated its 100th birthday two years ago, it was a rousing if sober celebration of a nimble defender of free expression around the world.Once a small writers group best known for its staunch defense of imperiled…
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Roman Polanski Exonerated In French Defamation Case
“A French court on Tuesday acquitted film director Roman Polanski of defaming British actress Charlotte Lewis after she accused him of raping her when she was a teenager. … She sued for defamation after Polanski called her…
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CPB President Responds To Sen. Ted Cruz’s Letter About NPR Funding. | Story
Corporation for Public Broadcasting President and CEO Patricia de Stacy Harrison has responded to a…
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Amsterdam concert hall cancels Israeli group’s shows over protest plans
Amsterdam concert hall cancels Israeli group's shows over protest plans | NL Times
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Denver Art Museum Merges With Another Museum Just Down The Street
“The Kirkland (Museum of Fine & Decorative Arts) will become a curatorial department to the Denver Art Museum,” explains DAM director Christoph Heinrich. “The unique situation is, of course, that this is a…
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After 34 years, David Hockney’s magnificent ‘Turandot’ sets get resurrected in…
When the curtain rises Saturday evening on Los Angeles Opera’s “Turandot,” composer Giacomo Puccini’s last work will feature the L.A. debut of the production’s biggest star: monumental stage sets designed in the early 1990s by David…
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These Butlers Are Neither Carson Nor Hudson
In Britain’s bucolic Cotswolds region, the arrival of summer is typically marked by a migration. Specifically, the return of a rarefied group to grand country houses in counties like Oxfordshire or Gloucestershire, where preparations…
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Benjamin Millepied on queering Romeo and Juliet: ‘In France they called me woke’ | Benjamin…
Perhaps no single person has done more to buoy up classical ballet in contemporary culture than Benjamin Millepied, the choreographer for Darren Aronofsky’s 2010 thriller Black Swan. He was already a star among balletomanes thanks to his…
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