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How a tiny L.A. theater company frees Hollywood writers from development purgatory
Last June, Naomi Welikala noticed a line curving around the block of her local American Legion, an unassuming building that rarely invited commotion. Curious, she asked the person at the back of the queue what they were waiting…
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AI and the Future of Grantmaking
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In recent discourse among funders, artificial intelligence (AI) in arts grantmaking has moved from theoretical possibility to practical consideration. Questions about AI’s role in…
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Rebecca Benaroya, Doyenne Of Seattle Arts Philanthropists, Has Died At 103
“Together with her late husband, real estate developer Jack Benaroya, Becky Benaroya championed dozens of arts, humanitarian and civic organizations including the Seattle Symphony,” whose home, Benaroya Hall, opened in 1998. – The…
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Paramount Beat Netflix for WBD, but the Regulatory Fight Isn’t Over
From L to R: California AG Rob Bonta, WBD CEO David Zaslav, Paramount CEO David Ellison, AG Pam Bondi and U.K. Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Lisa Nandy (Photo courtesy TheWrap/Chris Smith/Getty Images) After!-->!-->!-->…
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Paavo Järvi to succeed Edward Gardner at helm of London Philharmonic | London Philharmonic Orchestra
The London Philharmonic Orchestra announced on Tuesday that Paavo Järvi will succeed Edward Gardner as chief conductor from the 2028-29 season, when Gardner’s current contract comes to an end.Järvi, 63, was born in Estonia into a musical…
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Baz Luhrmann: ‘There’s the image of Elvis and then there’s the man’ | Baz Luhrmann
In the spring of 1972, a film crew trailed Elvis Presley everywhere he went to capture a pivotal moment in his career – his first tour in nearly a decade. Ironically, one of the most crucial things that happened during that project…
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Paramount, Warner Bros deal would unite film, news and social media forces : NPR
Paramount CEO David Ellison arrives with Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., before President Donald Trump delivers the…
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In A Time Of Lies, Sudden Wars, And AI Hallucinations, We Desperately Need Live Performance
“The performing arts, with their warm embrace of subjectivity, might not seem the most likely corrective amid this crisis. But they have much to teach us about the notion of truth.” – The New York Times
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Native Artist Hand-Stitches ‘Bead Bomb’ Projects Onto Utility Poles In LA
”At the edge of a Home Depot parking lot where federal immigration agents have violently detained vendors and others,” a utility pole “carries a band of color with a fluorescent sheath … made up of 10,000 pony beads spelling a…
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Why Starfleet Academy Used Our Town to Bring Back Mary Wiseman’s Tilly
Quite a lot happens in Starfleet Academy’s excellent 8th episode “The Life of the Stars,” but the adventure is arguably highlighted by two occurrences: unexpected rehearsals for a performance of the 1938 Thornton Wilder play…
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