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Can You Read a Book in a Quarter of an Hour?
True meaning reverberates in the unspoken chasm between what we can show and what we can tell about it. O.K., that’s it for this Blink. But before we let you go, we wanted to let you know that this Blink was narrated by an A.I.-generated…
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What, Exactly, Are Editors Supposed To Do?
That editors edit, which would seem to go without saying, turns out to be a pretty facile summary of a role whose essential ambiguities make it best suited to confidence men or obsessives. The most we can say is that the editor assists…
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Sony says focus is on creativity, with games, movies, music, sensors, IP, and not gadgets
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese electronics and entertainment company Sony says it’s focusing on creativity in movies, animation and video games, rather than old-fashioned gadgetry. Its chief executive,…
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Executive Director – Great Lakes Theater
Great Lakes Theater
Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
By Dave Malloy
Adapted from War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Photo by Roger Mastroianni
Great Lakes Theater (GLT) is seeking candidates for the role of Executive Director.…
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Painting of Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales, Graces Tatler Cover
The British magazine Tatler revealed Wednesday the cover of its July 2024 issue on Instagram: a portrait of Her Royal Highness Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, by the British-Zambian artist Hannah Uzor. The picture is the …
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Could the Mysterious Voynich Manuscript Actually Be About Sex?
It’s been an unusually long time since anyone claimed they have cracked the century-long case of the Voynich Manuscript’s cipher. In a new article for the Social History of Medicine, however,…
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‘The level of hate was dangerous’: Michelle Terry on the backlash to her casting as Richard III |…
Michelle Terry, the artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe, has called the backlash to her casting as Richard III “disproportionate” and said much of the anger aimed towards her in recent months has been misogynistic.The Globe faced…
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A Furious, Forgotten Slave Narrative Resurfaces After Nearly 170 Years
One day in 1855, a man walked into a newspaper office in Sydney, Australia, with an odd request.The man, later described as a “man of color” with “bright, intelligent eyes” and an American accent, was looking for a copy of the United…
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Matthew Warchus Sets Departure From London’s Old Vic
London News
Matthew Warchus Sets Departure From London's Old Vic
The Tony winner has led the company as artistic director since 2015.…
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Layoffs Hit Storied Animation Studio (Exclusive)
The long-expected layoffs at Pixar Animation Studios have begun.
Today, leadership at the storied company that traces it origins to the late Steve Jobs and was bought by Disney in 2006 will notify employees of the…
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