Art and Culture

Hong Kong —  Something weird has been happening on China’s internet. One small and vocal corner has been claiming the country’s most famous historical…
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KPop Demon Hunters was the sleeper hit of 2025, dominating Netflix's streaming numbers. The musical-fantasy produced by Sony Pictures Animation has over 600 million views since its debut in June of last year. The movie spent 52 weeks on…
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In the last few years, some of the UK’s biggest cultural institutions have experienced major threats to their security. A report by the public accounts committee (PAC) has warned that such incidents have exposed serious weaknesses…
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Somehow, and I don’t know where the decades went, I will be marking 50 years as a music critic later this summer. I won’t bore you with a calculation of how many hours I’ve spent sitting in concert halls and opera houses, or how many…
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Comedy writer Brice Vilanch and psychologist Steven Pinker are among those who’ve been contacted by someone claiming to be NPR host Gross herself or co-host Tonya Mosley (not a producer) offering an interview on Fresh Air, displaying…
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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick speaks during Wednesday’s press conference. Credit: Screenshot / The Texas Senate Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, during a Wednesday press conference, threatened to take over public school districts that don’t remove…
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The Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger could result in the loss of nearly 4,500 film and TV jobs in Los Angeles County over the next three years when the two companies combine their operations, according to a new analysis by…
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Your support helps us to tell the storyFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or…
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The Met Museum, Carnegie Hall, BAM, Lincoln Center, even the Brooklyn Children’s Museum — in fact, none of the 39 institutions in what’s called the Cultural Institutions Group have to pay Fire Dept. summonses. There is, in fact, a…
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