Art and Culture

In the span of a single week, two deals reshaped the future of American media by concentrating something more valuable than content itself: control over how Americans find and consume it. As conservative billionaires effectively…
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Scott Simon talks with author Judy Blume at the Santa Fe International Literary Festival in May.…
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Seriously: Movies have “proved to be a tool of dictators, an instrument of propaganda and the weapon of ruthless, unaccountable corporate interests.” – The New York Times Source link
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The number one movie in Dad Cinema is, of course, a Kevin Costner classic. But there are many others, including classic Mel Brooks fare. – The New York Times Source link
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The New York Historical’s new wing features a show that’s “historically broad, thematically loose, unabashedly polemical, made up of equal then and now.” – The New York Times Source link
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Pierre Coffin thought he was done with the Minions. After nearly two decades inside the “Despicable Me” universe — the highest-grossing animated franchise of all time, with more than $5.5 billion worldwide across six films — the…
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The prominent literary magazine Granta will no longer publish the winning entries of the annual Commonwealth short story prize after one of this year’s winners drew widespread accusations of AI use.The magazine said it would no longer be…
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Keeping pace with Hollywood’s awards horserace.…
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“What children know of ghosts, and at what age they know it, is murky territory. … And if you show even a very young child a picture of a ghost, in my experience they can often tell you that it is, indeed, a ghost.” – The New York…
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“The art director of Obsession disclosed her paycheck for about three weeks of work: $6,741.36, after taxes.” The movie has now made $300 million on a budget of $750,000. – The New York Times Source link
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