News The Senate must now vote on the bill, which sets annual allocations for the NEA, NEH, Smithsonian, and other cultural programs. A protester holds up a sign in support of the Smithsonian Institution at a Hands Off rally in Washington, DC, in April 2025. (photo by Amaury Laporte via Flickr, CC BY 2.0) Months
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SZA has shared a new song, “Save the Day.” It appears on the soundtrack to the forthcoming Disney-Pixar film Hoppers, which premieres next month. Give the track a listen below. Due out March 6, Hoppers takes place in a world where “scientists have discovered how to ‘hop’ human consciousness into lifelike robotic animals” per a
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Horry County wasn’t–and isn’t–alone in this. Lancaster County, South Carolina, has also been dismantling young adult sections in its libraries. In a heated library board meeting last summer, one board member addressed the library director over her insistence that they remove books from the young adult collection and move them to the adult collection. That
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Daniel Blumberg is an omnivorous artist, bringing intense conviction and curiosity to song form, improvised live performance, visual artwork and film composition. As acomposer for Mona Fastvold and Brady Corbet, he is part of arguably the most exciting musician-filmmaker team working today: apartnership that began with The World to Come in 2020 and continued with
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Robert Duvall, one of the most beloved actors of the 21st century, has died. He was 95. Duvall died at his home on Sunday, according to his wife, Luciana. In a public statement, she assured fans of the Godfather and Apocalypse Now actor that he was “surrounded by love and comfort” when he passed. She
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We independently evaluate all recommended products and services. Any products or services put forward appear in no particular order. if you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. Music has always crowned its own icons, but the current moment feels singular. Women aren’t just leading the industry—they’re rewriting its economics, breaking records that
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Scott Adams, whose popular comic strip “Dilbert” captured the frustration of beleaguered, white-collar cubicle workers and satirized the ridiculousness of modern office culture until he was abruptly dropped from syndication in 2023 for racist remarks, has died. He was 68. His first ex-wife, Shelly Miles, announced the death Tuesday on a livestream posted on Adams’
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Virgin Music Group has officially completed its acquisition of Downtown Music Holdings, and as part of the deal has appointed Downtown’s CEO Pieter van Rijn as chief operating officer of VMG. The move reshapes the independent music‑services landscape and advances VMG’s goal of building a global, end‑to‑end platform for artists, labels and rights holders. Based
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[ Planning an elegant home memorial means creating a space that feels calm, personal and intentional without the pressure of formality. With thoughtful choices around setting, flow and meaningful details, a private home can offer just as much grace and dignity as a traditional venue, often with more room for authenticity and connection. The living
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