Art

Everybody needs an oldies station.  WKBJ was equal parts doo-wop and PG hijinks, faceless friend to commuters from Saugerties to Secaucus. It was the late ’90s, when Neil Diamond and the Beach Boys jostled for room in the nostalgia car. Bobby Miller was the manic maestro behind the wheel.  Favored by parents and Earth Science
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London’s biggest screening party for the Eurovision Song Contest finals has been canceled, the venue Rio Cinema and organizer Eurovision Party London have said. “Following discussion with the organizers of Eurovision Party London, we have collectively decided not to screen the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest this year while Israel remains in the
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View image in fullscreen Interview Ava DuVernay: ‘I’ve got real big-sister energy’ Michael Segalov The film maker, 51, on her early love of film, why she’s not on social media and the importance of silence Being the oldest of five kids, I’ve got real big-sister energy. I’m protective and want to take care of people.
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While “nonprofit” is not Welcome to Second Rough Draft, a newsletter about journalism in our time, how it (often its business) is evolving, and the challenges it faces. As nonprofit news has grown in importance over the last two decades, one bit of wisdom (or cynicism, depending on the tone) you will frequently hear dispensed
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West End theatre producers can put on a happy face. In a rare move, the United Kingdom’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, has confirmed that the government will reverse its rule raising the thresholds for high-net worth individuals allowed to invest in British theatrical productions and start-up companies. “The government will legislate to reinstate
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HarperCollins will publish The Collected Poems of J R R Tolkien, edited by Christina Scull and Wayne G Hammond, in September 2024, the first time all the author’s poems will appear in one volume.  HC, which holds world all-language rights to Tolkien’s works, said: “Poetry was the first way in which Tolkien expressed himself creatively
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Image of a classical piano concert (Jewelia/Pixabay/CC0C) Music is a universal language… it’s an often repeated axiom, but what does that mean? Two newly published scientific studies add proof to the common impression. One dismantles one of the pillars of Western theory, while the results of the other show that no matter where we come
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Box office receipts for Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer had already approached the billion-dollar mark worldwide before the 2024 Oscars ceremony. To this financial success, along with film awards for Best Director, Cinematography, Editing, Sound, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor, Oppenheimer garnered Nolan his first Academy Award for Best Picture. In larger Academy Award history, this
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Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) Interim CEO Sara Fenske Bahat has resigned as the institution’s galleries remain closed since February 15, following a pro-Palestine action led by eight exhibiting artists. Fenske Bahat’s departure follows weeks of turmoil at the center. After artists Jeffrey Cheung and Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo alleged that YBCA prevented them from
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Musical Events How Arnold Schoenberg Changed Hollywood He moved to California during the Nazi era, and his music—which ranged from the lushly melodic to the rigorously atonal—caught the ears of everyone from George Gershwin to James Dean. By Alex Ross March 11, 2024 Schoenberg, the Viennese firebrand, escaped to California during the Nazi era. He
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The 96th Academy Awards were awarded tonight at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, and after a brief delay caused by protests calling for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war, “Oppenheimer” took home a leading seven Oscars, including ones for best picture, director (Christopher Nolan) and lead actor (Cillian Murphy). “Poor Things” had multiple winners, including
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On Jan. 12, screenwriter Simon Stephenson sent an email to the Writers Guild of America’s senior director of credits Lesley Mackey asking to set up a call to discuss an important matter. The CAA-repped writer, whose credits include Pixar’s “Luca” and StudioCanal’s “Paddington 2,” wrote, “I’ve encountered a credits-related issue on quite a high profile
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Marilyn Monroe, who died 62 years ago, has been reincarnated as a “hyper-real” AI-generated digital avatar that lets fans engage in a conversation with the late actor — who can answer questions “in Marilyn’s signature voice and style,” according the company behind the project. AI technology firm Soul Machines unveiled Digital Marilyn, an interactive experience
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View image in fullscreen Indie record shops boom in number – but supermarkets are deserting music Data from Digital Entertainment and Retail Association finds there are now 122 more indie record shops compared with 2014 New data shows that the UK has dozens more record shops that it did 10 years ago, but the marketplace
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