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• Apple Versus Hollywood

  24-11-2024 22:30 via theverge.com
  
  Or at least movie theatres and cinematic releases. “In spite of some directors’ unhappiness, Apple seems set on being cautious with its theatrical risks from now on.” – The Verge
  
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• Should We All Toss Our Phones Now, Or What?

  24-11-2024 22:00 via newyorker.com
  
  Ronan Farrow’s new article argues that we’re all at risk of being hacked – by our own government. “When it happens in a democracy … , it creates a sense of disorientation: ‘Could this happen to me? Here? Really?!’ And yet it can, and it does.” – The New Yorker
  
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• When A TV Series Production Devastates A Town, Who’s To Blame?

  24-11-2024 21:30 via latimes.com
  
  “Small communities roll out the red carpet for filmmakers, but there’s not always a happy Hollywood ending.” Take this devastating fire on the set of HBO’s I Know This Much Is True. – Los Angeles Times
  
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• Turns Out Intuition Isn’t Everything In Mathematics

  24-11-2024 21:00 via wired.com
  
  “Much of mathematics is driven by intuition, by a deep-rooted sense of what should be true. But sometimes instinct can lead a mathematician astray.” Take the bunkbed hypothesis. – Wired
  
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• The ‘Glicked’ Combination Is Working For The Box Office, At A Marketing Cost

  24-11-2024 20:30 via nytimes.com
  
  That’s Glick-ed, Gladiator II plus Wicked. Obviously. But: “Is this now what it takes to fill theaters? Movies, especially ones like Wicked, a mega-spectacle with mega-reviews based on a mega-musical, used to be able to commandeer the culture by themselves.” – The New York Times
  
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• The Sense That Defines A Culture

  24-11-2024 20:00 via theatlantic.com
  
  “When your homeland has been under foreign control for centuries, your tastes are inevitably shaped by that reality—by the culinary traditions the colonizers bring with them, and by the attempts to maintain traditional flavors in the face of erasure.” – The Atlantic
  
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• Tim Robbins Feels Depressed About The Future Of Cinema, If That Future Is Netflix

  24-11-2024 19:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Robbins “fears for a Hollywood that has been upended by the rise of streaming services, and is increasingly governed by algorithms that prioritise more of the same over anything sui generis.” – The Guardian (UK)
  
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• Discount Ticket-seller TKTS Wants To Boost Theatre Attendance In The City Of Brotherly Love

  24-11-2024 19:00 via nytimes.com
  
  This will be TKTS’ first U.S. spot outside of New York. “Regional theaters are struggling and ticket costs are a persistent cause of consumer concern,” so the hope is that the kiosk will boost sales for theatre, ballet, and even the Philadelphia Orchestra. – The New York Times
  
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• Cheaper Site TKTS Wants To Boost Theatre Attendance In The City Of Brotherly Love

  24-11-2024 19:00 via nytimes.com
  
  This will be TKTS’ first U.S. spot outside of New York. “Regional theaters are struggling and ticket costs are a persistent cause of consumer concern,” so the hope is that the kiosk will boost sales for theatre, ballet, and even the Philadelphia Orchestra. – The New York Times
  
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• How Much Input Did Barbara Hepworth Have In The Casting Processes For Her Sculptures?

  24-11-2024 18:30 via theguardian.com
  
  In newly revealed letters, “the instructions make it clear how deeply involved Hepworth was in the casting procedure, caring not just about the final look of the metal, but also the precise angle of balance.” (Which might seem obvious? But, you know, woman.) – The Observer (UK)
  
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• Analyzing The ‘Legendary’ Donkey Kong Country Soundtrack

  24-11-2024 17:30 via seattletimes.com
  Video games do better with a serious commitment to music: “The self-taught British composer David Wise, with valuable contributions from Robin Beanland and Eveline Fischer, had managed to coax a richer variety of sounds than had ever emanated from a game console.” – Seattle Times (NYT)
  
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• Why Are Men Claiming Online To Make Fortunes Self-Publishing Classic Literature?

  24-11-2024 17:00 via slate.com
  
  “The theory is simple. Countless classic works of literature have fallen out of copyright and into the public domain, granting normal people the right to reproduce, remix, and resell them.” – Slate
  
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• Disney Wants To Knock Netflix Off Its Stand-Up Comedy Perch

  24-11-2024 16:30 via nytimes.com
  
  But it’s not about volume: “Hulu will roll out one special every month. The aim is to turn each one into an event, leaning on the considerable marketing resources of Disney.” – The New York Times
  
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• Hate To Break It To You, But The Wicked Movie Outshines The Stage Musical

  24-11-2024 16:00 via msn.com
  There’s just more time, with the movie in two parts. That means it “zeroes in on the rivals-turned-besties dynamic with a touching naturalism that goes beyond what’s possible in the show” – and that changes the entire dynamic. – Washington Post (MSN)
  
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• Comparing Gladiator II To What Happened In Reality

  24-11-2024 15:30 via latimes.com
  
  There actually were quite a few animals involved in the Colosseum, not to mention the naval battles – but probably no sharks. – Los Angeles Times
  
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• Will The New Info About Cormac McCarthy Affect The Writer’s Reputation?

  24-11-2024 15:00 via nytimes.com
  
  “Everybody knew about Augusta, but they all knew her as a secret. … Because they met when she was so young, she was an abused child, she was a runaway, and Cormac was in his 40s, it was a situation that in many ways would look bad.” – The New York Times
  
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• We’ve Entered The Era Of Grand Theft Hamlet

  24-11-2024 14:30 via theguardian.com
  
  That’s a documentary, actually, “examining a lockdown staging of the play within the online digital realm of Grand Theft Auto, emerging as a strangely moving testament to the communal comforts of gaming and performance alike.” – The Guardian (UK)
  
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• The Banana Piece Is A Disgusting Display Of Cynicism And Wealth Management

  24-11-2024 14:00 via hyperallergic.com
  
  “I don’t think Cattelan’s ‘prank’ was ever in good faith. The Italian artist swims in the same swamp as those he pretends to parody. The murkier the waters, the more they thrive.” – Hyperallergic
  
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• The UK’s Morris Dancing Is Traditional, Except Where It Absolutely Isn’t

  24-11-2024 13:00 via bbc.com
  
  “When you think of the English tradition of Morris dancing, you might not picture a group of young, gender non-conforming, drag kings who dress like ‘chimney sweeps’ – but that will be because you’ve not seen Molly No-Mates.” – BBC
  
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• Laurie Anderson: Ark: United States V review – a long and winding bid to make sense of America

  24-11-2024 13:00
  
  Aviva Studios, Manchester
  Contemplating a world of catastrophe and collapse, the veteran artist’s new three-hour show, though much too long and diffuse, has moments of poignancy – and joyThe world premiere of Laurie Anderson’s new three-hour multimedia extravaganza begins with a sparkling globe spinning on a big screen like a Christmas tree bauble. Its surroundings are less jolly: a mushroom cloud, a raincloud soon surrounded by thunder, and a low, disturbing drone.
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• The 80s: Photographing Britain review – in your face and to the barricades

  24-11-2024 10:00
  
  Tate Britain, London
  From Greenham and Orgreave to Belfast and City slickers, visceral images from a turbulent decade jostle for attention in a show that feels overwhelming in its scale and confusing narrativeThere are several photographs in this exhaustive and exhausting exhibition that could be considered iconic. John Harris’s black-and-white image of a mounted police officer swinging a truncheon at the head of a woman during the miners’ strike is certainly one of them. Another, pe
  
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