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• Election Movies Released During Presidential Election Years — Do They Make Any Difference?

  05-11-2024 20:06 via theguardian.com
  “Some film-makers are explicit in their intention to affect election outcomes. … Others come from the opposite direction, reckoning that an election year is the perfect time to draw attention. … The Guardian chose films from each election year of the 21st century and interviewed the people who made them.” – The Guardian
  
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• Creative Markets are being Swamped

  25-09-2026 06:50 via artsjournal.com
  A flood of books, music and images is overwhelming creative markets. Some of it is democratization of tools. Some of it is pure AI. Is this a crisis or an opportunity?
  
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• 4,200 Library Books, Three Months, No Phones

  25-09-2026 00:32 via artsjournal.com
  Good Morning,Students at Pleasure Ridge Park High School in Louisville have checked out 4,200 library books in the first three months of this school year, twice last year’s total, since the school district locked phones away “bell to bell.” Noah Berry, a senior, says he had never borrowed a book there before (Aging Untold).Davi Ramos, now the Australian Ballet’s first Black principal, started ballet at 12 in Rio’s Vidigal favela. His school waived the fees, friends&
  
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• Australian Ballet Gets Its First Black Principal

  24-09-2026 21:02 via danceaustralia.com.au
  
  Davi Ramos grew up in a Rio favela and didn’t start ballet lessons until he was 12. Only two years later, he competed in Youth America Grand Prix and, subsequently, the Prix de Lausanne; he studied in London and apprenticed in Amsterdam before coming to Melbourne, drawn by AD David Hallberg. – Dance Australia
  
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• Schools Report Surge In Library Book Checkouts After Cellphone Bans

  24-09-2026 20:44 via aginguntold.com
  
  Students at Pleasure Ridge Park High School are checking out books at a rate librarians say hasn’t been seen before, coinciding with a districtwide cell phone ban that took effect at the start of the 2025 school year. – Aging Untold
  
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• Lucas Museum Architects And The Building Of Fantasies

  24-09-2026 20:31 via nytimes.com
  MAD Architects is a team that has completed major cultural and residential projects in 16 countries and counting. Their signature is hard-to-believe designs that do all of the shouting — etched towers churning like hula-hooping women; a museum honed like an ancient stone; an opera house resembling a mountain, bursting from the ground. – The New York Times
  
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• BBC Is Preparing To Shut Down Some Radio And TV Channels: Report

  24-09-2026 20:04 via deadline.com
  
  “Deadline hears that the BBC is expected to unveil what one source described as ‘audience-facing’ closures next week, as the UK broadcaster ramps up efforts to save £500 million ($660M) over the coming years. … Speculation (is) rife that youth network BBC Three is at risk of being unplugged for a second time.” – Deadline
  
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• Chicago Symphony Rebrands

  24-09-2026 19:31 via wbez.org
  
  The changes come as the CSO prepares to welcome its new, buzzy music director, Klaus Mäkelä, who will officially step into the role next fall. – WBEZ
  
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• Australia’s Performing Arts Sector Is In Crisis

  24-09-2026 19:15 via artshub.com.au
  Too many of our finest performers and musicians feel compelled to leave Australia. Productions, concert seasons and festivals are being cancelled or scaled back. – ArtsHub
  
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• Author Of One Of France’s Biggest Hit Novels Of The Year Accused Of Using AI

  24-09-2026 19:03 via euronews.com
  
  C’était ça ou mourir (It Was That Or Die) by Thélyson Orélien has sold over 35,000 copies and been hailed in France’s literary mediasphere as a revelation. On Monday, an anonymous X (Twitter) account claimed the AI-spotting software Pangram found that “this novel was written almost entirely by an artificial intelligence.” – Euronews
  
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• How AI Is Changing The Art Of Translation

  24-09-2026 18:44 via publishersweekly.com
  
  Many literary translators fear that if machine-assisted translation becomes the norm in book publishing, it could fundamentally change the nature of their profession. – Publishers Weekly
  
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• Judge Granted Last-Minute Pause On Paramount/Warner Deal

  24-09-2026 18:31 via deadline.com
  
  With an 11 am PT virtual hearing before Judge Martinez-Olguin widely viewed as a rubber stamping of the September 21 antitrust settlement and hence the mega-merger itself, the granting of Block the Merger’s move makes it almost certain the deal won’t be formally approved today. – Deadline
  
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• Is AI Above The Law? Outside? Under?

  24-09-2026 18:15 via newyorker.com
  
  At least for now, then, robots legally are things, not persons. But neither category quite fits. Instead, robots are outlaws: they lie outside the protection of the law, and their actions are not answerable to it. – The New Yorker
  
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• Former Microsoft CEO Repairs Damaged Calder Mobile In U.S. Senate Building

  24-09-2026 18:01 via artsjournal.com
  When Kim and Jon Shirley visited Alexander Calder’s Mountains and Clouds (1976/1986) in the atrium of the Hart Senate Office Building, the stabile portion of the sculpture (the mountains) was there, but the mobile part (clouds) had been removed due to structural damage. Ten years and $10 million later, the clouds are back. – ARTnews
  
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• The Powers Of Bibliotherapy

  24-09-2026 17:44 via newyorker.com
  
  Today, bibliotherapy takes many different forms, from literature courses run for prison inmates to reading circles for elderly people suffering from dementia. Sometimes it can simply mean one-on-one or group sessions for “lapsed” readers who want to find their way back to an enjoyment of books.  – The New Yorker
  
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• The African American History and Culture Museum, Ten Years On

  24-09-2026 17:32 via smithsonianmag.com
  The decades-long effort got its final push with the bipartisan efforts of Congressman John Lewis of Georgia, a stalwart of the civil rights movement, and Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas; the bill establishing the museum was signed by President George W. Bush in 2003. – The Smithsonian
  
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• Judging The Aftermath Of The Paramount/Warner Deal “Concessions”

  24-09-2026 17:15 via wsj.com
  “These promises are extremely, exquisitely hard to enforce,” said Alvaro Bedoya, an antitrust lawyer, likening Paramount’s concessions to a pinkie promise. If Paramount fell short of its spending commitments, for instance, attorneys general would need to rely on the company’s own data to prove it, Bedoya said. – The Wall Street Journal
  
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• A New Wave Of Documentary Theater Sweeps Latin America

  24-09-2026 17:03 via nytimes.com
  “Over the last three decades, a growing cohort of theater artists across Latin America have … used journalism, documentary and memoir to explore the boundaries between fact and fiction while confronting their region’s troubled past and turbulent present in a genre known as Theater of the Real.” – T — The New York Times Style Magazine
  
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• Director Of Kanal-Centre Pompidou In Brussels Will Step Down Immediately After Opening Weekend

  24-09-2026 16:32 via artforum.com
  
  “Yves Goldstein will leave (the new contemporary art museum) two days after its opening on November 28. He has spent a decade leading Kanal through the planning and renovation of its home in a massive Art Deco building, which formerly housed a Citroën garage, and navigating a partnership with the Centre Pompidou.” – Artforum
  
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• 2026 BBC Proms Saw Record Digital Audience Figures

  24-09-2026 16:04 via gramophone.co.uk
  “The organisation has reported … 8.3 million streams across BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds. Proms content generated 65.8 million views across BBC social media platforms. … The Last Night of the Proms achieved 505,000 live plays, up 12% on 2025’s figure of 450,000, and in total 10.2 million users watched Proms broadcasts on television.” – Gramophone
  
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• Harvey Weinstein Sentenced To 15 Years In New York Sexual Assault Case

  24-09-2026 15:31 via artsjournal.com
  “The landmark New York prosecution began nearly a decade ago with multiple accusers, but after retrials, mistrials, acquittals and appeals, it was whittled to a single victim: Miriam Haley, who … had worked briefly on the Weinstein-produced reality series Project Runway.” – AP
  
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• White House Officials Search For Easier DC Landmarks To Put Trump’s Name On (But Not Ford’s Theatre)

  24-09-2026 15:05 via alternet.org
  
  What with the ongoing battle over the Kennedy Center, Trump administration staffers are reportedly trying to find other spots to which his name could be added without legal wrangling. An MS NOW report said that among the places aides considered was the site of Lincoln’s assassination, a suggestion Trump himself angrily denies. – AlterNet
  
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• Kennedy Center Officials Extend Closure For Another Week, Citing Safety Issues

  24-09-2026 14:30 via msn.com
  “Executive Director Matt Floca cited recent studies of roofing damage he says could harm pedestrians in a status report filed Wednesday evening. … Floca has said the current shutdown is separate from the board’s decision” to close indefinitely, which requires the court’s approval, “and was prompted by immediate safety concerns.” – The Washington Post (MSN)
  
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• Financial Crisis At Nashville Symphony, “Restructuring” Is Being Planned

  24-09-2026 14:06 via nashvillescene.com
  
  Money troubles aren’t new to the orchestra, but in the wake of the recent death of longtime benefactor Martha Ingram, “the organization does not have sufficient cash on hand to sustain operations at its current level. The Symphony’s executive committee is developing a restructuring plan designed to stabilize the organization.” – Nashville Scene
  
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• The Met Opera Needed a Director Yesterday

  22-09-2026 00:36 via artsjournal.com
  Good Morning,The Met Opera opens its season Tuesday with a new Macbeth directed by Louisa Proske, co-founder of Heartbeat Opera, the small New York company she has run since 2014. She got the job less than a year out, after the original director withdrew; new Met productions are normally planned two or more years ahead (The New York Times).Arts Council England’s new chair, Dawn Airey, a former Channel 5 chief, released the council’s first survey of children’s cultural life: in
  
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• Court Rules Investigators Overstepped In Seizing Art Institute Of Chicago Drawing

  21-09-2026 20:06 via nytimes.com
  In a blow to New York investigators, an appellate court has found they inappropriately cited a penal law to seize an Egon Schiele drawing from the Art Institute of Chicago. – The New York Times
  
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• New UK Company Will Recreate Famous Concerts With Hyper-Realistic Digital Avatars In Any Space

  21-09-2026 19:31 via theguardian.com
  The former chief executive of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s entertainment group has obtained a near-£15m investment for his UK music tech startup that hopes to recreate classic concerts by manifesting musicians as digital avatars. – The Guardian
  
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• Daily Mirror Publisher Cuts Jobs As Web Traffic Plummets Because Of AI

  21-09-2026 19:01 via theguardian.com
  The company said earlier this year that a slump in overall digital page views had been driven by a 46% year-on-year decline in traffic from Google as features such as Google’s AI Mode and AI Overviews negate the need for readers to click through to its websites. – The Guardian
  
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• One Man’s Quest To Understand Theatre Economics

  21-09-2026 18:46 via jharbour.substack.com
  
  If these institutions were really facing an existential financial situation, “they’re acting commercial” wasn’t much of a fair, nor novel, accusation. The question soon turned to: Once commercial capital entered the nonprofit stream, whose risk did the nonprofit’s advantages reduce, and who captured the resulting value? – Jared Harbour
  
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• MrBeast Has 500M Followers. He Wrote A Book. So Why Isn’t It Selling?

  21-09-2026 18:30 via linkedin.com
  
  The book sold a reported 22,646 copies in its first week, landing it at #3 on The New York Times bestseller list. They are very low relative to the names involved. MrBeast has one of the largest communities with over 515 million YouTube followers. – Ben Liebmann (LinkedIn)
  
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