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Right Wing Trolls Are Attacking Taylor Swift. Good Luck With That

It’s hard to overstate Taylor Swift’s power right now. This summer, she embarked on the first leg of her earth-shaking Eras Tour which is set to gross over $1 billion and generate $5 billion for the worldwide economy. The tour comes after Swift released three albums and three more re-recorded ones since the start of …

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The Writers’ Strike Settlement Was Good. But Not Good Enough Concerning AI

I’ve been in the entertainment industry since I was nine. I joined the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) when I was 11 in 1977, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) when I was 22, and the Directors Guild of America (DGA) the following year. I got my start as a child actor on Broadway, studied film …

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Writers’ Settlement Tries To Define Streaming Subscriber

So, what’s a subscriber, anyway?  With the Writers Guild of America‘s interim agreement details revealed, the stakes are high on figuring that out. The guild’s deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers breaks new ground when it comes to streaming residuals, with writers set to get healthy bonuses if a specified success metric …

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Does Academic Pursuit Need a Goal, A “Completed-By” Date?

Right now, many forms of knowledge production seem to be facing their end. The crisis of the humanities has reached a tipping point of financial and popular disinvestment, while technological advances such as new artificial intelligence programmes may outstrip human ingenuity. As news outlets disappear, extreme political movements question the concept of objectivity and the …

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A Changing Of The Guard On Broadway?

Second Stage’s Carole Rothman and Lincoln Center Theater’s André Bishop. Photos: Jennifer S. Altman/Chasi Annexy The New York not-for-profit theatre industry could be about to see its biggest changes in leadership in generations, says columnist Howard Sherman Support The Stage by registering or subscribing To continue reading this article you must be logged in. Register …

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King Lear Is A Strenuous Role, But Not Such A Difficult One

Kenneth Branagh is set to play, and direct, King Lear and doubtless we shall hear the usual critical cliches about his attempt to scale a theatrical Everest. But is the role of Lear that difficult? The 19th-century American actor Edwin Forrest said: “I play Hamlet, Othello and Macbeth but by heaven, sir, I am Lear.” …

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