K20K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, in cooperation with the Friends of the Kunstsammlung and with generous financial support from the Reydan + Roger Weiss Foundation, is presenting the K21 Global Art Award for the third time. This award is…
Category: 5. Entertainment
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The Hero and the Magician: Walter Benjamin’s Jean Paul
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust: Part Two, trans. David Luke (Oxford University Press, 1994).
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For further background on “The Dipped Magic Wand,” see the editors’ introduction to “Against a…
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Nacelle Opens Up Star Trek Wave Two Action Figure Line Pre-Sale
“This is one of the biggest weeks we’ve had since launching the line,” said Nacelle CEO Brian Volk-Weiss. “Between the pre-sale, long-awaited updates, and new reveals — we wanted to give collectors everything they’ve been waiting for, and…
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Wait, Travis Kelce’s Favorite Director is…Greta Gerwig?
If there are two things I truly believe in this world, they’re 1) that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are genuinely in love (I mean, come on, would you write “Wood” about someone you weren’t absolutely, humiliatingly down bad for?), and 2)…
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Judge says sacking of BBC radio presenter was ‘reasonable’
BBCJack Murley, from Bodmin, worked with BBC Radio Cornwall from 2019 until 2024 The BBC’s decision to dismiss one of its radio presenters has been found “reasonable” by a judge at an employment tribunal.
Jack Murley, from Bodmin, worked at BBC…
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Close Attention – Dissent Magazine
Close AttentionAn interview with Frederick Wiseman.
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How Neural Fingerprinting Detects AI Music Infringement
SUN VALLEY, IDAHO – JULY 11: Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, speaks to the media as he arrives at the Sun Valley Lodge for the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 11, 2023 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Every July, some of the world’s most wealthy…
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In ‘Boots,’ a gay Marine comes of age before the era of ‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’
As a closeted gay teen growing up in Glendale, Arizona, in the 1990s, Andy Parker once invited a Marine Corps recruiter to his house to convince his conservative, evangelical parents to let him join the military.
“Looking back now, I can see…
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Hidden Levels #2: Stick It to ‘Em
Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A…Start. It’s one of the most famous video game cheat codes … and it’s easiest to execute using a piece of gaming interface technology so fundamental that it has remained…
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Andrew Lloyd Webber, the most successful Broadway composer ever, on why he never invests in his own shows
By Charles Passy
The composer of “The Phantom of the Opera,” “Cats,” “Evita” and many others, is enjoying a new – and busy – chapter in his decadeslong career
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s latest successes include a Broadway production…
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