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Canada’s art installation at Venice Biennale rooted in research, history, beauty
By Bob Weber, The Canadian Press on April 16th, 2024
Hundreds of thousands of tiny glass beads will soon be twinkling in the sun across the entire Canadian pavilion at the Venice Biennale, Canada’s newly revealed entry in one of the world’s most prestigious art fairs. But Kapwani Kiwanga, the Hamilton-born, Paris-based creator of the work, wants you to get past the cobalt blue glass ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!What Winnie the Pooh and Mickey Mouse can tell us about the public domain and remix culture
By Andrew Dalton, The Associated Press on April 16th, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) – The giant stuffed bear, its face a twisted smile, lumbers across the screen. Menacing music swells. Shadows mask unknown threats. Christopher Robin begs for his life. And is that a sledgehammer about to pulverize a minor character’s head? Thus unfolds the trailer for the 2023 movie “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Artist and curators refuse to open Israel pavilion at Venice Biennale until cease-fire, hostage deal
By Colleen Barry, The Associated Press on April 16th, 2024
VENICE, Italy (AP) – The artist and curators representing Israel at this year’s Venice Biennale announced on Tuesday they won’t open the Israeli pavilion exhibit until there is a cease-fire in Gaza and an agreement to release hostages seized by Hamas on Oct. 7. Their decision, praised as courageous by the festival’s main curator, was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Yellowjackets’ star Sophie Nélisse forecasts ‘feral and intense’ third season
By Alex Nino Gheciu, The Canadian Press on April 16th, 2024
TORONTO – “Yellowjackets” star Sophie Nélisse expects the intensity of her hit survival drama to dial up in Season 3. The Montreal-based actor says filming will begin in May and that the cast has been kept in the dark about the plot. But she hopes her teen character Shauna Shipman lets her emotions explode after ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!What a murderous Winnie the Pooh can tell us about the public domain and remix culture
By Andrew Dalton, The Associated Press on April 16th, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) – The giant stuffed bear, its face a twisted smile, lumbers across the screen. Menacing music swells. Shadows mask unknown threats. Christopher Robin begs for his life. And is that a sledgehammer about to pulverize a minor character’s head? Thus unfolds the trailer for the 2023 movie “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No weed, just beer: Bavaria bans smoking cannabis at Oktoberfest and beer gardens
By The Associated Press on April 16th, 2024
BERLIN (AP) – You can get drunk at Bavaria’s world-famous Oktoberfest, but don’t get high. The southern German state will ban smoking cannabis at public festivals, inside beer gardens, and even at the Oktoberfest, the world’s most popular beer festival, the state’s government announced Tuesday. Local authorities in Bavaria will also be allowed to prohibit ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Artist refuses to open Israeli pavilion at Venice Biennale until cease-fire, hostage release
By Colleen Barry, The Associated Press on April 16th, 2024
VENICE, Italy (AP) – The artist and curators representing Israel at this year’s Venice Biennale announced Tuesday they won’t open the Israeli pavilion exhibition until there is a cease-fire in Gaza and an agreement to release hostages. Their decision was posted on a sign in the window of the Israeli national pavilion on the first ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Israel artist refuses to open Israel pavilion at Venice Biennale pending cease-fire, hostage release
By Colleen Barry, The Associated Press on April 16th, 2024
VENICE, Italy (AP) – The artist and curators representing Israel at this year’s Venice Biennale announced they won’t open the Israeli pavilion exhibition until there is a cease-fire in Gaza and an agreement to release hostages. Their decision was posted on a sign on the Israeli national pavilion Tuesday, the first day of media previews, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!ABBA, Blondie, and the Notorious B.I.G. enter the National Recording Registry
By Andrew Dalton, The Associated Press on April 16th, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) – ABBA, Biggie, Blondie and Rudolph are entering America’s audio canon. New inductees into the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress include ABBA ‘s 1976 album “Visitors,” The Notorious B.I.G. ‘s 1994 album “Ready to Die,” Blondie ‘s 1978 breakthrough “Parallel Lines” and Gene Autry’s 1949 version of “Rudolph the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!What to know about the prison sentence for a movie armorer in a fatal shooting by Alec Baldwin
By Morgan Lee, The Associated Press on April 15th, 2024
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – A movie weapons armorer received the maximum sentence of 18 months in jail for involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on a Western movie set, as authorities now turn their focus on prosecution of Baldwin himself. A New Mexico judge on Monday found that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Characters enter the public domain. Winnie the Pooh becomes a killer. Where is remix culture going?
By Andrew Dalton, The Associated Press on April 15th, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) – The giant stuffed bear, its face a twisted smile, lumbers across the screen. Menacing music swells. Shadows mask unknown threats. Christopher Robin begs for his life. And is that a sledgehammer about to pulverize a minor character’s head? Thus unfolds the trailer for the 2023 movie “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and ... Read More »
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