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Music Review: Billie Eilish's 'Hit Me Hard and Soft' is zealous outsider pop in a league of her own
Billie Eilish's highly anticipated third studio album, “Hit Me Hard and Soft," has arrivedABC News - Entertainment -
Emilia Perez review – Jacques Audiard’s gangster trans musical barrels along in style
Cannes film festivalA thoroughly implausible yarn about a Mexican cartel leader who hires a lawyer to arrange his transition is carried along by its cheesy Broadway energy. Anglo-progressives and US liberals might worry about whether or not ...The Guardian - World -
The 30 seconds that shook Fury and took Usyk to the summit of boxing | Barney Ronay
Ukrainian makes convincing case as greatest of all time after rocking the Gypsy King to unify the heavyweight division. In the final shake-up it was those 30 seconds at the end of the ninth round that determined Oleksandr Usyk would finish the ...The Guardian - World -
Sony Music warns tech companies: Don't use our music to train your AI
Sony Music Group is sending more than 700 letters to tech companies and music streaming services, calling on them to not use its music to train AI without authorization from the label.Los Angeles Times - Entertainment -
Lainey Wilson the big winner at 2024 Academy of Country Music Awards
Lainey Wilson took home female artist of the year and the top prize of entertainer of the year at the 2024 Academy of Country Music Awards.CBS News - Entertainment -
Rhythm Nation: how music gives Haiti hope amid the chaos
The country has been hit by decades of crises and catastrophe, but its culture continues to thrive across the diaspora. Here, Haitian musicians celebrate its ’sounds of freedom’. Even before March this year, when gun-toting gangs overran the ...The Guardian - World -
Country superstar Kenny Chesney reflects on his tour and music journey
Kenny Chesney recently kicked off his summer tour. The country superstar talks with "CBS Mornings" about his historic career and shares how his music continues to evolve.CBS News - Top stories -
Kenny Chesney reflects on how his music has evolved through grief
Kenny Chesney is back on tour this summer supporting his 20th album, titled "Born." The country superstar says he's in a unique place in his career as his music evolves.CBS News - Top stories -
Classical music, not heavy metal – what could Slot's Liverpool look like?
After Arne Slot was confirmed as Liverpool's new manager, what will the Reds look like under the Dutchman?BBC News - Top stories -
Backlash to Anitta’s Music Video Evokes a Painful History in Brazil
Outrage over the pop star’s new music video brought Brazil’s struggle with religious intolerance into view.The New York Times - World - Brazil -
'The Winner' Review: Lessons in Ambition
In Teddy Wayne’s novel, a young man’s summer teaching tennis to the rich on Cape Cod puts him in deeper waters than he bargained for.The Wall Street Journal - World -
'Here There Are Blueberries' Review: At Leisure at Auschwitz
A powerful play by Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich at New York Theatre Workshop takes its inspiration from a photo album that depicts the concentration camp’s staff relaxing and enjoying themselves in close proximity to unimaginable horror.The Wall Street Journal - World -
'Babes' Review: A Wacky Welcome to Motherhood
Ilana Glazer and Michelle Buteau star in director Pamela Adlon’s comedy about pregnancy and what comes after.The Wall Street Journal - World -
'Pilobus' Review: A Graceful Body of Work
The experimental dance troupe focused on athletic, gymnastic forms to create startling displays of what the human body can do.The Wall Street Journal - World -
'The Road to the Country' Review: To War for Biafra
Chigozie Obioma’s novel follows two brothers into the inferno of Nigeria’s civil war.The Wall Street Journal - World -
'The Infernal Machine' Review: The Language of Violence
Radicals of the early 20th century sent political messages with bullets and dynamite.The Wall Street Journal - World -
'A Fatal Inheritance' Review: A Legacy of Cancer
Over time, scientists discovered that cancer could have a genetic component. Some families proved to be tragically hexed.The Wall Street Journal - World -
Sony Music warns global tech and streamers over AI use of its artists
Music group representing Adele and Beyoncé contacts more than 700 companies to prohibit use of contentFinancial Times - Business -
‘Chimney Doe,’ skeletal remains found in pipe of Wisconsin music store in 1989, finally identified
The skeletal remains of "Chimney Doe" were identified as Ronnie Joe Kirk nearly 35 years after he was found in a Madison, Wisconsin, music store pipe in 1989.NBC News - Top stories -
Sony Music Group warns more than 700 companies against using its content to train AI
One of the biggest record labels in the world is issuing notices warning hundreds of companies not to train artificial intelligence models on its content without permission.NBC News - Top stories -
Lainey Wilson wins big at the 2024 Academy of Country Music Awards, including the top honor
It was Lainey Wilson’s night, in many waysABC News - Entertainment -
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OpenAI Signs Content Deal With Reddit, as Sony Bars AIs From Its Music Archive
All these new systems gain their AI smarts by learning from huge amounts of data. Where they get it is still open to negotiation. And lawsuits.Inc. - Business -
Rubbish music, chatbots and online queues: welcome to your life lived on hold | Elle Hunt
Last year British taxpayers spent 800 years waiting to speak to HMRC. This is the price of a world digitised on the cheap. In taking stock of how we spend our days, no one likes to think of all the hours we’ve spent on the phone to the tax office. ...The Guardian - World -
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The gonzo trans Mexican drug lord musical 'Emilia Perez' lights up Cannes
On paper, Jacques Audiard’s buzzed-about Cannes Film Festival entry “Emilia Perez” would not seem anything like a good idea for a movieABC News - Entertainment -
Artiphon Chorda Review: A Nifty Toy for Non-Musicians
This digital fretboard is a unique standa-lone instrument and affordable intro to MIDI polyphonic expression (MPE).Wired - Tech -
'UnStuck' Review: Stuckey's, Back on the Road Again
For cheap gas, hot dogs, pecan rolls and Davy Crockett hats, Stuckey’s was a familiar waystation on midcentury car trips. Can it be revived?The Wall Street Journal - World -
'Audra McDonald at the London Palladium' Review: Soprano in the Spotlight
A ‘Great Performances’ presentation on PBS features the six-time Tony winner in a concert of mostly musical-theater repertoire—much of which seems almost too easy for her elegant, classically trained voice.The Wall Street Journal - World -
'STAX: Soulsville U.S.A.' Review: Story of the Memphis Sound
This HBO documentary explores the often precarious history of the legendary label, whose artists included Booker T. & the M.G.s, Otis Redding and Isaac Hayes.The Wall Street Journal - World -
'IF' Review: John Krasinski's Cloying Kids' Movie
The actor-director tells a story about imaginary friends in his film starring Ryan Reynolds and featuring the voices of Steve Carell, Emily Blunt, George Clooney and others.The Wall Street Journal - World - Entertainment -
'Back to Black' Review: Amy Winehouse's Songs and Struggles
Marisa Abela plays the Grammy-winning British singer in this vivid, pain-filled biopic directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson.The Wall Street Journal - World -
Crow Country Review - Old School Horror
Crow Country is coated in a murky green veneer that gives the impression you're playing it on a grainy CRT TV in one of your friend's bedrooms back in 1996. The polygonal figure of its protagonist, Special Agent Mara Forest, with her visible ...GameSpot - Tech -
Megalopolis review – Coppola’s passion project is megabloated and megaboring
Cannes film festivalFrancis Ford Coppola’s question – can the US empire last forever? – may be valid but flashes of humour cannot rescue this conspiracy thriller from awful acting and dull effects. Everyone who loves cinema owes Francis Ford ...The Guardian - World -
Francis Ford Coppola debuts 'Megalopolis' in Cannes, and the reviews are in
Francis Ford Coppola on Thursday premiered his self-financed opus “Megalopolis” at the Cannes Film Festival, unveiling a wildly ambitious passion project the 85-year-old director has been pondering for decadesABC News - Entertainment -
Rave reviews for 'bold, brilliant' Billie Eilish
Critics call the album "explicit, sapphic and her best work yet", plus "confident and non-conformist".BBC News - Top stories -
'Maurizio Cattelan: Sunday' Review: All That Glitters
The mischievous artist’s new show at Gagosian features his typically in-your-face style but lacks the humor and context that make his best works shine.The Wall Street Journal - World -
'Pax Economica' Review: When Free Trade Was Progressive
Early opponents of trade tariffs wanted economic policy to back a radical vision for world peace.The Wall Street Journal - World -
'The Swans of Harlem' Review: Trailblazers in Their Toe Shoes
In the 1960s, Arthur Mitchell’s Dance Theatre of Harlem offered a company where the talents of black ballerinas could shine.The Wall Street Journal - World -
'American Civil Wars' Review: The Era of Continental Divides
In the mid-19th century, Mexico and Canada were both gripped by internal conflicts. The conflagration of war in the U.S. soon followed.The Wall Street Journal - World