Machiavelli

from The New Yorker The Florentine The man who taught rulers how to rule. By Claudia Roth Pierpont Machiavelli believed that to succeed in life a man must be adaptable. Illustration by Lorenzo Mattotti One method of torture used in Florentine jails during the glorious...

da Vinci

from Architectural Digest Biographer Walter Isaacson Gives AD an Exclusive Interview on Leonardo da Vinci On the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci’s death, AD speaks with Walter Isaacson on the innovator’s best creations, what he might be...

3BlackDot & BavaMedia

from The Hollywood Reporter Digital Studio 3BlackDot Inks Deal With Management Firm BavaMedia (Exclusive) The Los Angeles-based company will provide content services to Bava’s talent roster, comprised of live-streamers and YouTube personalities. BY TRILBY...

The Long-tail Rising

from Showbiz 411 What Year Is It? Oldies Take Up 8 of the Top 20 on iTunes Including 1994 “Zombie” and 1970 “Spirit in the Sky” by Roger Friedman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zJ_07cnY5c&feature=emb_logo What year is it again? While Lil Nas X’s “Montero (Call...

Critic Declares Warhol Not Lame

from The New York Times Warhol a Lame Copier? The Judges Who Said So Are Sadly Mistaken. An appeals court ruled that Andy Warhol violated a photographer’s copyright by appropriating her image for a silk-screen he did in 1984. Our critic disagrees. By Blake Gopnik Andy...