The Last Tycoons

from The Hollywood Reporter The Incredible Shrinking Studio Chief High-flying execs are dropping like flies right now — at Amazon MGM, and possibly at Warner Bros. — turning what was once the most coveted job in Hollywood into one of the riskiest.  BY PETER...

OnlyWays

from NPR Why would a musician join OnlyFans? Because making a living is only getting harder by Isabella Gomez Sarmiento When the musician Kate Nash found herself with a pile of unpaid invoices, she came up with a way to make some quick cash: she joined OnlyFans. / Art...

Sure, why not?

from StudyFinds Can animals make art? Research led by Shawn Simpson, University of Pittsburgh In the forests of eastern Australia, satin bowerbirds create structures known as “bowers.” The males gather twigs and place them upright, in two bundles, with a gap in...

Graydon Reflects

from The New York Times via DNYUZ Graydon Carter and the Golden Age of New York City Media Lorne. Graydon. Keith. Three abiding kings of New York City’s cultural life are the subjects of new books. Lorne is Lorne Michaels, the creator of “Saturday Night Live,” who is...

Val Kilmer Gone

from Variety Val Kilmer, Star of ‘Batman Forever,’ ‘Tombstone,’ Dies at 65 By Pat Saperstein Val Kilmer, who played Bruce Wayne in “Batman Forever,” channeled Jim Morrison in Oliver Stone‘s “The Doors” and starred as a tubercular Doc Holliday in “Tombstone,” died...