Tennessee Signs ELVIS Act, the Nation’s First Law to Protect Musicians Against AI

consequence.net: Signed at a ceremony hosted at a honky tonk in Nashville’s famous Broadway district, the ELVIS Act was supported by the initiative, The Human Artistry Campaign, and has a number of prominent supporters, including country stars Luke Bryan and Chris Janson (who were both at the signing), Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr., a bipartisan coalition of Tennessee lawmakers, and more.

The curious case of the embedded critic

Intermission: Toronto theatre criticism is in a weird spot at the moment. Discussion around criticism in this city feels more volatile than ever before: several theatres have removed critics from their press lists, and artists continue to speak out about the harms they’ve experienced from their side of a review. For some Toronto critics, to write about local theatre is to play a no-win game of extremes, with artists on one side and critics on the other — an us-versus-them between art and its response. As a critic who went to theatre school and continues to nurture my own artistic practices, I fall somewhere in the middle.

The Carnegie Music Hall is Restored to its Former Glory

Pittsburgh Magazine: There are 1,530 new, custom-designed seats. Aisles have been resloped and widened. Nearly 1,180 fleur de lis stencils have been reapplied. Decorative gold-leaf panels have been replastered, repainted and cleaned. And perhaps the most welcome improvement of all – there’s now air-conditioning.

KMR Agency Suspends Franchise With SAG-AFTRA Amid Major Client Payment Delays

uk.news.yahoo.com: The KMR talent agency, which has been grappling with “talent payment breakdown,” has suspended its franchise with SAG-AFTRA. KMR owner and President Mark Measures today sent a letter to the guild, informing them of the decision.

OpenAI Meeting with Movie Studios

nofilmschool.com: It was only a matter of time. Once Sora was announced, it was clear that studios and coms filmmakers would be interested in exploring the benefits. If this program worked effectively, there would be a streamlining of costs and a shrinking of jobs across the industry.

Art Directors Guild Local 800 Reaches Tentative Deal with Studios

www.indiewire.com: That’s another of the 13 IATSE locals down, but still many to go. The Art Directors Guild, IATSE Local 800, announced to its members Thursday night that it reached a tentative agreement on a new contract with terms specific to its members.

The Royal College Of Music’s New Performance Simulator Makes Students Sweat

Live Design Online: There is an old joke which goes, “How do you get to Carnegie Hall?” and the answer is “Practice, practice, practice.” London’s prestigious Royal College of Music might add an addendum to this, “Practice, practice, practice at Carnegie Hall,” and it's new Performance Lab could come close to making that a reality.

Is 3D Printing Finally Having Its Moment?

Builder Magazine: I attended the Domus Ex Machina session at SXSW earlier this month, presented by ICON. CEO Jason Ballard hosted the event with his passionate, high energy, and challenging style in full display. I will admit that I have been a Ballard fan since we first introduced him to the production housing industry at DCX in 2018. However, I have been openly skeptical of the economics and wide adoption of 3D printing in home construction.

Best Circular Saw Reviews 2024

Pro Tool Reviews: There was a time when choosing the best circular saw simply meant picking your favorite or most trusted brand. Now there are so many choices it can make your head spin. Corded or cordless? Sidewinder or worm drive? Left blade or right blade?

Netflix moving ahead with plan to build N.J. mega studio. Here’s everything we know.

nj.com: More than a year has passed since Netflix introduced a plan to build a sprawling New Jersey production studio on a 289-acre site at a former Army base in Monmouth County. While the entertainment giant received Gov. Phil Murphy’s support and recently obtained a key approval from a local board, there are still many more sign-offs required before construction can begin.

NFTRW Weekly Top Five

Here are the top five comment generating posts of the past week:

How 4 Day Week Global is proving the benefits of a shorter workweek

www.fastcompany.com: The nonprofit 4 Day Week Global wants to create nothing less than a million new years of free time. The organization has been advocating for a four-day workweek since its founding in 2019, guiding businesses through the planning and implementation of trials of shortened work schedules, then sharing the results.

Posted by David at 3/22/2024 10:28:00 AM

Off-Broadway is booming — and it's a lesson for theaters everywhere

nypost.com: Midtown’s swell, but lately New York’s hottest tickets are well below 42nd Street. While theaters in the city and around the country have struggled in the face of skyrocketing expenses and sagging attendance, a group of commercial off-Broadway shows have bucked the trend and are packing in ticket-buyers.

Posted by David at 3/21/2024 10:30:00 AM

Joann fabrics bankruptcy and stock delist: Will stores start closing?

www.fastcompany.com: Joann Inc, the owner of the Joann chain of sewing and fabric stores, is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the company has announced. The move comes after the chain has struggled with declining sales in recent years. As a result of its changing financial situation, Joann stock will also be delisted from the Nasdaq.

Posted by David at 3/22/2024 10:31:00 AM

Job searching tips: How to get your dream role

www.fastcompany.com: When you’re looking for a new job there’s a lot to figure out: What information should you include on your résumé and what do you need to trim? Is a cover letter really necessary? What are the best answers to the most common interview questions? Do you really need to send a thank-you note?

Posted by David at 3/22/2024 10:33:00 AM

'Willy Wonka Experience' Organizer Has History Of Shady Dealings

brobible.com: Billy Coull, the director of the House of Illuminati, which is the organization that hosted the disastrous “Willy Wonka Experience” in Glasgow last month, says the incident has ruined his life to such an extent that he’s lost the “love of his life.”

Posted by David at 3/21/2024 10:33:00 AM

 

Why ‘Uncle Vanya’ Is the Play for Our Anxious Era

The New York Times: IN WATCHING MIXED-BREED dogs play, I’ve often thought that mutts are more dog than the purest purebred. They’re the essence of caninity, all mud, turf and wet fur. So, too, with dramatic works: Some are purebred — think of William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” (1611) or Edward Albee’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” (1962) — while others are mad rambles, off leash and messy. This brings me to Anton Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya” (1897), a singularly psychologically destabilizing piece of theater that’s now being seen anew as a study of post-Covid paralysis, not to mention the existential dread of watching your life slip away by the spoonful.

John Patrick Shanley Is This Season’s King Dramatist

Observer: “I’m a longtime fan of the drop-off laundry,” crows playwright John Patrick Shanley with a certain discernible pride. Somehow, he convinces you he sees more into it than anyone else.

Is Ai in 'Late Night With the Devil' Ethical?

nofilmschool.com: Our most recent soiree into the debate comes in an ironic twist with the upcoming horror film Late Night With the Devil and recent backlash from a Twitter warrior noticing an AI generated still in the trailer. If AI is a "devil" of sorts to humanist art, should we perpetuate it in any way at all?

IATSE Negotiations: Cinematographers Reach Deal on Craft Issues

www.hollywoodreporter.com: IATSE‘s largest Local, the International Cinematographers Guild, has reached a tentative agreement with studios and streamers on its craft-specific issues, the union told members Wednesday night.

Job searching tips: How to get your dream role

www.fastcompany.com: When you’re looking for a new job there’s a lot to figure out: What information should you include on your résumé and what do you need to trim? Is a cover letter really necessary? What are the best answers to the most common interview questions? Do you really need to send a thank-you note?

Palm Royale on AppleTV+ Drenches Kristen Wiig in 60s Style

thekit.ca: Palm Royale had me at Carol Burnett. She is everything you could hope for in this dramedy series, which launches March 20 on AppleTV+, gleefully chewing up the scenes even while lying stock still in a coma. The legendary comedienne is the gilded Easter Egg in this study of the culture clash in Palm Beach, Florida, in the pivotal year of 1969.

Joann fabrics bankruptcy and stock delist: Will stores start closing?

www.fastcompany.com: Joann Inc, the owner of the Joann chain of sewing and fabric stores, is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the company has announced. The move comes after the chain has struggled with declining sales in recent years. As a result of its changing financial situation, Joann stock will also be delisted from the Nasdaq.

How Etsy Became a Vintage Gold Mine for the "Palm Royale" Costume Designer

www.harpersbazaar.com: Costume designer Alix Friedberg was working on a different project alongside Jean-Marc Vallée when the Big Little Lies director died in December 2021. So she suddenly found herself available when fellow Lies alum Laura Dern reached out about a new series—a period comedy Dern was producing about the Slim Aarons–esque world of Palm Beach in 1969. “I didn’t even need to read the script,” Friedberg tells Harper’s Bazaar. “It was like, ‘Oh my God—yes, yes, yes!’ ”

IATSE Sets Simultaneous Talks Between Locals & Studios As Bargaining Resumes

deadline.com: Back at the bargaining table with the studios this week after several days of caucusing, IATSE on Tuesday laid out its plans for the next phase of talks as a contract-expiration date inched closer for a tense Hollywood.