Assistant Teaching Professor of Global Arts, Media and Writing Studies, University of California, Merced Ordinary and universal, the act of writing changes the brain. From dashing off a heated text ...

Times have been tough for movie exhibitors thanks to the one-two punch of streaming and a pandemic, but Chicago’s Music Box Theatre is going strong regardless. The historic art house cinema on Tuesday ...

If only they were robotic! Instead, chatbots have developed a distinctive — and grating — voice. Credit...Illustration by Giacomo Gambineri Supported by By Sam Kriss In the quiet hum of our digital ...

Theater owners are surely giving thanks to “Zootopia 2” and “Wicked: For Good,” which delivered a much-needed one-two punch to the Black Friday box office. Disney’s “Zootopia 2” led the pack with a ...

Universal’s “Wicked: For Good” has become the box office bonanza that was promised, earning $38.5 million from 4,115 locations on Friday on top of a 2025 best $30.1 million from advance screenings to ...

MONDAY AM: Disney’s Zootopia 2 wound up being an even bigger animal over the Thanksgiving stretch than imagined. We hear this morning that the 5-day has soared to $158M after a better-than-expected ...

BRUSSELS, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Below is the text of a European counter-proposal to the United States' draft 28-point Ukraine peace plan, seen by Reuters on Sunday. The counter-proposal, drafted by ...

The US is leaning heavily on Ukraine to accept within days a new peace plan it has drawn up with Russia and which seems heavily lopsided towards Moscow’s long-standing demands. The plan, described as ...

SCRIBE STATUE. FOUND: Lagash, Iraq. CULTURE: Sumerian. DATE: ca. 2400 B.C. LANGUAGE: Sumerian. In early 2016, hundreds of media outlets around the world reported that a set of recently deciphered ...

After selling out during its Black Friday sale, Amazon has restocked the popular new hardcover box set featuring illustrated editions of J.R.R. Tolkien's beloved fantasy novels. Published by William ...