Eurovision Opens Under Cyber Threats and Boycott Pressure
Vienna's Eurovision begins as a security operation, boycott dispute, and public-broadcasting ritual before it becomes a song contest.
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Rex Reed Made the Critic a Public Character
Rex Reed mattered because he made criticism visible, vain, funny, cruel, and impossible to mistake for stenography.
Whitney White's Tony Record Carries the Memory of Liberation
White's Tony milestone matters because Liberation is a play about how women remember together and build power from that memory.
CBS Radio Has a Sign-Off, But No Archive Answer
CBS honored its radio past on video while the preservation question stayed unanswered.
Jack Kirby Gets a Street on the Lower East Side
A Lower East Side street sign puts Jack Kirby back in the immigrant city that made Marvel possible.
Michael Pennington Leaves Shakespeare Behind a Star Wars Search Result
Michael Pennington's death exposes the cruel search-engine joke of a major Shakespearean actor remembered first as an Imperial officer.
Hannah Natanson's Privacy Fight Nears the DOJ Deadline
The Justice Department has six days to decide whether it will fight the reporter-device ruling it has not yet touched.
Disney's ABC License Window Keeps Narrowing
Disney's ABC renewal fight is now a culture story because broadcast licenses have become political leverage.