adrienne maree brown on Why All Organizing Is Science Fiction

The writer and social-justice facilitator adrienne maree brown thinks we can use organizing like time travel — as a way to transport ourselves into a more communal and sustainable future. Even when responding to the moment, her projects look forward: In 2019, motivated by the exhaustion many felt after Trump’s election, she released Pleasure Activism, an anthology of love letters from organizers about the meaning they find in their work.

After Yellowjackets and The Last of Us, Melanie Lynskey Is Longing for a Comedy

Melanie Lynskey is tired of all the tragedy. Between Yellowjackets, Candy, and The Last of Us, the actress has been mired in the yuckier emotions a human can portray. Is it paying off professionally? Big time. But she’s long overdue for something fluffy. “Right now, all I can think is that I want to do a comedy,” she told SiriusXM’s Jessica Shaw at the 92nd Street Y. “And the next thing is not a comedy.

Against All Odds, Keshas Rainbow Finally Exists, But How Are the Songs?

We ask too much of women. They get less pay and more harassment. They get catcalled in the streets and asked to smile back in the face of objectification. We expect grace when they’re being torn down, because too much self-respect can scan as cattiness. (This week, Rihanna was called out for hating a Diplo beat, and Trina and Cardi B were the talk of Twitter for responding too crudely to trash talk.

Ah, So Thats Who Killed Sam on How to Get Away With Murder

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AI Singers Are Unnervingly Good and Already Ubiquitous

The software that cloned Drake and the Weeknd is easy to use—and impossible to shut down. Illustration: Mark Pernice This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. In 2021, five musicians from Hastings, England, noticed a hole in the market. “There were no massive rock bands making huge, catchy, stadium-worthy anthems,” says guitarist Chris Woodgates. So they started a group called Breezer and hit the recording studio.

AI-Generated Art Is Not Copyrightable, Judge Rules

Paintings of Ai-Da Robot, the first AI-powered Robot Artist. Go on, make all the generative AI artworks you want, but it will not be protected under copyright law. A federal court ruled on August 18 that AI-generated artwork cannot be copyrighted on the grounds that copyright law only extends to human beings, per The Hollywood Reporter. The case made its way to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia after the U.

Alan Ruck Thanks God Nobody Died in That Halloween Car Accident

Alan Ruck has addressed the car accident that likely spooked some onlookers this Halloween. Per the Los Angeles Times, the Succession star crashed his electric pickup truck into a Hollywood pizza place on October 31 in a collision involving four vehicles. “I’m fine, and thank god nobody was killed,” Ruck reflected to paparazzi in footage obtained by TMZ on Thursday. The 67-year-old actor was wearing a knee brace and walking with a slight limp, but assured paps that is because he’s “getting older,” not because of any injuries from the accident.

Album Review: Heartbreak Drake Returns on Views

Last year, Drake made a power play for rap regency with two wildly successful surprise retail mixtapes, an Apple deal that gave him a bimonthly Beats 1 radio show, and a string of releases from his own OVO Sound imprint. When his mettle was tested by Philly rapper Meek Mill’s charge that he used an uncredited writer for a verse, Drake responded with two surgically effective diss tracks — the smarmy “Charged Up” and the acerbic, Grammy-nominated “Back to Back” — and “Hotline Bling,” a single that would earn him the best solo sales and chart placements of his career.

Alex English Has a Backup Plan: Pole-Dancing

This week, we’re highlighting 24 talented writers and performers for Vulture’s annual list “Comedians You Should and Will Know.” Our goal is to introduce a wider audience to the talent that has the comedy community and industry buzzing. (You can read more about our methodology at the link above.) We asked the comedians on the list to answer a series of questions about their work, performing, goals for the future, and more.

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