Audiences love improvised, off-the-cuff entertainment, and new research suggests it’s because spontaneity seems to offer a glimpse of the performer’s authentic self.
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During Cooper’s long tenure as a senior executive, general manager and executive director, he changed the Associated Press and the news its readers and listeners depended on, in major ways.
Composer Nicholas Britell festoons earnest Romantic music with sounds that gleefully desecrate it, underscoring the show’s emotional core: a lust for power joined by immense self-loathing.
Journalism only exists to serve the public, and every serious journalist feels this in their bones, just as we all know how often we fall short.
A new book explores the enormous Alien franchise spawned by the 1979 film.
Stan Grant’s new book, The Queen is Dead, is revealing in terms of his decision to step down from public life. ‘I have been reminded what it is to come from the other side of history,’ he writes.
A new book, Unscripted, tells the incredible story of Sumner Redstone, the other model for Succession’s Logan Roy – and the epic succession journey of his daughter, Shari, now chair of ViacomCBS.
Adolescent brains are especially vulnerable to risk-taking and social pressure. But there are steps parents can take to steer their teen away from dangerous social media stunts.
Our study also found that seeing articles or videos about kind acts can help viewers feel more positively about humanity in general.
The origins of the anti-LGBTQ+ hate feedback loop are complex, but not insurmountable. Not addressing them will leave a growing number of people susceptible to violence.
2023 sees the UK host the Eurovision Song Contest on behalf of Ukraine. But what role does the stage itself have to play in the musical spectacle?
Finding the right balance between media freedom and limits remains one of the greatest challenges modern democracies face.
What does secondhand embarrassment say about your own anxieties and biases?
Crimestoppers was originally founded in 1988 and now receives more than half a million reports each year.
These findings suggest there is room for improved recruitment and reporting practices in the news industry
While Bryant Donham was never charged for her involvement in Till’s death, the Justice Department continued to investigate the case and consider the potential for an arrest as recently as 2021.
A scholar of Russia’s legal code explains the case against the Wall Street Journal reporter accused of espionage.
There is a growing public wariness about the performance of the media, which are increasingly accused of being partisan.
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is far from the first American journalist to be accused of spying, a media historian explains.
A sociologist interviewed dozens of middle-class Black singles about their friendships, freedom and dating lives.
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