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Pianists: The Evolution of Emil

Pianist Artur Rubinstein was passing through Odessa one day in 1931 when a piano teacher cornered him and insisted on dragging him off to the local conservatory to hear her pupils. You know how boring such an ordeal usually is, Rubinstein recalled a few years later. But by God, there was this boyshort, with a

Rema's 'Calm Down' becomes RIAA 7X platinum

In a testament to its status as the most commercially successful African song in the United States, Rema's 'Calm Down' with Selena Gomez has now sold 7,000,000 units thus earning it an RIAA 7-time platinum plaque.

Revel's CEO Wants to Solve the Urban EV Charging Challenge

Frank Reig had a problem back in 2019. The CEO of Revel, a New York City-based electric moped-share startup, was trying to expand the concept to other cities, but he was having trouble finding places where he could access enough power to charge his scooters. The real issue, he soon realized, though, was much bigger.

Sean Baker on Red Rocket, Casting Simon Rex, and Making Movies in Polarized America

Sean Baker likes to turn his camera on the people and places Hollywood usually ignores. In films like Tangerine, the story of a transgender sex worker that was shot with an iPhone, and The Florida Project, a look at an unemployed single mother and her young daughter who live in a rundown motel in the

Stephen Colbert Gay Trump Joke Went Too Far

What characterized Stephen Colberts Late Show in its early going was its hosts evident curiosity about the world and engagement with his guests. Even as the show struggled to find a consistent voice and to get a foothold in the ratings, Colbert, finally free from his Comedy Central-era faux-persona as a conservative blowhard, seemed boundlessly