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Robert Wilson was the most influential theater artist of our time

Robert Wilson was the most influential theater artist of our time

Salzburg, AustriaΒ β€”Β The news of Robert Wilson’s death at age 83 in New York reached me in a Wilsonian way β€” at the theater and absorbed in the kind of uncompromisingly slow, shockingly beauteous and incomprehensibly time-and-space-bending weirdness Wilson took infinite pleasure in hosting when he made what he called operas. He called everything he staged…

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Disney’s streaming business keeps growing, despite theatrical losses

Disney’s streaming business keeps growing, despite theatrical losses

Continued growth in streaming subscriptions and strong domestic tourism to its theme parks propelled Walt Disney Co.’s fiscal third quarter earnings, even as its theatrical results dipped, the company said Wednesday. The Burbank media and entertainment giant reported $23.7 billion in revenue for the three-month period that ended June 28, up 2% compared with the…

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One Shot: ‘Andor’ Season 2, Episode 3, ‘Harvest’

One Shot: ‘Andor’ Season 2, Episode 3, ‘Harvest’

The final season of β€œAndor” required visual storytellers to craft a stylized tapestry that reflected each episode’s underlying themes while unifying the whole. β€œWe treated every three episodes almost like a movie and gave them their own identity,” says cinematographer Christophe Nuyens, who photographed the first six episodes. In β€œHarvest,” the challenge was balancing lighting…

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Excessive screen time is linked to heart health risks in kids, new research shows

Excessive screen time is linked to heart health risks in kids, new research shows

Screen time doesn’t just affect mental health. It may also take a toll on the physical health ofΒ children and teens, according to new research.Β  Published in the Journal of the American Heart Association Wednesday, the research found 10- and 18-year-olds who spent more time focused on devices, including phones, televisions, computers and gaming consoles, were…

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