Hartwig Fischer had planned to leave the post next year but said his presence had become a distraction after questions were raised recently about whether the museum took warnings seriously.
Life & Culture
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Carlos Santana apologizes for anti-trans rant at concert
As people in the audience cheered, Santana invoked comedian Dave Chappelle, who has compared being transgender to wearing blackface. He called Chappelle ‘my brother.’
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‘Dune: Part Two’ release postponed to 2024 as actors strike lingers
The release of “Dune: Part Two,” one of the fall’s most anticipated films, has been postponed from November until next near
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Got Tix: Where to find concert tickets to upcoming shows
See singer-songwriter Jon Pousette-Dart in Boothbay Harbor on Saturday.
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Woman pleads guilty to fatally shoving Broadway singing coach, age 87
She admitted randomly attacking Barbara Maier Gustern in anger after being kicked out of a Manhattan park.
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Lizzo faced pay dispute with other dancers before lawsuit over footage
Lizzo’s attorney said the matter was resolved when the production company made an appropriate payment for clearance of the rights for use of the footage.
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Portland-based Pihcintu makes music video to encourage aid for Ukrainians
The group is including ‘Song for Ukraine’ in its concerts, the singers wanting to spread awareness about the challenges of war that many of them know all too well.
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Kerry Washington, Martin Sheen shout for solidarity at rally
The demonstration outside Disney Studios in Burbank, California, came more than a month into a strike by actors and more than three months into a strike by screenwriters.
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YouTube and Universal Music join forces to address AI threat
AI-generated videos on YouTube were viewed more than 1.7 billion times this year.
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A Pink Floyd song made with AI and brain scans sounds a lot like the band
Researchers reconstructed Pink Floyd’s ‘Another Brick in the Wall, Part 1’ by using the brain waves of people who listened to the song. It’s the first time researchers have re-created a song from neural signals.