Creativity

The World Restaurant Awards in Paris failed to live up to its progressive promises

The World Restaurant Awards touted itself as an event devoted to gender diversity and inclusivity. The reality was different.

Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke on how Amazon is zigging where Netflix is zagging

In recent interviews, Salke offered hints about her strategy for building up Amazon Studios’ movie division in an era of Netflix surplus.

Super-sized Ikea tub toys are cleaning up London’s river trash

Sad men are already trying to Last Jedi the audience score for Captain Marvel

If they tried really hard, they could probably find something better to do than obsess over how Rotten Tomatoes ranks women-centered blockbuster movies.

After a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad 2017, SoundCloud is on the mend with more features

Getting your mixtape out into the world just got easier–but is it enough to get SoundCloud back on its feet?

Finally! Doritos makes a chip bag that cleans your dusty fingers

The fallout from NYT’s Ryan Adams exposé has already arrived

Home Page is being rereleased, like a time capsule from the internet’s early days

This month, the classic documentary about Justin Hall, the “founding father of personal bloggers,” is being screened and made available via streaming.

51 musicians to listen to instead of Ryan Adams

Killing Eve wishes you a happy Valentine’s Day with this creepy season 2 trailer

The two words that make Ryan Adams’ apology pointless

Following an exposé of his treatment of women, Adams fumbled the most important part of an apology. If you’re not going to do it right, don’t do it at all.

How “Tinder Live” creator Lane Moore channels heartache into creativity

On this Valentine’s Day, here’s what comedian, author, and musician Lane Moore has to say about turning romance gone wrong into art done right.

Why A-list director Peter Berg started a new branded content company

The Friday Night Lights director has added Film 47, a new commercial division, to his production company.

Apple advertising legend Lee Clow, one of the last larger-than-life creative titans, is retiring

Yo quiero more ad creatives like Lee Clow: The TBWA head behind Apple’s “Think Different,” Taco Bell’s chihuahua, the Energizer bunny, and many more pop-culture moments is hanging it up.

The “Frozen 2” trailer is here and the internet is looking for Elsa’s girlfriend

The long-awaited teaser for the sequel to Disney’s colossal hit is finally here–and, of course, the internet has a lot of feelings about it.

Fascinating video celebrates Alfonso Cuarón’s famous one-shots that the Oscars have dumped to commercial breaks

“Let’s break this music”: Inside composer Nicholas Britell’s experimental creative process

The Oscar-nominated composer has become one of the go-to artists for directors like Barry Jenkins and Adam McKay.

People are not happy about 4 Oscars to be handed out during commercial breaks

Patty Jenkins and Alfonso Cuarón are among the many expressing outrage for AMPAS’s decision to hand out Oscars for certain awards during commercial breaks.

Study: 2018 proves that, duh, diversity brings in bigger box office