03.06.17 – Page 2 – ArtsJournal Wayback

UC Berkeley Will Remove Access To 20,000 Educational Videos From YouTube

The University of California, Berkeley, will cut off public access to tens of thousands of video lectures and podcasts in response to a U.S. Justice Department order that it make the educational content accessible to people with disabilities.

Study: Older Adults Process Music Differently Than Younger Adults

Many of our brain’s executive functions become impaired as we get older, but this didn’t turn out to be the case for sensing a lack of harmony. Both groups detected the unexpected endings equally well. The older people employed a wider region of the brain, though. “Recruiting a broader region perhaps compensates for the expected impairment that often takes place with age.”

Study: Why Males Are Less Interested In The Arts

“Society-wide cultural norms … define highbrow culture as belonging to the feminine sphere,” notes a research team led by Ghent University sociologist Susan Lagaert. In a newly published study, she and her colleagues present intriguing evidence of how that assumption affects the behavior of adolescents.

Movie Boring? Okay – How About Playing On This Jungle Jim?

“Mexico-based movie theater chain Cinepolis is betting it can lure more families back to the multiplex with its new in-theater playground concept, Cinepolis Junior, which makes its U.S. debut at two Southern California locations next week. The remodeled auditoriums at Cinepolis USA’s Pico Rivera and Vista theaters each feature a colorful play area near the screen in front of the seats, a jungle gym, and cushy beanbag chairs.”

Study: Lying Gets Easier The More You Do It

“If we engage in behaviour we feel bad about over and over again, does our emotional response to this behaviour adapt? If so, then we’ve got a prediction: since we know that emotional responses can constrain our willingness to be dishonest, if these responses decrease through adaptation, dishonesty ought to increase as a result.”

Weird Al Yankovic Walks Us Through His Process Of Creating A Song Parody

For Vulture‘s podcast about jokes, Good One, Yankovic details how – in a thorough, methodical way – he turned the Pharrell/Robin Thicke hit “Blurred Lines” into “Word Crimes,” about a grammar nerd fighting the good fight for linguistic justice. (audio plus written Q&A)

A Lost Opera By Franz Liszt Has Turned Up, And You Can Hear Part Of It

“An excerpt from a largely forgotten Italian opera that Liszt began in 1849 will, belatedly, get its premiere this summer. You can listen to part of the work, based on Lord Byron’s Assyrian tragedy Sardanapalus, here.”

Russia Gives Disney’s Live-Action ‘Beauty And The Beast’ Adults-Only Rating

And yes, it’s because Gaston’s sidekick, LeFou, is depicted as gay. (At least the movie wasn’t banned for violating the law against aiming “gay propaganda” at minors, as the author of the law had demanded.)

Afghanistan’s Answer To ‘American Idol’ – It Could Make You Famous, But It Could Also Get You Killed

“The show’s judges drive around in armored vehicles. The contestants are provided with safe housing inside a compound for the duration of the show. Audience members go through multiple security checks.” Reporter Mujib Mashal visits the set and meets this season’s two favorites, a rapping barber from Mazar-i-Sharif and a 16-year-old girl whose widowed mother defied the rest of the family to get her daughter entered.

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