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AP News
A radical revival of Sunset Boulevard dominated the London stage Olivier Awards, securing seven trophies including best musical revival and a best actress win for American star Nicole Scherzinger.
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The Art Newspaper
The Frida Kahlo Corporation (FKC) has been embroiled in a series of legal battles over the rights to Kahlo's image and likeness. In March 2024, the FKC filed two lawsuits against Amazon vendors, claiming they sold images "virtually identical" to Kahlo's trademarked works and demanding either all profits or $2 million per trademark violation. The corporation, founded in 2004 by Kahlo's niece and a Venezuelan businessman, has also pursued independent artists and small businesses with cease-and-desist letters.
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Fast Company
Dedicated romance novel bookstores have exploded across the United States, growing from just four physical stores in 2022 to 59 by the end of 2024 — an increase of nearly 1,400 percent in just two years. Print romance sales more than doubled between 2020 and 2023, climbing from 18 million copies to 39 million, reflecting a broader cultural embrace of the genre.
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WCCFtech
Nightingale is a survival-crafting game developed by Inflexion Games, the studio founded by Aaryn Flynn, the former general manager of BioWare who oversaw beloved RPGs including Mass Effect and Dragon Age. The game entered Steam Early Access on February 22, 2024, casting players as "Realmwalkers" who must survive and build across dangerous magical realms rooted in a Victorian gaslamp fantasy setting. The central lore involves humanity seeking refuge in the Fae Realms after a deadly plague devastated civilization in the late 19th century.
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