Why platform John Galliano, known for antisemitic tirades and more? “The fashion business has long been known to tolerate bad behavior; addiction, provocation and eccentricity are seen as normal, and at times necessary, elements of the creative process. Mr. Galliano’s comportment went way beyond all that.” - The New York Times
Can paint with, you know, color in it ever recover? “Color trends used to come and go. But the color recession that began early this century has dragged on.” - The Atlantic
Gregg Araki, the director of new indie I Want Your Sex: “The world’s so fucked up right now with wars and ICE and fucking genocides that I want to put a little queer joy and positivity into the world.” - The Guardian (UK)
Twelve states attorneys general have filed suit to stop the merger. “Paramount made the pledge in hopes of avoiding such a ruling that would tie its hands — and give the states an early win in the litigation.” - Los Angeles Times (MSN)
Power no longer feels like oppression. It feels like opportunity, a pressure that builds from within, overwhelming our sense of choice with a compulsion to perform. We become both manager and managed. - The New Atlantis
“I am just about to drive to East Germany to get a set that used to belong to Deutsche Reichsbahn, the GDR train service. These filters often sound wonderful, and I have quite the collection now.” - The Verge
Hayley Kiyoko was “resolute that a film version should hit on ‘all the classic tropes’ that she had watched in straight coming-of-age stories and also reflect her own experiences as a closeted teenager.” The film world was slow, so she simply wrote a book. - The New York Times
“Queenie is not polished, nor noble or aspirational. She makes bad choices repeatedly, has terrible sex, and sends regrettable messages. She is self-sabotaging and self-involved. Readers either adore her or cannot stand her.” - The Guardian (UK)
“The American art world that Church entered in the 1840s was more an aspiration than an entity. Great painting, everybody knew, was Europe’s bailiwick. American collectors bought European art, and many talented American painters hightailed it to Europe at the first opportunity.” - The Atlantic
“Snow Story Productions CEO Austin Herring said the big hits in microdramas were ‘borderline unwatchable’ when he entered the field in 2024, where salacious and soap opera-level storytelling were the norm. But he remained committed to elevating the production standard.” - TheWrap (MSN)
Oh God, indeed: "A family of Latter-Day Saints heads up Angel Studios, and a fair share of its titles across both television and film spaces are right-leaning media with Christian values.” - Salon
McDermid wasn’t a fan of the idea. “The books she wrote in the 1980s and 1990s featured characters in law enforcement who used racial and homophobic slurs to reflect attitudes that were prevalent at the time,” and she argued that most of those should remain. - The Guardian (UK)
Edward Norton: “We have extrajudicial assaults on Americans and humans going on on a daily basis now. And it’s not OK. … We cannot act like this is not happening.” - Los Angeles Times (AOL)
Matt Damon says action movies used to have three acts, but now, “They’re like, ‘Can we get a big one in the first five minutes? We want people to stay. And it wouldn’t be terrible if you reiterated the plot three or four times in the dialogue.’” - Variety
