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Waterstones Doesn’t Want To Pay Its Furloughed Workers Minimum Wage
Some furloughed workers says they can't make rent, can't buy food, can't make it in general, at 80 percent of their pay - and...
The Future (And Some Of The Present) Of Comics Is Black
Yes, Black Panther is returning to comics, but also, so very much more than Black Panther. Here's a guide for newbies. - The New...
The Coronavirus Is Devastating Film And TV Careers
Yes, it's devastating all kinds of careers in the arts. One TV director: "The big question is ‘will I ever work again?’ And if...
Let Us All Now Praise Christopher Plummer
Look ... "He wasn’t just a pro. If there were a fabulous comic-book A-team of character actors — an Expendables, a Wild Bunch, an...
Edinburgh’s Royal High School, With Its Greek Revival Architecture, Was Saved From Development
Or from bad development, anyway. Now it's up for bids not for sale but for "sustainable longterm uses." The fight against a luxury hotel...
The Last Agency Holdout Agrees To A Deal With Writers Guild In Hollywood
Nearly two years after screenwriters fired their agents in a fight against agency actions that were costing TV writers quite a bit of money,...
Robert Jones, Film Editor Of Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner And Love Story, 84
Jones dropped out of college, and yes, started his career working in the shipping room at 20th Century Fox. "The Los Angeles native scored...
Sundance Went Virtual This Year, And That Worked OK
The last big film festival from 2020 had its virtual tryout this year. It wasn't terrible, but, says one critic: "I’m usually whiny and...
In Britain, Thousands Protest The Idea Of Closing To The Public A Library That...
The Wallace Collection "is in internal consultation" about closing the library and archive that was left to the country in 1897. Is that even...
Even The Met Is Considering Selling Some Art To Make Ends Meet
The Met's director, Max Hollein: "Every museum in the U.S. is having these conversations. ... For us not to discuss this now would be...
This Indian Comedian Was Thrown In Jail For Jokes He Hadn’t Told
This is not a democratic move: "The Muslim comic thrown in a Madhya Pradesh jail on January 1, 2021 with four others on suspicion that he might make...
If Britain Takes Its Vaccination Strategy From ‘Contagion,’ A Movie, So What?
A lot of science fiction and fantasy predicts the future - so why not a well-researched movie about a pandemic? (It's worth noting that...
Anne Feeney, Singer-Songwriter Whose Fiery ‘Have You Gone To Jail For Justice’ Inspired Peter...
Peter Yarrow said Feeney was "joyous and fiery in her determination to use her music to elevate those who are most marginalised and to...
Director Kelly Reichardt On The Commitment To A Daily Process Of Making Art
The director of Meek's Cutoff and First Cow is also feeling, well, a bit cynical. "There’s so much celebration of women and people of...
Turns Out Inaugural Poet Amanda Gorman Was Inspired By Composers
Gorman: "I love Black poets. I love that as a Black girl, I get to participate in that legacy. So that’s Yusef Komunyakaa, Sonia...
Ballet Dancers, Getting Real (And Sometimes Really Funny) On TikTok
If Instagram is about selling your moves - and your clothing line, your toe shoe line, your skin care routine, etc. - then TikTok...
How To Write About The Internet
A book critic considers. "Relative to the amount of space it takes up in the collective and capitalist imagination, the internet has had less...
Israeli TV Is Having A Global Moment
Hollywood, in search of the next Shtisel, a hit show for Netflix. Apple TV+ and HBO Max are also trying to cash in, both...
Madrid’s Far-Right City Councilors Want To Destroy A Mural With Rosa Parks And Other...
The mural, which also depicts women including Nina Simone, was the result of a popular vote four years ago. But "the far-right party Vox had called...
Smiley Face Eyeroll Laughing Face Could Become Some Of The Clearest Work Communication
At least, that's what one emoji-loving CEO proposes. "Millennials and post-millennials now make up at least 65% of the workforce in the U.S. Emojis...
If One Could Only Read Samuel Beckett’s Thoughts On His Best-Known Phrases
"All in all, the oracular quality of these lines, their sheer wisdom, makes of Beckett, much against his will, no doubt, something of a...
What So-Called Trashy Novels Can Teach A Reader About Life
Who could put it better than this? "There is much to learn within the pages of the so-called bonkbuster – and, no, not all...
People Are Hungry For Their Hometown Museums After This Very, Very Long Year
Is it still March 2020? What content are we watching? Who even knows? Well, your museum. The Walker Museum's public programs manager: "People are...
A Movie Star Made Sure Her Crew Had Shares Of The Movie’s Potential Profits
Zendaya's move on the pandemic-filmed Malcolm and Marie may be a new standard for the industry. Of course, it helped that she and her...
Poetry For The Pandemic
Perhaps some of it might be found in erasure. "Sometimes when it’s hard to write, that constraint gives you a place to start. It’s...