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I Swear We Are Still A Collective Of Humanity
No matter what our language choices. Consider the word like: "The conversational 'like' strikes many as merely a messy hedge that The Kids use...
When Two Stars Play One Part On The Same Stage
Uma Thurman and Renée Fleming are both Penelope; it's just that one speaks, and one sings. Thurman: "When you put language to music, it...
The Limits Of The Young Adult Label
Selling books is complex, and author Malinda Lo, winner of the National Book Award for young people, says the label is just marketing. "I...
An Actress Takes Control Of The ‘Unsexy’ Side Of Movies
Dakota Johnson is now a producer. She says, "It’s not about control. It’s about contribution. It’s about collaboration. ... It’s about really reaching for...
A Tricky Case For The Lawyer Who Wrote The Book On Restitution For Nazi-Looted...
Stuart Eizenstat, who helped write the Washington Principles, is in an odd position. "The optics of his surfacing for the first time in a...
Dear Audience, The Author Is Not Always The Novel’s Main Character
Or perhaps ever. Rebecca Watson: "I really don’t believe there’s a correlation ... but people try to map the piece onto the novel and...
Broadway Is Back, But What About Audiences?
Recently, Broadway shows haven't needed to cancel because of COVID cases in cast or crew, but there are a lot of empty seats -...
When Your First Novel Becomes A Political Lightning Rod For The Side You Don’t...
Ana Iris Simón has been "stunned not only by the success of her book, but also by how an ultranationalist and conservative audience ......
Super Bowl Half-Time Dancers Aren’t OK With Rehearsing And Performing For Exposure
Of course: "Field cast participants — aspiring dancers, actors, singers and musicians recruited from local drill teams as well as theatrical, community and athletic...
Andre Leon Talley And The Invention Of The Self
The fashion legend was "most of all his own project, Pygmalion as well as his subject, maybe with a little bit of Icarus thrown...
As Oscars Shortlist Is Released, Film Festivals Boost International Films
And nine of the 15 on the shortlist first came to attention at Cannes - though the winner of the Palme d'Or is not...
Isabel Allende Says The War Against Women Has Intensified
The writer of House of the Spirits says, "Didn’t I tell you that we live under a patriarchy? ... But women have been tearing...
Pay-TV Operators Are Cutting Ties With Right-Wing Networks
But why? DirecTV, for one, is tight-lipped. And "the pay TV providers who dropped OAN and Newsmax make the case that it’s not politics...
How The World Harmony Orchestra Decided To Lift Spirits During The Pandemic
The concerts for isolated people have ended up a lifeline for the musicians too. "Sometimes the concerts can be really unusual in that you...
Sometimes, Do Quit Your Day Job
Or, at least, that worked for Costa prize winner Caleb Azumah Nelson, who had been working at an Apple Store before an agent bit...
Sundance’s Design Might Hint At The Film Festival Of The Future
The not-too-distant future, at that. "Film festivals have always struggled with accessibility issues that can be mitigated by allowing people to attend from home....
Ana De Armas Was In The Trailer For ‘Yesterday,’ But Not In The Movie
That's because her scenes got cut - and, after renting the movie partly based on her being in the trailer, some fans are so...
The Queer Problem At The Heart Of The Power Of The Dog
The book changed stereotypes when it came out in 1967, but Jane Campion's movie - bruited for at least one Oscar - has some...
This Hitchhiking Author Didn’t Get In A Car That Offered Her A Ride
That 1973 decision might have saved Sally J. Morgan's life - and provided material for a book that just won Britain's Portico Prize prize....
What Actual Inmates Thought Of Lynn Nottage’s Play About Recently Incarcerated Workers
Some detainees at Rikers Island watched a livestream of Clyde's. "Theater artists often speak of their aspirations for social relevance, especially in work focused...
The Architect Of The Googleplex Now Thinks Such Designs Are Dangerous
Why? Clive Wilkinson now says that "blurring the line between work and non-work keeps employees tethered to the office, benefiting the employer most of...
The Pandemic Might Have Changed Indie Films Forever
As Sundance's virtual festival gets underway, the question hanging in the air is whether any indie film can succeed in traditional theatres. Older audiences...
Booker Prizewinner Says Look To Older Women For Richer Fiction
Bernadine Evaristo: "I’m always amused when my young students create frail, old characters hunched over walking sticks, only for them to tell me that...
A South Korean Museum Is Auctioning Off The Country’s Heritage
The reason isn't clear, but "in 2014, the Kansong fell into debt and has remained closed ever since. The museum has pushed its reopening...
Almodovar Wants People To Remember Spain’s Past
Early on, "when Almodóvar started making films, he promised himself one thing: his movies would give the Spanish dictator Francisco Franco the ultimate two-fingered...
