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Jacob Desvarieux, Musician Who Created Zouk Style, Dies Of Covid At 65
"Desvarieux and the founder of Kassav’, the bassist Pierre-Edouard Décimus, created a style called zouk by fusing Afro-Caribbean traditions of the French Antilles with sleek...
There’s No Joy For An Actor In Playing A Perfect Character
That is, the character might be perfect for the actor - perfectly broken. - The Observer (UK)
A Brief History Of Art At The Olympics
Leni Riefenstahl, Andy Warhol, the Black Power salute, and this year's floating heads - there's a long history of, and often a large budget...
Jane Withers, Child Star Of Depression-Era Hollywood, 95
Withers was "an antidote to the cloying sweetness of Shirley Temple," and later became moderately famous as Josephine the Plumber in Comet ads. -...
How The Met Became Cooler Than MoMA This Summer
Live music, of course: "By activating these spaces in ways that shed the Met’s stuffiness, the museum is broadening what performance can be." -...
As Golden Gate Park Enacts A Car Ban, Its Museums Stress Out
The road through the park has been closed since the start of the pandemic - and so have the museums. But now, as museums...
The Day A Guerrilla Artist Changed Los Angeles Freeway Signage Forever
"Just after the sun came up on installation day, with video cameras rolling from various vantage points, Ankrom put on a hardhat and safety...
New Rules Would Eliminate Red Tape In Return Of Remains To Native Tribes
The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act has been law since 1990, but "tribes currently undergo an expensive process overseen by the museums...
Live Music Venues Try To Adapt To Delta Variant, New Rules
While the music promoter Live Nation said that artists or bands themselves could set masking and vaccination requirements, some venues in places like L.A....
A Tate Donor Wants His Art Displayed, Or Wants It Back
And that's because the museum made promises about the donation of a Francis Bacon collection - promises the donor says it hasn't kept. -...
Spotify Knows More About Us Than Even Facebook
And if you don't want the company to track literally everything you do, there are a few ways around it. - Wired
Ilona Royce Smithkin, Artist And Muse In Fashion And Art, 101
Smithkin was "an orange-haired nonagenarian with matching two-inch eyelashes caught fire in the world of fashion, starring in a documentary film and joining...
Discriminating Against A Pregnant Actor? Pay Up
The producers claim they were concerned it might cost them money in post-production to digitally remove a baby bump. The British court was like,...
A Return To Broadway, But Not To Normal
Playwright Antoinette Nwandu changed the ending of her play Pass Over before its debut as the first show to open since Broadway closed in...
The Slightly Horrifying New Art Of The Double Emoji
Just because you can doesn't mean you should, Google. - Slate
When A Producer Knows What She’s Worth, But Hollywood Doesn’t
Marcia Nasatir's "perseverance, loyalty, impressive track record and eagerness to help younger proteges ('Why not be nice?,' she said of her altruism. 'It doesn’t...
Banksy-Like Pieces Appear All Over England’s East Coast
Rather hilariously, "Banksy expert Prof Paul Gough, principal and vice chancellor of Arts University Bournemouth, said he was 'pretty sure' the works were by...
Sculptor James Earl Reid, 78
Reid created Baltimore's iconic statue of Billie Holiday, and took a case with important impacts on intellectual and creative property all the way to...
Stuck On Stupid
When a writers' organization makes the same, or similar, racist mistakes year after year, can it reform? The RWA's recent choices aren't looking good....
Marlee Matlin Says Deaf Is Not A Costume
That is, it's not something non-Deaf actors can simply take on and off to perform various roles. - The Guardian (UK)
In Ethiopia, Rebels Take Control Of UNESCO Heritage Sites
In one of the latest developments in a brutal civil war, "rebels from Ethiopia’s Tigray region have reportedly seized the town of Lalibela, home...
Balanchine Fave Patricia Wilde Dies At 95
Patricia Wilde performed more than 40 roles with City Ballet, and Balanchine, who created many roles for her, "often liked to throw her into a...
This Virus Truly Hates Fun
Any place where people can gather - including the retro pinball arcades that were making a comeback - is fair game for COVID. -...
Edinburgh Fringe Fest Is Missing A Few Things
No spontaneous performances, no flyers being handed out, not as many shows: Organizers hope the in-person Festival is also missing the Delta variant. -...
Following Emergency Surgery, Michael Tilson Thomas Withdraws From Fall Appearances
The canceled appearances include a long-planned, and personally planned, concert to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy Center. - Washington Post
