"SNL has built a reputation as the way New York sees America, but it’s also always been the way America sees New York. … Like all of our institutions, SNL exists partly to be argued over and complained about, mirroring the love-hate relationship the rest of the country has with New York." - New York Magazine (MSN)
But that’s over, and Hollywood hasn’t figured out how to win those “casual moviegoers” back since the early days of the pandemic. - Los Angeles Times (MSN)
Alarmingly, “these stories seem to be doing an inordinate amount of work to help children feel warm toward the technologies that increasingly dominate our lives.” - The New York Times
“When people post photos from movie theaters they are ostensibly doing it for their online communities, but they are ignoring the communal experience they are having at that very moment.” - The New York Times
“The bigger venues are so desirable that studios and distributors will put holds on them a year in advance, sometimes before they even know what films they’ll have.” - Los Angeles Times (Yahoo News)
The studio was shooting the Bond action sequences away from the rest of the film, and Cuarón felt weird about that: "I learned the lesson that some films I prefer to watch and not do.” - Variety
“A screwball mélange of satire, slapstick and gonzo body horror, would have been notable enough for starring two Oscar-winning actresses, Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn,” but the visual effects blew everyone away, long before the term CGI even existed. - The New York Times
Bringing Broadway adaptations to the big screen can be a dicey proposition. For every "Wicked," there is a box-office flop, such as Universal's "Cats." - Los Angeles Times (Yahoo)
"Capital Public Radio released Thursday its financial statement for a year marked by financial turmoil, providing the first detailed breakdown — since the release of two scathing accounting reviews over the past 14 months — of debts the station accumulated mostly through signing two leases for downtown buildings." - The Sacramento Bee
"The Walt Disney Co. has agreed to pay $43.3 million to resolve a long-running lawsuit brought by a group of female employees who alleged gender pay discrimination at the Burbank entertainment giant." As is frequently the case in such settlements, Disney did not admit fault. - Los Angeles Times (MSN)
Mohammed Rasoulof had been imprisoned for his work before, and he knew that his The Seed of the Sacred Fig — which ultimately got a 13-minute ovation and a special jury prize at Cannes — would land him there again. Yet he felt compelled to do it. - The New York Times Magazine
Eric Nuzum said he’s relieved NPR is trying to “correct audience erosion issues that should have been addressed years ago.” But he also concluded that it’s too little too late and that research shows that listeners say NPR is too boring. - Current
The Georgia Congresswoman has been tapped by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead a new House subcommittee working with the pair's not-yet-created Department of Government Efficiency. She said, "We'll be looking at everything from government-funded media programs like NPR that spread nothing but Democrat propaganda." - Salon
