“His six decades in the business were peppered with highlights, including his touching portrayal of the transsexual Bernadette in 1994’s The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. … But it will be his portrayal of Zod in 1978’s Superman and its sequel Superman II that most people associate with Stamp.” - AP
Lockhart Saatchi was an “American-born collector of contemporary art and art writer who played a leading role in giving movements like Minimalism and Pop Art wide exposure in both Britain and the United States.” - The New York Times
Rajinikanth even worked briefly as a porter in his youth before checking bus passengers’ tickets. Now he’s Tamil-language cinema’s number-one superstar and one of the best-paid actors in Asia, with 170 film credits, 50,000 fan clubs and even a temple or two dedicated to him. - BBC (MSN)
“Besides (the 131-seat Tow Theater at Lincoln Center, he) funded a performing arts center at Brooklyn College; journalism programs at Columbia University and City University of New York; the Tow Center for Developmental Oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering; and the Tow Youth Justice Institute in West Haven, Conn.” - The New York Times
By making the announcement of honorees himself, Trump is taking on the role of producer/showman, elevating the attention to the show, which has aired on CBS since its origin yet is hardly a ratings blockbuster. - Deadline
He became so ubiquitous that, as he put it in Interview magazine last year, “I was one of the artists that was blamed for the ’80s.” - The New York Times
“Mr. White had an immeasurable impact on the theatre industry through the Center, kickstarting the careers of countless playwrights, performers, directors, composers, and more.” - Playbill
For two decades, Ms. de Menil was a costume designer for the avant-garde theater director Robert Wilson, who died on July 31. An art collector herself, she was a patron of Willem de Kooning as well as the choreographer Twyla Tharp. She introduced the Los Angeles architect Frank Gehry to New York. - The New York Times
“Jordan was that rarest bird, a singer — a white singer, a ‘chick singer’ — who earned the trust and admiration of geniuses like Mingus and Parker. ‘Charlie Parker referred to her ‘million-dollar ears’ and other jazzmen would always include her in their exceedingly small list of real jazz singers,’ wrote Nat Hentoff.” - The Gig
Ric Grenell, a former Trump ambassador to Germany and longtime Republican attack dog, is “only occasionally at the Kennedy Center,” a source told CBS News. However, his alleged lack of presence at the Kennedy Center hasn’t stopped him from collecting a salary of $175,000, per tax records. - The Daily Beast
Robby Hoffman "recently received her first acting Emmy nomination — for the role of Randi” on Hacks. It was relatively quick success, after she ditched accounting for acting (yes, really). - The New York Times
Morgan “arrived in Paris in 1948, having dropped out of Juilliard after the French nightclub impresario Bernard Hilda offered her a chance to sing at his venue on the Champs Élysées.” When she returned to the States, it was with a French-inflected flair. - The New York Times
She went from taking classes from Graham at age 9 to dancing leading parts in Graham's works — then teaching those works to Batsheva (the only other company permitted to perform them), where she stayed for 13 years. Hodes held key teaching positions at both Graham's and Paul Taylor's companies. - The New York Times
“(He) recovered from a galling pan of the Beatles for his college newspaper to become a founding editor of Rolling Stone and a pioneering rock journalist, capturing the pinwheel vibrancy of Swinging London and flower-power San Francisco.” - The New York Times
