“Sally Kellerman played Houlihan in the movie version and Swit took it over for TV, eventually deepening and creating her into a much fuller character. … The growing awareness of feminism in the ’70s spurred Houlihan’s transformation ..., but a lot of the change was due to Swit’s influence on the scriptwriters.” - AP
Old men are entitled to a little nostalgia, and Gioia isn’t the only postwar culture hero looking to escape, to some extent, into the past. - Commonweal
More than 500 Broadway artists are calling for "accountability, justice, and respect" after theater legend Patti LuPone received widespread pushback over recent comments she made about fellow stage icons Audra McDonald and Kecia Lewis in a recent New Yorker profile. - Entertainment Weekly
“Victor appeared in a number of television series through her decades-long career, including as Lupita on the comedy Weeds” - but most people younger than 50 know her from her role voicing Abuelita in the 2017 movie Coco. - The New York Times
Natalie Venitia Belcon "insists that in her downtime, offstage, away from journalists, she is an everyday sort of woman who prefers oversize T-shirts and yoga pants. She loves to put on her bunny slippers and watch the UFC.” - The New York Times
Rondeau has been on a voluntary leave since the April 18 incident in which police were called to a United Airlines flight after it landed in Munich from Chicago, following reports that Rondeau had stripped off his clothes after drinking alcohol and taking prescription medication. - The New York Times
“Nørgård’s solution was to pioneer a form of musical functionalism that breathed new life into symphonic form. He hit upon an architectural formula he referred to as the Infinity Series – a potentially infinite constellation of predetermined notes, mapped according to a mathematical pattern, that could generate its own polyphony.” - Gramophone
These days, two factors are pushing the fun out of memoirs. For one, the entertainment business itself is, as has been much remarked, a far more conservative, risk-averse, vanilla place than it once was, when the personalities and tastes of its potentates defined and dictated its evolution. - The Hollywood Reporter
“In dozens of fiction and nonfiction books,” the Kenyan writer “traced his country’s history from British imperialism to home-ruled tyranny and challenged not only the stories told but the language used to tell them.” - AP
How did a trilogy of novels about wizards and elves and furry-footed hobbits become a touchstone for right-wing power brokers? How did books that evince nostalgia for a pastoral, preindustrial past win an ardent following among the people who are shaping our digital future? - The New York Times
For more than 40 years (he) wrote with clarity, wit and love about a city in transition from the era of “urban renewal” slum clearance and suburban flight into new ideals of urbanism. - The New York Times
“The Sorrow and the Pity (1969), his documentary on the behaviour of the citizens of the French city of Clermont-Ferrand during the Second World War, and the Oscar-winning Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie (1988) ... made any reference to his father, filmmaker Max Ophüls, an irrelevance.” - The Guardian
“For decades, Mr. Salgado was on hand for many of the world’s major crises. ... He described his mission as seeking to convey a sense of the ordinary people caught, often helpless, in the tumult.” - The Washington Post (MSN)
Grigorovich's productions of the Stone Flower, Ivan the Terrible and Romeo and Juliet redefined Soviet ballet. Praised for revitalising male dance, he created parts for men demanding exceptional strength and artistry. - BBC
Overall, Ron Chernow’s “Mark Twain” is less a literary biography than a deep dive into “the most original character in American history.” - Washington Post
