David Choe's acting isn't bad. But "instead of being able to enjoy its cathartic portrayals of Asian American rage, I found myself disturbed every time Isaac appeared onscreen, wondering how much of the character’s aggression was a performance and how much of it was channeled from Choe’s documented misogynoir." - HuffPost
Clubhouse, the live audio app that once drew big buzz and interest in a multi-billion-dollar takeover, is “resetting” and letting go of 50% of its staff of a few dozen workers. - Deadline
Instead of embodying the mainstream, twentieth-century independent filmmaking formed a crucial alternative to it—a virtual counter-history of cinema. A list of the best of these movies reveals the exclusions and suppressions that many of the prime artistic voices of filmmaking endured in the era of studio hegemony. - The New Yorker
More than 30 stations have announced so far that they will no longer use Twitter. Some station leaders say they made the decision to show solidarity with NPR. - Current
"(Richard Sharp) quit Friday after a report found he failed to disclose a potential conflict of interest over his role in arranging ... a line of credit (for former Prime Minister Boris Johnson) weeks before he was appointed to the BBC post on the government's recommendation." - AP
Valeria Ratnikova started at TV Rain at age 20; by 23, she was a network star. When Putin's government shut TV Rain down after the Ukraine invasion, she followed colleagues to a new station-in-exile in Latvia — until missteps and misunderstandings led that government to revoke Rain's license. - Columbia Journalism Review
Terry Gross isn't going anywhere; she remains as host and executive producer. Starting May 1, her on-air partner will be Tonya Mosley, a contributing interviewer for the show and former host of NPR's Here & Now, as well as creator/host of the podcast Truth Be Told. - MSN (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
There’s this huge sense of people claiming spaces and positions without truly investigating them. I’m trying to speak to this idea that art isn’t just art, but also the culture in which it’s situated. It’s completely changed because of this mass medium. - ARTnews
"(Armorer Andrew) Wert built rifles from individual parts so they would look as real as possible but would not be able to fire under any circumstances. He drilled out parts where firing pins would go and modified the cylinders so that no ammunition could fit in them." - The New York Times
"The data looks like a sign that Americans are continuing to spend on entertainment services and flexing their wallets despite recession fears. But moviegoing is one of the cheapest forms of entertainment away from home. In the past, theaters have been where Americans went for entertainment when the economy shrank." - Quartz
"Today's Tedium tries its best to capture the excitement of educational radio in the 1920s and 1930s. … (It was) the first truly real-time technology for distributing education to many people. And there were lots of people who saw that as a truly groundbreaking thing — especially below the college level." - Tedium
"Members of the National Federation of Mines and Energy – a branch of the powerful CGT union – have announced '100 days of action and anger' that is expected to hit the movie industry’s annual event as well as other sports and cultural meetings." - The Guardian
The long film is without conventions—it’s like turning a football field, with its sidelines and yard lines, into an open field, unmarked and unbounded and in demand of exploration. - The New Yorker
"It’s a very distinct color, it’s a distinct design. Paramount and Prime are a little bit on the lighter side, Disney+ has more of a gradient. But Max has a little bit more of a dark richness into the blue, which was deliberate." Sure, OK. - Vulture
The news "sent shockwaves through the Burbank-based company, is unfolding days ahead of Comcast reporting its first quarter results on Thursday, including a conference call with Wall Street analysts. It’s also shaking out weeks before the TV industry’s annual upfront ad sales season." - Variety
