MEDIA

"More than a decade after breastfeeding mothers first held a 'nurse-in' at Facebook's headquarters to protest against its ban on breasts, Meta's oversight board has called for an overhaul to the company's rules banning bare-chested images of women – but not men." - The Guardian

"A talk outlet owned by a billionaire businessman for whom radio is a hobby. ... A station that airs an improbable patch-quilt of block programming on weekends and boasts a talent lineup that ranges from Rudy Giuliani to Cousin Brucie, from Sid Rosenberg and Larry Kudlow to Tony Orlando." - Inside Radio

This year's box office will tell us how much theaters must go big -- and, paradoxically, shrink down -- to make it through to their next era. - CNet

 “Tár” not only got made and released—a fact that seemed to confound its writer-director—but has inspired vigorous discussion, whether about its insights into sexual abuse and cancel culture, or about the theory that its final act occurs in the protagonist’s mind. - The New Yorker

"When the French director Alice Diop attended the trial of Fabienne Kabou, a woman who left her 15-month-old daughter on a beach to drown, she wasn't intending to make a movie." - The New York Times

"I don't think you could have talked about the corrupting nature of power in as nuanced away as Todd Field has done as a filmmaker if there was a male at the centre of it because we (already) understand so absolutely what that looks like." - The Independent (UK)

"Now, the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History has announced a new project: restoring hundreds of never-before-heard sound recordings made by Bell and his fellow researchers between 1881 and 1892 at Volta Laboratory in Washington, D.C., and Bell’s property in Baddeck, Nova Scotia." - Smithsonian Magazine

Cate Blanchett rolls on, and Everything Everywhere All at Once picks up critical steam. - Variety

Should they follow the Screen Actors Guild to Netflix or other streamers? - CBC

Without Iron Man, there's a leader-shaped hole at the center of all of the various stories. Is Paul Rudd really supposed to fill that hole? - The Guardian (UK)

It's Cate Blanchett, no doubt. Then things get a bit complicated. - Washington Post

The list of those testing positive and missing Sunday's Critics Choice Awards, a few days after the Golden Globes, included nominees Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, "head cheerleader" Jamie Lee Curtis, and planned presenter Michelle Pfeiffer. - The Hollywood Reporter

Six producers of potential Oscar contenders explain why they did it anyway. Says the producer of Banshees of Inisherin, "Your aim is to be invisible and make sure that nothing interrupts" the director's process. - Los Angeles Times

Marlee Matlin, Billy Porter, and Michael Chiklis discovered the other side of the camera with TV episodes in a new series. Chiklis: "One of the wonderful thing about directing is your creative mind really is firing on all cylinders. You’re creating the narrative." - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Or at least that film directors go on strike? - Los Angeles Times