Truly, how can one act without dental veneers? Apparently, “the current trend is shifting away from ‘catalog' smiles.” Perfect, but not too perfect. - El País
“The real appeal of the Criterion Closet is emotional. It’s a place to let your movie obsessions—your obscure taste, your love of cult classics, your knowledge of directorial deep cuts—run wild and then be recognized for them.” - The Atlantic
One enforcement agency director said, "Companies should set rates independently of each other so pay is competitive - not doing so could leave workers out of pocket.” - BBC
“I’m most excited for people to walk away with a sense of, ‘Oh my God. These people are so creative. There’s so much that you can do with Sora,’” said one Sora “artist.” - Los Angeles Times (Yahoo)
“They eventually opted to axe costly exterior scenes in Wolf Hall: The Mirror and The Light, meaning almost everything in the Tudor drama, screened by the BBC, became ‘conversations in rooms’ instead.” - BBC
“How did this bankable story become Disney’s poisoned apple? Snow White has seemed cursed from the start, in part by Disney business logic.” - The Guardian (UK)
“Mayor Steven Meiner introduced a resolution last week describing the film No Other Land as antisemitic, but he withdrew it during Wednesday’s commission meeting after five of the six city commissioners opposed the proposal. … No Other Land opened earlier this month at O Cinema, located at the Miami Beach Historic City Hall.” - AP
“Roeper co-hosted the television series At the Movies with Roger Ebert from 2000 to 2008, succeeding Gene Siskel after his death. He announced his final day with the Sun-Times”— from which he has accepted a buyout — “will be March 21, but he won’t be putting his pen down anytime soon.” - The Hollywood Reporter
“Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty — the U.S.-funded news outlet set up to reach people under Communism during the Cold War — said on Tuesday it sued the administration of President Donald Trump to block the termination of the media outlet's federal grant.” - Reuters
They are called micro dramas — vertically filmed, under minute-long clips that together are often movie-length soap operas. But instead of waiting weeks to find out, it takes just minutes for the plots of series to unfold. - NPR
“A Hollywood writer-director was arrested Tuesday on charges that he swindled $11 million from Netflix for a sci-fi show that never aired, instead steering the cash toward cryptocurrency investments and a series of lavish purchases that included a fleet of Rolls-Royces and a Ferrari.” - AP
The 88-year-old host has taken a buyout offer from WAMU, the DC-based NPR outlet where she started her radio career as a volunteer producer in 1973 and, in 1979, began hosting the arts program Kaleidoscope, which became the more wide-ranging Diane Rehm Show in 1984. - The Washington Post (MSN)
“A White House statement said the order would ‘ensure taxpayers are no longer on the hook for radical propaganda’, and included quotes from politicians and right-wing media criticising the broadcaster. VOA, still primarily a radio service, … says it currently reaches hundreds of millions of people globally each week. - BBC
