In the latest bout of singers being pelted by concert fans, the country star Kelsea Ballerini was hit in the face by a bracelet thrown by someone in the audience at her Wednesday night show in Boise, Idaho. - Los Angeles Times
The film, reportedly budgeted north of $250 million, came in on the lower end of projections with $60 million in ticket sales from 4,600 North American theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday. - Baltimore Sun
The ideal of nature as it used to be before human intervention and before we introduced what we now call “invasive species” is one that Western urbanites created in the late nineteenth century, chiefly as a foil for their own modernity. - The New Atlantis
The music industry is at a tipping point. There is still time for the creators and businesses within it to help shape what comes next, but that window of opportunity is both small, and closing. - Music Industry Blog
I was part of an Australian research team that wanted to understand how Google and Meta were able to have such different responses to the code. We examined policy documents and interviewed news media executives about their experience of negotiating with the platforms. What we found wasn’t all good news for journalism. - The Conversation
“I wanted to continue the way that Arthur Mitchell had started Dance Theatre of Harlem, and show how diverse ballet could be as an art form, how many different kinds of things it could say, and how many different ways it could say it." - Harper's Bazaar
Who knew that a scene in Barbie would tank the bright pink event in Southeast Asia? But "the film contains a scene that depicts a map with the 'nine dash line,' a representation of China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea, which Vietnam says violates its sovereignty." - Variety
This phenomenon is because, well, the podcasts about The Bachelor are better than The Bachelor (and other shows), basically. Or in host language, "The recap podcasts are kind of the spice on an otherwise not very well-seasoned fish, which is the franchise." - Time
Goodreads was solid, and then Amazon bought it. Now it's got some major issues. "Former employees said Amazon seemed happy to mine Goodreads for its user-generated data and otherwise let it limp along with limited resources." - Washington Post
Pot, kettle, fine points, and dark and stormy nights - they all came from what was, at the time, original thought and phrasing (but sorry writers; please let the now-worn phrases lie where they originated). - LitHub
With its on-screen nudity, "this self-consciously retro film is also a modest step forward. Lawrence’s nude scene in No Hard Feelings is funny in a way that only male movie stars’ nudity gets to be: It’s goofy, un-self-conscious, and has nothing to do with sex." - Vulture
There's actually rather a lot. "For nearly two decades, a club committee has invited artists who work in a variety of mediums, including sculpture, painting, glass blowing, engraving, paper quilling, illustration and poetry, to create pieces that embody Wimbledon." - The New York Times
"When it's 150 people standing crammed into a small room and you're closer to the musicians than you would ever be at the Festival Hall ... it does feel like it's this tightrope, and it has a sense of jeopardy and danger in the performance." - BBC
Or just the writing of it, says author Yomi Adegoke, author of The List. "You’re like: ‘Oh, I just made this thing up’ and everyone’s, like, reading your subconscious." - The Guardian (UK)
"'I’ve decided to forbid bigots and homophobes from watching ‘The Sopranos,’ ‘The White Lotus,’ ‘Goodfellas’ or any movie or TV show I’ve been in,' Imperioli wrote. ... 'Thank you Supreme Court for allowing me to discriminate and exclude those who I don’t agree with and am opposed to. USA! USA!'" - Variety
