Sofiane "Bennacer was part of the 32 emerging actors shortlisted for best newcomer at the Cesar Awards, France’s equivalent to the Oscars. ... But in the wake of the indictment, the Cesar Academy pulled Bennacer out of the nominations process." - Variety
It's not because of COVID, and it's not because of the "downbeat" nature of some winners. Let's look at at the slate for 1980, for instance. - Irish Times
"In terms of speech, I didn’t bother because who would know what he talked like 60 years ago? And he also didn’t want that. But I wanted to emulate him physically as best I could." - Los Angeles Times
"Suddenly, the project reveals itself: a gentle arc of gravel, loping around the perimeter of the site and wrung with native plantings, including dogwoods, maples, black-eyed Susans, and clump grasses determined to survive the winter." - The New Yorker
"Nobody goes into publishing for the money; it’s a vocation for people who believe in the power of the written word to evoke empathy for and awareness of the human condition. You can’t eat empathy, however." - LitHub
"Thousands of visitors are expected in the city when it hosts the 2023 song contest in May after 2022 winner Ukraine was unable to host it due to the war." - BBC
It's a relief for Tantoo Cardinal and Wes Studi, two Native actors who have starred in movies together for three decades but never shared a scene, to voice the Moon and Sun in a new Netflix series. - The New York Times
"More than its streaming services, movies or television series, the Walt Disney Co. matters because of its theme parks, and it is at institutions such as Disneyland and Walt Disney World that we can experience life inside a narrative-driven fantasy world." - Los Angeles Times
Cara was a child dancer and singer who found young fame on Electric Company (and in its band) and then became iconic for singing "Fame" in the movie of the same name, and cowriting and singing the title song for Flashdance. - The New York Times
"It was merely warmly received and successful, but not a sensation – but it won best picture, along with awards for its peerless screenplay and elegant direction, and is the rare film whose 'classic' status is practically axiomatic." - The Guardian (UK)
Or that's the idea, anyway, at the Prince Edward Island theatre festival that won't perform Anne of Green Gables every year anymore. The artistic director: "The core change here is making space for new shows, new work, and new voices." - CBC
"Streamers are doubling down on the genre, tapping into the huge appetite for true crime by developing scripted limited series based on actual stories and with notable actors like Nanjiani, many of whom are drawn to the format." - Los Angeles Times
There are only 10 on the Register - nine in South Dakota, one in Arkansas - but the 50+-year-old brick rest stop near Alexandria "is considered a gem of 1970s modernist 'funk/revival.'" - MPR
