Companies that once saw China as a vital growth market stand to lose out on billions of dollars in $100 concert tickets, $12 matinee stubs and $5 bets. - Wall Street Journal
The long-planned institution on Charleston's waterfront, set to open next January, will tell stories of the Africans involuntarily brought to the U.S. and their descendants. Here's an overview of its construction, what will be in its galleries, and a few small controversies. - Charleston City Paper
"(He) moved seamlessly between genres, writing serious comic novels, comic serious novels and bestselling mystery novels — in addition to working on soap opera One Life to Live, which drew acclaim during his run as head writer for its zany humor and sensitive explorations of social issues." - MSN (The Washington Post)
"The (Gospel) manuscript is to be repatriated next month to the Kosinitza Monastery in northern Greece, where it had been used in liturgical services for hundreds of years before it was stolen by Bulgarian forces in 1917." - The New York Times
For both film and TV, the four current acting categories will be replaced with two, lead and supporting performances, with ten nominees each. For film, there will also be a best breakthrough performance award with five nominees of any gender. - Variety
"On Thursday, the two announced that more than 20 NPR shows, including Up First and Throughline, are now available on the platform. ... The addition of NPR podcasts comes just as YouTube recently added an Explore page dedicated to the format." - Endgadget
Some are continuing to create dance as possible; most are doing volunteer work as well. Several are developing ways to assist solders with stress (physical and mental); one couple is devising a method to teach them how to fall, crawl, and get up without injuring themselves. - The New York Times
Aaron Watkin, a 52-year-old Canadian who has spent the last 16 years as artistic director of the Semperoper Ballett in Dresden, actually danced with ENB for two seasons three decades ago. He officially becomes the company's artistic director next August; Rojo heads to San Francisco Ballet this January. - The Guardian
The revelation begs a question: At a time when TV and film productions are churning out increasingly elaborate sets in the streaming era, and audiences remain hungry for IRL immersive experiences, could installations like Netflix’s Sistine Chapel have a second life? - Artnet
“The democratic battles fought worldwide in the name of human rights urge museums to take an active stance towards a fair advancement of civil society. Believing that the cultural sector can remain neutral in the face of exclusion and discrimination would endanger museums’ own relevance.” - The Art Newspaper
“This part of the world has seen such a fundamental demographic shift. There has been a change in who lives here, who owns property here, who visits and who goes to the theatre here – and that has a knock-on effect on producing, planning and programming.” - The Stage
“Every Ojai play has a single plot. And that plot is: ‘Here, this thing that no one else has noticed—we have seen it as something beautiful and important. We will take this thing that has been lost, and we will show it to the world.’" - American Theatre
Performers who work or worked at the Star Garden Topless Dive Bar in North Hollywood have been picketing for months, arguing that working conditions aren't safe, compensation is sometimes withheld, and complainants have been fired or locked out. Now the actors' union has come to their aid. - The Hollywood Reporter
A lawsuit named Defteros v. Google argued that a website could defame someone without writing anything about them — or even knowing who they are. It was enough simply to link to another web page that contains defamatory content. - NiemanLab
