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Marlee Matlin Won An Oscar, But Had To Wait Years For More Good Work In Hollywood

And - despite CODA co-star Troy Kotsur’s Oscar win in 2022 - that hasn’t changed. “'It’s hard to find work,’ she said, but still insists: ‘This is something I love to do. This is a business that I love being in. I love acting. I love it all.’” - The Guardian (UK)

An Underground Ballet Revival In Ukraine Gives Relief From Relentless War

“In the dark, brick-walled basement of the Kharkiv National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, a dance company has created a space protected from drones and bombs where audiences can lose themselves in performances of classic ballets.” - Globe and Mail

Massive Stolen Sculptures Recovered In Anaheim

After a mysterious warehouse heist last weekend, sculptures worth about $2 million were recovered on Friday night at a private house. - KTLA

Seattle’s Low-Income Artspace Seems To Be Falling Apart

“Artspace, the Minneapolis nonprofit that owns the lofts, sold the city on a vision: affordable housing that would help retain Seattle’s creative soul as redevelopment and rising costs were driving out artists. But the dream shattered.” - Seattle Times

Money And Status Aren’t Everything, Right?

Right? Uh … TV creators? - Chicago Tribune

Carefully, Carefully Trying To Adapt James Baldwin For The Stage

Adapting Giovanni’s Room hasn’t been easy. “The room is as much a metaphorical space as it is a physical location, marked by the feelings and experiences of the two lovers. So how do you replicate such a setting, so viscerally described?” - The New York Times

K-Dramas Are Actually A Cry For Help

“As the most popular Korean dramas are desperately trying to tell us, you can’t fix a first-world problem when crucial areas of your society are still stuck in an outdated mentality.” - The New York Times

The US Administration Has Effectively Killed The Voice Of America

“Once a Cold War-era powerhouse for U.S. diplomacy, the U.S. Agency for Global Media has been gutted under a Trump executive order — slashing ... 85% of its workforce — in a move Kari Lake calls a win for taxpayers and critics warn is a death knell for press freedom.” - Salon

That Guy In The White House Is Terrified Of Black Artistry And Culture

“Trump knows that culture in the hands of subjugated peoples is a political weapon that he can’t best. His lavish attempts at conjuring a culture via pageantry seem pathetic because they are. In a culture war fair fight, ... he will lose.” - The Guardian (UK)

Inside The Courthouse Reshaping The Future Of The Internet

“While the FTC’s lawyers were calling witnesses against Meta in one courtroom, a nearby room was hosting arguments about whether Trump could fire two of the agency’s own commissioners.” - The Verge

Serious Summer Reading Lists From People Who Might Already Be On Your Serious Summer Reading List

For instance, from David Nicholls: “I would recommend two books, 800 pages and a shade under 150, depending on what you can carry.” - The Guardian (UK)

What Brokeback Mountain Meant Twenty Years Ago, And What It Means Now

Director Ang Lee: “That movie made me feel there’s a movie God who loves me and wanted me to keep contributing to cinema.” - The New York Times

Authors Are Creating Time-Lapse Tik-Toks To Prove They Don’t Use AI

One young adult fantasy author “doesn't say a single word in the video, but her captions on the screen speak volumes. ‘Using GenAI to write a book doesn’t make you a writer, it makes you a thief,’ reads one.” - Wired

This Book Cover Trend Is Starting To Get Annoying

Because these covers are everywhere. They "are the new signifiers of stylish literary fiction, telegraphing gravitas, wit and cool. They make a bid for a certain kind of reader — more city than suburb, more pét-nat than chardonnay.” - The New York Times

World, Especially US, Politics Hang Over Art Basel

“'Many folks have asked specifically if we are OK,’ said David Kordansky, a Los Angeles dealer who felt the need to defend the image of his city at Art Basel after the White House portrayed it as being under siege by protesters.” - The New York Times

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