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Can We Build Clones To Watch All Of These Clone Movies?

It might be a full-time job for someone to follow the strands of clone movies - and TV shows - in the 21st century. - The New York Times

Frank Lloyd Wright May Have Owed A Lot To This Long-Forgotten Nicaraguan Artisan

Manuel Sandoval “had been part of the 1932 founding class at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin Fellowship in Wisconsin. … The young man had been interested in studying architecture, but Wright — renowned for exploiting the labor of his apprentices — preferred to keep him in the woodshop.” - Hyperallergic

Showing The Tender Side Of Avant-Garde Filmmaker And Historian Jonas Mekas

A new documentary “draws heavily from Mekas’s visual diaries, which Davison said seemed to reflect the rootlessness he experienced as a refugee during World War II and his enduring search for moments of beauty or calm.” - The New York Times

You Know What Would’ve Been, Could’ve Been, Great For Horror Fans?

Not to mention women older than, oh, 29, who aren’t playing sex workers? Yeah. A win for Demi Moore. However: “Since the birth of the Academy Awards nearly 100 years ago, the voting members have always treated genre films with disdain.” - HuffPost

As A First-Amendment Lawsuit Continues, The NEA Drops One Of Its Anti-Trans Requirements

“The news is mixed, however. While artists may now apply for funding without attesting to the new ‘gender ideology’ requirement, the NEA has not agreed to remove its new eligibility criteria” - but the ACLU lawsuit continues. - American Theatre

In The Netherlands, Anselm Kiefer Wonders If Humans Will Ever Learn

The German artist said “stays abreast of current events, and said that recently he has felt a physical sense of threat by the rise of right-wing authoritarian leadership, both in Germany and in the United States.” - The New York Times

Buffy Sainte-Marie Stripped Of Two More Big Music Awards

"Both the Juno Awards and the Polaris Music Prize announced Friday they were rescinding the honours Sainte-Marie had received over the years, after the 84-year-old musician returned her Order of Canada earlier this week” since, as it turns out, she was never Canadian. - CBC

Hollywood Has Always Been Obsessed With Sex Workers

So what’s new about the attention and awards for Anora? - The Guardian (UK)

In Buffalo, Protestors Decry The Layoffs Of 13 Unionized Museum Workers

The sudden “reorganization” happens (coincidentally!) to result in openings for non-union security guards. A union organizer said, “It is appalling to see AKG take a page from Elon Musk’s playbook — undermining its own employees and our hard-won rights.” - Hyperallergic

In 2020, Hollywood Pledged To ‘Do Better’ With Diversity And Equity, But Backslid Almost Immediately

And now that backsliding is more like an avalanche crushing BIPOC creators of any gender — and women of all races and ethnicities — as the rush to the bottom speeds up under the current U.S. president. - Los Angeles Times (MSN)

The Poem That Gave Late-‘80s Britain A National Conniption Fit

“If it's unusual for a poem to escape the world of literature, it's virtually unheard of for one to provoke angry newspaper headlines, prompt politicians to demand action and members of the public to furiously call TV channels.” That’s what happened with the 1987 TV broadcast of Tony Harrison’s poem “V.” - BBC

How Man-Of-Many-Voices Hank Azaria Lost, And Then Found, Himself

He was always a natural mimic, and he used that ability to make a remarkable career as a voice actor, most famously on The Simpsons. Yet, from his teenage years well into adulthood, he used his talent for becoming other people to avoid the question, “Who is Hank Azaria?” - The Washington Post (MSN)

America’s Oldest Performing Arts Organization Is Losing Its Longtime Director

Under David Snead’s leadership, the 210-year-old period instrument orchestra’s annual revenue grew by 45 percent. Its endowment has expanded from $13 million to more than $34 million, and its ongoing comprehensive fund-raising campaign recently surpassed $50 million. - Symphony

Brick Is Making A Comeback In Urban Architecture

 Brick, stone, and terra-cotta, products that have the solidity and hue of earth, have timidly but perceptibly snuck back into New York’s repertoire of architectural ambitions. - New York Magazine

How The Acoustics Of Notre-Dame In Paris Have Changed From Before The Fire

Brian Katz, an acoustics expert at the Sorbonne, took an extensive acoustical survey of the cathedral in 2015, four years before the fire, and another shortly afterward. He says the sound in the burned church was like at Napoleon's coronation, and he has ideas about how the post-restoration acoustics are different. - BBC

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