Two months after faculty unionized, "the faculty union told Hyperallergic that they believe reductions took place across the school, including undergraduate and graduate programs, the library, support staff, and other areas.” - Hyperallergic
“The San Francisco Chronicle’s review says the production is ‘the most talked-about play in S.F. It’s also terrible.’” But that might be far, far from the point. - Washington Post (MSN)
“Hollywood's affection for recycled and rehashed stories started right alongside Hollywood itself: going as far back as Georges Méliès' L'Arroseur from 1896, a remake of the previous year's L'Arroseur arrosé.” - CBC
“Slocum first threw this party on April Fools’ Day in 1978; just 10 people gathered in the living room of his Beverly Hills home.” Now, with more than 500 people, “The destination moves on a three-year cycle among the United States, Europe and Asia.” - The New York Times
“I know after this program that when I walk into an audition room with other Americans, or people from different countries than Germany, that my German is going to be so well-tuned that I will have an advantage.” - NPR
Why is the BBC still running this show after “a report which upheld claims against hosts Gregg Wallace and John Torode”? What will be left of the competition? - BBC
Yep. “The massive production hub will be situated on the Alliance Texas campus, a 27,000-acre development owned by billionaire Ross Perot Jr.’s Hillwood, a commercial and residential real estate developer.” - Los Angeles Times (MSN)
These stations “are unique in the landscape of American media. While many are part of the NPR and PBS networks, they are mostly staffed by Indigenous reporters and producers and primarily serve audiences in tribal nations around the U.S., many of which lack broadband or cell service.” - Nieman Lab
“If you were making a list of the series likeliest to become voices of the Trump 2.0 resistance, South Park would not have been close to the top.” - The New York Times
John Fogarty, after a long fight, in January 2023: “This is something I thought would never be a possibility. … After 50 years, I am finally reunited with my songs.” - The Guardian (UK)
Sure, there’s Twlight fan fiction and Huck Finn fan fiction, Murderbot fanfic and Star Trek and etc. But there’s an awful lot of Biblical fanfic out there too, if that’s to your taste. - NPR
Lockhart Saatchi was an “American-born collector of contemporary art and art writer who played a leading role in giving movements like Minimalism and Pop Art wide exposure in both Britain and the United States.” - The New York Times
And on confronting the ways that media that appeal to anyone over 35 (OK, sure, that’s “older”) don’t deal in any serious way with something that occupies many, many people’s time. - The Verge (Internet Archive)
“‘I call it Butchered,’” the British sculptor told the Guardian. ‘I’m referring to the butchering of our environment. It is at the simplest level blood on a canvas. A reference to the destruction – the bleeding – of our globe of our state, of being.’” - The Guardian (UK)
