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As Predicted By The New York Times, Netflix Has Deep-Sixed Its Documentary On Prince And Accusations Of Abuse

"The nine-hour, bombshell documentary was in development at Netflix for five years before the streamer reportedly pulled the plug in a deal with the superstar's estate.” - USA Today

Our Condiments Are About To Change Radically, But Can The United States Handle It?

“Regardless of what the one percent are slathering on toast points in their backseats, if there’s one thing I’ve learned in my years writing about food, it’s that Americans are loyal to brands, especially when it comes to condiments.” - Slate

That Time Hemingway And Ford Madox Ford Started A Paris Literary Journal

“The original name of the magazine was to be the Paris Review. The name was switched because the first serial advertisement was from Compagnie Transatlantique." - LitHub

Barbara Kingsolver Took Her Profits From The Massive Hit Demon Copperhead And Built A Rehab Center

In the novel, Demon and his people experience a full range of opioid addictions. With the money she made from her Pulitzer prize-winning (and hugely bestselling) book, Kingsolver "has founded a recovery house for women in Lee County, where the novel is set.” - The New York Times

Meta’s War On Leakers

“Employees are on edge about Zuckerberg’s next round of ‘low-performer’ layoffs that are arriving on Monday. And many are still reeling from his politically-charged changes to content moderation and DEI programs.” - The Verge

Three Men Convicted In Ring Of Multiple Museum Thefts

“For two decades, a crew from Lackawanna County in Pennsylvania traveled to a dozen small museums across the country, where its ringleader smashed through security systems to strip them of art and precious memorabilia.” - The New York Times

As The New Conductor Of Cologne’s WDR Funkhaus Orchestra Settles In, He Still Worries About Dublin

“Celebrating his new job over pints in a Cologne Irish pub, orchestra members told Brophy that his confident versatility was why they chose him.” - Irish Times

Like Everyone Else, Sigourney Weaver Fell For Baby Yoda

And that’s why she’s in the new movie The Mandalorian and Grogu. Baby Yoda isn’t so young anymore: “He’s grown up a little bit and is capable of much more than maybe we think just watching the series,” she says. - Variety

This Strad Sold For Millions, Though Less Than The Auction House Had Expected

The Joachim-Ma Strad from 1714 “was most notable for having been played for decades by Joseph Joachim, one of the most famous violinists of the 19th century.” The proceeds go to a scholarship program at the New England Conservatory. - NPR

Denzel Washington Can Be A Rather Tough Interview

He drops gems anyway. About his wife, who competed for the Cliburn: "Acting just sort of chose me, and I got going. But she’s an artist. I never looked at myself that way. I learned a lot about it, the discipline, the appreciation, from her.” - The New York Times

How Bridget Jones Outlasted The Critics

What happens when Lizzie loses her Darcy: “How will the last cockeyed optimist in popular culture deal with such desolation? Widowhood is no laughing matter, parenting alone even less so.” - The Atlantic

We’re Living In The Horror Comedy

No wonder the genre is so popular right now. - Vulture

Canadian Government Strips Buffy Sainte-Marie Of Order Of Canada

“The announcement comes more than a year after an investigation from CBC's The Fifth Estate reported that her claims of Indigenous ancestry were inconsistent with publicly available documents.” - CBC

Want To Write A Prize-Winning Novel?

One path, according to novelist Eimear McBride: Go to drama school, and study method acting. - The Guardian (UK)

Mort Kunstler, Whose Epic War Paintings Were Meticulously Researched, Has Died At 97

“Künstler developed a sense of dramatic realism early in the 1950s as an illustrator for pulp novels and men’s adventure magazines,” which carried over into his fine art, especially his Civil War paintings. - The New York Times

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