Execs said the March ceremony will "celebrate the work that unites us as a global film community and acknowledge those who fought so bravely against the wildfires." For this year, the proceedings will "move away" from live performances of the Best Song nominees in favor of celebrating the nominated songwriters. - The Guardian
"On the surface, my job was simple: travel around with a producer and cameramen and sell branded merch to the drunken masses at 'parties' we threw at bars and nightclubs. … My job was not, in reality, that simple, … and it didn’t take me long to figure out: the business model was rigged." - Slate
This is far from the first time that the Academy has had to adapt to calamity. The closest analogy may be 1938, when another natural disaster hit L.A. - The New Yorker
History suggests that our collective approach to social media may be approaching a fork in the road. These laws are more like junk-food regulations than cigarette bans. - The New Yorker
The new professional company, based in the large Dallas exurb of Plano, will debut in August and will follow with a three-show mainstage season and appearances at dance festivals next spring and summer. Local ballet instructor Sydney Blalock Ritchie is artistic director, with Cindi Lawrence Hanson as executive director. - Plano Magazine
Housing over 10,000 objects, it offers more than 600 years of history in its display of the treasures of the Bamoun kingdom, one of the oldest in sub-Saharan Africa. The museum’s striking architecture is dominated by a two-headed snake at its entrance and a spider perched on top of it. - The Conversation
While it would be misleading to take the dollar figures in isolation as the only measure of these companies’ ‘post-COVID’ build-backs, their financial statements tell a story of responsible management in pursuit of recovery. - ArtsHub
The problem is that while Radio 4 does indeed feature drama, no regular slot there allows for anything other than a play lasting 45 minutes. Leaving aside the fact that this rules out broadcasting classics by, say, Shakespeare or Chekhov, where does this leave new commissions? - The Stage
"The £60 million funding package includes £40 million for initiatives such as the Create Growth Programme, the Supporting Grassroots Music Fund, the UK Games Fund, the Music Export Growth Scheme, and the UK Global Screen Fund. Additionally, £16.2 million will be allocated to four cultural projects under the Cultural Development Fund." - WhatsOnStage (UK)
After being named editor in chief in 1978, Mr. Schneiderman elevated The Voice’s journalistic game, diversified a newsroom that was nearly all white and all male, and reckoned with an increasingly competitive landscape in which traditional newspapers and magazines imitated The Voice’s cutting-edge cultural and media coverage, as well as its insouciant tone. - The New York Times
The internet is flooded with what some call 'sadbait'. It gets far less attention, but some of today's most successful online content is melancholy and melodramatic. - BBC
"The Ghanaian-British architect first revealed designs for the National Cathedral of Ghana in 2018. In the years since, the cathedral has been fiercely debated among Ghanaian politicians, who have raised questions about its (cost and) funding" — more so now that construction appeared to have halted. - ARTnews
"Netflix revealed it has now reached 301.63 million subscribers globally when it reported its fourth-quarter 2024 earnings Tuesday. … (The company) smashed expectations by adding a record-breaking 18.91 million subscribers, a year-over-year increase of 15.9%." - Variety
