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The Man In Charge Of Pixar Cuts Any Content He Sees As Therapy

Especially if that content is, you know, gay. Surely that will fix the fabled studio! - Wall Street Journal (MSN)

Federal Judge Rules Appointment Of Kari Lake Invalid, Voiding Mass Layoffs At The Voice Of America

“If upheld by higher courts, Judge Lamberth’s ruling would allow more than 1,000 journalists and support staff members at the news group to return to their jobs” - and to keep broadcasting to places like China, Russia, and Iran. - The New York Times

For Dublin’s Arts Council, Meetings With Property Developers Are Always On The Schedule

“Our job is to ‘opportunity-make’ a space.’ … A lot of people think cultural development shouldn’t exist. There should be housing development, factory development and office development. But culture? What is that?” - Irish Times

The Met Is The Largest Performing Arts Company In The US, And It’s Desperate For Money

“The core problem has been ticket revenues, which were weakening even before the coronavirus pandemic shuttered its theater with a devastating financial impact. Box-office receipts last year were down $20 million from a decade earlier.” - The New York Times

How The Musical Suffs Emerged From The 2016 Election

“To me, a great protagonist for a musical is somebody who wants something so desperately, who is going to be relentless to the point of recklessness. … Alice lived until 1977. She was the author of the Equal Rights Amendment. She never stopped.” - Boston Globe

Tatjana Wood, A Skilled Comic Colorist Who Worked On Famous Teams For DC, Has Died At 99

“Anyone who laid eyes on a DC Comics cover from 1973 to 1983 was likely seeing an example of Ms. Wood’s work. She colored nearly every cover for the company, whether the image was for a horror title, a war comic or a superhero adventure.” - The New York Times

The Cosplayers Taking Emerald City Comic Con To Task For Its Deep Connections To ICE

“The problem lies in a rotten, corporate family tree,” and the self-described nerds aren’t going to let anyone forget it. For instance, in one panel, “it’ll be much, much more about fascism than a steamy book panel usually would be.” - The Stranger (Seattle)

After An Indigenous Filmmaker’s Speech Is Cut For Broadcast, The Toronto Film Critics Association Is Falling Apart

“Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers returned her trophy, the president resigned and 16 members have quit — with more considering their position.” - The Hollywood Reporter

Does This Musician’s Nostalgic Performance Prove The Brits Are Becoming More Conservative Again?

“For all that the audience are loving it, the enthusiastic self-infantilisation feels depressing to me. Is Middle England so deprived of communal singing – the pub, the church, the local choir – it makes this appealing?” - The Guardian (UK)

Remaking The Art Of The Fugue As A Ballet, In Denmark, After Fleeing The Russian Invasion Of Ukraine

“When the tanks entered Ukraine, Ratmansky gathered his artistic team and left for New York, severing ties with the Bolshoi and with Russia.” - New York Review of Books

The Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Firing Of Nelsons Provides Conductors With A Cautionary Tale

“Nelsons, 47, has become one of the most unfortunate symbols of all that is irresponsible about the overstretched, overtired, overindulged modern music director. It has been not only deeply frustrating, but genuinely sad, to witness his trajectory.” - The New York Times

Grammarly Openly Steals The Work Of Writers Living And Dead

Gross: “Using Grammarly’s ‘Expert Review’ allows an approximation of Stephen King and Neil deGrasse Tyson to nitpick your work. While Tyson has the opportunity to say whether he’d like to be turned into a chatbot, other authors, like Carl Sagan, cannot because they are dead.” - AV Club

Whether He Had A Point Or Not, Opera (And Ballet) Are Clapping Back At Chalamet

The Seattle Opera offered a deal on tickets to Carmen using the code Timothee, and LA Opera “posted a photo from the opera Akhnaten ... with the caption ‘Sorry, @tchalamet. We’d offer you complimentary tickets to Akhnaten, but it’s selling out.’” - NBC

OK, What He Said Was Foolish, But Did Chalamet Have A Point About Ballet?

“This is the frustration of working in the fine arts. The people who care about ballet, for example, care deeply. And most of those who don’t care think of ballet through stereotypes or quick hits of dancers on TikTok.” - The New York Times

Why Are Twins Or Doppelgangers Everywhere Right Now?

“From spyware as standard to the conspiracy theorists who insist that Melania Trump has been replaced by an impersonator, we are in a deeply paranoid moment. Fittingly, the figure of the doppelganger stalks right across contemporary culture, through books, fashion and film.” - The Guardian (UK)

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