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Nothing good. “Is a commercial art gallery willing to risk litigation if it dares to offer one of Warhol’s Prince or Marilyn silk-screens ‘for sale?’ What if another commercial gallery across town is offering a retrospective survey of Goldsmith’s rock star photos or Korman’s publicity shots?” - Oregon ArtsWatch

She helped redefine what that meant, too, especially for women. “The face and body may change, but the spirit need not falter, the desire and ability to do what you love need never abate.” - Los Angeles Times (MSN)

It only happens in selected screenings (sorry, small-city America). But “it’s more of a feature than a bug, and I salute the audacity.” - Vulture

Fifty albums, that is. The nearly 90-year-old trumpeter, planning a 2025 tour, says, "Music is a healing vibration that fills me.” - NPR

And then, the novelist explains, there’s Gertrude Stein - and William Trevor. - The Guardian (UK)

“In an escalation after months of labor talks, the musicians walked off the job on Friday for the first time since 1978.” The strike lasted for three and a half hours. - The New York Times

And, supposedly, quite a bit more feminist. The second issue of the relaunch has “'the explicit aim of moving away from the male gaze’ and a view to showcase ‘more diverse and inclusive explorations of desire.’” - The Guardian (UK)

Rivers is the one who inspired Niki de Saint Phalle’s iconic Nana figures, but in addition, she was "a bohemian saloniste whose lifestyle was a kind of art making.” - The New York Times

“The Internet Archive is one of the most important historical-preservation organizations in the world. The Wayback Machine has assumed a default position as a safety valve against digital oblivion.” - Wired

Just like fantasy football, betting on the Oscars (why not, right?) has some simple rules. For one thing, nail your bargain picks. - Vulture

That ruling allows "the real-life ‘Martha' to pursue her defamation lawsuit.” - Variety

"Last week, WordPress cofounder Matt Mullenweg came out with a harsh attack on WP Engine, a major WordPress hosting provider, calling the company a ‘cancer’ to the community. The statement has cracked open a public debate surrounding how profit-driven companies can and can’t use open-source software.” - The Verge

They got their umlaut, "a small but sizable victory for three sisters who could not publish under their own names nearly 200 years ago, even as their novels Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights helped change the portrayal of women’s lives in fiction.” - The New York Times

Sure, it was cooler in the 1990s. And true, “the prize has sometimes struggled to find the balance between challenging assumptions and maintaining a sense of fun.” Yet … - The Guardian (UK)

There was a time when a fan could know most of the genre, and fantasy too. That time? Long gone. - Reactor Magazine