“Of course the death of Charlotte was horribly sad, but far worse in my opinion was the moment when, during Wilbur the Pig’s hour of greatest need, the girl who owned him decided she’d rather go on the ferris wheel with Henry Fussy.” - The Guardian (UK)
Brannon Braga, the writer who took over Voyager showrunning duties from her, said, “Her memory will live on in many ways, but perhaps most of all in the character of Captain Janeway, who reflected the best dimensions of Jeri herself.” - Variety
That’s the idea at the (former) New York Historical Society, now just New York Historical. The museum’s chief content officer knows the name isn’t perfectly grammatical, but he "likened it to the former Apple marketing campaign, 'Think different.’” - The New York Times
“Reading books is a battle in a way that, once upon a time, it wasn’t. That is to say: it’s never a battle while I’m inside the activity itself but granting myself permission to get inside it can be.” - Tom Cox
In gaming, classic survival horror seemed to be over, a blast from the past—but its graveyard is only full of freshly created zombies. And “removing combat makes the game even scarier since you have no way to fight back.” - The Verge
The blackmail plot cost millions. “The state’s objective was to prevent the leak of photos, videos and audios that revealed King Juan Carlos I’s infidelity with actress and TV star Bárbara Rey. Public knowledge of the affair would have put the stability of the monarchy in jeopardy.” - El País
The actor said he’ll found a film studio in Tanzania, and also, "I’m going to live in Accra, I’m going to live in Freetown, I’m going to live in Zanzibar. I’m going to try and go where they’re telling stories – that’s really important.” - The Guardian (UK)
Newly unearthed, that is, though “the finding may prompt debate in the classical music field, where reports of unearthed masterpieces are sometimes greeted skeptically, and where there is a history of fakes and forgeries.” Hear it for yourself. - The New York Times
The French industry may not appreciate this (until awards season): “Nearly half of the fest’s approximately 40 films and TV series ‘will be shown in Los Angeles before they’re premiering in France.’” - Variety
Bernadine Evaristo, Booker winner for Girl, Woman, Other, is “paying it forward” by hosting writer residencies at her house. “We need to build a more supportive infrastructure to help writers from every background thrive and, in doing so, keep literature in all its life-enhancing manifestations, alive.” - LitHub
“Prime subscriptions pay for Amazon to grow—to gobble up market share, put small stores out of business, and make Bezos more powerful. Newspaper subscriptions, by the same token, pay for newspapers to grow. They pay for reporting and editing and fact-checking.” - The Atlantic
