"Written by Swiss and Taiwanese creators and produced in Switzerland, This Is Not An Embassy deals with Taiwan’s lack of global recognition as a country and the diplomatic challenges it faces as a result." It premiered in Switzerland, had a sold-out run in Taipei, and will tour Europe this fall. - The Guardian
Podcasting, TikTok algorithms, and the GOP’s ability to motivate angry young men - they all play a part. But “while the ideas of Gamergate may live on in the far right and the GOP, the aggressive, harassing fandom behaviors are not limited to a political party.” - Wired
"William Henry Joseph Cutter Brown, better known as Doc Brown, was born into slavery in Arrow Rock, Missouri. After emancipation, he moved to Kansas City and gained wide renown as a performer. He took his cakewalk to Washington, and won the world championship at Madison Square Garden in 1893." - KCUR (Kansas City)
Or so Spain is telling Katy Perry, whose production company apparently didn’t bother to get permission to film near environmentally sensitive, and protected, sand dunes. - CBC
"Bridges across dry riverbeds in the Atacama desert are daubed with slogans demanding the equitable distribution of Chile’s water, and graffiti on rural bus stops demand the restitution of Indigenous lands from forestry companies. Every inch of the bohemian port city Valparaíso is plastered with paint and posters." - The Guardian
That is, they fear both for their jobs and for the profession of animation itself. As one striker says, “How many artists do you think the company wants to hire five years down the line? Zero.” - The Ankler
Jason Diamond: "I’ve often heard this discussed as some existential problem that might be impossible to tackle, as if people have thrown up their hands and agreed that, yup, men and fiction just don’t mix. I’m perplexed by this, … and I’ve come to the conclusion we’re going about fixing things all wrong." - GQ
The actor was so much more than The Notebook. “Rowlands had a rich and varied career, … but her greatest roles were with John Cassavetes: they were the loves of each others’ lives and it suffused Rowlands’ performances with something incandescent.” - The Guardian (UK)
"The crowds (marching in Bratislava) claimed that the dismissals (of the directors of the National Gallery and National Theatre) are a political purge by Robert Fico’s populist left-wing Smer-SSD party, which won parliamentary elections in Slovakia in October and formed a coalition government with the center-left Hlas and nationalist SNS parties." - ARTnews
Diego Mariscal has worked on more than 80 feature films and TV shows. Yet with the advent of AI and the likelihood of virtual film shoots replacing real behind-the-scenes people, he’s worried that his decades of on-set experience won’t transfer anywhere else. And he's concerned about colleagues, especially younger ones. - TheWrap
Jayson Gillham was removed from a concerto performance with the orchestra this week after, at an earlier solo recital, he dedicated a new work to journalists killed in Gaza. While MSO management still maintains that political statements are inappropriate on the concert stage, it acknowledges having made "an error." - The Guardian
"(It) challenged long-held theological and scientific assumptions about nature and humankind’s place in it: that the Bible was to be taken literally; that the world had been made a mere 6,000 years before; that a divine being wrought man in his own image; that humans were the pinnacle of Creation." - The Atlantic (MSN)
"Heavy rain and gale-force winds caused leakage to come through the roof of the structure. Part of the ceiling and several walls sustained water damage, and three of the paintings themselves were affected. The extent of the damage, and the cost of repairs, are still being determined." - Artnet
"For more than a decade, tickets to Burning Man have sold out almost immediately – sometimes in a matter of minutes. But this year, less than two weeks before the festival kicks off, tickets are still available – raising questions about the future of the annual desert revelry." - The Guardian
"(She) conveyed bewitching allure and wrenching vulnerability on-screen — notably in A Woman Under the Influence and many other movies directed by her husband, John Cassavetes. … Over seven decades, she worked sparingly in mainstream fare but managed to attract a cascade of superlatives." - The Washington Post (MSN)
