Stories

One veteran TV producer predicted the number of scripted shows Hollywood produces could fall by one-third in the next three years. - The Wall Street Journal

This attitude toward reading — in which the only well-meaning response to a text is uncritical approbation, and anything else is tantamount to censorship — is not only disingenuous but ultimately, I think, also hostile to literature itself. If no book invites our disapprobation, what is the value of our esteem? - The New York Times

In his conducting studies, Cooper spent the most time with Dudamel and Nézet-Séguin. He visited Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, dressed and made up as Bernstein, for sessions with Dudamel. - The New York Times

"It has come to our attention that some schools have planned events next week October 1-7, to mark the American Library Association’s “Banned Book Week.” If this is the case, all principals are requested to cancel all events and messaging associated with this observance." - WFAE

"Asked why he had cut off his left ear, the artist replied that this was a misconception and he had in fact only cut off 'part of my earlobe.'" (The M d'O also has an immersive Van Gogh room in this show, proving that pop culture can influence even the French.) - The Guardian (UK)

DALL-E-3 claims - unconvincingly - that artists can now decline having their work included in data sets. - The Atlantic

The list includes "the usual suspects—Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Michel Houellebecq, Anne Carson (who won’t win the year after Annie Ernaux, come on, the literary cool girls can’t have everything), and Can Xue, who is pretty much always in the mix." - LitHub

Zelda Williams: "I’ve witnessed for YEARS how many people want to train these models to create/recreate actors who cannot consent, like Dad. This isn’t theoretical, it is very very real." - Vulture

The novelist also translates others. She says translating is "an act of radical change." - The Guardian (UK)

Aside from the bare feet in the middle of the night issue, LEGO has a massive plastic problem. - Wired

"Her fans are legion – among them Ali Smith, Colm Tóibín and Dave Eggers – and she has won many honours, including the International Booker prize." But you'll never find her work at the behemoth online. - The Guardian (UK)

But how? "It takes a very unique sort of musical mind to make these." - Slate

If you are fond of "odd, ugly, small-scale art that has a cracked and thwarted look, is radically antisocial, and radiates hidden agendas, you’re probably a fan of Albert Pinkham Ryder." - Washington Post

Sort of a shrug emoji, follow by an emoji for a virus that did not kill the orchestra. - The New York Times

"We have limited options but our horizons are still big. The aim is to train and inspire the next generation." - The Guardian (UK)