Once A League of Their Own - the movie - started casting, the batting cages of Los Angeles were filled with everyone from Courteney Cox to Laura Dern to Brooke Shields. - LitHub
The museum's founders wanted a place to remember "Compton’s rich history and creativity—the vacant buildings of Compton transformed by the artist collective Communicative Arts Academy in the 1960s and 1970s or Elliott Pinkney’s murals." - Los Angeles Times
Julie Andrews has a new book out about the time (not so long ago!) when musicians came together in an orchestral hall and played ... for houseplants. - NPR
After Hayao Miyazaki's animator son Goro refused to take over from his now-82-year-old father, Studio Ghibli's future was in doubt. - The Guardian (UK)
Replacing the stain of the Confederate-themed windows that were removed six years ago, the two new windows, designed by Kerry James Marshall, are themed for racial justice. - NPR
A "best and final offer" before today's meetings may lead to a deal soon, but the writers say this is a management-side leak and that the WGA needs to stay focused and strong. - The Hollywood Reporter
Instead, "bring play back into the classroom by instructing students how to hear a melody on the radio and learn to play it back by ear, and encouraging students to write their own simple songs." - The New York Times