Whitworth "wrote revealing profiles in The New Yorker ... and polished the prose of some of the nation’s celebrated writers as its associate editor before transplanting that magazine’s painstaking standards to The Atlantic, where he was editor in chief for 20 years." - The New York Times
After honoring and thanking the crew members, "Kimmel turned to leave the crew members with a final promise. 'Thank you for standing with us,' he said. 'And also, we want you to know that in your upcoming negotiation, we will stand with you, too.’” - Vulture
Kathryn Scanlon, winner of the Gordon Burn prize, says, "I love that you could come to this book and not really know what it is you’re reading.” - The Guardian (UK)
"Like Nora, I had lofty dreams and thought of America as my salvation of sorts. The place where I could achieve things I’d never have an opportunity to experience in Iran. As I watched the movie nestled next to my Midwestern husband, I wondered … what did I sacrifice?" - HuffPost
To opt out, “users must send a letter to Roku's general counsel in California mentioning: 'the name of each person opting out and contact information for each such person, the specific product models, software, or services used that are at issue’” and much more. - Wired
Luca screenwriter Simon Stephenson wrote that "the evidence The Holdovers screenplay has been plagiarised line-by-line from Frisco is genuinely overwhelming – anybody who looks at even the briefest sample pretty much invariably uses the word ‘brazen.’” - Variety
"Only one song from Barbie was a cultural sensation, a TikTok masterpiece, a showstopping earworm—and it’s the other nominated song, the one that’s probably going to lose on Oscar night: 'I’m Just Ken.’” Why are Oscars voters intent on making bad choices? - Slate
Quality assurance workers for Activision, who play games constantly to find and report bugs, or problems, say they’re often the lowest-paid workers in the company even while "our work is integral to the success of the companies we work for and the titles we make." - The Verge
To blame? AI (and some very poor teenage decision-making). "As AI image-making tools have become more widely available, there have been several high-profile incidents in which minors allegedly created AI-generated nude images of classmates and shared them without consent." - Wired
In the early days of Hollywood, “because many people saw film editing – or cutting, as it was called then – as unglamorous, secretarial work, it proved to be an easier entry point for women in the industry. And it gave them a lot of creative control." - NPR
Dragon Ball got its start in 1984, and “to many fans, Son Goku's journey from a kid who fumbles his martial arts training to a high-flying hero who can shoot bolts of electricity from his hands mirrors their own struggles against self-doubt as they grew into adulthood.” - BBC
Sencion "posted his first sheep on the streets of L.A. in March 2013. , the artist has amassed an inventory of thousands of his signature pink sheep, from palm-sized stickers slapped on lamp posts on Melrose Avenue to wheat pastings on walls along Hollywood Boulevard." - Los Angeles Times
In a performance arts space, why not have three women with an equal vote making major decisions - and figuring out how to fund performance art in a challenging time? - The New York Times
