At the Australian Ballet’s artistic health centre in Melbourne, ballet star David Hallberg - who went to them, "broken," he says, in 2015 - physiotherapists and researchers use new, constantly refined methods to heal dancers and other athletes, or help them never get hurt in the first place. - The Age (Australia)
The ARChive of Contemporary Music "reportedly holds some of the world’s biggest collections of Broadway, African, punk, jazz, country and western, folk, hip hop, and experimental recordings" - and it's in trouble. - Wired
There's basically no response that won't offend someone, says a USC prof. "Add alcohol to the mix, as is often the case at these awards dinners, and what could possibly go wrong?" - The New York Times
Then an arbitrator ruled that since his jokes "were funny," he had to be re-hired by Philadelphia NPR affiliate WHYY - but he also had to take down some of his jokes that violated WHYY's social media code of conduct. - Vice
Judd Apatow, for one, is not having it. Sure, there were dolls, but dolls aren't a narrative. "It’s insulting to the writers to say they were working off of existing material. ... There was no existing material or story." - Variety
The company after whom the entire genre is named (remember the iPod?) maybe shouldn't kill podcasting, and indeed, the numbers might be an accident: "In September, Apple introduced iOS 17, which included a small change that has had a big impact on downloads." - The Verge
In this 21st century oratorio, the director says, it's cathartic "to allow ourselves to feel what our ancestors have felt and know that we’re not alone. ... We are actually part of a much larger story that is filled with hope, redemption and the power to change." - The New York Times
"Creative introverts dread campaign season. They’re allergic to the self-promotion. Not to mention that the world is designed to reward extroverts. ... But you can’t reap the harvest in awards season if you don’t plant seeds." - MSN (Los Angeles Times)
The real-life audience for stand-up is larger, and more diverse, thanks to viral clips. But, one comedian says, "If you base your comedy around the algorithm, you’re doomed. ... You have to do what you think is good for comedy, and not think about the sharing." - Washington Post
Burrows grew frustrated with Broadway's lack of roles for Black women, and "took matters into her own hands as a solo artist. She received rave reviews for her 1968 Off Broadway show, Walk Together Children," and she mounted it more than 6,000 times across the world. - The New York Times
Awards season is what one might call compressed due to the Hollywood strikes of the spring and summer (and fall). Thus: "HBO’s post-apocalyptic drama The Last of Us topped night one of the 2023 Creative Arts Emmys presentation with eight awards." - The Hollywood Reporter
Young users "said that relevance and proximity were key to defining news, but that relevance was personal and individual rather than public, and that proximity was emotional rather than geographical. And subjectivity was considered more desirable than objectivity." - Nieman Lab
The New York Times is "spending a fortune creating what’s unfortunately now called content - the articles, investigative pieces, analysis, puzzles, recipes, product recommendations and more that make up ... a newspaper. OpenAI is just taking the fruits of that labor, that newspaper, to train their technology." - Slate
