The actors weren't - and aren't - getting paid a ton. Glenn: Some of the other actors "were fucking famous as shit, like internationally famous, couldn’t go outside, but had to keep their second jobs because they couldn’t afford to not. We couldn’t afford cabs to set." - Vulture
"Their generation has come-of-age in a pandemic that killed millions of people and laid bare incredible systemic inequities. ... Many of my students don’t know how they will ever afford to pay off their student loans, much less buy a house." 9/11? So what? - LitHub
A French musical based on a Hugo novel, but still. "A song debating the merits of the printing press at the top of Act II after a cliffhanger Act I ending? (I guess they had to leave at least one trademark Hugo tangent in there!)" - The New York Times
The options for renovating Portland's not-at-all-earthquake-safe, landmark-in-downtown big hall aren't great. Now, the city is checking out ideas for a new site, "which would allow continuous operations at the Keller Auditorium until the new facility is completed." Hmmm. - Oregon ArtsWatch
No indeed: We're all essentially the background actors. "If a digital replica of you — without your bothersome need for money and the time to lead a life — can do the job, who needs you?" - The New York Times
Does it sound like a Christie plot? "That joke was not lost on the nerve-rattled people left with nothing to do but wander around her property sipping calming beverages, eating sausage rolls prepared by the staff and playing croquet on the front lawn." - Salon
"If you do two, you might as well do three! But when Harlem Shuffle came out I didn’t say it was the first in a trilogy, because what if I got bored? I wanted to give myself an out. I didn’t want it in my obituary." - The Guardian (UK)
Why, and why now? After all, "no figure in history has been portrayed so often in movies. ... Every generation gets a Napoleon. Every generation several Napoleons. We may occasionally get the Napoleon we deserve." - Irish Times
Here's the issue with a lack of US regulation: "If the EU’s forthcoming AI Act isn’t matched with US rules for AI, it will be more difficult to ask tech giants to be in full compliance and change how the industry operates." - Wired
We're not talking about the Bund or other Nazi sympathizers in the U.S. - of course they liked it. But its use "was widespread and fashionable, first infused with a sense of vaguely whimsical 'exoticism,' and then perfect for the developing Art Deco aesthetic." - Slate
Kapur thinks that series like Bridgerton have casts possibly more diverse than historical record because there's guilt over actors not getting work. Instead, he says, Hollywood needs to tell different, new, diverse stories. - BBC
Birkin "helped define chic female sexuality of the 1970s as an actress in arty and erotic European movies and in her relationship — equal parts romantic and artistic — with the singer Serge Gainsbourg." (Later came the Birkin Bag.) - The New York Times
There's one very good reason: In 2012, publisher Faber committed to "campaigns that applied lessons learned from record labels, a faster-moving industry – creating a big noise, a big moment, having that book in market as quickly as possible afterwards." - The Guardian (UK)
Maybe, but probably not. "It's worth putting some guardrails in place right at the start of your journey with these tools, or indeed deciding not to deal with them at all, based on how your data is collected and processed." - Wired
For the producers, "There isn’t a leader or leaders who have volunteered to handle this and to be the focal point of the discussion. ... That’s partially because they’re all new to it, and also because ... the technology has essentially changed business plans." - Los Angeles Times
