Of the nine films he wrote and directed, the best-known are the two for which he won Academy Awards: Kramer vs. Kramer (for screenplay and direction) and Places in the Heart (screenplay). Among the other films he co-wrote are Bonnie and Clyde, What’s Up, Doc? and the 1978 Superman. - Deadline
These nine visionaries have released Grammy-winning albums; performed in nearly every major concert hall and to packed audiences from the stage; won record-setting Tony nominations; earned pinnacle titles; and become the first to break barriers in their given fields. - Elle
“For over half a century, (he) stood as a towering figure in French cinema, a titan known for his commanding physical presence, instinct, sensitivity, and remarkable versatility. … His fall from grace was completed Tuesday when a Paris court found him guilty of sexually assaulting two women on a movie set in 2021.” - AP
“The actor, 76, has been convicted of having groped a 54-year-old set dresser and a 34-year-old assistant during the filming of Les Volets Verts (‘The Green Shutters’).” He received a suspended sentence of 18 months’ imprisonment and fined €29,040 (around $32,350). - AP
"Ms. Kouoh’s ‘sudden and untimely’ death came just days before she was scheduled to announce the title and theme of next year’s event. The statement added that her death ‘leaves an immense void in the world of contemporary art.’” - The New York Times
"Asked if she is alarmed by Trump’s assault on arts and culture, DuVernay told the Guardian: ‘Certainly. But not surprised. When you elect a criminal you should expect crimes.’” - The Guardian (UK)
Every day Jambon spends a few hours compiling a list of gallery openings from websites such as Index Berlin and social media accounts. Then he begins hitting the galleries on his list, going from one to the next decked out in his vibrant outfit and bug-eye glasses. He calls it his “gallery project”. - The Guardian
“Bey had a multiphase musical career, with peaks and valleys that had more to do with shifting tastes than any fluctuation in quality. But his style did trace an evolution, from churchified soul jazz to astral jazz-funk to smoky songbook reverie.” - WRTI (Philadelphia)
A woman had accused the writer-director of Crash of raping her repeatedly over the course of two days in 2022 while they were both in Brindisi for an entertainment-industry event. A judge has ruled that no nonconsensual sex took place in this instance. - Los Angeles Times (Yahoo!)
“Arsenije Lojovic will serve eight years instead of 10 for dangerous driving causing death, failing to remain at the scene and breach of probation, according to a decision by a three-judge panel at the Court of Appeal for Ontario.” Lojovic has bipolar disorder and was having a manic episode when he hit Brott. - CBC
Last Friday, a 47-year-old man scaled a metal fence at an entrance to the ancient landmark, then fell and was impaled on one of the fence’s spikes, which pierced his spine. He screamed in pain and bled until he passed out; it took an ambulance crew 20 minutes to extract him. - Artnet
“Hosts of video artists … owe a debt to Birnbaum, who found clever ways of upending the one-way stream of information that pours forth in the media, and in particular on television. During the late ’70s and ’80s, she began harvesting images from pirated tapes of TV programs, then reediting their images.” - ARTnews
With a pioneering sense of eclecticism, he connected the dots between John Cage and James Brown, between Mahler and MTT’s famous grandfather, Boris Thomashefsky, a star of the New York Yiddish theater. - Los Angeles Times
Pierre Audi, the stage director and impresario whose transformation of a derelict London lecture hall into the cutting-edge Almeida Theater was the opening act in a long career as one of the world’s most eminent performing arts leaders, died on Friday night in Beijing. - The New York Times
During the incident, which occurred on April 18, police were called to United Airlines flight 953 after it landed in Munich from Chicago, following reports that Rondeau had stripped off his clothes. CBS reported that the incident occurred after he drank alcohol and took prescription medication. - The New York Times
