While the filmmaker and actor was by no means a leftist, he was outraged by Senator Joseph McCarthy and his House Un-American Activities Committee and considered it unconstitutional for Congressmen to, in effect, put US citizens on trial for political opinions. So he moved his family to Ireland. - History Today
Marden’s style may have made him different from many of his colleagues with more explicitly conceptual ambitions, but he continued to find admirers because of it. - ARTnews
Explaining the decision in a 1,400-word blog, the museum’s exhibitions project manager, Chris Moore, brands Rowling a ‘cold, heartless, joy-sucking entity’. - Spiked
"Boyd's tenure at the RSC (2003-2012) helped rejuvenate the organisation after the rocky stewardship of his predecessor Adrian Noble. It also saw him direct a cycle of eight of Shakespeare's historical plays in the space of just two years, a process he admitted left him exhausted but satisfied." - The Guardian
"In a checkered filmmaking career spanning 50 years, Mr. Friedkin was regarded as both a cinematic pacesetter, responsible for two box-office juggernauts, and a director who struggled to replicate the commercial and critical highs of his heyday in the early 1970s." - MSN (The Washington Post)
"Andrade rose from the clubs of Rio, where she performed as a teenager, to forge a six-decade career, recording more than 35 albums as a pioneer of what she came to call bossa-jazz." - The New York Times
Modern Photography "was as devoted to the technical side of photography as it was to its aesthetics. Ms. Scully focused on the latter, and under her tenure the magazine was instrumental in the emerging recognition of photography as art." - The New York Times
"Every time someone sees a show at the Whitney, buys a saw at Bronx Terminal Market, commutes by subway to Hudson Yards, or watches the sunset from Brooklyn Bridge Park, that person is animating parts of the city that were once only documents on Doctoroff's desk." - MSN (New York Magazine)
Daniels, one of the first countertenors to find wide success in mainstream opera houses, and his husband, Scott Walters, were charged in 2019 with aggravated sexual assault for a 2010 incident in which the two men allegedly drugged and raped a young singer they had met. - The New York Times
"Tapper — who hosts CNN's The Lead with Jake Tapper five days a week, co-hosts State of the Union every Sunday, tweets prolifically, writes nonfiction books, and raises two teenage kids with his wife — researched and wrote a 336-page novel in 24 months. How the hell did he do it?" - Esquire
"In 1951, eight years before … the first school in Miami-Dade to desegregate, Greenfield founded the Fine Arts Conservatory, one of the first racially integrated arts schools in the South. The conservatory (taught) classes ... to Black and white students together, taught by Black and white teachers." - Yahoo! (Miami Herald)
An early editor at People came up with rules for who to put on the cover. "Young stars sell better than old. Rich is better than poor. TV is better than movies. Anything is better than politics." And then there's another rule, more troubling, "write about a woman with a problem." - CBC
Says the 88-year-old actress, who had already revealed her macular degeneration, "You just deal with it. Get on. It's difficult for me if I have any length of a part. I haven't yet found a way. Because I have so many friends who will teach me the script." - CNN
He first developed the Pee-wee character in the 1970s as a member of the Groundlings, then went on to a popular stage show, two hit movies, and a now-legendary Saturday morning TV show that won 22 Emmys. He also made numerous TV and film appearances playing other characters. - Variety
"Mr. Sexton learned his craft under the exacting standards of Savile Row traditions and never lost his attention to detail. ... His mark on fashion took shape in the 1960s as London became a center of a style revolution." - Washington Post
