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Hint To BAFTA: You Can’t Fix A Diversity Problem With Racist Casting Directors
Yikes: "India Eva Rae, who joined Bafta’s Elevate programme in 2019, told the BBC that a casting director told her she was an 'exotic talent,' and...
Now We Truly Have Everything, Including A Playlist Of Jane Austen’s Favorite Music
Music was inextricably linked to Austen's creativity - she practiced, when she had access to a piano, every day, and copied friends' sheet music...
Even As Life Shifted Dramatically Thanks To The Virus, Mariachi Bands Played On
How? With weddings, quinceñeras, and life's joyful moments generally canceled, mariachi bands' calendars have filled with funerals for friends, family members, and even fellow...
With More Than 7000 Languages In The World, Google Translate Is Next To Useless
That is, for most of them, because Google Translate (and Bing) relies on written translations - which works well for French, Spanish, English, German,...
Hollywood Stylists Want Their Zoom Oscars Back
Some of the fashion world is really not happy with the guidelines for the in-person Oscars. One fashion writer, echoing many stylists who enjoyed...
Craig muMs Grant, Actor And Poet, Dies Suddenly At Age 52
The actor and poet, also a playwright, had his most visible recurring role on the HBO series Oz. He once told an Indianapolis paper,...
In Isolated, Dark, Solitary Times, Lighthouse Keepers Know How To Survive
Truly. Well, except for the occasional disappearance, murder, and the like. But in pandemic times, we might feel like we understand them. "All they...
Hollywood Has Failed Asian American Women For Decades
And, they say, it's past time for a change. Netflix has been particularly good at offering changing depictions this year, but the history of...
The Boom And Bust Of The TikTok Artist Life
The app is garnering millions of views, and some artists earn thousands (or more) for each short video they post. Some young artists are...
Some Artists Actually Made Money During The Pandemic
To be fair, not that many. But a few found real success while every other vehicle for their work was shut down. For instance,...
The Globe Will Reopen This Summer, With Strict Protocols Including No Intermissions
Arrival times will be staggered, drinks and snacks must be pre-ordered, and the audience can go to the bathroom when it needs to -...
Leon Black Won’t Run For Re-Election As Chair For, But Will Remain On, MoMA’s...
Black, who is also stepping down both as CEO and chair of his private equity firm the Apollo Group, was facing "mounting pressure from...
The Neglected Pyramids Of Sudan May Be Ready To Shine
After a long-invested dictator falls, the Sudanese people (and some of the rest of the world) may gain access to the archaeological sites that...
How Artists, The Arts, And The Culture In General Are Surviving After A Shutdown...
In some cases, artists will never work again; some venues have shut down; and the cultural life of Britain has taken a beating. Artists...
Good Luck Watching The Oscar Contenders In The UK
How "democratic" are these streaming Oscars when they're almost impossible to find, and expensive to subscribe to, in the UK? The coronavirus, and attendant...
Museum Directors Are Still Divided Over Selling Art During The Pandemic
Things aren't necessarily getting easier for museum directors thinking about what to do with their collections, and whether they should rely on their boards...
The Push For Ever More Content For Shondaland
At Netflix, Bridgerton (at least the first season) succeeded beyond executives' wildest dreams. But the Shondaland production team wants a lot more than just...
Equity Actors Would Very Much Like To Go Back To Work
And they're not shy about asking the union to move up the timeline - please. "We feel unheard, we feel left out, and we...
England’s Man On A Mission To Bring Museums Into The 21st Century
Gus Casely-Hayford has a vision for the new V&A East. "The space itself will be accessible in every possible way. We’ll build around it...
Henry Darrow, Who Fought For Roles For Latinos And Was The First Latino Zorro...
Darrow was "best known as Manolito Montoya in the hit Western The High Chaparral," but he was also "an activist who worked to expand...
Making The Argument For 1925 As A Literary Watershed
Don't just salivate over Ulysses, The Wasteland, and the soon-to-come centennial of 1922. Where would modernist English literature be without Great Gatsby? Mrs. Dalloway?...
Trying To Scout Locations During A Pandemic
It's not easy for film and TV production location scouts at the moment. There's a lot of digital photography, and a lot of after-the-big-Zoom-meetings...
Children’s Book Illustration Is Art, And James Ransome Also Wants More
James Ransome just won the Gold Award. He's "well-known and loved for his illustrations, especially for his many children's books. But at age 60...
Looking Back At The Oscars Of Two Decades Ago
The final pre-9/11 Oscars (can that be real?), the Oscars where Gladiator beat Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and where Marcia Gay Harden won (deservedly!...
Making Change Sometimes Means Becoming A Member Of The Establishment
Julie Mehretu, who has a solo show opening at the Whitney: "There is a deep consideration of who you show and who comes to...
