Savage, who starred in the original Wonder Years when he was a kid, has been at the center of a few stories about his conduct in recent years. This time, after an investigation, "the decision was made to terminate his employment as an executive producer and director." - The New York Times
They fled by car and foot when the bombs began to drop. Now Oleksandra Kovalchuk, staying at her parents' house, "using a borrowed laptop, has become a central node in an international network trying to protect museum and library collections in Odesa and beyond." - MSN (Boston Globe)
An outgoing man whose sonorous baritone betrayed his beginnings as a singer, Karayanis presided over the founding of the opera company’s orchestra and creation of its expansive rehearsal and costume facility, which the board of directors named after him. - Dallas Morning News
As a working archaeologist, a regional official, and the national Minister for Culture, Hamdani — born and raised very near the ancient Sumerian city of Ur — worked to protect antiquities from looters, established a comprehensive database and atlas of archaeological sites, and trained a generation of specialists. - The Art Newspaper
He was fond of the Beat writers who had emerged on the West Coast and elsewhere and began publishing them. The spring 1958 issue featured Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Michael McClure, Ginsberg, Kerouac and others who had been making an impression on the San Francisco poetry scene. - The New York Times
Known early on for his "bright vanilla hair" and youthful mien in films by Jacques Demy, Vittorio De Seta, Claude Chabrol, and others, he later pursued darker roles with filmmaker Pierre Schoendoerffer. As a producer, he scored his greatest success with nature documentaries Microcosmos and Winged Migration. - The Guardian
Textile conservators and fashion curators are appalled that beauty mogul Kim Kardashian donned Marilyn Monroe’s iconic Jean Louis gown for the 2022 Met Gala. Monroe’s show-stopping garment became famous 60 years ago when the Hollywood legend wore it to sing a breathless “Happy Birthday." - Los Angeles Times
"Footage showed someone running on stage and tackling Chappelle during his performance at the Netflix Is a Joke festival ... on Tuesday night. ...Chappelle, 48, was apparently unharmed and returned to the stage to finish his set." - The Guardian
A handsome young Black man surprising Chinese immigrants with fluent Mandarin can amass quite a following on social media. Frankie Light is one of several people who pick up various languages (or, at least, phrases), spring them on native speakers, and post the video on YouTube. - The New York Times
She died on April 30, one day before she and her daughters Wynonna and Ashley were due to perform at the Country Music Hall of Fame, and just after Naomi and Wynonna had announced a Judds farewell tour. - Variety
Julie Phillips: "When I actually looked at Lessing's life, I didn’t find either heartless abandonment or a bold dash for freedom. Unsurprisingly, the author who brilliantly laid bare the dissatisfactions and self-deceptions of mid-20th-century women's lives ... had a much more complicated story." - Slate
"All that stuff you squash, all that frustration, eventually you have to spoon it out, but then you're left with holes inside you. ... I see myself as a chunk of Swiss cheese, and I've spent five years trying to fill the holes so I become a chunk of Cheddar." - The New York Times Magazine
