“So much of Munro’s work was about someone forgiving someone else (especially a woman forgiving a man) for something unforgivable, or about making some other horrible compromise of the soul — and also about how wretched these compromises are.” - Los Angeles Times (MSN)
Doherty was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015 but continued working, both in TV and in her own popular podcast, including when the cancer spread to her brain. - Variety
“Many of his most powerful works slow down the passage of time so that viewers become keenly aware of their own physical presence and thoughts.” - The New York Times
The story of the sprawling former estate of pop singer Michael Jackson took a new turn this week when Neverland Ranch stood in the direct path of a wildfire that’s burned 34,000 acres in Santa Barbara County. - Los Angeles Times
"The 13th man to bear the name Danjuro Ichikawa — passed down between generations of Kabuki stars for over 300 years — he’s a household name in Japan, showing up in ads, movies and TV shows. … In his latest production, he plays 13 parts, including a princess, a sushi chef and a fox." - AP
Before she fled Hollywood for her native Texas in the mid-1990s, Duvall had a thriving career as a versatile, one-of-a-kind actress and head of her own production company, Think Entertainment. - The Hollywood Reporter
Said Munro biographer Robert Thacker, "I knew that it was going to come out, and I knew that I would be having conversations like this." He confirmed that several others learned of the abuse, and of Munro's decision to remain married, after her daughter contacted police in 2005. - The Washington Post (MSN)
"Knaifel was one of the most prominent Russian composers of his generation, both at home and in the West. He played a key role in redefining Russian contemporary music after the fall of the Soviet Union, bringing religious themes to the fore and pioneering a radical minimalist aesthetic of contemplation." - Gramophone
Andrea Munro yesterday wrote an essay for the Toronto Star detailing the abuse, her mother’s response, the ways her father (owner of Munro’s Books in Victoria) treated her, and the legal case she brought against her stepfather, who was found guilty. - The New York Times
Azara was “a sculptor who evoked ancient feminine imagery in her carved and painted wood pieces, ... who in 1979 was a founder of the New York Feminist Art Institute, a school run by and for women artists.” - The New York Times
Once a promising teenage soccer player, Pål Enger decided he was a better criminal than athlete and began a career of art and jewelry thefts interspersed with prison sentences. On opening day of the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Enger took Munch's Scream from Norway's National Gallery in Oslo. - AP
"Hadi Matar was charged with second-degree attempted murder and assault in connection with the attack. He has pleaded not guilty. … The deal required a guilty plea to ... second-degree attempted murder for a sentence of 20 years" followed by 10 to 20 years in a federal prison on terrorism charges. - ABC News
He was also an Oscar nominee for Shampoo (starring Warren Beatty), The Last Detail, and Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, and he both wrote and directed four features, including Tequila Sunrise. He was also popular as an uncredited script doctor, contributing to, among other films, The Godfather. - CNN
Albania's most famous author both domestically and abroad, Kadare won numerous awards (including the very first International Booker Prize) and was a perennial candidate for the Nobel. "He leaves a body of work as immense as Balzac’s, as unrelenting in its critique of dictatorship as Orwell’s." - The Guardian
