"The art of drag has firmly entered the mainstream, turning some performers into global celebrities. But go back half a century and the picture was different. On the fringes, performers' lives were often strewn with difficulties. ... Five veteran drag queens share their experiences from decades on the scene." - The Guardian
"The rampant and cruel misinformation that has spread about (Naomi's) death, and about our relationships with her, ... will only worsen if the details are disclosed by the Tennessee law that allows police reports, including family interviews, from closed investigations to be made public." - The New York Times
A South African actress who began modeling at age 6, she played the assassin Syonide in the DC Comics TV series Black Lightning and had her first big-screen leading role in director Ruben Östlund's award-winning film, alongside Harris Dickinson and Woody Harrelson. - Variety
"Onstage and off, Schumer is uncommonly open. Money, I.V.F., adolescent shoplifting, alcohol-induced blackouts, attending the Met Gala high on mushrooms, pooping her pants: all the things that most people keep desperately private, Schumer airs with no evident discomfort." - The New Yorker
Informed that the English village where he lived was considering ending mail delivery on Sundays, the great novelist wrote, basically, that if he couldn't receive his fan mail seven days a week, well, he just might have to sell his house and leave town. - BBC
Scottish actor Kate Dickie says, "I’ve had people tell me, ‘Oh, I saw a film you were in and I didn’t even realise it was you.’ That’s great because it means that you’re doing your job properly – although it’s maybe not so great for networking." - The Observer (UK)
Nate Brubaker, 27, was putting Baltimore and D.C. "on the industry map for its ability to make high-quality films" when he and fellow filmmaker Martin Whittier, 37, were killed driving back from a networking event in Philadelphia. - Baltimore Sun
The ashes of the woman who played Lieutenant Uhura at the behest of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, and who died last month at 89, will go on a rocket "set to travel between 150 million and 300 million kilometers into space beyond the Earth." - The New York Times
"These days, despite having stepped back from the New World Symphony, Thomas has not stopped trying to influence musicians coming up the ranks." - MSN (Boston Globe)
LuPone, along with two others, "led MCC across four decades, producing shows that ended up on Broadway like Frozen, Reasons to Be Pretty, Hand to God, School Girls; or the African Mean Girls Play and Wit." He also earned a Tony nomination for his performance in A Chorus Line.- Variety
"These are some of the brave young Ukrainians" — a cinematographer, a choreographer, an artist, an actor, a line producer — "who have remained in the nation's capital despite the continued stark realities of war." - Mic
People with encyclopedic minds are often paralyzed by the sheer quantity of what they know. Taruskin could step back from the crowd of facts and marshal them into mobile lines of thought. - The New Yorker
Further investigation will show if Domingo was aware of the Yoga School cult’s alleged crimes and of his friends’ connections to the group. But the media reaction to the story shows a tendency to exaggerate suspicions and report tendentiously where celebrities are concerned. - Van
The great African-American singer-actor suffered a great deal in his home country because of his fervent Communism, but — starting in 1941, when he performed and recorded the March of the Volunteers (which became, and remains, the PRC's national anthem) — he was celebrated for it in mainland China. - Aeon
"The daughters, Susan Kendall Newman and Nell Newman, allege their own charity organizations are both supposed to receive $400,000 a year from the Newman's Own Foundation under a mandate by their father, but the foundation has cut those payments in half in recent years." - AP
