"Leonard Cohen's children and heirs, Lorca and Adam Cohen, have filed a motion accusing the legendary singer-songwriter's former manager, Robert Kory, and his legal representatives of forgery and asking the court to remove him from the role of trustee and to compel him to turn over the estate's assets." - Variety
His career reached across more than half a century, largely inextricable from jazz’s complex evolution during that span. His sound was brighter on soprano, an instrument on which he left an incalculable influence; he could be inquisitive, teasing or elusive, but always with a pinpoint intonation and clarity of attack. - The New York Times
"Acting is not so much a job for Dafoe as a way of being, a practice so essential he can't go without it. ... 'He wants very much to be needed,' says (director Elizabeth) LeCompte. 'And if he's needed, he'll give everything. He has to work.'" - T — The New York Times Style Magazine
"The Mirisch Company, which (he) founded in 1957 along with (two brothers), grew to be an industry powerhouse, greenlighting films by leading directors — including John Ford, John Huston and Billy Wilder — that were nominated for a total of 87 Academy Awards and won 28." - The New York Times
Love it all or hate it all or fall somewhere in between (Koons! has played all these years to decidedly mixed reviews), he has maintained extraordinary relevance over the decades. - GQ
"(It) is the bogeyman that people have come up with to explain away bad behaviour. ... As long as we continue to, for example, listen to misogynistic music it is going to continue to be made. At what point do we make different choices?" - The Guardian
The Grand Falls, N.L., native and Canadian household name had a storied acting career spanning dozens of films and TV projects over six decades, including Due South, The Red Green Show, Babar and the Adventures of Badou, The Grand Seduction and The Shipping News. - CBC
"There's sort of a state of fear and tension and paranoia that comes with making and watching Panahi's art. And I think there is this sense of, who will talk? What will they say? Who will be a witness against me?" - NPR
"Bosson received five Emmy Award nominations in as many years for her supporting role, as she portrayed a character who reinvents herself to help crime victims and takes on a cheeky confidence with signature sentence-starters such as 'Hey, buster.'" - Washington Post
"For a man whom the BBC had erroneously identified as British only a few weeks before, it was quite a moment. The two-minute interaction, posted on Twitter, has been viewed one million times and set off a conversation across Ireland about the state of one of Europe's most endangered languages." - The New York Times
"(He was) the founder of Catch a Rising Star comedy club in New York City where a generation of stand-up comics — Billy Crystal, Richard Lewis, Jerry Seinfeld, Robin Williams, Richard Belzer and countless others — honed their craft in the 1970s." - MSN (The Washington Post)
As a young hornist in the 1970s, he helped launch the first French-horn soloist competition in America, inspired by the performances of European players. He conducted the Albuquerque Philharmonic, and started a renowned annual French-horn workshop that drew top talent from across the country. - The Wall Street Journal
Following a legal victory for the actor — prosecutors had to downgrade the involuntary manslaughter charge because the enhanced charge they sought was not yet law when the shooting occurred — observers believe that Baldwin will reject any plea deal or bench trial (i.e., judge but no jury). - The Hollywood Reporter
“Sometimes my work is considered as activism,” he adds. “It is not. There are people who do that. My work is just trying to engage my identity.” - BachTrack
