Lupu had retired from public performances in 2019, after several years of canceling many engagements due to poor health, and had not recorded since the mid-1990s. - NPR
Hutchinson Guest was knowledgeable about a number of dance notation systems, which seek to preserve choreography as its creators intended rather than relying on memory or film. But she was particularly devoted to the one introduced by Rudolf Laban, which is now known as Labanotation. - The New York Times
In racist Hollywood, Oberon kept her Sinhalese and Maori heritage quiet. "Oberon's mother Charlotte Selby, who had darker skin, followed her as her maid." - BBC
"The first event I went to was at the L.A. Times headquarters. I was so blown away. They had journalists there, and honestly, it was like Writers Disneyland. And the Festival of Books? I went for the first time when I was 8 … and it was like one of the best days.” - Los Angeles Times
His specialty was history-based television dramas such as Attica, Inside the Third Reich, Peter the Great, The Deliberate Stranger (about serial killer Ted Bundy), and the landmarks Roots and Holocaust. - The New York Times
The Ukrainian president has remained in Kiev, but for Umid Isabaev, the entertainer who looks like Zelensky (and played his body double on Servant of the People), Ukraine was not safe once the Russian military invaded. So two of Isabaev's colleagues (it's a small profession) intervened. - MSN (The Washington Post)
"Ballet dancers may be the 'athletes of God,' as Albert Einstein supposedly said. But until Dr. Hamilton came along" as New York City Ballet's resident orthopedic surgeon, "they were treated more like ethereal beings than physical bodies that could crack, tear and otherwise fall apart." - The New York Times
The items — portraits of Napoleon and Josephine, locks of the emperor's hair, and his inkwell set — were stolen from a historic house museum in far southeastern Australia in 2014. Earlier this year, a Melbourne art dealer discovered the Josephine portrait listed on eBay for A$250. - Hyperallergic
e established the Berggruen Institute. A prolific networker, Berggruen has recruited so many prominent names to the institute’s roster of supporters and advisers that it has been described as his own personal Davos. - The New York Times
"Mrs. MacLachlan wrote more than 60 children's books during her half-century career, ... (and is) known to millions of young readers (for her) novel about two motherless farm children and the gentle woman who comes to the prairie to make them whole." - MSN (The Washington Post)
While he stands in front of an orchestra, his entire being is focused like a laser on the music. But that focus requires an extraordinary responsibility, and the conflicted responsibilities toward the well-being of El Sistema children and the political realities of Venezuelan are here seen as greatest test. - Los Angeles Times
"Vincent Bolloré wields a fearsome agenda-setting power; his outlets, known for adopting the tics and style of Fox News, play an outsize role in directing the national debate. ... Much of the political class recycles, in varying shades, messages that run in a loop on his networks." - The New York Times
A frequent commentator on television and radio, as well as a prolific writer, Mr. Boehlert never shied away from searing critiques of what he saw as bias in the mainstream press and the circular impact of media on politics. - The New York Times
A charter member of the Actors Studio, from the 1940s through the '90s he appeared in dozens of plays and films (ranging from Some Like It Hot to Yentl) and hundreds of TV episodes, with a specialty in variously ethnic gangsters and outlaws. - MSN (The Washington Post)
Brott was a pedestrian involved in a hit-and-run incident. Following the news of his death, social media tributes poured in from the Canadian classical music community, including the Hamilton-based festival that bears his name. - The Globe and Mail (Canada)
