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Misty Copeland Takes The Reins

“It’s about creating opportunity. It’s about creating access. It’s about continuing to not just be a voice in my time, but how are we setting up the next generation?” - The New York Times

Happy 420th Birthday To The Scottish Play

Yes, Macbeth has been around for a while. “Fun fact: Samuel Pepys saw it at least nine times himself.” - LitHub

Hollywood’s Open, Horrible Secrets, Such As The Whisper Network Concerning Jared Leto

“When a lot of people make a percentage off the earnings of one famous individual, the capacity for denial is vast” — and now there’s a huge, “well-oiled anti-accountability machine” that cranks up as well. - The New York Times

Instagram Wants To Be On Your First Screen Now

“The idea with the channels seems to be that making the secret, private shame of scrolling into a collaborative activity will give it a new place in the home.” - The Atlantic

An Actor Who Was Slated To Star In Hadestown Has ‘Departed’ After His Hostile Comments About Trans People Emerge

For instance, in one video clip that surfaced after Geno Segers was announced as Hades, "Segers likens transgender people to people pretending they are service animals in hopes of receiving discounts on airfare.” - The New York Times

Australian Library Waives Fine For Book Returned After 150 Years

The book, The Antiquities of Athens, published in 1858, “was discovered inside a tea crate bricked into a sealed fireplace.” Normal place to put a book down and then never see it again, right? - Salon

Writers Just Can’t Resist Writing From The POV Of A Dog

Virginia Woolf with Flush, Paul Auster with Timbuktu, Garth Stein with The Art of Racing in the Rain, and now another Paul - Yoon - with Etna. Why? Yoon says, “I deeply believe dogs have superpowers and secrets.” - The New York Times

Ballet Might Help Stave Off Dementia

“When we’re learning choreography, we’re asking the brain to do so many things at once: remember sequences, process music, coordinate movement, adapt when we make mistakes, and stay present with other people in the room. It’s a perfect puzzle for keeping the mind fresh.” - Harper’s Bazaar

How Samantha Morton, Circe In The New Odyssey, Survived A Grim Childhood To Become A Star

“It was theater that ultimately changed her life. Between the ages of 14 and 16 she began acting while, offstage, she kept stealing food to survive, used drugs and accumulated several arrests for violent incidents.” - El País English

Question: Is It Even Possible To Make Non-Creepy Smart Glasses?

Sure, everyone has phones, but “the phone still needs to be pulled out, held up, and have its camera activated to capture a photo or film a video. Smart glasses, with small built-in cameras and the user’s ability to obfuscate the recording notification, are much sneakier.” - Wired

How Fender’s Newish CEO Seems Intent On Ruining The Famous Guitar Company

The CEO "appears to be suggesting that, by learning to play other people’s songs, internalizing those influences, and then synthesizing them into something new, you are essentially doing the same thing as an AI.” - The Verge

Morgan Freeman’s Deep Voice Is Still Going Even As The Actor Is Almost 90

“The 89-year-old Oscar-winning actor has voiced God and presidents, and he is the go-to narrator for your favorite documentarian. He still brushes aside the impact of his immediately recognizable, resonant baritone.” - The New York Times

People Aren’t Reading As Much, But Perhaps This Will Spur Them On

That’s right: It’s a couch-to-5K, except for books. - The Guardian (UK)

Gen Z Is Saving Hollywood, Right?

Er … not really. "Moviegoing used to be a matter of habit meeting spontaneity. … Today, patrons generally plan their cinema visits in advance, and the question of what to see has collapsed into the question of whether to go at all.” - The Atlantic

How To Get From Canada To Eurovision

“It's still too soon to say how Canada's act will be chosen, but as any athlete will tell you, it's never too soon to start preparing for the international media, the next-level fans or winning over voters.” - CBC

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