And yet: "After years of Netflix and Amazon trying to produce and acquire their way to the top—despite the Hollywood old-schoolers who looked down their noses at it—Apple swooped in thanks to a movie it just picked up at Sundance." - Wired
Truly, the first video games were silent. Can you imagine? But: "The hup, as it’s sometimes known, is the onomatopoetic vocalization of effort given by the player-character when initiating a jump." - Wired
The 73-year-old actor was nominated, but didn't win, for his role in Pulp Fiction. "In an emotional acceptance speech, Jackson looked back on his career, noting his early, nameless roles, including what he described as 'Gang Member No. 2' and 'Black Guy.'" - Washington Post
Ariana DeBose was the first out queer actor of color to win a major acting award. CODA? First Best Picture win for a streamer. Jane Campion won her first, and Will Smith won his - not long after mounting the stage to slap comedian Chris Rock. - Los Angeles Times
This one will be heavy on the red carpet and after-party updates; we'll add other live update news sites here (here's NPR; here's Washington Post; here's the Los Angeles Times) as the show gets closer. - Vanity Fair
"Three years ago, Hollywood was engaged in a knock-down, drag-out fight over the future of cinema — what, exactly, constitutes a film — with the Oscars as the boxing ring." Then, well, you know what happened next. - The New York Times
"This past year, there are deaf characters and deaf representation all over the place. A list that includes: Hawkeye, Eternals, A Quiet Place Part II, CODA, and Only Murders in the Building. Deaf creatives are out in full force." - The Smart Set
“Because we have seen so much growth over the last few years, the No. 10 show is getting more downloads than the No. 10 show did a few years ago – it’s not really an apples-to-apples thing to say the new shows are not hits.” - Inside Radio
With these actions, Europe is cementing its leadership as the most assertive regulator of tech companies such as Apple, Google, Amazon, Meta and Microsoft. - The New York Times
"Alongside its sister show, Poetry Unbound, On Being will move from a weekly radio production to a seasonal podcast model. The show plans a yearly release schedule of two seasons, each one made up of 10 to 12 episodes, with the first season to begin in October." - The New York Times
Without access to big American blockbusters that reliably put butts in their seats, cinema chains in Russia will turn to domestically-made films as well as titles from Latin America and East Asia, but they'll depend most on Indian movies, which have pulled in big audiences there before. - The Moscow Times
There’s no shortage of theories: The shrinking of movie actors as cultural icons (as TikTok and Instagram stars become the ascendant media gods); the reluctance of the Academy to update the ceremony; the growing chasm between the esoteric tastes of the Academy’s voting members... - Los Angeles Magazine
"I think a radio show, like an album, needs to create a sound world. Each show is an emotional journey with dips and swells. I work with the music directors of both stations, who have been great — really collaborative with my vision of expanding the repertoire." - Los Angeles Times
