“The co-writers were also interested in details about the world that produced someone like Dagmar. Copenhagen in the post-WWI years was crowded and people could easily disappear.” - Time
Wow, OK, these slippers better work as claimed: “The final bid of $28 million was the largest sum spent at an auction for a piece of entertainment memorabilia, the auction house said.” - The New York Times
"The main beneficiaries this week are smaller films in dire need of the attention the tastemakers provide” - for instance, Drive My Car a couple of years ago. - Vulture
It’s because Interstellar was super good, right? Maybe, or maybe it’s because Christopher Nolan sure knows how to train his audiences to find, watch, and enjoy his movies (and then obsessively share about them online). - Slate
"A three-judge panel from the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled on Friday that a law designed to force a TikTok sale or ban is constitutional." - Business Insider
While podcasts’ popularity grows overall, the strongest momentum is with watchable podcasts. The data shows four in ten say they like actively watching a podcast, while another 29% prefer listening to a podcast while the video is minimized or playing in the background — for what one might consider an audio-like experience. - Inside Radio
Two researchers of information ecosystems find that the structures and mechanisms of improv theater and the right-wing media ecosystem are surprisingly similar — which explains why the latter's followers become so devoted. - The Conversation
"One thing voting for awards has taught me is that virtually every outside assumption about how the process works is wrong, (especially) any attempt to extract an overarching meaning from the results. … Fortunately, there’s an easy way to explain the process. … All you have to do is watch Conclave." - Slate (MSN)
Regulators also cited a disabled woman in a wheelchair being “treated in a condescending manner by able-bodied people,” and talking animals being “persecuted in a fantastical society,” as additional reasons for the content warning and PG rating. - The Daily Beast
"The renowned author … said Monday that at age 77, it’s time to say good-bye to three Bangor, Maine, stations that have been bleeding money. King kept the stations afloat for decades, and he said he and his wife, Tabitha, are proud to have kept them going for so long." - AP
"In an industry that’s existentially threatened enough to need every theatrical hit it can get, no one in their right mind would dispute the need to make these films. … And yet ... there’s something a little skewed about this picture." Even when the sequels are better than the originals. - Variety
"SNL has built a reputation as the way New York sees America, but it’s also always been the way America sees New York. … Like all of our institutions, SNL exists partly to be argued over and complained about, mirroring the love-hate relationship the rest of the country has with New York." - New York Magazine (MSN)
But that’s over, and Hollywood hasn’t figured out how to win those “casual moviegoers” back since the early days of the pandemic. - Los Angeles Times (MSN)
Alarmingly, “these stories seem to be doing an inordinate amount of work to help children feel warm toward the technologies that increasingly dominate our lives.” - The New York Times
