“Parker leveraged his extensive experience in woodworking and guitar repair, along with his maverick streak, to build groundbreaking guitars that went on to be displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington.” - The New York Times
Zhou accused Renner of sending unwanted sexual images, and of threatening “to call immigrationICE” to intimidate her. The actor denies the accusations. - Los Angeles Times (AOL)
Vince Gilligan of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, on his new series Pluribus: "The concept of the others being in sync telepathically led to us hiring our first-time choreographer, ever. Technically, I think he's billed as a movement coordinator or a movement designer.” - Collider
“For years we’ve been grappling with the collapse of the creative middle class due to corporate greed. … We have more content than ever, but fewer opportunities for art and artists to thrive.” - LitHub
“Gurinder Chadha was wandering through the Charles Dickens Museum in London, trying to commune with the author’s spirit. ‘If you were alive today,’ the film-maker asked him, ‘what story would you tell?’” - The Guardian (UK)
“Navigating life in an era of ‘alternative truths’ has proved to be a disorienting experience: How can people live together when truth has become whatever one would like it to be?” - Le Monde (Archive Today)
“A child actor turned movie star turned director and producer and prolific tech documentarian, Winter’s career has been fitful, searching and unconventional, full of sharp left turns and voracious curiosity.” - The Guardian (UK)
The mysterious person “was cast as an old-school detective, an inside man, a Netflix pitch — or not human at all. ... Pedro understood why. ‘In the photo, I'm dressed more in the 1940s, and we are in 2025,’ he said. ‘There is a contrast.’” - NPR
Or at least … that’s an idea? “Using the 17th-century nun Sor Juana as inspiration, lay out five steps to writing an assertive, non-people-pleasing email.” - NPR
The chair of the jury said, "She harvests berries to make ink drawings, harnesses wind and fire to compose poems and operas, and builds worlds with her BUSH Gallery collaborators. In the face of precarity, scarcity and conflict, her work offers a model of sustainability, abundance and connection.” - CBC
The resignations “came several days after The Daily Telegraph published details of a leaked internal memo arguing that a BBC Panorama documentary had juxtaposed comments by Mr. Trump in a way that made it appear that he had explicitly encouraged the attack on the Capitol.” - The New York Times
The design team “gathered in a studio with a blacked-out stage, a giant glass version of the Apple TV logo, and a bevy of colorful studio lights.” - Fast Company (Archive Today)
“At a time when the Trump administration is cutting arts funding and seeking to influence content at the Smithsonian, the shutdown, now the longest in the nation’s history, is adding further uncertainty to D.C.’s already rattled museums.” - Washington Post (MSN)
