Trendy? Flat characters (yes, even more so than the straight characters in the heterocentric holiday movies)? Or something that shows networks' long-awaited embrace of Christmas movie equality? - Washington Post
According to Greek news sources, "British Museum chair George Osborne, the former chancellor, has been holding secret talks with the Greek prime minister." - BBC
Reichert, a documentarian, said, "I always wanted to understand how people worked because I often thought I was like a Martian. I was intensely curious about people because I felt so different from everybody else." - Washington Post
First, the new version sued the old; now it's reversed. "At stake is not only who will profit, long-term, from stage versions of the classic story, but also which dramatic interpretation will reach many audiences across the country." - The New York Times
No surprise, after decades of concerted campaigns to destroy the tribes and their languages. But there's a plan: "The Biden administration announced an effort to address this at the Tribal Nations Summit, putting forth a draft of a 10-year national plan to revitalize Native languages." - NPR
"Astra Magazine, Spiegelman said, was 'both unusual and exciting, a glamorous and subversive literary project, a breath of fresh air and hope.' And then it was over." - The New York Times
Friends since they met as 10 and 11-year-olds at prep school in 1971, the actor and writer-director "have just in the last few years realized their long-held desire to collaborate on feature films." - AOL (Los Angeles Times)
There's also a fair amount of Taylor Swift fandom, but "these posts from fans essentially serve as a denouncement of West’s praise of Hitler in the Infowars interview and his denial of the Holocaust, further highlighting the artist’s loss of support." - Variety
Kominsky-Crumb "was known for work that was not only autobiographical but often bracingly sexual — focusing on her insecurities — and explicit." - Los Angeles Times
Doesn't seem super likely. But: "If there’s a Best Actor race worth trying to sneak into, it’s this one, and Smith has been careful to cut a penitent figure on the campaign trail." - Vulture
Emma Corrin: "It’s hard to be discovering something in yourself at the same time you’re navigating an industry that demands a lot of you." - The New York Times
It's called Phinney's Rainbow, and Sondheim was a sophomore in college when he wrote and mounted it in 1948. "It's the stuff of legend in theater circles because nobody's heard much of it." - NPR
The writer of Sweat and the most-produced play of this year, Clyde's, had three productions in New York this year. She says, "The mindfulness and yoga that I practiced during the pandemic really prepared me to deal with juggling three big shows without feeling overwhelmed." - Los Angeles Times
Twenty years ago, high school students Thomas S. Nilsen and Steffen Ojala Soderholm created "nightcore." But it didn't take off until TikTok kicked into high gear. - The New York Times
