One wood turner: "Well, you know, tradition is not just something in the past. It’s something that we’re making. ... I hope that I’m making things that 100 years from now people will say are traditional." - Slate
One dancer who fled to Estonia and then to the United States says, "Russian ballet is definitely going to be totally isolated," and the editor of Pointe magazine says, "It feels like we’re going backward in time." - Yahoo (AP)
There's "a systematic program of theft from a whole cohort of writers, stemming from Disney's orgy of acquisitions. ... Disney took the position that all of these corporate mergers only transferred the literary assets – the right to publish – but not the obligations – the requirement to pay authors." - Pluralistic
That it didn't, while also not making a direct copy, is due to writers who did the right thing - they asked agents what their lives were truly like. - The Atlantic
The exhibition in Boston is "a referendum, of sorts, on just how far the MFA and its peer institutions have evolved when it comes to grappling with the issue of white racism following the murder of George Floyd." - Boston Globe
He called it "a difference of opinion" and said production of Being Mortal, the "movie in which he was set to star was suspended because an attempt at humor had been taken amiss by a female co-star." - The New York Times
In the 1970s, CBC North (part of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) decided the best way to preserve music and build an archive was simply to found a record label. - CBC
Liudmyla Monastyrska, who replaced Russian superstar Anna Netrebko at the Met in Turandot, wrapped herself in a Ukrainian flag for her curtain call. "'I wanted to help however I could,' Ms. Monastyrska said." - The New York Times
"One of the things that always frightens me about DVD box sets is when it says how many minutes there are to watch. It’s a good thing our shelves don’t have that functionality, because it would add up to more than our lifetimes." - The Observer (UK)
Well into its run, the indie Everything Everywhere All at Once keeps gaining audience - and its platform rollout, something impossible during the height of COVID, "are a positive indication that adult audiences will return to the big screen for the right movie." - Variety
Régine, a singer and actress "who once ran a nightclub empire from Paris to Los Angeles," opened her first club in the 1950s in Paris, replacing the jukeboxes with DJs and changing the nightclub game. However, in France, she was more famous for her quintessential French songwriting. - France 24
The Voloshky Ukranian Dance Ensemble, "sees its role in combating Russian aggression as diplomacy through dance, teaching U.S. audiences about Ukrainian history and culture. ... ' trying to rewrite our history and it's our time to say 'no.' We're fighting back,' said dancer Maria Molyashcha." - NPR
The tool also "spits out a bunch of fun facts, like: Bisbee, AZ, is home to the highest percentage of mystery novels. Bloomington, IN, is apparently where the romance happens." - LitHub
"It’s a scenario that’s perfect for the gossip-fueled Bridgerton: Golda Rosheuvel, who plays Queen Charlotte on the Netflix series, was once told to keep her sexuality a secret. By a director who was also a lesbian." - Los Angeles Times
