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First Look: Pix Of Bradley Cooper As Leonard Bernstein

“I (told Spielberg), ‘I always felt like I could play a conductor, but may I research the material and see if I can write it and direct it? Would you let me do that?’” Cooper said. - Variety

Writing In “The ‘New Yorker’ Sort Of Voice” (And Knowing When To Leave It Behind)

"It is a voice of intelligent curiosity; it implies that the writer has synthesized a great deal of information; it confidently takes readers by the hand. ... It is an effective voice for a lot of long-form journalism, but it was not for the book I was trying to write." - Public Books

Will Rogers — A Proudly Indian Actor In John Ford’s Cowboy-Movie America

He was born into the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma in 1879; his grandparents had survived the Trail of Tears. "Despite his consistent and very vocal pride about being Indigenous, his image did not fit with the public's assumptions of what a Native American ought to look like." - The Criterion Collection

How Choreographers Are Adapting The Dance Films They Made During Quarantine For Live Performance

"What goes into transforming a work from screen to stage? What gets added, lost or modified? Pointe spoke with three choreographers to learn what made the process challenging and interesting." - Pointe Magazine

Tokyo’s Nakagin Capsule Tower Is Being Demolished, Yes, But Some Capsules Are Going To Museums

"The preservation project calls for some of the capsules to allow for real-life living in a separate locale. Those in museums will be refinished by the Kurokawa architectural office, which went over the original designs to figure out how each box could be detached with minimal damage." - AP

Brazilian Music Legend Milton Nascimento To Give His Final Tour

"As Nascimento nears his ninth decade of life, the inimitable Afro-Brazilian vocalist is preparing to retire from the stages that have made him one of South America's most venerated troubadours." - The Guardian

Britain Won’t Have To Have Kevin Spacey Extradited To Face Sexual Assault Charges

"I will voluntarily appear in the U.K. as soon as can be arranged and defend myself against these charges," said the disgraced actor in a statement, "which I am confident will prove my innocence." - ABC News

This Guy Dressed Up As An Old Lady, Rolled His Wheelchair Into The Louvre, And Threw A Cake At The Mona Lisa

"Think of planet Earth, there are people destroying it," he proclaimed as security guards dragged him away. Don't worry: the painting's fine, and the protective glass in front of it has been cleaned. - CNN

Rewatching Frances Ha, Ten Years On

Picture Frances "as she whips out her phone and bursts, 'I just got a tax rebate! Want to go to dinner?' (I did not know a decade ago that this would become the most relatable five seconds in the whole of cinema. Alas.)" - LitHub

The Return Of Kate Bush

How did Running Up That Hill finally hit number one on the pop charts? Well ... Stranger Things, actually. - The Wrap

What It’s Like Creating An Opera About A Collapsing World, During A Pandemic

Composer Tom Coult: "There’s a lot in Violet about just how quickly society can break down. It was very odd to see that happening and have that as the reason our production was cancelled." - The Guardian (UK)

The Architect Making Slag Livable

Landscape architect Julie Bargmann's work "to revitalize toxic sites and reconnect them to their communities has earned her the nicknames 'Toxic Avenger' and 'Queen of Slag.'" - The New York Times

The Generations Recovering, And Playing, Music The Nazis Suppressed

James Conlon wants to pass the torch to a new generation so he doesn't hear, "'I never heard of this person. How good could it be?' ... That’s not the people’s fault. That’s not our fault. That’s the fault of the Nazi regime. It’s a cultural war crime." - Los Angeles Times

Silence Is Really, Really Good For Your Brain

But, of course, how to get it in an always-connected world? - Salon

IKEA Is Doing What To Billy Bookcase?

It's one of the most popular piece of furniture in the world. And it's getting a redesign. (For safety, and the planet.) - Fast Company

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