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Look, Books Are Great, But Let’s Not Overstate Things

"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)

Don’t Stress, Art Houses; This Movie’s Success Proves You Can Survive

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

The Self-Described Queen Of The Night And Owner Of The First Disco Has Died At 92

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

A Ukranian Dance Troupe In The US Tries To Fight Disinformatio

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

An Author Wanted To Show LGBT Kids That Life Wasn’t All Doom And Gloom

And so, of course, a Catholic school in England canceled his school appearance. - The Guardian (UK)

A Cool Tool To Find The Books Set In Every Place In America

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

The Black Lesbian Playing The Queen Of England

"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

The Venice Biennale Was Surrounded By, And Part Of, This Meaning-Free Surreal Moment

Take the NFTs, for example: "banal, tasteless and pointlessly surreal ... The ambiance was somewhere between that of a particularly bad high school art exhibition and a video game expo." - Washington Post

Ady Fidelin Was Man Ray’s Muse, And The First Black Model In Harper’s Bazaar

During WWII, Fidelin also preserved Man Ray's entire studio. "Without her preservation, Strauss said, 'we’d be missing a whole chunk of Dada and Surrealist paintings, drawings and objects.'" - The New York Times

Neil Gaiman Also Experiences The Suck Fairy

The beloved children's (and adult) author on all kinds of books, and the challenges of rereading the Enid Blyton books he loved as a child. "Whatever I loved isn’t there when I go back as an adult." - The Guardian (UK)

Some Movie Sequels Feature Fantastic Characters

Some of them - Harley Quinn, my goodness - even get their own movies. But let's consider possibly the best sequel character ever: Yoda. - Vulture

Grace And Frankie’s Reign Of Terror Is Coming To An End

Happy International Workers Day to Grace and Frankie's service workers! "At restaurants, at the DMV, at big-box hardware stores, and inside delivery trucks, the end of Grace and Frankie surely means that service workers of La Jolla are breathing a sigh of relief." - Slate

A Very, Very Cleaned Up Constable Takes Center Stage

It only took 270 to get the yellowed varnish off. Looks like the 19th century wasn't as dark and dreary as one might previously have concluded, hey. - BBC

An Artist Takes Advantage Of The Bridgerton Moment To Remind Everyone Of The Black Aristocracy

Glory Samjolly, paints oil portraits of Black business owners, artists, writers, and intellectuals in the styles of the European old masters, but she also runs an Instagram account where she posts historical works of Afro Europeans. - The New York Times

Benin’s Rights-Teaching Girls Band

Like the US band The Linda Lindas, Star Feminine Band make music both for themselves and for a wider audience - an audience that is rapidly becoming international. - BBC

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