As a theater critic in France, I’m used to sitting in auditoriums full of all-white, older spectators. In the comedy world, the customers mirrored the young, racially diverse lineups onstage. - The New York Times
“Directors are rude, look at their iPhones during the audition, run late and don’t apologise, they chat away to their casting director as if the actor didn’t exist, they laugh at private review copy jokes. A litany of misery! Each of these tales is underpinned by the fact that the actor is a supplicant.” - The Guardian
“There are people outside of here who can do it now, but I tell you they all came here to learn how. If this place didn’t exist, perhaps the experts would have said: no it’s not possible to reproduce the roof of Notre Dame. We it is. - The Guardian
Police in New Jersey said there was groping at the Monster-Mania convention. "The 78-year-old Busey ... was charged Friday with two counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual contact and a single count of attempted criminal sexual contact. He was also charged with harassment." - Philadelphia Inquirer
But now we know car companies and other companies might tell us we're also renting proprietary info and perhaps services too, what does this mean? (This is not what Gen-Z activists mean when they talk about abolishing property.) - Wired
Filmmaker Alex Pritz: "It was so clear from the first frame that his was just plain better. You felt the chaos and tension in a way that I just wasn’t capturing. ... they’re receiving an equal portion of direct profits of the film." - The New York Times
His massive sculptures are on display on Long Island, on the oldest continuous working ranch in the United States. But he says it's not so easy for his artwork to compete with the beauties of the natural world. - BBC
Dall-E's "appearance generated intense interest, perhaps because while most people can write text, many of us cannot draw to save our lives. So having a tool that could enable us to overcome this disability would be quite a boon." Maybe. - The Observer (UK)
"The region is already enjoying an unprecedented production boom, with Greece, Croatia, Serbia and neighboring countries luring big-budget studio projects to the dazzling coasts of the Mediterranean and Adriatic seas, the Black Sea region and the countries of the former Yugoslavia." - Variety
Says one sculptor, the descendant of a king of Dahomey, "The artistic awakening of our population was switched off from the end of the 19th century to 2022. ... We are now waking up." - The New York Times
"'But things have changed since Instagram was in its golden years,' says who's watched her reach and engagement plummet in recent months as IG began implementing changes — new features that have ushered the biggest vibe shift in its history." - CBC
Ali Hazelwood wrote one of last year's bestselling books, a romance called The Love Hypothesis, but the scientist author won't give away her real name. "Pen names are common in the romance genre, which has historically been stigmatized and minimized." - Washington Post
