Peter Gelb: "We believe strongly in the warm friendship and cultural exchange that has long existed between the artists and artistic institutions of Russia and the United States ... we can no longer engage with artists or institutions that support Putin or are supported by him." - The New York Times
Hey Oscar, why did you boot those categories? "What I'm doing, see, is making sure everyone who gets the spotlight at my party can really sell it! Can nail the precise acceptance-speech fuel mixture everyone is looking for – 12% disbelief, 15% modesty, 33% gratitude, 40% joy." - NPR
OK, sure, there might be better times, but The Drift has done pretty well for itself, oddly. With "a penchant for publishing lengthy essays that go through many rounds of editing, The Drift is a throwback in many ways" - a successful one. - The New York Times
Look, there's just no way Drive My Car, which had earned less than $1 million in the U.S. by the time of the nominations, would have earned its Oscar nods without critical support. - Variety
The director says he has no interest in making movies about the rich. "It is very valuable for me to always focus on ordinary people." Perhaps paradoxically, that has won him success and a following across the globe. - The New York Times
In the 1840s, before and during the Famine, William Fforde "undertook a gargantuan task of collecting over 2,000 airs from across the country." Now many of them are published with all of their bilingual glory, and with tons of variations. - Irish Times
The University of Manchester asked him to leave after UK Lawyers for Israel complained about his statements in support of Palestinians and "suggested that the university should take appropriate disciplinary action." Twenty-three artists have pulled out of the show. - The Guardian (UK)
Science says it's a good idea. "Audience members, whether they know each other or not, will synchronize their heartbeats while watching a live theater performance" - and that works in a natural history museum as well as a proscenium theatre. - American Alliance of Museums
Verdi tinkered with Don Carlos for years, making a variety of (all French) versions. And "the opera is better overall in French — but it is a subtle superiority." So has it been saddled with a florid Italian translation for so long? - The New York Times
Says one, "So much of the photography we have seen of the lives of Black and brown people is in black and white, which to me can sometimes give this sense of fungible devastation." She would rather show people "in all their vibrant, living colors." - Wired
Ke Huy Quan was a child star in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and The Goonies, but a lack of roles led him to drop out of acting entirely - until the success of Crazy Rich Asians in 2018. - Entertainment Weekly
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has alarmed cultural experts still waiting "more than two years after the Army, with some fanfare, announced new effort, styled after the old, of dedicated art experts working in a military capacity to preserve the treasures of the past." - The New York Times
Marshall: "I often try to reclaim a story that the tabloids have found lucrative because they present someone who the public can safely mock." Then, she says, "Something powerful happens." - Time
"While the legacy of the publication stretches over two centuries, its actual time in print was short lived. Not even a full year after its first issue, production was halted after the untimely death of its founder." - The Root
Hey, why not? "Being a bad girl may mean unleashing destructive force, or simply shrugging off expectation. It could mean embracing the calamity of selfhood, or reimagining who that self is entirely. To be bad is to be your own." - The Rumpus
