Thompson: "Intimacy coordinators are the most fantastic introduction in our work. And no, you can’t just ‘let it flow’. ... There’s a camera there and a crew – it’s not on your own in a hotel room." - The Guardian (UK)
Joseph Arthur says that the article left him "shunned and avoided," and says that the headline calling him "anti-vax" was wrong because he hadn't said anything about vaccines in general, just the COVID-19 vaccines. - Variety
A lengthy court battle concludes with the author of The Last Unicorn wresting control of his finances and his work back from a manager. "The book consistently sells 15,000 to 20,000 a year — sales that would be a strong showing for a new book." - The New York Times
True, she is playing a woman who accidentally joins Bruce Banner in Hulkdom. But the idea of a strong female lead doesn't do it for her: "It's a box that nobody fits into. Even the phrase is frustrating. It’s as if we’re supposed to be grateful." - The Guardian (UK)
Some might call it endless fixing, but whatever it is, digital copies mean the art can be changed or deleted at will. "If you only have a digital version, you don’t have a finite finished product. You’re renting a product from whatever service that you have." - Washington Post
The creators of songs about the books (and TV show) won a Grammy, the author said she was humming their songs in the shower, and Netflix went along with it all. Then Barlow and Bear wanted to charge money for a Bridgerton musical, and Netflix lowered the boom. - BBC
It's engagement, the uncertainty of not knowing what will happen next - and it's not about becoming a better person, says author and critic Namwali Serpell. - The Guardian (UK)
For concerts, Hisaishi takes portions of his scores from films like My Neighbor Totoro and Porco Rosso, turning them into entirely new symphonic experiences - but without losing the humane touch of his work in the films. - The New York Times
Of course, the Pledge isn't what got the teacher's bulletin board torn down by a co-worker. No - it was the people saying the Pledge, controversial people like, er, Colin Powell and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - Vice
"Slingshot Rat, a stencil painting, appeared on a concrete block at an abandoned Israeli army position in Bethlehem next to a section of the wall in 2007." It was then graffitied, and finally cut out by ... someone. - The Guardian (UK) (AP)
"Writers represent the part of our culture that engages with humanity through ideas, whose passion is expressed through sentences and paragraphs and pages. It’s a realm we should not just preserve but defend." - The Atlantic
Sempé, who died on Thursday at 89, had a whimsical style. "His ink cartoons were often set in a mythical mid-century Paris or millennial New York, but their appeal was universal." - Slate
An Indigenous crew member "remains cautiously optimistic about the future of Indigenous inclusion in the film industry," and actor Michelle Thrush says that "well-thought-out practices on production sets are replacing her previous experience of crying alone in her trailer." - CBC
