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Good Luck Getting Tickets To The Odyssey In 70mm IMAX

The FOMO is real. “Complicating things further for The Odyssey is that it’s available in so many premium formats—six, altogether—that the film’s official website includes a guide to their various strengths and aspect ratios.” - Wired

Is This The End Of Nonprofit Theatre?

Oskar Eustis thinks so, but not a bad thing: “We’re faced with the need to prove to the people in our individual communities that we matter enough to them that they should support us. … Now, that’s not a very bad demand to put on an art form.” - Los Angeles Times (Yahoo)

Tenth Anniversary Of La La Land Brings Changes To The Poster

This is all about Ryan Gosling’s wrist. - CBC

When You Ask The People To Redesign Your Money, Sometimes The Ideas Are Great

And sometimes? They’re meme-inspired, as the European Central Bank found out last week. - Fast Company

What’s Really Going On With The Paramount-Warner Bros Deal

“The firm had been aiming to close the deal by September but agreed to table its takeover — perhaps until next spring — to allow a fiercer than expected challenge from California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta and 11 other Democratic state attorneys general to advance to trial.” - Los Angeles Times (MSN)

Meta Glasses Are Now Banned At Comic-Cons In The UK After Secret Filming Issues

“A number of guests had told the company they would be reluctant to appear at Comic-Con shows again after cases of recordings taking place without their knowledge. The ban is applicable to Meta glasses and any other ‘wearable recording devices.’” - BBC

How Social Media Has Changed Book Cover Design

“Covers today are expected not only to attract readers in bookstores, but to circulate fluidly through Instagram posts, TikToks, Substack photos, and carefully curated apartment interiors. Books are now asked to function simultaneously as texts and as lifestyle objects.” - LitHub

The Joys Of Reading Ulysses

Reading Joyce “was, and continues to be, one of the most glorious reading experiences of my life. Even your text messages fizz after you’ve been reading Joyce.” - The Guardian (UK)

How IMAX Has Won The Movies

“Everything about Imax is annoying. The prices are outrageous. Screenings often fill up as soon as they go on sale. … Yet the hysteria exists for a reason and it isn’t just screen size.” - Vulture

Warner Bros Sues Amazon For Poaching Employees

“In the complaint, Warner says that ‘Amazon has chosen to ride on the coattails of other well-established Hollywood mainstays,’ and that it engaged in a ‘lawless employee shopping spree.’” - The Verge

The Most Haunting Music Of The ‘Odyssey’

“The aulos appears throughout Greek art, depicted in military and domestic scenes alike. To modern eyes it looks like two recorders that come together at a player’s mouth, blown at the same time.” - The New York Times

The Irish Government Promised Money And Priority To Renovating A Theatre, But It’s Mired In Red Tape

Abbey Theatre "is one of the State’s most important cultural institutions. It was founded by William Butler Yeats and Augusta Gregory in 1904; the 1966 structure has been described by the government as a ‘deficient’ building for audiences and performers.” - Irish Times

Barbara Rubin Was The Teenage Filmmaker Who Stitched Manhattan’s Underground Together

“She filmed the scenes she helped create. Her best known and only surviving film, shot intermittently between 1963 and 1965, began with an unprintable working title before she borrowed its name from a line in the poet Arthur Rimbaud’s 'A Season in Hell': Christmas on Earth.” - The New York Times

The Accomplishments Of Ancient Greece Are Not Just The History Of White People

“There is nothing wrong with taking pride in one’s ancestors. … Honoring and celebrating the past achievements of those ancestors, however, is different from taking credit for them.” - The Atlantic

Trump Orders “Warning” Signs Outside Smithsonian Museum

President Donald Trump on Friday ordered the installation of signs outside the Smithsonian National Museum of American History that warn of “inaccurate” exhibits and direct people to “accurate information regarding America’s history.” - Washington Post

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