“Elizabeth Williamson, … 47, currently serves as artistic director of Geva Theatre in Rochester, N.Y., and previously held leadership positions at Hartford Stage in Connecticut and Pioneer Theatre Company in Utah.” - San Francisco Chronicle (MSN)
Disney lawyers asked a judge in U.S. District Court in Washington to bar the F.C.C. from undertaking an unusual, early review of the broadcast licenses of the eight stations the company owns and operates. - The New York Times
While the lawsuits differ, they all claim the smear campaigns were carried out through anonymous websites, fabricated social media posts or promotion of unflattering articles and posts on the internet. - The New York Times
You paid for the building with your bonds. You paid for the programming with your pledge drives. You paid the $447,529 salary with your donations. What you got: a 2.0 share, phantom metrics, and eleven million in programming money nobody can itemize. - Gregg Lewis
“The New York magazine business is a really unique model in that world,” James said. “They didn’t go down the road of just search engine optimization and serving all that sort of stuff that we’ve seen other magazines do. They’ve really doubled down on the commitment to this thoughtful long-form journalism.” - Vanity Fair
“People used to compare the experience of watching prestige TV shows like The Sopranos to reading a great Victorian novel. By the same token, we can say that watching a microdrama is like being electrocuted onstage at the circus.” But what’s it like for the people making these things? - The New York Times Magazine
A motion from Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (D-OH), a member of the Center’s board who’s suing to prevent its closure, is requesting financial and other records as part of discovery. As Trump is chairman of the Kennedy Center board, the Justice Department argues that these records are protected by executive privilege. - Forbes
The large bronze plate, inlaid with precious stones and seashells, was taken from the Centre d'art contemporain in Issoire in south-central France. The piece is the cover of the Livre de l'Apocalypse, a joint project of 14 painters and writers including Dalí, Cocteau, and Cioran, calligraphed and illuminated on parchment. - The Telegraph (UK) (Yahoo!)
The Victoria and Albert Museum is “planning to launch a voluntary exit scheme … open to staff across the museum. … (The plan) does not reveal how many employees will apply or be accepted. No savings target, opening date, closing date, departmental allocation, or exit terms have been published.” - Art in Context
“A multifaceted actress, Ms. Saint combined the luminous dazzle of a fashion model with the subtle and textured depths of a seasoned dramatic performer. She drew the admiration of some of the biggest directors of the 1950s and 1960s, including Alfred Hitchcock, Elia Kazan, John Frankenheimer and Otto Preminger.” - The Washington Post (MSN)
“Often in repeated partnerships with directors such as Stephen Frears, Ken Loach, Nora Ephron, Richard Attenborough, Nicholas Hytner and Neil Jordan, Fenton amassed a large and remarkable body of work that stretched across more than 100 feature films, plus documentary, theatre, TV news and more.” - The Guardian
“Staging that key three minutes of the show's meticulously choreographed, highly anticipated climax is a technical feat involving more than 100 gallons of water and unwavering physical acumen on the part of the cast.” - Los Angeles Times (Yahoo!)
Where billionaires in the past operated in the physical world, ushered in societal change as a byproduct of their innovation, and used their sizable largesses to try uplifting lives, today’s billionaires stretch the limits of technological reality (and law) with sheer glee, with a meagre spirit of altruism. - The Walrus
“On Thursday, the Amazon-owned company introduced three new features that will allow listeners to explore a book’s characters, engage in interactive stories, and view additional imagery and bonus information about landmarks or places mentioned in the book.” Unfortunately, for now this all is available with only one title. - TechCrunch
The striking, €45m project in which Foster + Partners has worked with the eminent Basque architect Luis María Uriarte, has been described as a “floating pavilion” and will double the current exhibition space in the museum, to around 6,000 sq. m, and will also remodel 8,000 sq. m of existing galleries. - The Art Newspaper
