Stories

And what’s next for the alt-publishers who brought the lawsuit originally? - Wired

“I really believe that Los Angeles today is what New York was in the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s, what Paris was in the turn of the century. ...This is the spot.” - The New York Times

Kier has worked with Andy Warhol, Lars von Trier, Madonna, Gus van Sant, Rainer Maria Fassbinder - and nearly everyone else. "Of his work, he estimates ‘100 movies are bad, 50 movies you can see with a glass of wine and 50 movies are good.’”  - Variety

Development - driven in part by remote work and the pandemic, and also by the TV show Yellowstone, is driving development. That is “a grave threat because of how it is carving up an ecosystem that must stay relatively intact to function.” - The New York Times

"She was a performer of great intelligence, warmth and wit” who became an international star, and later built the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater "into the most successful modern dance company in the country.” - The New York Times

“The rabbit holes and the unexpected obsessions are what’s beautiful about searching the internet; but AI, like the tech companies developing it, is obsessed with efficiency and optimization.” - The Atlantic

“St. Thomas’s leaders warned earlier this year that the church was considering closing the choir school, one of only a few remaining boarding schools for young choristers in the world.” - The New York Times

Turns out star power helps a lot - and so does having a city own the theatre and fund its costs. - Los Angeles Times (MSN)

Sigrid Rausing: “When you’re working on a text there’s always a sense of loss when it’s done. But finishing the translation of a book by my best friend who had just died brought a much greater sense of loss, because I was no longer with her.” - The Guardian (UK)

And now it’s up for a Grammy. - The Verge

Ask his son, Nick Harkaway. “I had actually decided I wouldn’t do it,” he says. Then his brother stepped in. - The New York Times

“In many of these places, public bodies and architects see their job as doing more than meeting numbers of homes completed.” - The Observer (UK)

"People have been arguing about the nature of the play ever since its 1895 premiere. Wilde himself described it as 'a delicate bubble of fancy', but added: 'It has its philosophy.' … What kind of play is it and how do we stage it today? These questions still divide opinion." - The Guardian

This year they will now visit a holding page before the start of the ticket sale, “at least a few minutes before the sale opens” according to organisers. Once the sale begins, each person “will randomly be assigned a place in a queue to access the booking process”. - The Guardian

The project, titled "This Is America," is a collection of 28 works Gandelsman has been commissioning, performing and recording since 2020. He gave the composers each a $5,000 fee and a request to compose a piece responding to the times we're currently living through in the United States. - The New York Times