"Disaster, catastrophe and nightmare. That's how Hollywood's creative workers describe the fall of the once mighty Warner Bros, as Netflix and Paramount battle to buy the historic studio and tinsel town braces for more upheaval and job losses.” - BBC
No book drops, no events, no audio books, no catalog, no buildings open: That’s what a cyberattack did to the Deschutes County Library system over the weekend. - Oregon ArtsWatch
“Everything on set revolved around the hawks’ well-being. Filming took place between October and January, to avoid molting season. Everyone in the crew wore drab, dark colors, because that’s what the birds were used to. Microphones were hidden because the birds didn’t like booms.” - Los Angeles Times (Yahoo)
“Ryan Coogler’s supersized supernatural blockbuster fused critical and commercial enthusiasm into a kind of mass obsessive fervor. It became, for a few weeks, the film everyone was talking (and raving) about,” but some in Hollywood - and the US in general - couldn’t deal. - American Prospect
Maybe? “This isn’t a bad batting average, with movies about everything from the melding of Silicon Valley and politics to authoritarianism, nationalism and racism. And remarkably, most of these opinionated releases were also big hits.” - The New York Times
The magazine, called something else earlier, has been around since before the Great Depression. In the 1960s, though, "dance emerged as a potent form of political expression.” - Dance Magazine
And hey, why not learn three keys to financial literacy from one of the most highly played Christmas movies in the world? (Actually! This is a great article. Read it.) - Fast Company
Whether it’s thanks to Gen-Z or thanks to a (terrifying) nonstop surveillance state intertwined with our televisions and speakers, CDs and DVDs are making a comeback. - Washington Post (Yahoo)
Reiner was “a writer, director, producer, actor and political activist whose career in Hollywood spanned more than six decades and included some of the most iconic titles in movie history,” and a political activist who "emerged as a force in California politics.” - Los Angeles Times (MSN)
News broke late Sunday night that "the Los Angeles Police Department said it was investigating an ‘apparent homicide’ at the couple’s home in West Los Angeles.” - The New York Times
It’s clear that what we need is two policy changes: "Capping or curbing resale, so that you can only pass a ticket on at face value more anti-scalping legislation” - CBC
“One of my friends has cultivated a list of 30 movies about ‘Fucked-Up British People,’ while I made ‘crash out cinema,’ a collection of films to watch when you’re in the throes of a maybe-unrequited crush.” - The Guardian (UK)
“He has outlived mentors, co-stars, romantic partners and several studios. He’s even outlived the jokes about his performance in Mary Poppins. These days his mangled cockney accent is regarded with more fondness than contempt.” - The Guardian (UK)
“Short-form video, autoplay feeds, and video podcasts are reshaping our attention, our politics, and even our sense of self—turning podcasts into background ‘wallpaper’ while nudging more of us into broadcasting our lives.” - The Atlantic
