"The Oscars omission carries a special sting: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which presents the Academy Awards, used to celebrate choreography." - The New York Times
“The commission said it found that Apple violated European competition rules by preventing app developers from informing users about 'alternative and cheaper’ music services." - Washington Post
"Viscerally depicting the psychic gulf between methods of massacre and their creators is not simple in a medium like film. Cinema tends to enforce closeness between us and the characters.” - The New York Times
The information furnishes "a useful lesson in how U.S. media companies fare when they cannot fall back on the ironclad legal protections they enjoy in the United States, along with a window into an embarrassing fact-checking breakdown at a top American media outlet." - Washington Post
Shortz, who has been crossword editor at The New York Times for three decades, "shared the health update in a recorded message that aired on Sunday at the end of the puzzle quiz segment during the NPR program." - The New York Times
Margo McDaid: “At first, it felt like a coping mechanism; a ritual to hold on to. … I wanted to see how my work would change if I practised every day." - The Observer (UK)
Should crosswords lead solvers to new words and ideas, or should they be for those who’ve been doing crosswords for a while and “don’t want to be disrupted”? Crossword creator Anna Shechtman says it’s a challenge. “The notion of a sort of apolitical, abstract common knowledge is a fantasy." - Slate
“‘It’s pretty unheard of to paint a skyscraper, so it was like, ‘Oh man let’s go take advantage of this and do it while it lasts,’’ said Misteralek, one of five graffiti artists who described the scene inside the towers.” - The New York Times
“If Broadway is sustained by tourists, to use a sweeping generalisation, Off-Broadway is where the locals can be found, given the primarily limited run nature of what is offered. Losing theatres to high rents and redevelopment only contributes to the hollowing out of the city." - The Stage (UK)
"The contest ... can disqualify contestants deemed to have breached its rules on political neutrality,” and the song “October Rain” currently contains lyrics that seem to be about Hamas’s attacks on Israelis on October 7, 2023. - The Guardian (UK)
The thing is, "Federal law includes computer-generated images of identifiable people in the prohibition on child pornography. Although the prohibition seems clear, legal experts caution that it has yet to be tested in court.” Also, does an AI-generated nude depict a real person or not? - Los Angeles Times
The IATSE president "addressed one of the key issues in the negotiations — artificial intelligence — saying it should not be used to replace workers, but also that it has the potential to lighten the load." - Variety
"Athena Stevens is suing Shakespeare’s Globe for harassment, discrimination and victimisation, claiming she encountered ‘unfavourable' treatment because of her disability while working there” - and since the story first broke, new information about the Globe’s policies may have strengthened her claim. - The Stage (UK)
