Turns out they don't believe in love anymore. "The approach misunderstands what modern households — which often include long-distance couples or families with children at college, as well as individual users who travel for work or don’t have one stable residence — are like." - Washington Post
Nézet-Séguin "has led the Philadelphia Orchestra to accolades and worked to broaden its repertory, including by promoting the music of overlooked composers." He'll now be both music and artistic director. - The New York Times
The Met win was for "Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up in My Bones, a work based on the memoir of the same name by the journalist and columnist Charles M. Blow." Philadelphia, Chicago, and the Broadway cast recording of Into the Woods also won. - Limelight
Few viral stars, and ... whew, what, is this 2023? "This year’s best artist category – which replaced the gendered best male/female categories – has been criticised for its all-male nominees." - The Guardian (UK)
The plan is for another 100,000 square feet of space, including the Alan Turning Institute for data science; green walkways; a garden; and many more informal entrances into the library. - The Guardian (UK)
Sandy Powell, a multiple Oscar and BAFTA winner, says, "It terrifies me this has happened. ... What I would say to government is that working in the arts really is a proper job and that, especially when times are hard, entertainment is what people want." - The Observer (UK)
Freeze Corleone was big on Spotify, and the label wanted him. "The memo, sent in September 2021 by two executives in the company’s French office, weighed the risks of hate speech against the financial upside of working with him." - The New York Times
Uh ... "Muslim male characters outnumber female characters 174 to 1, and when women do appear, they are portrayed as 'fearful and submissive' or endangered." But things may be changing, partly thanks to Disney. - Los Angeles Review of Books
And also, make it so that the contestants don't know they're on a reality TV show - "This isn’t a documentary – it’s a competition. They are secretly being judged by two globally renowned maestros: classical virtuoso Lang Lang and pop star Mika." - The Guardian (UK)
The newly re-elected president "has reinstated the Ministry of Culture, created a new secretariat dedicated to books and literacy and unblocked nearly $200 million in funds allocated for cultural projects." - The New York Times
"Unlike the queens and witches who preceded her in English literature, Alison is not a flat allegorical figure. Her ordinariness makes her radical." - NPR
