With over 30 million followers on TikTok alone, Rodriguez has developed a following that has even extended to the outside world. Considered merely by follower count, he would be the most recognizable artist in the world. - ARTnews
Explaining the decision in a 1,400-word blog, the museum’s exhibitions project manager, Chris Moore, brands Rowling a ‘cold, heartless, joy-sucking entity’. - Spiked
“I love the way that one art form can light the flame for another. It doesn’t diminish the original … there’s a whole lot of compression that absolutely has to take place, but that doesn’t mean a reduction. It’s creating a new thing.” - Sydney Morning Herald
There clearly is no buyer like Apple, which is sitting on $62 billion in cash and cash equivalents and has a $2.8 trillion market cap. And while it may be very true that Apple doesn’t want to buy a studio, maybe it would want to buy this studio. - The Hollywood Reporter
"LGBTQ country dancing is quite old, a joyous four-decade tradition rooted in the love of the dance and the music. And it's finding renewed popularity." - MSN (San Francisco Chronicle)
The play’s the thing that’s now in danger. America’s love affair with the stage – embodied by Lincoln and fellow presidential theatregoers such as Bill Clinton – is on the rocks. From coast to coast, the regional theatre movement is facing the biggest crisis in its 75-year history. - The Guardian
"The big-city problems Aldean laments — violent crime, sedition, even fraying communal ties — are, in many cases, worse problems outside the cities than in them. This reality is a major driver of right-wing resentment — and music about it should, by all rights, have a hint of malaise." - MSN (The Atlantic)
There are several other ways to look at this. You could look at all the top compensated executives. You could view executive compensation in relation to revenue and/or expenses. - Broadway World
"The Pandawara group ... was formed in 2022 after flooding caused by rivers clogged with rubbish damaged their homes. … On TikTok, their profile – @pandawaragroup – contains over 100 short videos of their river and beach cleanups, earning them millions of views and totaling over 100 million likes." - The Guardian
"Reginald Dwayne Betts is the founder of Freedom Reads, a nonprofit with a mission to 'transform access to literature in prisons' by opening handcrafted micro-libraries in as many carceral facilities as possible. … With its 13-person team, it aim to open upwards of 1,000 libraries in the next three years." - Fast Company
Hailing the move as “a major shift in an industry that has largely remained non-union since VFX was pioneered during production of the first Star Wars films in the 1970s”, the IATSE said a supermajority of Marvel’s 50-plus VFX crew had signed authorisation cards. - The Guardian
"At its best, minimalism ignites the audience's imagination, making theatergoers active participants instead of passive consumers. … But practicality may also be driving minimalism's appeal. Building a set on Broadway has only gotten more expensive." - T — The New York Times Style Magazine
"The green front door leads straight into Kevin Duffy's living room, the nerve centre of Bluemoose books, his independent literary hit factory. It is at a cluttered table in the corner that Duffy has built a business with a success rate that billion-pound publishers regard with envy." - The Guardian
"In June the opera company announced plans to slash its budget by about two-thirds and no longer put on full productions. After a transition year in 2024 with only a couple of scaled-down productions, the company would serve as an 'incubator' that hosts workshops of new operas in development." - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
