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Suzanne Rand, Half Of The Improv Duo Monteith And Rand, Has Died At 75

Monteith and Rand’s “sketches included Ms. Rand’s portrayal of a guilt-ridden fly killer who tries to revive a swatted pest, and the two of them as movie critics assigned to review a pornographic film who then mimic its action.” - The New York Times

Max Kozloff, Art Critic Who Turned Into A Prominent Street Photographer, Has Died At 91

Kozloff “became the art critic for The Nation in 1961, when he was a 28-year-old doctoral student at New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts. He became an associate editor at Artforum three years later and eventually became the editor.” - The New York Times

How An ASL Artist Spends Their Day Off In New York

“My Sunday is essentially five lives in a day.” - The New York Times

Max Kozloff, Influential Art Critic, Is Dead At 91

“Kozloff in the 1960s and ’70s brought fresh perspectives to such established forms as Futurism and Cubism, arguing that artists were influenced by such external forces as social currents and politics. His 1973 essay ‘American Painting During the Cold War’ rewrote the narrative around Abstract Expressionism and is still considered required reading.” - Artforum

Jesse Kornbluth, Extraordinarily Prolific And Versatile Magazine Writer, Is Dead At 79

“(His) sly chronicles of cultural excess, celebrity and author profiles, personal essays and investigative work enlivened the pages of a newsstand’s worth of magazines during the medium’s last golden age.” Tina Brown declared, “Jesse was the expert on everything.” - The New York Times

Russian-American Dancer Imprisoned By Putin’s Regime For Treason Is Released

Ksenia Karelina, also identified in the media as Ksenia Khavana … was arrested in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg in February 2024 and convicted of treason on charges stemming from a donation of about $52 to a charity aiding Ukraine. - AP

William Finn, Composer-Lyricist Of “Falsettos” And “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” Is Dead At 73

“(He) became a heavily autobiographical musical theatre writer, folding his experiences as a gay Jewish man with a brain stem malformation into some of his most lauded work.” - Playbill

Conductor John Nelson, 83

Music director, at various points, of the Indianapolis Symphony, Opera Theater of St. Louis, and the Ensemble orchestral de Paris, he is noted especially for a series of landmark recordings of Berlioz’s vocal and stage works — in particular a multi-award-winning Les Troyens. - Gramophone

Marcia Marcus, Popular 1960s Artist Rediscovered In Her Final Decade, Has Died At 97

“Marcus was everywhere that mattered to a young, determined and very talented artist in the late 1950s and ’60s. In Provincetown, Mass., on Cape Cod each summer, painting out of a shack in the dunes. At the Cedar Tavern in Greenwich Village, holding her own.” - The New York Times

Pierce Brosnan Is So Much More Than Bond

But he’s OK if you’re stuck on that era of his long, and continuing, career. Meanwhile, he’s also a painter, which is why The Thomas Crown Affair is, in his words, his favorite of his movies. - The New York Times

Leonardo Patterson, Leading Antiquities Dealer Convicted Of Trafficking, Is Dead At 82

“(He) rose improbably from rural poverty in Costa Rica to the towering heights of the global antiquities market, despite accusations that he trafficked in fake and stolen artifacts — and … fell precipitously when those accusations proved to be true.” - The New York Times

John Oliver Sued For Defamation By Health Insurance Executive

“Filed last week in New York federal court, the complaint from Dr. Brian Morley, the ex-medical director of health insurance corporation AmeriHealth Caritas, … (states) “Defendants falsely told millions of viewers … that Dr. Morley testified in a Medicaid hearing that ‘he thinks it’s okay if people have shit on them for days.’” - Deadline

The Gérard Depardieu Trial As Both Tragedy And Farce

“The tragedy came from the women’s testimony — a set decorator who spoke of how Depardieu trapped her between his legs and groped her, an assistant director who detailed multiple occasions when the actor touched her breasts, buttocks, and genitals. The farce is from Depardieu’s performance in court.” - The Hollywood Reporter

Actor Val Kilmer Dead From Pneumonia At 65

“(He) experienced the ups and downs of fame more dramatically than most. His break came in 1984’s spy spoof Top Secret! … (and) his movie career hit its zenith in the 1990s ... as a dashing leading man” in Tombstone, True Romance, Top Gun, The Doors (as rockstar Jim Morrison), and Batman Forever. - AP

Ozy Founder Carlos Watson, Convicted Of Fraud, Gets Prison Sentence Commuted By Trump

Just hours before he was due to surrender to Federal authorities to serve almost 10 years in prison, Watson received clemency from the Trump White House. - CNBC

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