"His books and his teaching changed the understanding of his discipline and helped to move the design and planning of cities and buildings away from the functionalist mindset that dominated postwar building." The concept of "placemaking" might not exist if not for his work. - The Guardian
The pairing of Jones, a noted composer, arranger and producer for jazz and R&B acts, and Jackson, the child star looking for a breakout sound, over three albums remains a career-defining arc that transformed pop music in the 1980s. - The New York Times
Wiley’s strategy for dealing with the allegations has been to publicly fight back. He hired Marathon Strategies, a crisis-PR and investigative firm that has been helping him highlight unflattering information about his accusers. - New York Magazine
She was reported missing this past Saturday, and on Monday her body was found on the tracks of the London Underground. Police said her death "is not thought to be suspicious." - ARTnews
"A noted Belarusian film director and dissident who was held in Serbia for a year while Belarus sought his extradition has been released and gone to Germany. ... Belarus issued an international warrant for Andrei Hniot on charges of tax evasion, which he claims are false." - AP
Beyond his hands-on work with score paper, he organized, charmed, persuaded, hired and validated. Starting in the late 1950s, he took social and professional mobility to a new level in Black popular art, eventually creating the conditions for a great deal of music to flow between styles, outlets and markets. - The New York Times
Johanson “made nature her medium, transforming highway underpasses, sewage treatment plants and other grimly functional public spaces into sweeping artworks.” - The New York Times
More than a year after allegations of abuse emerged, the Metropolitan Police are sending their evidence out. "The allegations against Brand come from a seven-year period when he was at the height of his fame - hosting national television and radio programmes, and starring in Hollywood films." - BBC
"He was so versatile — his output included plays for radio and stage, films, short stories, novels and poetry — that he was best described as a storyteller. (He) forged a path away from the Latin American tradition of magical realism, looking for the moments of transcendence in everyday life." - The Washington Post (MSN)
The story of Scott Burton is a story about how fragile, mutable and, to some degree, arbitrary art history is. It illustrates how an artist’s legacy can be transformed by one decision. In Burton’s case, that choice was to leave his estate... to MoMA. - The New York Times
After directing the Savannah Ballet and Ballet Oklahoma, Spassoff in 1984 took over what is now the Rock School for Dance Education in Philadelphia. He led the school for 37 years and saw it through a financial crisis and then independence from the Pennsylvania (now Philadelphia) Ballet. - The Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN)
She began her career as a backup dancer in Elvis Presley movies and made countless guest appearances on TV series, but she's best remembered for brilliant comedic turns in the films Young Frankenstein, Mr. Mom, and Tootsie, for which she received an Oscar nomination. - Los Angeles Times (MSN)
"Gérard Depardieu's trial on charges of sexual assault has been postponed until March because the French actor is in poor health, a court in Paris has said." - BBC
Brannon Braga, the writer who took over Voyager showrunning duties from her, said, “Her memory will live on in many ways, but perhaps most of all in the character of Captain Janeway, who reflected the best dimensions of Jeri herself.” - Variety
