"His approach was often likened to that of his hero, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and others whose notion of 'the decisive moment' shaped modern street photography and the photojournalism that flourished in the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s." - The New York Times
"Starting in the late 1950s, Harnick and Jerry Bock spent a dozen years at the summit of Broadway songwriting teams. They collaborated on five shows that drew Tony nominations for best musical: Fiorello!, She Loves Me, Fiddler on the Roof, The Apple Tree and The Rothschilds." - MSN (The Washington Post)
"You know you’ve made a cultural impact when Henry Kissinger quotes your own joke back to you. That's what happened to Billy Crystal. … Also selected for the lifetime artistic achievement award are rapper/actor Queen Latifah, opera singer Renée Fleming, 1970s music icon Barry Gibb and prolific hitmaker Dionne Warwick." - AP
The ruling by the Court of Cassation "marks the fourth and final judicial instruction in this case. The legal battle started with (actress Sand) Van Roy's police complaints filed in May and July 2018. The case was dismissed by the Paris prosecutor ... in 2019, citing a lack of evidence." - Variety
When the much-younger artist ended her relationship with the titan, he destroyed her artwork and tried very hard to destroy her career — and the French artistic establishment cooperated, driving her to emigrate to the US. To this day, she has not had a major exhibition in her homeland. - The Guardian
"The distinguished English actor and theater mainstay … appeared (17) times on Broadway from 1962-2018 … (and was) known for playing stuffy types in films and TV shows including Back to School, Mad About You and Friends." - The Hollywood Reporter
"With syncopated piano rhythms and social commentary (he) helped revive the ragtime age on educational television programs, in concert halls and in nightclubs for nearly a half-century." - The New York Times
"Sometimes, when they'll cast these wonderfully handsome men as Peter Parker - and, you know, some fans will complain like, that's not what Peter Parker looks like. But to be honest, that's how John Romita drew him." - NPR
Hamilton wrote four books of poetry, but "her most discussed book was The Dolphin Letters, 1970-1979: Elizabeth Hardwick, Robert Lowell, and Their Circle, which used letters to explore a controversial element of Mr. Lowell’s career." - The New York Times
Clark was "a writer of popular suspense novels who infused the corpses-and-clues genre with doses of dark humor, while also teaming up with her mother, famed mystery author Mary Higgins Clark." - Washington Post
"It was the greatest privilege of my career. Glenda was overly fearless as a performer, and overly fearless as a woman. To come out and restart a career in your 80s, it was phenomenal. I don’t know if anyone else has ever had the passion and bravery."- The Guardian (UK)
His leak of the papers "led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling on press freedoms and enraged the Nixon administration — serving as the catalyst for a series of White House-directed burglaries and 'dirty tricks' that snowballed into the Watergate scandal." - Washington Post
"An air of mystery surrounded stories of Gilberto possibly living in Philadelphia for decades. Was she seen at the Reading Terminal Market? At Rustic Music in Center City? ... (She abandoned) stardom to live anonymously in a city where she had a history reaching back nearly six decades." - The Philadelphia Inquirer
Gottlieb, who died on Wednesday, at the age of ninety-two, may have been the most important book editor of his time. Caro was just one of hundreds of authors he ministered to. Gottlieb had passions––among them literature, ballet, music, and the movies––and those passions were reflected in his long list of authors. - The New Yorker
"It's a time in which a lot of people are very afraid that if they support me, they will be canceled. But I know that there are people right now who are ready to hire me the moment I am cleared of these (sexual assault) charges in London." - Zeit Magazine (Germany)
