Matt Zoller Seitz: "Badalamenti did what Herrmann did for Hitchcock and John Williams did for Steven Spielberg: he created a recognizable musical character to go along with Lynch's already keenly developed ear for sound design." - Vulture
"(He) was known as the dean of American orchestral clarinetists during a 60-year career with the New York Philharmonic, ... presenting a style and sound that typified the Philharmonic's character — soloistic, technically and sonically brilliant, flamboyant and on the verge of brash." - The New York Times
She made her mark on the global cultural map this year when she published her first thriller novel, entitled 'Reykjavík', which she co-wrote with best-selling author of the ‘Dark Iceland’ series Ragnar Jónasson. - EuroNews
Earlier this year, in the course of the post-fire reconstruction, researchers found two unfamiliar sarcophagi under the cathedral's floor. Now researchers have partly identified the remains: one was a wealthy clergyman who probably had gout; the other, name unknown, was a young nobleman with numerous injuries and ailments. - Live Science
In the quarter-century since the Guggenheim Bilbao, Frank Gehry’s projects have repeatedly come close to or met the same demanding standard. - Harvard Business Review
By late Friday, after an initial 120 people had signed the letter, Beaser, 68, a former chair of the prestigious Manhattan music school’s composition department, had taken leave from his teaching post as the school launched a third-party inquiry into the allegations. - Washington Post
Grey did everything from dancing with the Bolshoi to directing the English National Ballet, and quite a bit in between. As a young dancer, "Grey made an immense impression on New York dance connoisseurs." - The New York Times
Aubrey Plaza didn't anchor a blockbuster franchise like Jennifer Lawrence or Kristin Stewart, but she "has had a knack for choosing roles that seem to connect with something larger about the evolution of her generation." - Slate
The director of the new film Bardo, an Oscar-winner for Birdman and The Revenant, didn't want to leave Mexico, but, he says, "There wasn’t really a possibility for me to be a filmmaker there, which is what I most wanted to be." - Los Angeles Times
At MoMA and the Brooklyn Academy of Music, she was a film curator who "scoured the world for significant films and brought them to New York" - and, thus, the rest of the U.S. "Her choices were crucial in expanding the horizons of American cinephiles." - The New York Times
The future New York Times columnist met the Beat poet and invited him to come to her college to speak. Then the dean of students cancelled the talk. So she organized protests. "And I've got to tell you," she writes, "it was a turning point in my life." - The New York Times
"(He) collaborated with engineer Robert Moog in the 1960s to invent a portable synthesizer that revolutionized the sound of rock, classical and other forms of music. ... Although the device became known as the Moog synthesizer, Deutsch was by all accounts an instrumental figure in its invention." - MSN (The Washington Post)
The archive includes correspondence relating to the publishing process, the library said, but no private letters or other personal material. And no, there are no photographs of Pynchon either. - The New York Times
Said Kennedy Center president Deborah Rutter in announcing the honor, "Adam Sandler has entertained audiences for over three decades with his films, music, and his tenure as a fan favorite cast member on SNL. Adam has created characters that have made us laugh, cry, and cry from laughing." - NPR
He wrote songs for Nina Simone and Nancy Wilson, and scores for directors Danny Boyle, Jane Campion, and Paul Schrader, among others. But he's best known for the haunting music he provided for Lynch's works, including Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, and all the iterations of Twin Peaks. - MSN (The Washington Post)
