"It was in the battle scene. My foot got caught in a chair, and trying to shake it off I started to slide on some newspaper that was scattered over the stage, like I was on a skateboard." - Saga
The treasure trove that is the extensive archive of correspondence and contracts amassed by Orwell’s original publisher, Victor Gollancz, could be scattered to the winds in what has been described as an act of “cultural vandalism”. - The Guardian
"(He) set aside a career as a lawyer to create a highly regarded body of energetic, colorful chamber, vocal and orchestral scores that mixed accessibly melodic themes and rich ensemble textures with the sharp-edged angularity of modernism." - The New York Times
Mr. Delon, who vaulted to fame with his performance as the murderous opportunist Tom Ripley in “Purple Noon” (1960), was sometimes called “the male Brigitte Bardot” for his smoldering good looks. - Washington Post (MSN)
Across the years — he moved from Dayton to Chicago in 1974, and then to New York in 1985 — he interviewed presidential candidates and Hollywood stars, consumer advocates and feminist pioneers. He also televised a child’s birth, an abortion, a reverse vasectomy and a tubal ligation. - The New York Times
Federal authorities on Friday arrested and charged a Missouri woman in connection with the scheme to fraudulently auction Elvis Presley’s historic Graceland mansion. - Los Angeles Times
As he began preparing, his body and mind rebelled. He would start shaking as he played. “Not great for anybody,” he said, “let alone a cellist who relies on steady hands.” - The New York Times
"It has been a peculiar and exasperating five years. ... Thanks to a triple heart bypass, some underperforming psychiatric medication and long COVID, however, I’ve been unable to write for most of that period. Much of the time it’s been impossible to read as well." - The Guardian
Prashker edited Kate Millett’s Sexual Politics, and, 21 years later, Susan Faludi’s Backlash. In her lengthy career, she edited more than 500 books and helped push to allow women into the all-male publishing hangout Century Club. - Publishers Weekly
He had a career both before and after as a musical-theater star, but from 1966 to 1981, he was emcee/straight man on one of the most beloved game shows in American TV history, a cross between tic-tac-toe and Laugh-In, with gifted comedians and the occasional major star as panelists. - The Washington Post (MSN)
The actor was so much more than The Notebook. “Rowlands had a rich and varied career, … but her greatest roles were with John Cassavetes: they were the loves of each others’ lives and it suffused Rowlands’ performances with something incandescent.” - The Guardian (UK)
"(She) conveyed bewitching allure and wrenching vulnerability on-screen — notably in A Woman Under the Influence and many other movies directed by her husband, John Cassavetes. … Over seven decades, she worked sparingly in mainstream fare but managed to attract a cascade of superlatives." - The Washington Post (MSN)
In the 1980s, Sanada - who began acting on the big screen at 5 years old - starred in Japanese and Hong Kong action movies, “while simultaneously building a reputation as a quietly magnetic character actor in Japanese movies and TV dramas.” - Los Angeles Times (MSN)
"The combination of the family" — he's one of 11 children — "and the city (Baltimore) provided me with what I call 'radical courage.' You don't back down in the face of problems or burdens. And you don't call on God to move the mountain. You say, I'll find my way around it.'" - Gothamist
