Tag: 04.24.21
Liam Scarlett, Death, And How The Dance World Deals With Scandal
"Scarlett’s death raises many issues. Foremost has been a widespread unease about the way that many dance companies in recent years have seemed to...
How Your Movie Theatre Experience Will Likely Change
To survive beyond the pandemic, theaters must persuade moviegoers not just to come back, but to come back more frequently than they did—to start...
Weston Sprott Speaks About Transforming Young Peoples’ Lives
The dean of Juilliard's Preparatory Division and trombonist in the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra speaks about transforming young artists' lives and incorporating diversity across the...
Before The Pandemic, Jenny Odell Wrote A Book About Being Stuck In The Doomscroll
So how did the author of How to Do Nothing survive the various self-isolations, lockdowns, and other stay-at-home initiatives before vaccines got their start?...
How Oscar-Winning Director Chloe Zhao Gets Great Performances From Non-Actors
Basically, her subjects tell their stories; she works with those stories and fictionalizes them, and then the subjects act out their fictionalized lives. "The...
The Guy Who’s Crashing Every Library’s Summer Reading Program
By 20-year-old Aaron Yang's estimate, "he's now contacted around a thousand libraries and acquired untold numbers of pencils, stickers and awards." Is ......
Hollywood’s Anti-Black Bias Is Costing It Billions Of Dollars A Year
For a supposedly capitalist industry, what the heck? A study found that "America’s film industry is the country’s least diverse business sector and that...
The Oscars, Intimate And Sometimes Surprising
Here are the live updates and the winners list as it happens. - Los Angeles Times
What Math Says About Who Will Win The Oscars Tonight
A dubious proposition, but a possible one: "If numbers or data or statistics can provide any ounce of entertainment, there’s no better time than...
How To Enjoy Yet Another Online-Ish Awards Show
Embrace the absurdity: "Look, things are going to get weird. There was a small fire within the first 15 minutes of the Emmys. (It...
The Real Nomads Of Nomadland
One says, "It's kind of simpatico with Fern's story . My husband died, and we don't have kids, so I just sold everything and...
American Ballet Theatre Dancers Spend A Month In A Bubble In Southern California
It was both arduous and oddly pleasant for the dancers, used to touring - and to playing for packed houses; only 10 percent of...
When A Lot More Of Us Are Vaccinated, What Will Moviegoing Look Like?
Probably there will still be a lot of private showings, now that we're somewhat used to the idea. And then ... a return to...
Scott Rudin’s Decades Of Power And Damage On Broadway And In Hollywood
At the crux of the matter, there are hints at rottenness that extends far beyond Rudin and his protegés: "Many wondered how artists who...
What To Expect From The Oscars Red Carpet
According to Laverne Cox, it can't all be fashion - but then it can't all be politics, either. "There’s so, so much work that...