Tag: 05.07.21
Hollywood Is Now Producing Companion Podcasts To Movies And TV Series
Why? Money, of course: to put it in business-speak, the companion podcast "offers a new way for creators to diversify IP assets." What's the...
Penn State University To Build Largest Art Museum Between Philadelphia And Pittsburgh
"The new 71,000-square-foot facility will be constructed alongside the botanic gardens at the university’s arboretum. It will increase the size of the museum...
The Late Eli Broad: My Talk with the Under-Appreciated Overachiever Who Energized LA’s Cultural...
“Everything I’ve done in my life,” he told me at the beginning of our wide-ranging conversation in his office, “has really been to challenge...
Former Dance School Comptroller Pleads Guilty In Million Dollar Fraud Case
Sophia Kim, former comptroller for the Kirov Academy in Washington, D.C., "gambled with funds she was overseeing as the academy’s comptroller. Over nine months...
Doctor Who And Torchwood, And Men Behaving Badly
First there were reports that Noel Clarke, who played Mickey from 2005-2010 on the Doctor Who reboot, was a serial sexual harasser and bully....
Writing, It Turns Out, Can Be Rather Difficult
Masterful essay writer Elissa Mashuta: "This is the dilemma at the heart of the process: writing would be easier if I had an assured...
Hollywood Publicists, Netflix, And Amazon Push Golden Globes Group To Reform
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association's released list of "reforms" didn't impress anyone much. Instead, the list set off "a remarkable cascade of criticism toward...
Broadway Reopens In Four Months, But Theatre Workers Still Need Help
A survey released by the Actors Fund says that "40% of the arts and entertainment respondents reported being more food insecure during the pandemic,...
Can These Movies Save The 2022 Oscars?
Yes, it's a bit early to start placing bets, but still: "There are many nervous insiders hoping the post-pandemic pendulum will swing back toward...
When Conditions Are Ripe To Fall For Misinformation
"People become more prone to misinformation when three things happen. First, and perhaps most important, is when conditions in society make people feel a...
For First Time, No Individual Artists Are Finalists For Turner Prize
"The choice of collectives reflects the fact that few artists have been able to publicly show anything over the past year. It prompted judges...