Jones dropped out of college, and yes, started his career working in the shipping room at 20th Century Fox. "The Los Angeles native scored Academy Award noms for his work on comedy film seri…
Nearly two years after screenwriters fired their agents in a fight against agency actions that were costing TV writers quite a bit of money, the Writers' Guild Union approved a new deal with…
Or from bad development, anyway. Now it's up for bids not for sale but for "sustainable longterm uses." The fight against a luxury hotel development galvanized Edinburgh preservationists. "F…
Look … "He wasn't just a pro. If there were a fabulous comic-book A-team of character actors " an Expendables, a Wild Bunch, an Avengers Initiative " Christopher Plummer would have been th…
Yes, it's devastating all kinds of careers in the arts. One TV director: "The big question is 'will I ever work again?' And if not, how can I best say goodbye to an industry I have been part…
Yes, Black Panther is returning to comics, but also, so very much more than Black Panther. Here's a guide for newbies. " The New York Times
The Wallace Collection "is in internal consultation" about closing the library and archive that was left to the country in 1897. Is that even legal? Will anyone notice during the pandemic? (…
The last big film festival from 2020 had its virtual tryout this year. It wasn't terrible, but, says one critic: "I'm usually whiny and cranky about Sundance. Why are we in the snow? Why Jan…
A lot of science fiction and fantasy predicts the future " so why not a well-researched movie about a pandemic? (It's worth noting that Britain's vaccine response has been one of the fastest…
This is not a democratic move: "The Muslim comic [was] thrown in a Madhya Pradesh jail on January 1, 2021 with four others on suspicion that he might make some jokes about …
The Met's director, Max Hollein: "Every museum in the U.S. is having these conversations. … For us not to discuss this now would be irresponsible." " The New York Times
The director of Meek's Cutoff and First Cow is also feeling, well, a bit cynical. "There's so much celebration of women and people of color this year and I'm thinking 'that's great,' but a c…
Peter Yarrow said Feeney was "joyous and fiery in her determination to use her music to elevate those who are most marginalised and to move towards greater justice in the land." " The Guardi…
If Instagram is about selling your moves " and your clothing line, your toe shoe line, your skin care routine, etc. " then TikTok is about being yourself. Kind of. "Casual, confessional and …
Gorman: "I love Black poets. I love that as a Black girl, I get to participate in that legacy. So that's Yusef Komunyakaa, Sonia Sanchez, Tracy K. Smith, Phillis Wheatley. And then I look…
"All in all, the oracular quality of these lines, their sheer wisdom, makes of Beckett, much against his will, no doubt, something of a sage." " The Irish Times
The artists of the Place du Tetre are feeling squeezed out by restaurants, and then there's the emptiness. One of the artists: "It's a hard time for everyone, but it's especially depressing …
Avian co-choreographed A Chorus Line with Michael Bennett, and choreographed Miss Saigon and Sunset Boulevard. He "directed a 2006 revival of A Chorus Line that ran on Broadway for almost tw…
Someone hire her, quickly. "Lockdown, I fear, is not the life Dench was born to. She used to practically eat and drink on the stage, but the theatres have closed, who knows for how long. She…
Poet Lavinia Greenlaw, who chaired the committee for the T.S. Eliot prize, said of Kapil's How to Wash a Heart, "This is a unique work that exemplifies how poetry can be tested and remade to…
Those who have seen One Night in Miami will appreciate that the actor, singer, and star of Hamilton made a different choice, especially with his movie-closing performance of "A Change Is Gon…
Lee, the son of immigrants from China, "was determined both to restore the contributions of Asian-Americans to the historical record and to document their present-day lives and struggles, es…
You won't find them on the usual streaming suspects. " The Verge
The Broadway League and the American Theater Wing: "One, the much-delayed awards will be scheduled 'in coordination with the reopening of Broadway.' And two, the voting will take place from …
Bernadine Evaristo, author of 2019's Booker prizewinning Girl, Woman, Other, is launching, or relaunching, a series of Black British novels that didn't quite make it into the British canon. …