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Sunday, March 17, 2019

These Are The Films That Got The Most Buzz At SXSW by Artsjournal2

Though the movies that won awards were serious, the festival "has turned into something of a testing ground for the hit potential of Hollywood comedies." " The New York Times

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How Can Theatre Be More 'Human' To Those With Children? by Artsjournal2

Well, for one thing, it could encourage actors (stage managers, lighting crew members, etc.) to job-share. Also, with professionals, idea: "We need to make sure we are not rehearsing into th…

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Learning While You Sleep Isn't Just A Fringe Idea by Artsjournal2

Nope. Studies are showing, more and more, that the people who listen to information while they sleep may actually be learning it pretty well. For instance, in a recent study, "68 German stud…

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Everyone's Talking About The Cat In 'Captain Marvel,' But He's Actually Four Different Cats by Artsjournal2

There are spoilers in this article, just FYI " but not in this excerpt: "In addition to [experienced cat actor] Reggie and another experienced animal actor, Archie (yes, they're named after …

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A Stolen De Kooning Gets A Homecoming Party (And A Restoration Fundraiser) by Artsjournal2

Though Woman-Ochre will go to the Getty for about 18 months of restoration, and will be shown at the Getty before it returns to Arizona, the painting stolen in 1985, it gets one night of pre…

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Disney Takes Back A Director It Fired For Twitter Jokes by Artsjournal2

James Gunn's firing from the Marvel movie Guardians of the Galaxy 3 was controversial because Disney fired him when "two far-right provocateurs, Mike Cernovich and Jack Posobiec, threw a spo…

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British Actor Juliet Stevenson Calls Brexit A Retrograde Step That Will Make Collaboration Harder by Artsjournal2

Stevenson was among many other arts leaders in Britain who said Brexit was a terrible idea. She added, "I spent last year filming a series called Riviera, which had a French crew, Belgian di…

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Poet W. S. Merwin Has Died At 91 by Artsjournal2

Merwin "was one of the most highly decorated poets in the nation, and very likely the world. He was the United States poet laureate from 2010 to 2011; won two Pulitzer Prizes, a National Boo…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:30AM[SHARE]

Russia Bans A Teen Theatre Production; Police Question Director by Artsjournal2

The show, called The Pinks and the Blues, "developed by the activist troupe Merak, triggered intense scrutiny from local authorities who saw it as a dangerous and subversive activity promoti…

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Monday, March 11, 2019

Misty Copeland On Erica Lall by Artsjournal2

Copeland's colleague at American Ballet Theatre used to be a kid looking up to her " and Copeland is impressed with the adult Lall: "Erica is very mature in terms of knowing what she wants a…

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The Rebirth Of British And Irish Political Folk Music by Artsjournal2

It's Brexit Week (or maybe it isn't; find out as the week goes on), so here are some artists to help add music to politics: "We could call this explosion 'woke' folk " though there's much mo…

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Talent Agency Endeavor Returns $400 Million To Saudis by Artsjournal2

Just a year ago, talent agency Endeavor helped throw a huge, splashy party to celebrate Saudi Arabian crown prince Mohammed bin Salman. "The soiree, with guests including the Disney chief ex…

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How Should Europe Come To Terms With Its Bloody, Violent 20th Century? by Artsjournal2

A multi-year project can't figure out how Europe can reconcile all of the mass graves, no matter how many memorials and museums are built. And things are scary: "After all the truth commissi…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:45AM[SHARE]

Why Is Alex Trebek " Host Of A Game Show, For Goodness Sakes " So Special? by Artsjournal2

Let one of his most famous contestants explain. Ken Jennings, owner of the longest win streak on Jeopardy, writes, "When the cameras stop rolling, Alex is a looser, even goofy presence. He t…

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Author Elizabeth McCracken On Candlepin Bowling, And On Being An Ambitious Woman by Artsjournal2

McCracken, author of the new novel The Bowlaways (and quite a few other novels and short stories), explains her character Bertha: "I was thinking about the ways in which women give up things…

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At The End Of Its Run, An Oral History Of Twentieth Century Fox by Artsjournal2

As Fox's film and television operations (not including Fox News and Sports, or the lot itself) prepare to go to Disney, "The Los Angeles Times spoke to dozens of actors, executives and other…

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Why Would Writers Give Two Book Characters The Same Name? by Artsjournal2

Why, to amplify meaning, of course. Or because you're writing about Tudor England. In Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall trilogy, for instance, "all the leading male characters apart from Henry VIII …

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What Pianist Donald Shirley Was Really Like by Artsjournal2

Music writer David Hadju says that though the musician bore some resemblance to Mahershala Ali's Oscar-winning portrait of him in the movie Green Book, there was a lot more to the man " incl…

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The BBC Isn't Into Netflix's Claims About 'The Crown' by Artsjournal2

In what seems a twist worthy of season 65 of the Netflix show The Crown, the BBC has started mocking the numbers, or rather lack of numbers, Netflix shares about one of its most expensive sh…

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Senator Elizabeth Warren Wants To Break Up Big Tech Companies, Including Apple by Artsjournal2

Wow. Senator Warren is dropping antitrust ideas as fast as, well, Facebook and Google and Amazon and Apple gobble up our time and privacy. After her Medium post didn't mention Apple, Warren …

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Americans Love Donating Things To Museums, And Now Museums Need To Clean Out Their Basements by Artsjournal2

Curators have to ask themselves, "Has this ever, does this now, and will this ever spark joy?" (Ha ha, kidding. What they have to ask is more like, "What letter grade would I give this Marc …

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Tracing A Passion For Theatre To The Performance That Sparked It All by Artsjournal2

Theatre can be magical, yes " but if you work in the theatre,"it's easy to forget what compelled us into the profession in the first place. It can be lost amid the realities of the job at ha…

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Yes, A Woman Can Open A Major Superhero Movie by Artsjournal2

Duh, right? Captain Marvel had the seventh-highest opening for a Marvel movie and by far the highest debut for a film fronted by a woman. (Also, Marvel, perhaps because of its internal and e…

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Chicago Symphony Orchestra Goes On Strike by Artsjournal2

The chair of the negotiating committee for the union said in a statement, "Beginning at 8 a.m. Monday morning, March 11, picket lines will stretch across all of the doors of Orchestra Hall t…

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Sunday, March 10, 2019

Gillian Freeman, Writer Of The Groundbreaking Novel And Movie 'The Leather Boys,' Has Died At 89 by Artsjournal2

She published the novel in 1961 under the pen name Eliot George, and then the "three years later, when Ms. Freeman wrote the screenplay for a film of the same title, she used her real name. …

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Inside The 'Magical' Studio Of Kiki Smith by Artsjournal2

Smith is "known for her seriality, spinning concepts and images into one work after another, until something new piques her interest. Her sources of inspiration remain in flux, but Smith's w…

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Music Programs In England's State Schools Have Dropped 21 Percent In Five Years by Artsjournal2

It's bad " and far worse in poorer areas. "One in five primary school teachers reported there was no regular music lesson for their class, and only 12% of schools in deprived areas have an o…

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Making Dance After Merce by Artsjournal2

Celebrations of Merce Cunningham's choreography (and life) spread across the globe this year, cand horeographers who were part of his company at some point are dealing with "the anxiety of i…

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Twenty-Five Years After Daughters Of Africa Changed The Game, A New Generation Arises by Artsjournal2

It's been 25 years, but not much time at all. "In many ways 1992 seems much longer ago than a quarter century; yet, while much has changed, many challenges remain to the publication of work …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:30PM[SHARE]

The Next Big Social Media App by Artsjournal2

It's TikTok (you might know that already) " but what is TikTok? Whew: "A free-for-all. It's easy to make a video on TikTok, not just because of the tools it gives users, but because of exten…

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As A Chaotic Brexit Approaches, Britons Buy Record Numbers Of Self-Help Books by Artsjournal2

The owner of City Books in Hove says the record-breaking £30 million self-help book business is new, but not confusing. "In 25 years of business, [Paul] Sweetman says he's never known cus…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:30PM[SHARE]

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