Numbers are not specified in the company-wide memo, but a source close to the company tells Deadline 7% of jobs will be eliminated. Before the reductions, the company had a workforce of about 4,000 people.
Month: July 2018
British Council Study: US/UK Relations Defined More By Culture Than Politics
Just 17% of young Americans said that current and past actions of UK governments were one of the top three factors determining how attractive they found the UK – placing it 16th on the list. The most important factor was “cultural and historical attractions” (identified by 43%) and the second-most popular answer was history (42%).
Oscar Wilde’s Final European Exile Was Not As Miserable As You Think
The conventional picture of post-prison Wilde is that of a depressed, impoverished, sick man hopelessly attached to his unworthy lover. But a new biography makes the case that – at least until his final illness – Wilde was liberated in Paris, at last able to live as he wished in a place where love between men was not a crime.
Old Misery at The Daily News
The decimation of the New York Daily News brings back memories of the two-and-a-half miserable years I worked there.
Propwatch: the drip in ‘Allelujah!’
‘I’m just taking my friend for a walk,’ says Mary, an elderly patient in Allelujah!, Alan Bennett’s fascinating bumpy ride of a new play at London’s Bridge Theatre. She refers to the drip she lugs behind her as she crosses the stage.
Here Are The World’s Top “Soft” Powers
Strength in culture has helped the UK reclaim pole position in the annual index of global soft power, moving ahead of France. It is the first time since 2015 that the UK has led the world. The UK was ranked second in the culture category, remaining behind the US but ahead of France and Germany for the fourth year running. The BBC World Service, described as “the world’s most trusted news provider”, and the British Council were highlighted as key cultural assets that help the country spread its influence.
Emily Brontë Was No Romantic Child Of The Yorkshire Moors; She Was Audacious, Financially Savvy, And Rather Unpleasant
She stalked away from her one paid job (teaching) after only a few months, invested cannily in railway stocks, “she refused to use her rackety health as an excuse, instead throwing herself into strenuous physical domestic labour. … And if by time travel magic we could fast forward Brontë to the age of the suffragettes we would find her snorting in derision and, quite possibly, setting a large dog on the women in purple and green. In other words, Brontë is not on ‘our side’ and were we to meet her, we would not like her. And that, really, is the point.”
We Think We Can Tell What Others Are Thinking (We Can’t)
The fate of democracy depends on our ability to grasp and accept differing mindsets – yet the seemingly near-universal absence of reasonable public discourse suggests that this rarely occurs. We accuse those with conflicting opinions of having character defects, subliminal prejudices, faulty education, cultural brainwashing and a myriad of other ‘if only they knew better’ flaws of reasoning. But there’s a more basic and frightening possibility. What if we really aren’t capable of a sophisticated reading of other minds?
‘How Could I?’ Richard Russo On Writing A Novel About A School Shooting
“The problem is that for the novelist the opposite question — How could I not? — also pertains. … Looking back on Empire Falls — both the novel and the fine HBO mini-series made from it — and trying to imagine what a novel on the same subject would look like today, I’m most struck by how innocent we all were.”
A First: Special Kennedy Center Honor Will Go To “Hamilton”
It’s the first time the annual awards have honored a work of art rather than an artist. “Hamilton” and its creative team — composer-lyricist Lin-Manuel Miranda, director Thomas Kail, music director Alex Lacamoire, and choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler — will receive a special honor Dec. 2 in a ceremony that also salutes the lifetime achievements of composer Philip Glass, singer-actresses Cher and Reba McEntire, and jazz musician Wayne Shorter.