In case you’re feeling like there aren’t enough superhero movies out there, Valiant “has a library of 2,000 characters, including X-O Manowar and Harbinger, and films based on the titles Bloodshot, Shadowman, and Archer & Armstrong were already in the works.”
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Paul Taylor Is 84, And He’s Got Some New Ideas About Dance
“Paul Taylor’s American Modern Dance, an umbrella name for his organization — when the troupe tours it will remain the Paul Taylor Dance Company — opens on Tuesday at the David H. Koch Theater. Its mission is ambitious: to become a home for American modern dance.”
Translating ‘The Hobbit’ Into Hawai’ian
“The closest matches in Hawaiian mythology were forest-dwelling creatures called the mū, but they are unsophisticated creatures who make screechy noises in the mountains. NeSmith decided to adapt the mū, which are like the Eldar in the sense that they’re shy and sing in a haunting way, and added ‘wao,’ or ‘wilderness.’ Now elves are mūwao.”
Can Performing Shakespeare Help Ease The Symptoms Of Mental Illness?
“Suffering can be alleviated through the discipline of creative practices that serve to weave formless, unarticulated pain into something tangible, ordered and ultimately pleasurable.”
‘The Letter That Encapsulates The Millennial Age’
“BuzzFeed is the hottest entertainment/news/advertising/whatever property on earth right now. Everyone is talking about it and everyone (even the celebrities) reads it. Even the fact that you might answer this is a testament to how popular they are. Would you answer this if I was having an existential breakdown over Mother Jones or the Washington Post? How can you feel good about yourself if you don’t work for such a massive, popular, successful company?”
Yasar Kemal, Turkey’s Master Novelist And Fierce Critic, Has Died
“Mr. Kemal’s home region — Cukurova in southern Anatolia, known in antiquity as Cilicia — is the backdrop for his sweeping tales of rapacious landlords, callous bureaucrats and peasant heroes who fight injustice. He wrote more than two dozen books, using a colorful narrative style that appealed to a broad audience, fiercely criticizing injustice and creating noble outlaws who became permanent parts of Turkey’s cultural landscape.”
Classical Music Calms The (Not So Savage) Beast, Study Says
“Dogs at the Scottish SPCA’s Dumbarton & West of Scotland animal rescue and rehoming centre spent less time standing and barking when the music was being played.”
For The First Time Ever, Chinese Box Office Tops U.S. Box Office
“A record Lunar New Year bonanza brought in $650 million in the second-largest movie market, according to data from research firm Entgroup.”
New Orleans Theatre Company Finds A(nother) Temporary Home
“In the years since leaving Canal Place, Southern Rep has almost settled in a new permanent location three times — in the Central Business District, Bywater and Mid-City. But each time the deal has fallen through. And each time, Hayes said, ‘you have to start from scratch.'”
A Day Off, Sort Of, With The Director Of The Dia Art Foundation
“I’m living next to the Earth Room, one of Dia’s sites. Usually artists stay there. I wake up and see the Earth Room, and say good night to it, too. It’s a project that Walter De Maria built in 1977 and it’s exactly as it sounds, a space on the first floor of a building in SoHo, which is filled with earth. It has a very strong presence, and it’s there, next to you.”