“The list is full of classics, of course, but it’s also got a few refreshing surprises in there.” – LitHub
Author: ArtsJournal2
Think Fan Fic Is New?
Nope. Take a look at this Gulliver’s Travels (yes, Gulliver’s Travels) fanfic. “In the 18th century, as now, fan fiction was usually more explicitly sexual than its source material.” Oh. – The Atlantic
After Robert Massey Has One Year As CEO, The Louisville Orchestra Moves Him On
Massey claims the separation of ways was a mutual decision and adds that “the job was not what he expected when he came to Louisville a year ago from Florida, where he had been the president and CEO of the Jacksonville Symphony for four years.” – Louisville Courier Journal
Some Writers Are ‘Secretly’ Working With Fired Agents
And the Writers Guild is ready to crack down on their wayward members. The WGA president wrote, “‘For any writers breaking the rules there must and will be accountability.’ He added: ‘We know that some agents are harassing former clients to work with them in secret under the false premise that ‘everyone else has come back.’'” – Los Angeles Times
So ‘Parasite’ Won A Lot Of Oscars. What Happens Next?
Will Parasite‘s best picture win goose more international fare from the big studios – as opposed simply to Netflix – or will it only help both Bong Joon-ho and then other films that seem, in Hollywood terms, similar to Parasite? The biggest winner might be the Academy. “A vote for Parasite served as more than just a cast ballot: It was an investment in the Oscars’ future as a relevant institution.” – The New York Times
Saturday’s Matinee Of ‘Jagged Little Pill’ Evacuated After A Pepper Spray Incident
It’s not clear who sprayed the irritant, or what it was, exactly. “Two people were treated at the scene for breathing difficulties following the 4:15 p.m. incident at the Broadhurst Theater in Midtown, which has 1,156 seats.” – New York Daily News
Lynn Cohen, Magda Of ‘Sex And The City’ Fame, Has Died At 86
Cohen was a veteran stage and screen actor who found extra fame late in life as Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon)’s housekeeper and nanny on Sex and the City (and both movies). “On Broadway, she appeared in Orpheus Descending and Ivanov, and received Lucille Lortel and Drama League award nominations, as well as the New Dramatists’ Bowden award, the Fox Foundation’s Lilly award and the Richard Seff award from Actor’s Equity Association.” – Variety
New Banksy In Bristol Vandalized Almost As Soon As It Appears
Yikes: “A picture shared on social media showed ‘BCC wankers’ scrawled across the artwork, which shows a young girl firing a slingshot filled with flowers.” – The Guardian (UK)
Barbara Remington, Illustrator Of Classic Lord Of The Rings Covers, Has Died At 90
Remington famously hadn’t read the books when she created the covers, leading to missteps including lions on the original cover. “While working as a freelance illustrator, she also did whatever else she could to make ends meet. She designed costumes for the theater, did holiday store window displays for Tiffany, ushered at Carnegie Hall and, she told Andwerve, ‘worked on a yacht to go on free trips to Martha’s Vineyard. … It was,’ she added, ‘a great deal of fun.'” – The New York Times
A Black, Gay Writer Takes On The Traditional Campus Narrative
Brandon Taylor always felt that he had to choose between science and writing. “Throughout his undergraduate years at Auburn University at Montgomery and graduate school in Wisconsin … science often won. But when he received an acceptance letter from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, he decided that, this time, writing would win. ‘I could survive not having science, but I couldn’t survive not having writing,’ he said.” – The New York Times