The deal, which includes harassment protection and a ban on private, in-room auditions, also “recognizes performance capture as covered work and includes coverage of dubbing, which applies to all of Netflix’s foreign-language live-action and animated motion pictures dubbed into English.” – Variety
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The Comics Fans Who Reshaped The World 50 Years Ago
San Diego Comic Con, like the moon walk, turns 50 this year. And, wow, things have changed. “More than 130,000 people are expected to attend this year; they’re here for comics, yes, but also for their favorite movies, TV shows, books and toys. It’s a far cry from the 300 people who gathered in the basement of San Diego’s U.S. Grant Hotel in the summer of 1970, to see Kirby and the equally legendary sci-fi author Ray Bradbury.” – NPR
Elliot Golub, Who As Concertmaster Shaped Chicago’s Music Of The Baroque, Has Died At 85
Golub was concertmaster at the group’s founding in 1972, and he shaped the sound and direction of the group through choosing the musicians, until he retired from Music of the Baroque in 2006. A critic wrote, “Golub was an inspiring musician to hear and see. … Technically, he was virtuosic. Interpretively, he was consistently passionate. In concert, that was a powerful and irresistible combination.” – Chicago Tribune
Movie-Credit Style Book Credits For All Of The People Who Make That Book Happen?
Yes, writing can be lonely – but producing a published book is a community affair. – The Guardian (UK)
What ‘The Vicious Circle’ Of Writers Did For The United States
The “lunchtime battle of wits” at the Algonquin Hotel prepared a generation of socially conscious writers (especially the most famous of them all, Dorothy Parker) to take on the forces of isolationism, sexism, and anti-radical prejudice. – The New York Times
How The Soul-Sucking Job Of Ushering For A Disney Spectacle On Broadway Inspired The Creator Of A Hot New Musical
Yes, that Disney spectacle was indeed The Lion King, and A Strange Loop‘s Michael R. Jackson spent years working as an usher for the runaway hit. He says, “Being an usher was pretty brutal, for me at least. You’re seeing Broadway patrons up close and personal eight shows a week. Anything can happen. There’s lots of vomit involved, and accidents, and spills, soda, and trash.” But hey, it inspired a musical that “has been thrilling New York audiences with its audacious update of the form.” – Slate
The Weird, Huge Blind Spot At The Heart Of Beyoncé’s ‘Lion King’ Album
It’s the same one that makes Kendrick Lamar’s soundtrack for Black Panther less than ideal, but it’s even more glaring for a film inspired by the geography and culture of Kenya and other East African countries. “What’s … notable, though, is what the album lacks—namely, even a single song from an East African artist.”- The Atlantic
César Pelli, Who Designed Some Of The World’s Tallest Buildings, Has Died At 92
Pelli, born in Argentina, was the former dean of Yale’s architecture school. He designed the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, and architecture critic Paul Goldberger called him “an architect of great dignity and lively creativity who did as much as anyone in the last generation to evolve the form of the skyscraper.” – The Guardian (UK)
In Germany, The Far-Right Political Party Wants To Know The Nationalities Of All Artists In State-Funded Companies
Yes, that’s pretty damned alarming for anyone who knows history. “Many cultural leaders in the state Baden-Württemberg, of which Stuttgart is the capital, saw the inquiry about artists’ nationalities as an ominous sign of the party’s increasing interest in the arts — and a possible clue of what the party might focus on if it were to gain greater power over arts institutions.” – The New York Times
Turkey’s War On Free Speech Is Intensifying, Says Author Elif Shafak
Shafak wants the world to pay attention to what Erdogan has been doing since the failed 2016 coup: “Much has been said about the anti-liberal nature of authoritarian populism, but relatively little about two other features concomitant with its rise: anti-intellectualism and anti-feminism. Authoritarian populism likes to divide society into two camps: the pure people versus the corrupt elite. Writers, poets, journalists and scholars are often associated with the latter group. In the populist imagination, being elite has nothing to do with economic power or social status. It is about values.” – The Guardian (UK)