The Chinese media company is way more than “The Spotify of China” – it’s “a mash-up of music streaming and social networking, enabling users to listen to music, sing with friends, and buy digital merchandise.” Oh, and there’s a digital karaoke app too. – The Motley Fool
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The Writers Guild Deadline Gets Extended To Friday
The extension came right before the original deadline of 12:01 am on April 7th, “after a Saturday afternoon meeting with a small group of talent agents, at which the agencies said that they would present proposals to the guild for a negotiated settlement and requested an extension. But the guild warned that the requested extension, 12:01 a.m. April 13, would be a ‘true deadline.'” – The Hollywood Reporter
A New York Club Founded In The 1970s By The Child Of Sharecroppers Is Still Going Strong
At the Sugar Hill Restaurant & Supper Club, owner Eddie Freeman and his family have seen every kind of music and dancing from disco to house music to whatever the white hipsters now gentrifying Bedford-Stuyvesant are into. “One thing has remained consistent throughout all of the renovations and changes in clientele: ‘The music makes you want to dance.'” – The New York Times
The Intense, Often Silent Relationship Of Authors And Their Translators
The dance of translation can be difficult and sublime, but the author and translator(s) can never forget (or sometime forgive) the fact that “translation is not only a two-way but a three-way relationship, with the publisher – the person who takes the financial risk – as the third partner.” – The Guardian (UK)
The Latin American Movie-Makers Rejecting Machismo
At Madrid’s Film for Women Festival, three directors agree that quotas aren’t ideal, but they might be necessary right now. “At least until there is some equality. ‘Or better, let’s talk about equity,’ says [Argentinean director] Lorena Muñoz.” – El País (Spain)
The mirror in Richard II
What does it mean for the deposed monarch in the Globe’s new production to see the face of a Black woman? – David Jays
A Book As Artist’s Fever Dream
The book Flesh Film is as much the artist’s creation as the author’s. – Jan Herman
As Movie Studios Keep Churning Out Superheroes, Who Is Shazam, Again?
Other than a fun lunkhead, Shazam – who, let’s just go for maximum confusing here, used to be called Captain Marvel – is one of comic books’ most important superheroes, historically speaking: “In his prime, he regularly outsold Superman and Batman. And he was the first comic book superhero to appear on film.” – The New York Times
Martha Graham and Beyond
A strenuous program of dances may have pleased the choreographer – if she only could have offered minor corrections. – Deborah Jowitt
Scott Robinson’s ‘Tenormore’
Whoa: “An out-and-out plug on Rifftides is rare.” – Doug Ramsey