“Don’t be evil” is long gone, obviously, but this time, Google may have gone too far. “China considers censorship a state secret, vastly restricting what Google can tell even its own employees about what its plans are. Meanwhile, a group of at least 1,400 employees is leading a charge to stop Dragonfly in its tracks.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Do Actors With Southern Accents Get A Fair Shake In Hollywood?
Does anyone in charge in Hollywood even know what “a Southern accent” is? “I’ve had people ask, ‘Can you teach me a Southern accent?’ I’m like, ‘O.K. What state? What part of the state? What culture?'”
Janice Tchalenko, Who Has Died At 76, Bridged Art And Commerce With Her Ceramics
In tune with her socialist politics, she created art for, and with, the people – but she also “revolutionised the field, shocking many studio potter colleagues, by evolving glazes of great richness and depth of colour to adorn reduction-fired stoneware; painting, sponging and slip-trailing complex semi-abstract decorative schema on bold simplified shapes; using piscatorial and amphibian casts as handles and knops; and taking inspiration from the ceramics of the Middle East, from the capricious mannerist Bernard Palissy, and from European rococo earthenware and porcelain and 19th century art pottery.” Whew.
Amazon May Be About To Buy A Movie Theatre Chain, And Wow, Are There A Lot Of Reactions
If Amazon does buy Landmark, will it just show its own content? Probably not – Amazon Studios are moving away from arthouse, award-winning content for more popular fare. One (terrifying to movie fans) option: “Esports and other forms of live-gaming, Ark and VR location-based experiences — communal entertainment in the 21st century is evolving past just sitting in a darkened theater quietly watching the same two-hour film as the strangers next to you. A company such as Amazon could take these spaces and outfit them for that purpose.”
The Virgin Mary, Says One Artist, Is Getting Evicted By Gentrification
The artist, Nico Avina, is trying to alert Los Angeles’ Boyle Heights to what it’s losing as rising rents drive out its Latinx population – people, murals, and especially paintings of la Virgen de Guadalupe. That’s why he brings a foldable, 7-1/2-foot tall Virgin Mary with him all over the neighborhood.
In Praise Of Aretha Franklin’s Album ‘Amazing Grace’
Wesley Morris breaks the album down, and says it was made for a time when albums meant something. This album still does. “Her going for the max maxes you out. This is what virtuosity should do — leave you knock-kneed, perform the unthinkable.”
One Powerful Family Creates Dance Spectacles In Spain
The family isn’t new to the club or dance game. “They are the Medicis of raving, with a dynasty spanning back to 1870. Six generations of Arnaus have worked in entertainment, from a 19th-century ancestor who opened Café Josepet, the first social club in Fraga, 95 miles west of Barcelona, through to 50s-era music halls and 80s electro clubs.” And they want to keep expanding.
The Power, And Problems, Of Rereading A Certain Series And Realizing You’re Ron, Not Harry
Two friends in very different circumstances try to reread together, but it’s not the same – especially when it comes to the magic mirror that shows someone’s deepest desires. “This shift in her life’s longing was so obviously different from mine that we could no longer avoid the fact of our 12-year separation.”
Taking A ‘Concept’ Show On Tour Is Totally Acceptable, Critic Says
Lyn Gardner: Consider the issue that “many British artists and companies cannot hope to make a living in the UK and desperately need international touring fees” – but that Brexit is taking those international opportunities away. Perhaps the ‘concept’ show can fill in, at least if companies work together.
Netflix Deletes Ten Years Of User Reviews
Netflix is like, oh, people aren’t using the reviews! But actually … there were a lot of reviews, including a lot of negative reviews, of its original content. Oh.