The three women – stars Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer, and showrunner/writer/producer Phoebe Waller-Bridge – at the center of this prestige show say it’s a matter of chemistry. “As the showrunner and stars tell it, the process of making Killing Eve also felt like a love story. First, Ms. Waller-Bridge fell for Eve and Villanelle; then, she, Ms. Oh and Ms. Comer fell for one another.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
For The Love Of All That’s Holy, Los Angeles MOCA, Please Get A Decent Museum Director This Time
As Philippe Vergne heads out the door, art critic Christopher Knight wonders if there’s some way to DNA-test curators to see if they can make the leap to becoming museum directors – a very different role. “Like his MOCA predecessors Jeremy Strick (1999-2009) and Jeffrey Deitch (2010-2013), Vergne was unable to make the transition from curator to director. That means MOCA, a major art museum of international significance, has been without an effective director going on 20 years — half its lifetime. That desperately needs to change — and fast.”
Robert Indiana’s Estate, The Subject Of Many Struggles Even Before He Died, Is Even More Contentious Now
Who should have controlled his estate – and the various royalties from the famous “LOVE” sculptures? And who will control it now? “His will, filed on Friday in Knox County Probate Court, leaves most of his art and property to a nonprofit whose mission is to develop Mr. Indiana’s home into a museum featuring his works.” Lawsuits may delay that plan.
Remembering Extraordinary Literary Agent Elaine Markson, Who Died May 21 At Age 87
Author Alice Hoffman: “Everyone knows that if Elaine Markson was your agent you had a fierce and loving protector for life. … She was pure Greenwich Village with clients like Andrea Dworkin, Abbie Hoffman (I was often billed for advances Elaine loaned him as we were both A. Hoffmans) the great Grace Paley, and the iconic feminist writer Tillie Olsen. Elaine was the one agent in America who didn’t care about making deals.”
The Man Tasked With Remaking The Times Literary Supplement For The Internet Age
Adding reviews of Radiohead albums, essays, and political commentary to book reviews has actually worked, it looks like: “The paper is the fastest-growing weekly publication in the United Kingdom, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Paid sales from subscriptions and newsstand have been up 30 percent each of the past two years, from some 26,000 in 2016 to nearly 45,000 today.”
In A Logical Move For This Cashless World, Busking Goes To Contactless Pay Systems In London
That’s right: Street musicians in the UK capital will take Apple Watch payments as well as the odd pound or ten dropped into the guitar case. One busker says, “I believe if street performers like myself don’t adapt to the cashless society we are edging towards, we’re at risk of becoming a dying art.”
Yes, They Have Awards For The Best Movie Trailers
Trailers have their own ratings and metrics now – the number downloaded in the first 24 hours after release, for one thing. “Television plots have become more interesting and complex, with story arcs playing out over seasons instead of a couple hours. To keep up, the trailer business is becoming more creative, with tightly wound teasers targeted to different global markets and attention spans. Some are as short as three seconds on mobile devices.”
Has ‘Gender Blind’ Casting In Michelle Terry’s Fresh Tenure At The Globe Truly Meant Something?
Whatever ‘blind’ casting may mean to Terry and the cohort of each play, the audience sees gender, and that makes a difference. “Many audience members in fact cannot and will not easily look past what seems to them to be a fundamental disconnect between who the gender of the actor as understood outside of the production, and the gender they are playing.”
‘Sesame Street’ Sues To Stop The Makers Of A Very Dark Puppet Movie From Using A Tagline
This is not your child’s Elmo doll: “It is not the movie’s raunchy depiction of puppets prostituting themselves, cursing or blowing their heads off that caused Sesame Workshop, the educational nonprofit that produces Sesame Street, to file a lawsuit against the film’s creators, STX Entertainment.”
As Expected, LA MOCA’s Philippe Vergne Will Not Get A Contract Renewal
The parting of ways with the contemporary museum comes after the director fired the respected chief curator, Helen Molesworth, and after various other issues rocked the museum. “Neither Vergne nor MOCA would say where Vergne might be heading. A spokesperson for the museum did confirm that while the search for his replacement is underway, Vergne has no immediate plans to leave his position and that he intends to help with the transition process.”