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Salma Hayek Says It’s Time For Men In Hollywood To Take A Pay Cut For Equality

At Cannes, she said, “If actors ask such inflated fees it will leave nothing for actresses. If the movie’s budget is $10m, the (male) actor has to understand that if he is making $9.7m, it is going to be hard for equality.”

David Hallberg On Growing Up In Dance, Getting Injured, And Rejoining The Ranks

It’s almost like a dance addiction, he says. “The more opportunities I was given, the more performances I did, the more opera houses I danced around the world, I wanted more of. It was insatiable. I was never satisfied. And, listen, you can’t go on forever. … Reality puts you in check and for the better.”

Is MoviePass Dead, Or Did It Just Have A Really, Really Bad Week?

Uh-oh: “Shares of MoviePass’ parent company Helios & Matheson Analytics Inc. tumbled nearly 70% Monday through Friday to about 65 cents a share, after the company disclosed that it was running low on cash. That represents a stunning decline for a stock that peaked at nearly $33 a share in October.”

What Will Win British TV’s BAFTA Awards Today?

It’s Britain, so, you know, check in with the bookies: Blue Planet II? The Crown? And what the heck happened to Great British Bake Off? (Was it snubbed – or did it just not deserve any nominations in the year it fled the BBC for commercial life?)

The Writers Who Are Changing Romance

Well, romance novel publishing, anyway, which is – like a lot of publishing – very, very, very white. These Black authors are attempting to change that narrative, and that structure. Author Alyssa Cole, inspired by Ta-Nehisi Coates’ blog, says, “I was like, we were around for all this stuff! And I can make these stories that include us.”

A Woman Who Was A ‘One-Album Wonder’ By Choice

Sometimes, escaping an industry (especially one bent on feeding frenzies around young women) is better than fading away. Margo Guryan: “You got owned by these people. … I guess I had about enough ‘daddy’ when I was 5, and I just didn’t like being told what to do.”

How Theatre Is Supporting Students In The Never Again Movement

Playwrights unite across the country for short plays about gun violence, and to plan for longer productions as well. Why? “Today’s cultural climate is being dominated by fear and division. Theatre is an ideal space to challenge the dividing forces at work—a space for empathy, expression, and dialogue.”

A Multiracial Comedy Gets Canceled By Fox, Lin-Manuel Miranda Leads A Massive Online Outcry, And Boom, The Series Has A New Home

Fox announced it was cancelling Brooklyn Nine Nine on Thursday, and Twitter freaked out. On Friday, NBC announced it had picked up the comedy for a sixth season.

Let’s Check In With The American Running The English National Opera

So things are … interesting … for the artistic director: “Kramer, who has never before held a position at an opera house or run a major arts organization, will need all his optimistic, feisty exuberance to prove himself and rescue the company. Its subsidy has been slashed, and it has bled administrative and artistic executives in recent years, curtailing its offerings, renting out the Coliseum for longer stretches to gin up revenue, and threatening its high reputation.”

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