‘Mom’ is now the highest form of flattery. Witness one Twitter response to a photo of Beyoncé with her daughter: “Beyoncé just ENDED your moms, moms mom, moms mom’s cousin, your moms mom’s cousin’s friend, and your moms mom’s cousin’s friends dog.”
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Katie Holmes On Being A Director – And How To Make That Happen For More Women
The interviewer asks Holmes if the producers of a Jackie Kennedy Onassis miniseries simply asked her to direct one episode. Holmes, who also just directed a feature film: “Well no, I told them I wanted to. I said, ‘You’ve got to give me one episode.’ We gotta speak up … and get what we want, because no one’s going to give it to us.”
What Art Will Make A Comeback In The 21st Century?
Painting, of course. Jonathan Jones says: “Maybe, after years of being told by po-faced curators that we ‘should’ revere video art and various live interactive post-artistic phenomena, we just wanna have fun.”
A 360-Degree Video Of Anna Netrebko, Backstage At The Met
This is a New York Times experiment that you’ll need to play, and play with, in order to appreciate.
Here’s A Prize For Actor Alan Tudyk: He’s (Probably) The First Actor To Play A Chicken And A Robot At The Same Time
The actor, known for “Firefly,” discusses how he did research to play the rooster in “Moana” and the robot in the new Star Wars film. “It’s amazing to me that they’ve got four hours’ worth of me making chicken sounds. It’s very thorough. How do you choose from Take One to Take Six, which ‘pee-cawwwwww’ really sells it?”
Why Isn’t Britain’s Turner Art Prize Engaging With Britain’s Political Scene?
There’s a lot going wrong in today’s Britain (let’s not even speak of Brexit): “Drastic cuts to public funding have led to the demolition of social housing, and to the closure of public libraries, galleries and museums. … The arts and humanities are disappearing as educational options: most recently the preparatory step of A‑level art history was placed under threat.”
Despite The 20-Year Sentence For A Ukranian Filmmaker, Putin Says He’ll Protect Artistic Freedom
Putin met with non-jailed filmmakers and claimed he was a supporter of artistic freedom. But: “Meddling in the arts by government officials and the Russian Orthodox Church is raising worries over a return of censorship not only to political news, but also to plays, movies and art exhibitions.”
The Pittsburgh Symphony May Be Playing Again, But Its Financial Problems Continue
The symphony hasn’t had a balanced budget since the 2007-2008 season (you may recognize that as right before the Great Recession, by the way).
Can ‘The Nutcracker’ Actually Be Working-Class, Christopher Wheeldon?
This is a huge reimagining of the Robert Joffrey “Nutcracker” for the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago: It’s set at the 1893 Columbian Exposition, and a lot of money – like, a lot of money – is riding on its success.
After ‘The Help,’ Octavia Spencer Says, 90 Percent Of The Roles She Was Offered Were Maids
Spencer and actor Dev Patel talk about representation at the movies, and why what they’re doing is important. Patel: Their films are “anthems of diversity, they’re anthems of love, and they’re anthems of perseverance.”