“The Life of Pablo is starting to feel like a full-scale attack on the very ontology of the album itself: its primacy in the music industry’s sales model, its status as the foremost object of music criticism, its presumed value as the supreme container for artistic expression, its existential legitimacy as anything other than a nostalgia-driven anachronism. “
Author: ArtsJournal2
The (Deeply) Serious Injuries Elite Performers Just Dance Through
“The screw that kept her foot together caused Ciapponi to limp, so she had it removed. The pain and uncertainty that came with that surgery made Ciapponi wonder if she had to start rethinking her career. She had no idea if her body could recover and become strong enough to do what she had spent 16 years training to do. Since she is Canadian, even her ability to stay and dance in the United States was in question.”
Which Black Roles Do The Oscars Reward?
“Black artists have been nominated for best actress or actor on 30 occasions, for work spanning 28 films. Over the last few weeks, I watched all of them. These movies have a lot in common, not least that most were directed by white men.”
After He Died, This Writer Was Kept In The Closet By His Controlling Family
“Even though they worked hard at sanitising the letters, the family still worried that too much had been revealed. A year after the edition appeared Alice wrote to her son Harry: ‘People are putting a vile interpretation on his silly letters to young men. Poor dear Uncle Henry.'” Henry James, that is.
The Day In 1987 When A Hollywood Movie Screened For The President And Changed U.S. Security Forever
“It’s fitting that the scenario of ‘WarGames’ — which aroused Reagan’s curiosity and led to the first national policy on reducing the vulnerability of computers — owed a crucial debt to the man who’d first warned that they were vulnerable.”
When You Want ‘Diversity’ But Exclude People With Disabilities, You’re The Problem
“There is a generation of disabled artists who have been in the forefront of arts activism who feel that time is running out for them. Real change comes when there is a critical mass of diverse work, not just individual projects, and when arts organisations all across the country understand the benefits for everybody, themselves included.”
Reclaim Your Musical Life From The Algorithms!
“Listening is creative and personal, and with Discover Weekly I am aware of being profiled by forces I do not know and cannot see. I am being given an ongoing accessory for someone of my type. Often I hate the results, even if I like half the songs: I feel intensely frustrated by what it has reduced me to.”
Has Steven Spielberg ‘Saved’ This British Actor From A Life In Theatre?
Mark Rylance: “Whenever I mention the other films I’ve made to Steven Spielberg, his eyes go a bit glazed. Because in his mind he’s rescued me — rescued me from the slums of the theater! You know, discovered me, bless him.”
Despite Constant Phones And Cameras, Celebrities Are Wielding The Power Of Secrets
“The stars have gained an extra advantage lately because the financially challenged tabloids have less money these days to pay sources. Meanwhile, the stars get to both circumvent the media and to float an image of utter transparency through their promiscuous use of social media. In fact, that may only obscure them further.”
The Producer Of The Grammys On Making Musical Moments And Predicting The Winners
“We’re also faced with some challenges that we haven’t had in the past, in particular the loss of some pretty significant people, artists, performers who we feel the need to in some way recognize on the show. So things keep changing.”