“Some commentators are questioning and even damning the integrity of that coverage. Indeed, the article does seem to be more than a bit sloppy—or as one critic charged, ‘dreck.'”
Author: ArtsJournal2
The Story Of War Orphan Turned Ballet Prodigy Michaela DePrince Will Become A Movie
“Veteran film and music video director Sanaa Hamri (Something New, Just Wright) has been tapped to direct MGM’s Taking Flight, an adaptation of the book Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina by Michaela DePrince and her mother, Elaine DePrince.”
Texas Wins The Literary Archives Of Yet Another Author
Kazuo Ishiguro, author of Remains of the Day: “I’ve been in the habit of keeping a large cardboard box under my desk into which I throw, more or less indiscriminately, all papers produced during my writing that I don’t want to file neatly and take into the next stage of composition: earlier drafts of chapters, rejected pages, scraps of paper with scribbled thoughts, repeated attempts at the same paragraph. etc.”
It’s Past Time To Get Beyond Theatre’s ‘Black Slot’
Lynn Nottage: “I’ve always been told that there’s only room for one black play. If the black slot’s full, they won’t put in another.”
A Quarter Of A Century With L.A.’s Fountain Theatre
“Located between Western and Vermont avenues, the Fountain is at a crossroads of multiculturalism. ‘We’re right in the heart of Little Armenia, so it feels very natural for us to be commissioning playwrights to go out into the community and bring back the stories of the shop owners and apartment residents, as we did in ‘Little Armenia.’ Our process for choosing projects for a season is about what community haven’t we served and what issues are they wrestling with.'”
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And The Ancient Palmyran Temple Falls To ISIS
“Palmyra, one of the Middle East’s most spectacular archaeological sites and a UNESCO World Heritage site, sits near the modern Syrian city of the same name. Activists said the militants used explosives to blow up the Baalshamin Temple on its grounds, the blast so powerful it also damaged some of the Roman columns around it.”
Sorting All The Numbers In The World
“What’s the greatest number of cake slices that can be made with n cuts? Look up sequence A000125 in the OEIS. How many chess positions can be created in n moves? That’s sequence A048987.”
Can David Foster Wallace Be Reclaimed From The Litbros?
“The more we talk about Wallace without talking about his work—which, of course, is the whole reason we’re here, talking about him—the more we aid in this false image of him as bro-lord. His fiction is thoughtful and daring and adventurous and sad and fun and difficult and complex.”
Ten Movies Where Older Actresses Like Lily Tomlin And Helen Mirren Kick Ass
“While the statistics about roles for women over 40 are dismal at best, cinema has featured some unconventional, intelligent, and downright badass parts for world-wise women in film.”