It’s writing craft, of course – and making sure to have two points of view. Author Zoje Stage: “A lot of the tension in the book comes from the dual perspective of seeing how these two characters interpret the same event differently, which makes people question if one of them is more right than the other.” And then there’s the “European cinema” house setting …
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British Musician Lily Allen Details Assault By Record Industry Executive, And Says It’s ‘Rife’ In The Music Industry
Allen is frustrated “that she did not confront or report the man’s behaviour, and carried on working with him, explaining that she felt silenced because he had more power and money than her, and that she feared being labelled ‘hysterical’ and a ‘difficult woman.'” And she says she’s far from alone.
The New York Phil Dismisses Two Players For ‘Misconduct’
The dismissal of its principal oboist, Liang Wang, and associate principal trumpet, Matthew Muckey, is on hold while the union investigates, but the musicians are on unpaid leave. “The orchestra said in a terse statement only that after it had received reports that the two players had ‘engaged in misconduct,’ it retained Barbara S. Jones, an attorney at Bracewell and a former federal judge, to investigate. An orchestra official said the investigation took five months.”
The British Equity President Says Rooting Out Sexual Harassment In The Theatre Can’t Be Left Up To ‘The Usual Suspects’
Maureen Beattie: “We must not give up because when the media has moved on and it’s not famous people [being accused] anymore, that’s when the bastards are going to crawl out from under their slimy stones and go, ‘I’m here again, nobody’s going to be watching us.'”
Amazon Is Investigating Its Employees Over Internal Corruption
Some employees may be leaking data, and there are definitely entities trying their damnedest to bribe employees as well, say brokers. (One solution: Raise Amazon employees’ salaries in China.)
Streaming Services May Start Showing Films On IMAX
Domestic theatre attendance fell to a 25-year low last year, partly, or maybe mostly, because of streaming – so theatre chains are not exactly friendly to services like Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime. But the IMAX CEO says they’re all talking to him. “It’s inevitable that these big blockbusters that people are spending all this money on … are going to have a theatrical release and I think almost certainly an IMAX release.”
We All Know The Oscar Race Is On, Right?
Winter is coming, and with it, the inevitable awards buildup. Now that three of the major fall film festivals have ended, The New York Times explains who’s on top right now.
John Legend Now Has An EGOT, And Some In The Entertainment World Are Taking That As Proof Of Racial Progress
Yes, he’s the first Black man – and only the second Black person ever, after Whoopi Goldberg in 2002 – to earn the entertainment superfecta. But “Legend’s well-earned moment runs the risk of becoming a kind of racial-progress overreach that is seen as a final piece of the puzzle, when in reality it’s just part of its framing.”
Holistic Hollein: A Halting Conversation With The Metropolitan Museum’s New Director
Hollein is still optimistic about not being the CEO, but will that last?
Ira Sabin Of Jazz Times Is Gone
When he started the publication Radio Free Jazz, he didn’t know it, and he, would become a legend.