“Matthew Belloni resigned as editorial director of The Hollywood Reporter due to intense conflicts with Modi Wiczyk and Asif Satchu, the co-CEOs of the trade’s owners, Valence Media, over their attempts to meddle with the publication’s editorial independence” — in particular, pressure to generate positive coverage and avoid negative coverage of people and projects in which Valence is involved. – Variety
Tag: 04.06.20
James Drury, Star Of Long-Running TV Series ‘The Virginian’, Dead At 85
“He played the laconic rancher with no name on the revolutionary NBC series. Among Westerns, only Gunsmoke and Bonanza lasted longer.” – The Hollywood Reporter
Karina Canellakis Named London Philharmonic’s Principal Guest Conductor
Before embarking on a conducting career in 2013, the 38-year-old American performed as a violinist in solo and chamber works as well as in the Berlin Philharmonic’s Academy Orchestra and the Chicago Symphony. “I had always loved it and was fascinated by scores,” she said about conducting. “It never occurred to me that this was not something for a girl to do.” – The Guardian
Another Salzburg Festival Canceled (But Not The Main One, Yet)
Just short of a month after the Salzburg Easter Festival was called off because of the pandemic, the Salzburg Whitsun Festival, directed by mezzo Cecilia Bartoli and scheduled for May 20-June 1, was canceled. The announcement came shortly after Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz banned all public events in the country through the end of June. – Opera News
Is Spatial Awareness Our Superpower?
In the age of GPS, we tend to take our navigation and spatial abilities for granted, until they – or the technology – let us down. It is easy to forget that they have sustained us for tens of thousands of years. Over the course of our evolution, Homo sapiens developed an appetite for exploration and a wayfinding spirit that set us apart from previous human species. It had a huge effect on our future. One of the most intriguing recent ideas in anthropology is that our ability to navigate was essential to our success as a species, because it allowed us to cultivate extensive social networks. – Aeon
A letter to unknown friends
A few days after my beloved Hilary received her double-lung transplant, I published an open letter in The Wall Street Journal addressed to the family of the anonymous organ donor whose lungs she used to breathe during the last month of her life. – Terry Teachout
As Schools Move Online, Less Than Half Of Their Students Log In
The absence rate appears particularly high in schools with many low-income students, whose access to home computers and internet connections can be spotty. Some teachers report that less than half their students are regularly participating. – The New York Times
Tips From Met Opera Performers For Surviving The Shutdown Of Everything
One Met Opera dancer said that his counterparts in other cities should “get to know your rights under the newly passed Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (known as the CARES Act).” – Los Angeles Times
Dancer In The Dark: Did Intensive Study Of Butoh Drive A Young American Woman To Suicide?
Sharon Stern was a vivacious, popular, hard-working actor when she enrolled in the MFA program at America’s first Buddhist university. There she met Butoh master Katsura Kan and became his ferociously devoted disciple. That ferocity of devotion — to her teacher, to the art form and the idea of loss of self behind it — concerned her parents, her friends, and ultimately Kan himself. When Stern killed herself, her parents blamed Kan and sued him for wrongful death. – The New Yorker