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Er, maybe move online this year, film festivals? "Cannes organizers are looking at the possibility of postponing the event by about six weeks, until late June, in the optimistic hope that th…
Inspired by Italy, Rogers Park got itself together to sing the popular 1980s rocker's "Livin' on a Prayer." The singer himself joined in via Instagram, and a local radio station changed its …
This week's edition of what we can watch while stuck at home and missing all of the culture outside our walls. " The New York Times
Says one professor of media psychology on why so many people are watching, say, "The Great British Baking Show" and other comfort watches or re-watches: "There's a lot of comfort in knowing …
Hatch and his wife, artist and filmmaker Camille Billops, "created a vast archive of interviews with black actors, singers, writers and artists. … He became an expert in the history of bla…
After days " and lots of angry tweets, posts, and other pushback from staff who said they had no masks, no gloves, no hand sanitizer, and were still being forced to take cash " and the CEO s…
This story came out before Sir Patrick Stewart performed "Let us not to the marriage of true minds/Admit impediments" (aka Shakespeare's Sonnet 116) on Instagram, but there are plenty of oth…
The Northridge Earthquake didn't even stop box office reporting. But COVID-19 has, as almost all movie theatres have closed. " Los Angeles Times
His double music life: "As William O. Smith, he pioneered unorthodox techniques for his instrument and developed ways to notate them for other players. Composers like Luigi Nono, Pauline …
Yew, who was ending his run as artistic director of Victory Gardens in Chicago: "We will emerge with new stories to tell. We will revisit old tales that give our lives new meaning and susten…
That's not its official name, and it won't be a competition, but EuroVision organizers said "the show will 'honour the songs and artists' that were due to take part of the contest this May."…
The "emergency relief agreement" negotiated by the Broadway League and 14 different unions created an agreement "to pay hundreds of actors, musicians, stagehands and others for the first few…
Delair starred in Laurel and Hardy's last movie, but she was best known for starring in 1940s thrillers directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, some of which were made during the Nazi occupation …
Why? Because everyone's at home " and everyone needs bandwidth. "European Commissioner Thierry Breton had asked streamers to take measures to prevent congestion on the internet. One of the s…
Debbie Allen, star and choreographer of Fame, has been hosting dance lessons and classes since Wednesday. "'While all of us are dealing with this uncertainty and darkness, we will bring the …
One film art director: "Over one hour, everything was cancelled. That's £28,000 gone in an instant. My head started spinning. I realised the knock-on effect this would have in the industr…
You can read an awful lot for free through libraries' online services. Also, here are some tips on how to find reading community when your book group can't meet in person. " The Washington P…
Luisa Roldán revolutionized the use of terra cotta for small devotional figurines and was a court sculptor for the final Hapsburg Spanish king " in the 1690s. Her work was sent to Mexico …
Rogers was the original country star selling out arenas, long before Garth Brooks or Shania Twain in the 1990s. "Rogers's popularity stemmed partly from his genial persona and rugged good lo…
First of all, theatre can acknowledge the uncertainty, anxiety, grief, and pain of this time " and the resilience that so many people are bringing right now. "Some theatres … have recorded…
This paragraph barely skims the surface of the life of P-Orridge: "Genesis led the influential British rock bands Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV, dabbled as a dominatrix in New York, ran a…
If you're historian Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, you ask YA superstar Jason Reynolds to collaborate on adapting a thick tome for middle schoolers. Reynolds: "I wanted to try to figure out how to make…
Grocery stores, pharmacies, and food banks can remain open, but movie theatres are also closed (at least, those that hadn't already closed themselves). " Los Angeles Times
Does anyone who identifies as queer or LGBTQIA actually believe Disney at this point? Probably not, but should production on movies and TV shows ever resume in the world, "There will be a…
It's grim for movie theatres and for production companies as they halt production. But … "A lot of analysts have been talking about how the old theatrical model is outdated and streaming i…
