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The Sly Superpower of 'Hustlers'
NEW YORK — Jennifer Lopez apologized for how she smelled. That light waft of cigarette smoke, she said, gesturing with a faux-tattooed arm. Maybe it was her, maybe it was embedded in the white couches and plush carpeting, here on the 29th floor of a midtown Manhattan high-rise. Either way, the mood was set.
Sleater-Kinney Asked St. Vincent for a Creative Spark. The Trio Blew Up.
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — When Sleater-Kinney arrived in a Los Angeles studio last fall with the slim demo of a track for its upcoming album, the group’s new producer, Annie Clark (better known as St. Vincent) had an ear for how to amplify it. What if, she said to the group — singer-guitarists Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker, and drummer Janet Weiss — you took Brownstein’s guitar riff and made it the lead? Oh, and also, changed the key. And the lyrics.
MoMA PS1 Settles With Curator Who Said Giving Birth Cost Her Job Offer
NEW YORK — A curator who accused MoMA PS 1 of gender, pregnancy and caregiver discrimination has settled the claim she brought against the museum saying it had rescinded a job offer upon learning she had recently given birth.
A Family Fosters an Idea's Passage to the Screen
Daniel Stiepleman was sitting at his Uncle Martin’s funeral in 2010, when he heard a eulogy that sparked a screenplay. The story had to do with a case that his uncle, a tax lawyer, tried with his wife, who happened to be Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Overlooked No More: Debra Hill, producer who parlayed 'Halloween' into a cult classic
Perhaps the most famous baby sitter in all of moviedom, Laurie Strode, the teen heroine of “Halloween,” is stalked by a crazed predator, and survives — repeatedly. Laurie was resourceful and kind, “quiet but defiant,” said Debra Hill, who helped create the character.
Björk's ecstatic and feminist fairy tale
NEW YORK — “A baby albino giraffe.” This is what flutes sound like, according to Björk. (That’s a real, and largely mute, creature, by the way.)
How Alexandria Ocasio-cortez's triumph, 'ugly crying' and all, was captured
In the opening moments of the documentary “Knock Down the House,” candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is looking in a mirror, dabbing on makeup and talking to the camera about the widely divergent standards for male and female politicians. As a neophyte in an entrenched system, she says, she is bracing herself. Then again, she adds, “How do you prepare for something you don’t know is coming?”
Screenplay software adds tool to assess a script's inclusiveness
One of the most widely used screenplay programs in Hollywood has a new tool to help with gender equality and inclusion.
MoMA PS1 settles with curator who said giving birth cost her job offer
NEW YORK — A curator who accused MoMA PS 1 of gender, pregnancy and caregiver discrimination has settled the claim she brought against the museum saying it had rescinded a job offer upon learning she had recently given birth.
Chaka Khan on artistic freedom, her side hustles and Joni Mitchell
Khan writes quickly, in the studio, sometimes from poems she jots down on whatever is handy. “I think with every track, what the song is about is already there before you put the words down,” she said.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg reacts to Oscar nomination for 'RBG'
They called her at her Watergate apartment, where she is working from home. Ginsburg congratulated the filmmakers and said the academy acknowledgment was “eminently well-deserved.
Richard E. Grant reacts to news of his 1st Oscar nomination: With tears
Grant, the British actor whose lengthy résumé encompasses villains both ridiculous (“Spice World”) and sci-fi (“Logan”) along with episodes of “Downton Abbey” and “Doctor Who,” and the forthcoming “Star Wars: Episode IX,” was uncharacteristically agape at being a first-time honoree.
