“The exploitation of actresses – and actors – is not confined to Hollywood. Equity, the UK actors’ union, is receiving ever more complaints and has established a working party to investigate and draw up a set of industry guidelines.”
Tag: 05.31.15
Amy Schumer, John Oliver, ‘Serial’ – Unorthodox Winners Of 2015 Peabody Awards
“[The] eclectic bunch … ram the gamut from documentarian Alex Gibney to NBC News correspondent Richard Engel to Serial podcaster Sarah Koenig to comedians Amy Schumer and John Oliver. The Serial award struck one of the most intriguing notes of the evening, as it is the first podcast to win a Peabody.”
Fully Dressed And Preserved 350-Year-Old Corpse Of French Noblewoman Found
“The remains are most likely those of Louise de Quengo, a widow of Breton nobility who died in 1656 when she was in her 60s. The heart of her husband, Toussaint de Perrein, was found nearby”
Could This E-Platform Build A Big New Audience For Short Stories?
“The clean, minimalist interface echoes popular blogging platforms, and visitors are encouraged to search for something to read by theme and length: trending tags at time of writing included #crime, #humour and #10minuteread.” And its analytics are all too thorough and honest.
Jerry Seinfeld Becomes A Serious Force In Web Video
Says the impresario of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, “I’m a pimp. I’m a pimp.”
Producing Queer Theatre In A High School In A Red State
“This is a state that recently voted against adding LGBTQ people to a list of protected classes. You can be fired for being gay here. Or evicted. It happens all the time. People get married on the bridge between Fargo and Moorhead, Minnesota. Queer kids here, many of whom grow up without ever knowingly knowing a queer person, feel incredibly isolated and, because of the legality of discriminatory practices here, have a brave few people to look up to.”
Subsidizing Internet Service For The Poor Makes Good Sense For Everyone
“When you introduce the subsidy to people living in poverty, you’re letting the private sector take a look at a whole new market that isn’t currently using their services. … The market will adapt to this new source of customers.”
Meet The First Black Woman To Play Yitzhak In ‘Hedwig’ On Broadway
“A lot of the verbally abusive stuff that Hedwig slings at Yitzhak has become, for lack of a better word — or perhaps it’s the best word to use — darker. It feels close to home in this sad but appropriate way.”
Kill The Term ‘Chick Lit’ With Fire, Please
“This is very much a patriarchal society. And I think one way of keeping women less well paid and having to do more work is to mock them and anything they love.”
An Artist, Retire? No Way
“Most of the famous painters she knew and admired as a young woman — Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline and others — are long gone. ‘I’m still here,’ she said wryly.”