Julia Sawalha, who played Ginger in the 2000 film, writes, “Last week, I was informed out of the blue, via email, through my agent that I would not be cast as Ginger in the Chicken Run sequel. The reason they gave is that my voice now sounds ‘too old’ and they want a younger actress to reprise the role.” – The Guardian (UK)
Tag: 07.10.20
Brooklyn’s Greenlight Bookstore Acknowledges Black Staff And Customers Haven’t Been Treated Well
“Co-owners Rebecca Fitting and Jessica Stockton-Bagnulo acknowledged that Black customers and employees have felt unwelcome and disrespected, that poor training had led to racial profiling in their stores, and that the company had not succeeded in creating an anti-racist space.” They say they’ll do better, including talking with the neighbors about gentrification without getting defensive. – LitHub
MoMA Education Workers Speak Out About Contract Cuts
“What they have is the bare minimum, the scaffold of an education department,” says Shellyne Rodriguez, an educator whose contract was cancelled in March. “If you don’t have educators, you don’t have a department. It’s like closing a school but the principal still shows up every day.” – The Art Newspaper
Return To College? It’s A Con
Most dispassionate observers now recognize that return-to-campus plans are, as Juliana Gray wrote in McSweeney’s, cooked up by your university’s “Vice President for Magical Thinking.” – Inside Higher Ed
How COVID Is Impacting The Commercial Music Business
Nielsen Music/MRC Data says activity on streaming platforms such as Spotify and Apple Music began 2020 up 20.4% over 2019 — then ratcheted back to an increase of only 13.8% between March 13 and July 2 as listeners spent far less time in the car or at the gym. – Los Angeles Times
The Crazy-House World That Is YouTube
The more dark, wiggy videos you consume, the darker and wiggier your playlist becomes, until you inhabit a so-called “filter bubble,” while Google makes ad money off of your addictive radicalization. – Columbia Journalism Review
Lucas Museum Hires Its Leadership Team
That five of the six new hires are people of color, and that all are women, is in line with Sandra Jackson-Dumont’s vision as the museum’s self-described “chief diversity officer.” – Los Angeles Times
Jeff Haydon Named New Director Of Ravinia
He currently serves as the CEO of New York’s Caramoor Center for Music and Arts, a position he has held since 2012. He also served as executive director of the Ojai Music Festival, and according to Friday’s statement, has previously worked with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, and the Aspen Music Festival. – Chicago Sun-Times
How Will Notre-Dame Look When It’s Rebuilt? Exactly Like It Did Before, Rules Macron
Following recommendations from the architect and the retired general running the reconstruction as well as the new culture minister (and based on a rapidly solidifying consensus to stop arguing about design possibilities and get to work), President Macron has officially backed away from the idea he floated months ago of a contemporary replacement for the original roof and 19th-century neo-Gothic spire that were destroyed in last year’s fire. – Yahoo! (AP)