It looks like HBO’s back, piling up a whopping 137 nominations to Netflix’s 117, with Game of Thrones, Chernobyl and Barry among the big leaders (but with Veep rather far down the list with only nine nominations, including comedy series). – Hollywood Reporter
Tag: 07.16.19
Martha Plimpton Does Something Very Few Actors Ever Do — Quit Steppenwolf Theatre
“Why would anybody want to go? It’s inarguably among the most prestigious collections of stage actors in the world and yet membership comes with no formal minimum participation requirement. … However, two sources close to Steppenwolf said that there was no love lost between the actress and the current artistic administration, although Plimpton had wanted to keep her action as private as possible.” – Chicago Tribune
Metro-DC-Based National Philharmonic Says It’s Out Of Cash And Is Closing
The freelance orchestra, based at Strathmore in the Maryland suburbs, was founded in 1983 and performed two to three dozen concerts a year. The announcement said that the orchestra would need an additional $150,000 to save the upcoming season, and its president told Anne Midgette, “The National Phil would be delighted if a donor would come forward or funding were to come through for its operations.” – The Washington Post
Frieder Burda, Who Founded Museum For His Collection Of German Expressionism, Dead At 83
“Titled the Museum Frieder Burda, the space [in Baden-Baden] has displayed works by artists Georg Baselitz, Sigmar Polke, Max Beckmann, Gerhard Richter, and Pablo Picasso. The museum was also notably the first to display Banksy’s self-destroying artwork, Love is in the Bin (2018). – ARTnews
Scarlett Johansson Says Her Comments On Casting Were Taken Out Of Context
In a recent interview with As If magazine, she said actors should be allowed to play any person “because that is my job and the requirement of my job”. On Saturday, Johansson said those comments were subsequently edited in other publications for “clickbait”. – The Guardian
Wendy Whelan Comes Back To New York City Ballet, This Time As A Boss
And here’s the dynamic she means not to recreate: “In my whole 30 years in New York City Ballet, I rarely interacted with my boss except on the stage. I never knew where I was in his eyes or other people’s eyes, so I was just guessing, along with everybody else.” – Vogue
A History Of Celebrity (Why We Care)
Celebrity distinguishes itself from other forms of public approbation because it centres on the individual personality. Celebrities reflect our personhood – they show us who we are. But they also charm us with illusion, showing us whom we want to be. – Aeon