“Her character worked for Underwood from the time he was a member of the House of Representatives from South Carolina through his recent career upturns.”
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What’s Different – And Challenging – About Being Black In The Publishing World?
“That essay Langston [Hughes] wrote, ‘The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain’ — I’m thinking of both sides of his argument in that. One is that obviously you’re always a black writer, but also you have to work with your gifts first and shut that out when you’re actually composing. What do you guys think? That’s how I approach it, but it might be naïve.”
How New York Subway Dancing Became An Art – And A Crime
“It’s hard to say how many people dance on the subway today, but the dancers generally put the number in the low hundreds — a spike that some older performers attribute to the sharp decline of arts and physical education funding since the recession.”
Neil Patrick Harris – Star Of ‘How I Met Your Mother’ And ‘Gone Girl’ – To Bring A Variety Show To Television
“Peacock alternative TV head Paul Telegdy told Vulture that he’s been looking to get a variety series on the network for a long time, and that Harris has always been at the top of his list of potential hosts.”
Sorry, Neil Patrick Harris, Your Variety Show Can’t Compete With YouTube
“Variety shows are like the soccer of American television. It is the most popular sport in the world but, no matter how hard anyone has tried in recent years, it just won’t catch on here like it does internationally.”
We Think Quantum Mechanics Is About Schrödinger’s Cat, But All Of Life Depends On It
“A quantum theory of smell sounds outlandish, perhaps, but evidence has recently emerged to support it: it was found that fruit flies can distinguish odorants with exactly the same shape but different isotopes of the same elements, something that is hard to explain without quantum mechanics.”
Will Orson Welles’ Last Movie Finally Get Rescued From A Gritty Paris Warehouse, And Finished?
“It is the latest event in a saga marked by legal squabbles, clashing egos, the spiriting away of a working print and, briefly, the disappearance and recovery of the reels last summer after a storage company went bankrupt.”
This 83-Year-Old Dancer Is Still Onstage
“‘Eat your heart out, Beyonce,’ she says watching herself do moves that are strikingly similar to the pop diva’s.”
The Broad Museum Is Really Going To Open, After A Dispute And Delay
“The museum is claiming that the problems have driven up costs by at least $19.8 million and caused the museum to delay its opening by at least 15 months.”
This Pianist Is About To Turn 90, And She Still Does Concert Tours – Alone
She still learns new music, too, and she rides the New York subway, and she carries her own luggage. “I walk around with my 60-year-old friends and they tell me to slow down.” Meet Ruth Slenczynska.