The news came from actress Dakota Johnson, who is to star in the feature, titled Crackpot; the item was buried deep in a news-and-gossip column at the trade website Deadline. The project could be a long-overdue bit of justice for May from Hollywood. – Slate
Tag: 11.02.19
Longtime Boston Children’s Theatre Director Accused Of Misconduct By 17 Former Students; He Resigns
An anonymous e-mail, titled “The Threat of Burgess Clark,” described what it said were the experiences of 17 former students who made a range of allegations against Clark, including three who said they were kissed or inappropriately touched by him during private lessons or at his second home in Walden, Vt. The alleged conduct occurred when most of the students were 14 to 18 years old. The e-mail was signed, “The concerned students and parents of Boston Children’s Theatre.” – Boston Globe
Extremists Are Only Doing What The Algorithms Want (Which Is Ruining The Internet)
So says Andrew Marantz, the author of a new book on the topic. “We casually make the analogy between the internet and the public square, or the internet and a town hall, but it’s not really like that. It’s not an open space where everything is flat and democratic and everybody can speak their mind and look each other in the eye and get an equal voice and an equal time. The social internet is run by personalized algorithms, and the algorithms are run on emotional engagement.” – The New York Times
This Film Festival Goes Way Beyond Inspiration Porn
The only time you’ll see an actor with a disability in a Hollywood movie is when the actor isn’t disabled, and the movie is the kind of thing that disability activists call “inspo porn.” (Think Rain Man, The Upside, etc.) But at the Reelability Festival, “actors with a wide range of disabilities got to play an equally wide range of richly developed roles. … They were bolstered in this effort by something else notably unusual: A lot of those writing and directing and working on the films’ crews also were disabled people.” – Los Angeles Times
There’s Always A Reason To Hate ‘Perfect’ Images Of Other People
It used to be magazines and the Photoshopping that went into making cover models and celebrities look even thinner and more “perfect” than they already are. But this time it’s regular people on Instagram. – The New York Times
Why Are Hollywood Assistants ‘In Open Revolt’?
Assistants are mad as hell, and they have the law behind them now, too. “Subjected to grueling hours, low pay, few benefits or protections and the vagaries of monomaniacal bosses, assistants have largely toiled in silence because it was considered a golden ticket to advancement — but no longer.” – Los Angeles Times
Buddhist Scholars Say Mindfulness Apps Are Only Increasing Our Reliance On Tech
Are all of those mindfulness apps easing our stress? Ha. Getting us more addicted to technology, more like. – Fast Company