Change isn’t coming quickly: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voters (the ones who vote for the Oscars) are still 93 percent white and 76 percent male.
Tag: 12.21.13
What’s Up With TV Shows Killing Off Major Characters?
“There was no more compelling trend this year than the dramatic, high-profile death.”
You’re Going To Get An E-Reader For Christmas
What should you do next? A guide.
Making ‘The Nutcracker’ (And Ballet) More Accessible
“For some families, a performance of ‘The Nutcracker’ is a Christmas tradition; for others, this ballet, any ballet, is exotic and perhaps intimidating, an art form that speaks an unfamiliar visual language.”
Too Many Movie Blockbusters! Too Many Box Office Flops! (Who Cares?)
“You’re talking about Steven Spielberg and George Lucas can’t get their movie into a theater!”
Why Books Will Always Beat Technology
The sky has fallen on literature so many times that we can be forgiven for approaching the latest round of digital doom-saying with some skepticism of our own. For all the protestations that “it’s really different this time,” sometimes it seems like people just get off on prophesying gloom.