Here are a few posts from last week's Greenpage that might be worth your time...
Sky-High Hollywood Exec Pay Is Target in WGA Strike: ‘Workers Who Write Their Shows Can’t Afford Rent’
www.thewrap.com: Hollywood executives’ pay has become a significant topic of conversation in the wake of the writer’s strike, after the WGA was unable to reach a deal in contract negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.Writers Strike Impact: Makeup Artist Says Remember Below-The-Line Workers
Guest Column – Deadline: Let’s start by saying that I, like the huge majority of my fellow crew members, support the WGA if they strike to get fair compensation. We below-the-line members would just like to be considered in the conversation. I believe what the writers are asking for is more than fair, but I know we will be the ones left in crippling debt after the smoke clears, with no celebration dance at the end for us.Yellowjackets’ Liv Hewson Passes on Emmys Over Gendered Categories
IndieWire: Showtime’s “Yellowjackets” has a large ensemble of actors worthy of Emmy consideration, from established stars like Melanie Lynskey and Christina Ricci to up-and-comers like Jasmin Savoy Brown and Sophie Nélisse who play their younger counterparts. But one cast member, Liv Hewson, has removed themselves from contention, due to the gendered categories of the Television Academy’s awards.This Bay Area theater started an emergency fundraising campaign, but not because of low attendance
Datebook: In the last six months of 2022, ticket sales were up 9% compared to the same period in 2019, Artistic Director Khalia Davis told The Chronicle at the time. Two shows, “Elephant and Piggie’s We Are in a Play” and “A Year With Frog and Toad,” sold out within days of releasing tickets. The company was experimenting with a membership model, where audiences could come as many times as they wanted.Stability AI And DeviantArt Ask Court To Dismiss Artists’ Silly Lawsuit Against Generative Art
Techdirt: Earlier this year you may have heard that there were a few lawsuits filed over generative AI platforms, with two big cases targeting Stability AI, makers of Stable Diffusion, in particular. I’d been meaning to write about these cases, and why they’re so problematic, but things have been busy and I didn’t get a chance. Though, now, in the first case, filed by some artists, Stability has filed its motion to dismiss (and an anti-SLAPP motion) against the plaintiffs, and it highlights many of the points I would have raised in the article anyway. So let’s just dig into that.At a Carbon Neutral Music Festival, We Gain More Than We Lose
consequence.net: Before you arrive at a music festival, you might spend hours in a long line of cars inching towards the bored parking attendants who organize lots so large they’re visible from low orbit. After walking through the long maze of vehicles, you’ll arrive at your first garbage receptacle, perhaps already piled high with plastic water bottles, each made with fossil fuels (about 8% of the world’s petrochemicals go to plastic), and most of which could have been recycled but won’t be. Recycling is expensive — just getting everything off the ground and bagged is hard enough — and so even more-sustainable aluminum cans are likely headed for the trash heap.Kabuki kids: The children of Japan's traditional theater
The Japan Times: Like most 10-year-olds in Japan, Maholo Terajima enjoys baseball and video games, but recently his schedule has also included lessons in sword fighting, choreography and fan dancing — preparations for his kabuki debut. The French-Japanese boy made his first appearance to rapturous applause this week under his new stage name, Onoe Maholo, at Tokyo’s Kabukiza theater, the storied home of the classical art form.Is Cosplay Cultural Appropriation? Let's Find Out
The Senpai Cosplay Blog: Is cosplay cultural appropriation? As cosplayers, we dress up as characters from a variety of fandoms including Anime, video games, comics, movies and much much more. There are so many wonderful cosplays out there!Live Nation CEO Says Ticketmaster Should Charge "A Bit More"
www.ticketnews.com: Live Nation Entertainment CEO Michael Rapino gave a lengthy interview to music industry analyst Bob Lefsetz last week, offering his perspective on the swirling controversies around his company and its place in the marketplace. In it, he offered some interesting justifications for its policies about ticket pricing and competition.Broadway Season Closer Quiz
New York Theater: How well were you paying attention to the theater in April, 2023, the end of the Broadway season? Answer these ten questions — and one doozy of a bonus question — to find out.
