ThinkProgress:
At an event the Congressional Black Caucus put together to honor the
Tuskegee Airmen and to promote George Lucas’s new movie about them, Red
Tails, the movie’s stars, Terrence Howard and Cuba Gooding, Jr., had
some pointed things to say about the way Hollywood approaches black
actors and directors. Howard said that Lucas had put together the movie
with his own money, and that it would be a critical litmus test for a
system that systematically devalues black actors and black stories.
latimes.com:
Visual effects artists and technicians still don't have a union, but
they can at least claim their own bill of rights. The Visual Effects
Society, a trage group representing visual artists and practitioners, on
Wednesday took the unsual step of issuing an "Industry Bill of Rights"
to "recognize and address numerous industry wide issues affecting its
membership."
CBS News:
A Pennsylvania school district has decided not to stage a Tony
Award-winning musical about a Muslim street poet after community members
complained about the timing so soon after the 10th anniversary of the
Sept. 11 attacks. The Richland School District in Johnstown had planned
to stage "Kismet" in February, but Superintendent Thomas Fleming said
Tuesday that it was scrapped to avoid controversy.
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guardian.co.uk:
Scrambling up a narrow stairway, I momentarily pause for breath only to
hear a blood-curdling groan a few paces behind me. I daren't look back.
A hand, or at least what I think is a hand, grabs at the bottom of my
trouserleg. Usually, this would be the point where I press pause, make
myself a cup of tea, and wait for my heart rate to slow back down before
re-entering the world of video games. But this isn't a game. This is a
piece called "… and darkness descended", the latest project from
immersive theatre pioneers Punchdrunk. Collaborating with PlayStation
for the upcoming release of Resistance 3, Sony's flagship sci-fi horror
series, the company has created a terrifying and brilliantly
authentic-feeling world beneath the railway arches at Waterloo station.
Enter at your peril.
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