
Feb 27, 2024 09:32 am UTC| Business Entertainment
The Walt Disney Company confirmed that its veteran executive, Sean Bailey, who leads its movie business unit, is leaving. He is a long-time president of the companys film division and is stepping down after 15...
Nervous Conditions: on translating one of Zimbabwe’s most famous novels into Shona
Feb 20, 2024 11:08 am UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
The publishing journey of Zimbabwean writer and film-maker Tsitsi Dangarembgas Nervous Conditions wasnt easy. Yet the novel is today considered by many as one of Africas 100 best books of the 20th century and is studied at...

‘Maestro’ shows the enduring power of Gustav Mahler through Leonard Bernstein’s passion
Feb 20, 2024 11:07 am UTC| Entertainment
Bradley Coopers Oscar-nominated Maestro focuses on the man considered the first great American conductor, Leonard Bernstein, who composed such diverse works as West Side Story and Candide. Alongside Todd Fields...
Spitting Image at 40: the story of the show is surprisingly influenced by Thatcher
Feb 20, 2024 11:06 am UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
Spitting Image, first broadcast in February 1984, is famed as an iconoclastic satire of 1980s political and popular culture. Its grotesque puppet caricatures became so well known that they could cement a persons image in...

Shame, intimacy, and community: fangirls are mocked, but it is more complex than you might think
Feb 20, 2024 11:05 am UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
With Taylor Swift pulling in over half-a-million audience members on her Australian tour, weve been thinking a lot about fans. In this series, our academics dive into fan cultures: how they developed, how they operate, and...

Disney’s Cristóbal Balenciaga reveals the power, the politics and the drama of high fashion
Feb 05, 2024 07:17 am UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
Born in a small Basque fishing village on the northern coast of Spain at the end of the 19th century, Cristóbal Balenciaga (1895-1972) went on to become one of the most innovative and influential fashion designers...

Elmo’s check-in: Iconic brands and influencer culture create a viral post
Feb 05, 2024 07:15 am UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
Sesame Streets Elmo recently checked in with users on X, asking: How is everybody doing? The post quickly went viral, with users sharing their personal issues ranging from stresses at work, the cost-of-living crisis to...