Late last year, Matt Damon f–ked up in a profound way. He misread the room, or maybe he’s been told his every thought and opinion is deeply meaningful for so long, he just thought people were dying for his thoughts on the #MeToo movement and the months of stories from victims of Hollywood predators, stories that included brutal rape, assault, harassment, threats, abuse and more. Matt wanted everyone to know that he alone could adjudicate these cases and determine which predators get “passes” and which predators deserved to keep their careers, because there’s a “spectrum of behavior,” like the Olympics of abuse. Read More...
Just in case you were wondering what gift to buy for the white supremacist in your life, you should totally buy them Nivea. Anything from Nivea, a German skincare company which has a bold new ad campaign: “WHITE IS PURITY.” The above image is Nivea’s latest ad campaign for the Middle East markets. When the ad came out, many people were like, “Um… WTF?” While Nivea has pulled the ad, they waited until it became a huge mess. Read More...
Richard Hickox, one of the world's leading conductors of opera and orchestral repertoire, has been appointed as the future music director of Opera Australia, starting in January 2005.
Hickox has long been regarded internationally as one of Britain's most gifted and versatile conductors. He is well known to Opera Australia's audiences and the company alike, having conducted five operas there in the past seven years. During this time he has been responsible for the music direction of four new landmark productions for the national company: Julius Caesar (1994), Ariadne auf Naxos (1997), Billy Budd (in 1999, for which he won the Green Room Award) with Neil Armfield and last year's production of Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk with Francesca Zambello. Read More...
