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Sundance Film Festival sets vaccination requirement Grammys commit to more hiring diversity for 2022 show LOS ANGELES, Aug 5, (AP): The Grammy Awards will adopt The academy’s initiative was created in partnership with The term “inclusion rider” was brought into the spotlight in an inclusion rider that will require producers to recruit and hire several groups including the Color of Change, inclusion rider 2018 when Frances McDormand mentioned it during her best more diverse candidates backstage and in front of the camera co-authors Kalpana Kotagal and Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni, and actress Oscar acceptance speech. Michael B. Jordan, Matt Da- for next year’s ceremony. Ryan Butler, the founding director of Warner Music/Blavatnik mon, Ben Affl eck, Paul Feig and Warner Bros. followed suit The Recording Academy announced Wednesday that the Center for Music Business at Howard University. by pledging to use inclusion riders in their production projects. rider will be added to its agreement with producers staging the “There are a lot of unwritten rules in the entertainment in- 64th annual awards as a way to ensure equity and inclusion at dustry that create racial exclusion, and at Color Of Change, we Also: all levels of production. know that to change society you have to change the rules,” said NEW YORK: Anyone looking to go to the Sundance Film Festival Academy President and CEO Harvey Mason jr. called the Rashad Robinson, president of the organization. “This inclusion in Utah next year is going to need more than a badge. All par- concept a “monumental step” for an inclusive music commu- rider is a written rule that will change the culture of hiring at the ticipants must be fully vaccinated too, festival director Tabitha nity. The full inclusion rider will be released publicly on Sept. Grammys, and will make inclusion the norm.” Jackson said Tuesday. 16. Kotagal said incorporating the concept into the awards show The 2022 Festival is requiring people attending the festival The rider requires Grammys producers to audition, interview, will have an enormous impact on an industry that has a long or Sundance-affi liated events to have received the COVID-19 and hire onstage and offstage people who have been historically history of “exclusion and underrepresentation.” vaccine. That means everyone from volunteers to fi lmmakers and systematically excluded from the industry. “Part of what makes the inclusion rider so potent is its adapt- and passholders. More details will follow in the coming months. Music “As the academy continues its transformational journey, ability,” said Kotagal, who is a civil rights attorney. She added Following the largely virtual Sundance earlier this year, or- diversifying our industry is at the core of every decision we that the inclusion rider for the Grammys will include a com- ganizers are planning to hold in-person events in 2022 with make,” Mason said in a statement. “We’re dedicated to foster- mitment to “deepening and diversifying hiring pools, setting screenings in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah, as well as ing an environment of inclusion industry wide and hope that benchmarks and targets for hiring, collecting and thoroughly some “satellite” screenings at regional theaters throughout the our efforts set an example for our peers in the music com- analyzing applicant and hiring data and implementing account- US. munity.” ability measures.” The 2022 Festival is set for Jan. 20-30. Variety s e r u t a Marion Cotillard appears in a scene from the fi lm ‘Annette.’ (AP) e Film Broadway, Hollywood costumes go on exhibit in NYC LONDON: Rapper Dizzee Rascal F Features has been charged with assault after an incident in London that left a In ‘Annette,’ eccentric, tortured pop opera woman with minor injuries. The Metropolitan Police said late Monday that the 36-year-old, whose By Lindsey Bahr Even though Cotillard (magnifi cent, as always) is “Showstoppers! Spectacular Costumes from Stage & real name is Dylan Kwabena Mills, certainly the co-lead, this is very much Driver’s show Screen” opens Thursday and tickets are $29, with sen- nnette’ is a fi lm that’s likely best experienced and he is breathtaking. Is there a more disarming actor iors and child access for $24. All proceeds go to the was charged after the incident at a rather than described. residential address in Streatham, ‘A working today? Here he fully embraces his animalistic Costume Industry Coalition’s recovery fund. southeast London, on June 8. Anyone familiar with the work of French director physicality to create an imposing and dangerous char- The costumes have been borrowed from such Broad- The force said offi cers attended Leos Carax, best known for the surreal Denis Lavant acter who you can only really love when seen through way hits as “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” “The and a woman reported minor inju- fantasy “Holy Motors,” probably already knew that. Ann’s eyes. This becomes a bit of a problem later on Lion King,” “The Phantom of the Opera,” “Moulin ries. She did not require hospital But tack on the fact that the script and music was writ- for reasons I won’t get into, but even if you don’t like Rouge! The Musical,” “Chicago,” “The Cher Show,” treatment. ten by Sparks duo Ron and Russell Mael, known for Henry McHenry, you can’t take your eyes off of him. “Frozen” and “Aladdin,” as well as TV’s “The Marve- The rapper is expected to appear their sophisticated, theatrical and irreverent songs, and lous Mrs. Maisel” and “Saturday Night Live.” at Croydon Magistrates’ Court in “Annette,” starring Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard, Creations There also are costumes from the James Bond fi lm south London on Sept 3. Police adds up to something that defi es explanation. This post- “Annette” is mostly sung, by the way. And although “No Time to Die” and the upcoming Aretha Franklin did not provide further details. modern pop opera is wildly unique, often maddening the music doesn’t sound like an opera, its spirit more biopic “Respect,” as well as cruise ships, Disney World, According to his website, Mills and sometimes even illuminating. Oh, and there’s a lit- closely resembles that form than a musical. Like other American Ballet Theatre, Martha Graham Dance Com- is on the lineup to perform at mu- tle wooden puppet baby who can sing, but we’ll get to Sparks and Carax creations, it’s just its own thing. The pany, New York City Ballet and San Francisco Ballet. sic festivals in London in August. that later. artifi ciality and winking sarcasm can even be grating The 20,000-square-foot, two-level exhibit space at Mills is a pioneer of grime, While I can’t say I have anything resembling a grasp a genre of electronic rap, and at times, which, you get the sense, is the point. What 234 West 42nd St., — once the New York City fl ag- became the youngest artist to win on “Annette” or that I even enjoyed most of the jour- the fi lmmakers have called the project’s “multilayered ship of the sports retail chain Modell’s — has been Britain’s Mercury Prize with his ney, it’s also something that has lingered. And the more irony” can be challenging and alienating. And yet there transformed into an immersive areas with mannequins debut “Boy in da Corner” in 2003. distance I have from “Annette,” the more I admire its are moments of breathtaking transcendence in both the sporting the garments. Visitors can see real craftspeople FRIDAY-SATURDAY, AUGUST 6-7, 2021 Follow-up albums Showtime, unabashedly grand oddness. fi lmmaking and music, alongside extraordinary acting at workspaces beading, painting or stitching costumes, Maths + English, and Tongue n’ The Los Angeles-set story is centered on an artistic and puppetry work. showing intense work that goes into the garments. Cheek were critically praised and couple and their passionate, volatile relationship. Driv- Will you exit with any sort of elevated understanding “We reached out to all of our partners and asked to certifi ed platinum, with Tongue er is Henry McHenry, a caustic and provocative stand- of artists or love or tragedy? Maybe not, but, again, this borrow assets, not only to show off the product of what n’ Cheek going platinum for sales up and performance artist in a green boxer’s robe, who, thing called “Annette” has a way of taking up residence we bring to the stage or the screen but also the process,” exceeding 300,000 units in the despite his intellectual superiority and disdain for most in your mind, whether you like it or not. If you’re even said Brian Blythe, who co-runs the full-service John United Kingdom. He has achieved everything, does seem to have a loyal fan base who the slightest bit intrigued, you should let Carax and the Kristiansen costume shop and founded the Costume the number-one singles “Dance genuinely enjoys his hostile comedy. And he does like Maels take you on this bizarre journey. Industry Coalition. wiv Me”, “Bonkers”, “Holiday”, one thing, it turns out: Cotillard’s Ann Defrasnoux, an But don’t get me wrong: “Annette” is a conundrum. Sally Ann Parsons, owner of the veteran made-to- “Dirtee Disco” and “Shout”. opera singer who he’s recently started dating. He was honored with a Member And maybe that’s good enough. order house Parsons-Meares, which made the Nala and of the Order of the British Empire in They’re a mismatched pair. She is grace, saving her “Annette,” an Amazon Studios release in limited re- Simba costumes for “The Lion King,” will be sending 2020 for his services to music.