Theater
Brown Paper Tickets, facing claims by many artists who are owed money, says coronavirus pandemic led to systems failure
Artists and arts groups say money they expected from Seattle-based Brown Paper Tickets either didn’t arrive, or the checks bounced, or money was deposited, then got sucked back out of bank accounts. BPT says it and its bank lost control of which payments were able to clear and which weren’t.Don't Miss
Books
Women dominate Booker International Prize shortlist
LONDON — For the second year running, most of the shortlisted novels for the International Booker Prize are by women. The contenders for the award, arguably the most significant prize for literature translated into English, were announced in London on Thursday. Among the books in the running are Japanese author Yoko Ogawa’s “The Memory Police,”...
Movies
SXSW partners with Amazon to put its film festival online
NEW YORK (AP) — The popcorn will be bring your own and the barbecue won't be as good, but the Austin, Texas, SXSW Film Festival is moving online after having its 27th edition canceled by the coronavirus pandemic. SXSW announced Thursday that it's partnering with Amazon Prime Video to stream as much of its movie...
