• Andrew Lloyd Webber warns arts are ‘at point of no return’

    Andrew Lloyd Webber warns arts are ‘at point of no return’

    LONDON — “The Phantom of the Opera” composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has told British lawmakers that the arts are “at the point of no return,” and urged the government to set a date for theaters to be allowed to reopen. Lloyd Webber spoke about the struggles of staging socially distanced shows and making them profitable, …
  • Hollywood’s writers strike hits impasse with WME, CAA talent agencies

    Hollywood’s writers strike hits impasse with WME, CAA talent agencies

    Efforts to end Hollywood’s extended writers strike hit a wall this week when the union that represents the writers said it’s failed to come to a deal with Tinseltown’s top two agencies, WME and CAA. The impasse, announced late Tuesday, comes more than a year after thousands of Hollywood scribes — from Shonda Rimes and …
  • COVID-19 creativity: Artists paint behind glass at gallery under NYC’s High Line

    COVID-19 creativity: Artists paint behind glass at gallery under NYC’s High Line

    The High Line Nine, a rectangular building nestled under the High Line in Chelsea that houses nine art galleries, was gearing up for a busy year before the pandemic. “We had a full traditional exhibition schedule for the fall,” said High Line Nine manager Christina Maxwell. “We had a full house with typical art galleries, …
  • Hollywood talent agency CAA cuts 90 agents and execs due to COVID-19

    Hollywood talent agency CAA cuts 90 agents and execs due to COVID-19

    Glitzy Hollywood talent agency, CAA, which reps the likes of Brad Pitt, Reese Witherspoon and Meryl Streep, announced a significant round of layoffs and furloughs on Tuesday. The Los Angeles-based firm said it plans to layoff approximately 90 agents and executives this week and to furlough roughly 275 assistants and other staff. A CAA spokeswoman …
  • Alice + Olivia’s Stacey Bendet’s app, Creatively, announces job listings

    Alice + Olivia’s Stacey Bendet’s app, Creatively, announces job listings

    Alice + Olivia CEO Stacey Bendet’s app, Creatively, officially launched its job listings platform on Tuesday morning to provide opportunities to creatives who’ve lost their jobs or are simply looking for a new one. Brands that have posted job openings include Bendet’s own fashion brand plus HBO Max, Kim Kardashian’s line SKIMS, Lunya Flighthouse and …
  • Artist Domingo Zapata working on potential streaming show

    Artist Domingo Zapata working on potential streaming show

    Domingo Zapata is working on a potential streaming show about travel, food, art and discovering culture, we hear. He has also created a mural at the Capri in Southampton, which has been open with new pandemic safety precautions. Zapata’s art is in its new eatery, Naia, and Amy Poehler and Nouriel “Dr. Doom” Roubini have …
  • Alice + Olivia’s Stacey Bendet launches job platform for creatives

    Alice + Olivia’s Stacey Bendet launches job platform for creatives

    Alice + Olivia CEO Stacey Bendet has launched a job platform for creatives and artists that will serve as a gallery to show off projects and a place to find work opportunities. Launching Tuesday morning, Creatively will begin as a free platform and won’t establish any membership fees for “some time,” Bendet tells Page Six. …
  • ‘Uncut Gems’ star Julia Fox, Fat Jew and more remember late graffiti artist SAME

    ‘Uncut Gems’ star Julia Fox, Fat Jew and more remember late graffiti artist SAME

    New York City graffiti artist SAME — who made a name for himself as the Whitney Vandal — died earlier this month. He was 39 years old. Back in 2014, SAME, whose real name was Christopher Johnson, walked into the 24-hour Jeff Koons exhibit at the former Whitney Museum of American Art — now the MET …
  • Anderson Ranch Arts Center producing medical equipment for local hospitals

    Anderson Ranch Arts Center producing medical equipment for local hospitals

    As the swanky mountain town of Aspen, Colorado deals with the fallout of the pandemic, the local Anderson Ranch Arts Center is helping the medical community there. The center — of which Sue Hostetler, editor-in-chief of Art Basel magazine, is chair — is using its high-tech 3D printer and on-site artists to create face shields …
  • Artist WhIsBe is bringing 3D-printed face shields to hospital workers

    Artist WhIsBe is bringing 3D-printed face shields to hospital workers

    Contemporary artist WhIsBe has teamed up with friends at a Brooklyn-based 3D printing company to manufacture thousands of face shields for healthcare heroes working to fight the coronavirus pandemic. “It makes me happy to be part of [the art] community and help people out,” WhIsBe, known for his popular Vandal Gummy artwork, told Page Six …