(1) ATTACKING THE KILLER TOMATOES. “The most overrated metric in movies is erratic, reductive, and easily hacked,” says Vulture, nevertheless, “Rotten Tomatoes Still Has Hollywood in Its Grip”. …“The studios didn’t invent Rotten Tomatoes, and most of them don’t like … Continue reading
(1) PROSECRAFT NUKED FROM SPACE. A site called Prosecraft stirred tremendous controversy yesterday once authors realized thousands of their books were used by the site without their permission. Also, people believe their texts are being used to train AI. Benji … Continue reading
The shortlists for the 2023 British Fantasy Awards have been released, along with the names of the jurors who will decide the winners, which will be announced at FantasyCon in September. THE ROBERT HOLDSTOCK AWARD FOR BEST FANTASY NOVEL Jurors: Elias Eells, Elloise … Continue reading
(1) HALL H EMPTIES OUT. “The last few big Hollywood blockbusters have now dropped out of Comic-Con” reports Yahoo! The weirdest Comic-Con in years continues to get weirder, today: Legendary has announced that its upcoming sci-fi sequel Dune: Part Two, one … Continue reading
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the newest acquisitions to its expansive collection – the largest film-related collection in the world – housed at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Margaret Herrick Library, and Academy Film … Continue reading
(1) MEMORIAL DAY CONTINUED. Rob Hansen forwarded the link to a Find-A-Grave page devoted to PFC Alden L Ackerman (1924-1945), Forry’s brother, who died in the Battle of the Bulge. He also sent this link to the Fancyclopedia page on … Continue reading
(1) ROAD TRIP. Connie Willis told her Facebook readers all about attending the 2023 Jack Williamson Lectureship in mid-April: …This year’s guest of honor was Arkady Martine, and she brought her wife, Vivian Shaw, with her, so we got two … Continue reading
The judging panel’s nominees for the Subjective Chaos Kind of Awards 2023 have been announced. FANTASY SCIENCE FICTION BLURRED BOUNDARIES NOVELLA SHORT FICTION The book critics responsible for this set of honors are –
(1) NAACP IMAGE AWARDS. The 2023 NAACP Image Awards fiction winner was one of the non-genre nominees. OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK – FICTION OTHER NOMINEES (2) EKPEKI INTERVIEW. Media Death Cult’s Moid Moidelhoff conducted “An Interview with Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki”. Ekpeki … Continue reading
The American Library Association (ALA) today announced the 2023 Youth Media Award winners — the top books, digital media, video and audio books for children and young adults – including the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery and Printz awards – during LibLearnX: The … Continue reading