Creativity

Some of the best cartoons are short and stripped-down. Gemmill also directed Wet Cement, which is less than three almost dialogue-free minutes of Daffy Duck trampling through a sidewalk being laid by Porky Pig in increasingly kooky ways—on duck-footed stilts, via bobsled, in a chariot. Theoretically, this cartoon should begin with some plot providing Daffy with a rationale for ruining Porky’s work. But you know what? We already know what makes these characters tick. It’s possible to cut to the chase—literally!—and pull it off. … [Read more...] about HBO Max’s new Looney Tunes get back to basics—and that’s refreshing

. . . and why she chose disgraced journalist Janet Cooke as the subject of her debut solo project “It’s a story about ambition. At the end of the day, Janet Cooke did everything she could to be noticed, to be great, to be seen. Her decisions may not have been ones that I would make, but I can understand, as a human being and as a black woman at these majority white publications, what that isolation and tokenization can look and feel like on a day-to-day basis.” … [Read more...] about Janet Mock is ready to take over your TV screen

Gill says that the Some Good News producers knew what they wanted, and the Communo team helped them break that down into individual jobs as well as find other things that they might not know they needed. “Like GIFs, for example. The SGN GIFs alone now have more than 287 million views. That came from our team to make sure they had a GIF person in the Communo community.” … [Read more...] about Meet John Krasinski’s secret weapon that helped make ‘Some Good News’ a hit

This collaboration is giving me ideas. I can imagine driving to an empty field in the Berkshires or perhaps to a drive-in movie on Cape Cod. At this point, I’m desperate to leave the house and remember that there’s a world beyond it. It’s nice to know REI and West Elm have my back. “We want to enlarge our tent,” Calendrella says. … [Read more...] about West Elm and REI collaborate on new products for all our summer staycations

And while Roberts does explore how to interview people effectively as a television journalist, this is not a Journalism 101 course. Instead, she dives deeply into what it takes to truly connect with the people around you—the basis for any effective communication. … [Read more...] about Robin Roberts’s new MasterClass will help you nail a job interview and master public speaking