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Sunday, February 16, 2020

NFTRW Weekly Top Five

Here are the top five comment generating posts of the past week:

3 traits you need to make stress work for you

www.fastcompany.com: We all know that person who is constantly stressed out where everything is an ordeal. And then there’s the person who seems to go with the flow, no matter how difficult the circumstances. Sometimes these two people experience the exact same event and react in completely different ways. Why?

Despite No Female Directors, Women Still Won Big At The 2020 Oscars

www.forbes.com: A lack of diversity was once again the story when the 2020 Oscar nominations were announced. No female directors were nominated, and in fact many female directed films were left out of the awards altogether (The Farewell, Hustlers, Honey Boy, etc.), in addition to rather a lack of people of color. Knowing that, I settled in on Sunday for a long night of what I assumed would be the presentation of many awards to a long line of white men.

Natalie Portman Responds to Rose McGowan’s Oscars Dress Criticism

Variety: Natalie Portman has responded to Rose McGowan’s social media critique of her red carpet protest at the Oscars. The “Black Swan” star created a stir with her decision to wear a black and gold Dior dress that included a cape embroidered with the names of snubbed female directors.

How to get comfortable with criticism

www.fastcompany.com: Steven Pressfield, in his bestseller The Art of War, says: “The professional gives an ear to criticism, seeking to learn and grow.”

If you’re a writer (or any creator), you probably know this to be true. You’ve likely tried to accept feedback in a bid to improve your work. But I’m willing to bet that every time someone doesn’t like what you wrote or produced, it stings. And it’s personal, too.

Cultural Accuracy Was Key to ‘In the Heights’ Production Design

Variety: In service to the director’s vision on a project, production designer Nelson Coates is an artistic pied piper. “You want to [construct] a visual arc and take people on that journey,” he says.

Having scoured locations in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand for Jon M. Chu’s “Crazy Rich Asians,” the two reunite for “In the Heights.” This time the job was to find areas in Washington Heights that represented the area’s diversity.

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