Monty Python alums are known for crafting diverse and successful careers, from slapstick comedy to serious filmmaking. Now, former Python Terry Jones is jumping into the opera world, directing a production in Lisbon of a new opera for which he wrote the libretto.
Tag: 01.04.08
Bootlegging Dance
“When commercial DVD producers don’t provide performances by the current crop of bravura dancers or the rep buzzed about on every blog, dance fans now have the means as well as the incentive to do it themselves, posting their footage on YouTube or circulating their shoots via homemade DVDs.”
Indian Museum Director Commissioned Portrait Of Himself
W. Richard West Jr., the founding director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, spent $48,500 in museum funds to commission a portrait of himself.
China Bans Critical Olympic Movie
“Chinese censors have banned an award-winning film that depicts the seedy side of Beijing, amid a campaign to clean up the city’s image ahead of the Olympics.”