The National Society of Film Critics has presented its best picture award to the just-released period epic, There Will Be Blood. “Daniel Day-Lewis took best actor for his role as an oil prospector and Paul Thomas Anderson was best director.”
Tag: 01.06.08
Next, They’ll Be Interviewing Themselves
Everyone wondered how hard it would be to book guests on the late-night talk shows with a writers’ strike ongoing. The answer seems to be that it’s extremely difficult, to the extent that two shows on opposing networks have just booked each other’s hosts as guests for the coming week.
Video Art Enters A New, Irreverent Age
The rise of easily-produced online video has meant a transformation in the world of video art. “Art video still has a funny reputation, left over from the 1960s, of being a serious medium, made for function rather than pleasure.” The new generation of video artists is changing that, and fast.
The Commercialization Of Everything (Music Edition)
Should some music be off-limits to advertisers? Clearly, none of it is, and the result is that we now have to listen endlessly to some of the greatest songs, symphonies, and performances ever recorded being used to hawk bread, computers, and airline tickets.
Wisconsin Looking Good To Well-Traveled Maestro
Edo de Waart is arguably the most famous conductor the Milwaukee Symphony has ever hired to be its music director. So what made the Dutch maestro a good match for Wisconsin? Well, for one thing, he already lives there, and loves it: “I’ve been everywhere, and I really don’t need to live in a big city anymore.”
The New Hot Conservatory
As major conservatories go, LA’s Colburn School doesn’t exactly have the history and pedigree of institutions like Juilliard and Curtis. But the combination of top-flight facilities and full scholarships for every student have Colburn on the rise among American music schools.