Paul Kelly, the former vice president of corporate affairs at Asda, diverted £180,000 from the chain’s charitable foundation – money intended for flood victims – to dancer David Murley’s troupe.
Tag: 01.06.15
How To Write A Golden Globes-Nominated Song Using Google Autocomplete
David Lang: “I just typed in a Google search — I just typed, ‘when you whisper my name I … ‘ I got thousands of pornographic things and terrible things and things that were so specific I couldn’t really use them. But I got a general catalog of what people say to their loved ones that they don’t want anyone else to hear.”
Ranking The American Accents Of TV’s Foreign Actors
“From The Walking Dead to The Knick to Jessica Jones, there’s a boatload of actors from the U.K. and Down Under currently imitating us on the small screen. Which means that, in addition to creating credible characters, they have to sound like natives week after week. So, which foreigners deliver consistently convincing American accents, and which are merely paying lip service?”
Modern Architecture Continues To Implode
“Modernist architecture, like Modern art, has tended to be a revolt against bourgeois taste (and values): If granny, abuelita, or bubbe is for it, they’re against it. But if bourgeois taste is bad—all that chintz and those lace curtains, those cushy sofas, that flag flown from the front porch—just imagine what architects think of the working class and poor.”
Waterstone’s Christmas Sales Rise 5 Percent In 2014, And Print Lovers Rejoice
Kindle sales slumped dramatically in the book chain, but books did well. “I would like to think it was down to the booksellers in the shops, creating an energetic environment. The good weather gods were on our side as well.”
Florida Grand Opera May Pull Out Of Fort Lauderdale
“Florida Grand Opera is considering exiting from the Broward Center for the Performing Arts next season, a move that would leave Fort Lauderdale without professional opera performances for the first time in the quarter-century since the center opened.”
The Gates Foundation Is Using Art To Promote Vaccinations
“The global roster includes photographers (Annie Leibovitz, Sebastião Salgado, Mary Ellen Mark); writers (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie); filmmakers (Luc Jacquet, director of the documentary ‘March of the Penguins’); and bands (Playing for Change).”
Why Forgive? It’s A Biological Imperative
“Research shows that forgivers perceive a less daunting world, and perform better on challenging physical tasks.”
DVD Sales Crumble As Digital Sales And Streaming Surge
“But the big increases in the digital realm couldn’t completely offset the weakness in the traditional, physical space.”
Dear Russell Crowe: No.
“The movies remain a deeply sexist business, and if middle-aged actresses complain about a lack of parts, it is because producers prefer that female leads be played by women under 40 – realism be damned.”