“Covering 4,310 acres between the hills of Los Feliz and Burbank, Griffith Park has long been a favorite of location scouts because of its diverse terrain and proximity to the major studios in Burbank and Hollywood.”
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Turns Out Countess Tolstoy Was Quite A Writer Herself
Ron Rosenbaum: “At times one could almost say she’s … Tolstoyan. And when it comes to love and sex, she shows her husband up for the demented fool he became. Specifically, Sofiya pulls off a remarkable structural feat in mirroring [The Kreutzer Sonata‘s] wife-murder plot from the point of view of the murdered wife. And she does it with prose that (in English at least) comes across as graceful, emotionally intuitive, and heartbreaking.”
Why Smoking Pot Feels Good, According To Neuroscience
It’s all about the neurotransmitters – endogenous cannabinoid neu-rotransmitters.
Literary Sexism Isn’t Dead – Yet
“It seems that the genre McCullough is most beloved for may be the very reason for the disrespect in memoriam. Romance is maligned by literary critics and often stigmatised as the lightweight reading of bored housewives. It also happens to be a genre populated almost entirely with female authors, which goes some ways to explaining why it’s not taken more seriously – even when it remains amongst the most successful in publishing.”
Turns Out You Can’t Patent A Phrase Supporting Freedom Of Speech
“Roncin said that even arms manufacturers had filed requests with the French patent office, hoping to sell weapons with the phrase. He said that the patent office has said it will not trademark the slogan.”
The Hurdles Of Left-Wing Performance (Especially In The Circus World)
“The circus is traditionally a populist form attracting performers who have been marginalized by society. ‘It’s a language that can speak to all kinds of people on all kinds of levels,’ Miller says. ‘And I certainly knew that postmodern dance wasn’t going to hold them in the parks.'”
New Filmmakers Are Energizing Nordic Cinema
“The popularity of Scandi helmers hasn’t gone unnoticed by international talent agents and sales companies. In fact, most buzzed-about Scandinavian directors are repped by Hollywood agents from UTA, WME or CAA and are working on an English-language project if they have not already made one.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs For 02.01.15
Super Bowl Jazz
AJBlog: RiffTidesPublished 2015-02-01
The Madness of Kelly Link
AJBlog: CultureCrashPublished 2015-02-01
Introducing The 21st Century Musician
AJBlog: CultureCrashPublished 2015-01-31
What is “The Hard Problem”?
AJBlog: Plain EnglishPublished 2015-01-31
The wrong man
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2015-01-30
Make it new (or don’t bother)
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2015-01-30
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Google Celebrates Langston Hughes’ Birthday With A Wonderful Google Doodle
Hughes “travelled to West Africa and Europe, before returning to the US taking various jobs before meeting the poet Vachel Lindsay while working as a busboy at a Washington hotel. Lindsay was impressed with Hughes’ work.”
Indies Are Back With Force (And Bidding Wars) At This Year’s Sundance
“One factor in this year’s resurgence of sales may be the magic glow shed on Sundance by the fact that two of its 2014 selections – Whiplash and Boyhood, by festival regular Richard Linklater – are among the best picture contenders at the Academy Awards. But the marketplace has changed, with distributors hungry to buy titles for video-on-demand services.”