“Hollywood’s striking writers and major studios [have] reached the broad outlines of a new employment contract, resolving key sticking points over how much writers should be paid for work that is distributed over the Internet… A final contract could be presented to the Writers Guild of America’s board as early as Friday.”
Tag: 02.03.07
Disney Channel Flies High
“When Disney posted 10 questions on its Web site last month asking fans to influence what was in the High School Musical sequel more than 27 million votes were cast in 20 days. The success of High School Musical vaulted the Disney Channel into a tie with USA for top-rated cable network in prime time last year.”
Are Canadians Losing Interest In Movies?
“These days, Canadians are going to the movies less frequently than we used to. And the films we do go see are often not the ones embraced by U.S. audiences. Denzel Washington may be Americans’ favourite movie star, as a poll published last week suggests. But here, it’s not necessarily the case. Canadian admissions have been edging downward for close to five years.”
Museum Council: Afghanistan Being Pillaged
The International Council of Museums says that Afghanistan is being systematically looted of its artifacts. “Ancient sites and monuments, ranging from the Old Stone Age to the 20th century, are being attacked and systematically looted,” said the organization, based in Paris.
Remembering Menotti
“Gian Carlo Menotti was perhaps not a composer of the first rank, but he made effective use of music as an ingredient of drama; he wrote his own librettos, and found most of his subject matter in contemporary life.”