The world’s largest statue of Jesus was hit by lightning. The bolt parted the thunderclouds over Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to strike Christ the Redeemer.
Tag: 02.12.08
Seattle Times Refuses Vagina Monologues Ad
The National Council of Jewish Women Seattle office tried to advertise their show in the paper. “Much to the group’s chagrin, the Times declined to run it unless the sponsors altered the artwork — which they refused to do. ‘The artwork was something we didn’t feel was appropriate for our audience’.”
Post-Strike – TV Business Is Changing
The bigger picture has yet to come into focus, but industry insiders say a foreshortened development season for next year’s shows may cause major changes in how the industry’s production calendar works.
“How Theater Failed America”
Mike Daisy’s new monologue “begins in high dudgeon, as Daisey cozily insists we all know why American theater is, in his view, abjectly failing. It’s not the scant federal arts funding that’s to blame, nor the trend for techno-tainment via iPod and laptop, nor even the fault of critics…”
So You Think The Writers Won The Strike?
“Emboldened by the strike, the studios severed existing contracts with writers, successfully turned over more of their prime-time schedules to reality programming and vowed to hold the line on filming new shows for next season.”
An Inevitable Smorgasboard Of Culture And Law?
Europe struggles with integration of a growing Muslim minority. “Proponents of preventive capitulation would argue that because some immigrants are unwilling or unable to accept the rules of society, society should assume the immigrants’ rules. For them, ‘integration’ could also be defined as the need for the majority to conform to a minority.”
TV After The Strike – A Business Perspective
“There is plenty of opportunity to start fresh in the post-strike era, particularly in the areas where agency executives would most like to see change. For one, they would welcome the adoption of a year-round television season rather than the September-to-May schedule now followed by the broadcasters.”
Harvard Proposes Publishing Free On The Web
“In place of a closed, privileged and costly system, it will help open up the world of learning to everyone who wants to learn. It will be a first step toward freeing scholarship from the stranglehold of commercial publishers by making it freely available on our own university repository.”
A Jazz Record Is Grammy’ Album Of The Year? Really?
Perhaps the speculation is true that Amy Winehouse and Kanye West split the vote. And yes, it is very unusual to see a record of such modest sales win the big prize. But inasmuch as it is a jazz album, it is precisely the kind of jazz album that would win this award.
Scientist Sentenced For Providing Bacteria For Art
“Dr. Robert Ferrell, a University of Pittsburgh geneticist, has been sentenced to a year of unsupervised release and fined $500 for providing Steven Kurtz, an artist friend, with bacteria to use in his biotech-theme artwork.”