“A new biography about Claude Jutra – an actor, writer and director who is considered one of the founding fathers of Quebec cinema – says he was a pedophile who had sexual relations with boys as young as 13.”
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Paris’s Biggest Private Art Museum Hosted Blockbuster After Blockbuster – And Now It’s Closing Down
The gallery, “which had ruffled the feathers of the French capital’s major museums with a string of blockbuster shows on Edvard Munch, Jackson Pollock, Man Ray and the Chinese terracotta warriors of Xian, said its takings had dropped by a quarter in two years.”
‘The Revenant’ And ‘Mad Max’ Rule At BAFTAs
“The Revenant … was named best film while [Leonardo] DiCaprio won best actor and Alejandro G Inarritu best director. … Apocalyptic action movie Mad Max: Fury Road took four awards: for make-up and hair, editing, costumes and production design.”
Novelist Pat Conroy Has Pancreatic Cancer
“The man behind such books as The Lords of Discipline, The Prince of Tides, and The Great Santini shared the news on Facebook, writing of his Lowcountry home and plans to continue working.”
Classical Grammys: Bostonians, Seiji, Joyce And Tony, Stephen Triumph; You Can Guess Who Won In Musical Theater (Alexander)
No, it’s not 1979: the Boston Symphony and Seiji Ozawa won for two separate recordings. So did composer Stephen Paulus.
Jazz Grammy Voters Choose Experience Over Youth
Pianist Joey Alexander, 12, got multiple nominations for his debut album, My Favorite Things, but came away from the ceremony empty-handed. Recording Academy members mostly went for more familiar names, such as Maria Schneider, John Scofield, and Christian McBride.
The Producer Of The Grammys On Making Musical Moments And Predicting The Winners
“We’re also faced with some challenges that we haven’t had in the past, in particular the loss of some pretty significant people, artists, performers who we feel the need to in some way recognize on the show. So things keep changing.”
New Technology Gives A New Look At Van Gogh’s Colors
“Natural chemical processes in the paint changed their colors over time, making them appear similar in the 127 years since the second was composed. ‘They’re light sensitive so it makes sense that the fading would progress from the outward in,’ Casadio said. The x-ray data helped researchers develop color maps of the paintings in their original forms, and she conceded that the maps may not be precisely what Van Gogh painted.”
Ai Weiwei Keeps The Focus On Refugees
“Ai Weiwei has covered the front of a Berlin landmark with 14,000 bright orange lifejackets found on the Greek island of Lesbos.”
Composer Steven Stucky, 66
“Best known for his orchestral music, Stucky wrote for many of the US’s major ensembles, including the Chicago Symphony, the Cleveland and, above all, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, where he was resident composer from 1988-2009.”