“[He] was most identified with his work at Grove Press, the New York-based book publisher he bought in the early 1950s. For the next several decades, he … used his company to distribute critically acclaimed but sexually explicit books by D.H. Lawrence, Henry Miller and William S. Burroughs and engaged in a series of groundbreaking legal battles that changed the way the government interpreted the First Amendment.”
Tag: 02.22.12
Theatres Chosen To Create Online Content For BBC
“Bristol Old Vic, Shakespeare’s Globe and Sadler’s Wells will be among the first companies to create theatre content for a new online arts channel being launched by Arts Council England and the BBC.”
Akram Khan On Being Injured And Sidelined From Dance
“I am completely destroying my whole body, all my technique and strength. It will come back, it’s like riding a bicycle, but I will have to start from scratch. It’s a bit traumatic. … The only good thing about this is that my mind’s been dancing a lot. I have been creating a lot.”
Kathryn Bigelow To Recreate Bin Laden Compound And Town For Film
“[The] Oscar-winning director of The Hurt Locker … is to recreate the Pakistan Army garrison town Abbottabad in India for her new film on the US Navy Seals who tracked and killed Osama bin Laden.”
How Should One Dispose Of A Quran, Anyway?
“Violent protests have raged outside Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan for two days after local workers found the burned remains of more than 100 Qurans in a pile of garbage from the base. What’s the proper way to dispose of a Quran?”
The New Getty Museum Chief’s Salary
According to a compensation disclosure dated Feb. 14 and published on the Getty website, his base salary is $690,000, and this year he also will receive a signing bonus of $150,000.
Why The Oscars Matter
“It’s a TV show. Television is the reason movies get made and watched, and TV is the only reason anybody cares about them. Why was the awards show moved from its traditional March date to February? To put it into the February TV sweeps period. That’s why.”
US Senator Raises Questions About Smithsonian Chief’s Travel
On Monday, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) asked the Smithsonian inspector general for the complete documentation of Clough’s travels since 2008, when he became the institution’s top official. Grassley, the ranking member of the Judiciary Committee, said he was concerned that “the Smithsonian may have not learned from previous mistakes” after an online investigative group, JunketSleuth.com, questioned 59 trips.
Paramount Sues Mario Puzo’s Son Over “Godfather” Sequel
Paramount has sued Anthony Puzo, a son of the novelist, seeking to stop publication of a new “Godfather” novel called “The Family Corleone,” Reuters reported. The studio says that it gave permission for a 2004 sequel, “The Godfather Returns,” written by Mark Winegardner and published by Random House, but not for a 2006 follow-up, “The Godfather’s Revenge,” also by Mr. Winegardner and published by Putnam.