“Our members have told us that low and no pay work is a growing problem… and action must be taken, including by ACE, before the culture of working for free becomes so endemic that many artists are forced out of the profession.”
Tag: 02.26.14
Is Music A Real Language?
“How the brain processes musical discourse is not well-understood. Is music a language? If not, how can we still use it to communicate?”
Guggenheim Responds: Our Security Guards Make More Than $10/hour
“The security officers employed by the Guggenheim, who comprise the majority of our front line security team, are paid competitively with their peers at other museums with comparable operating budgets and substantially more than the $10 quoted. As well, our Guggenheim security officers receive a benefits package that we offer to all our full time employees.”
The Oscar Ballots (What The Voters REALLY Think)
“‘Gravity’? I’ve seen better things at planetariums,” while Julia Roberts “was horrendous” and Meryl Streep gave “a bottom-drawer performance” in “August: Osage County.”
More Than 800 Migrant Workers Have Died In Construction Of Qatar’s World Cup Stadia. Architect Zaha Hadid Makes A Statement:
“I have nothing to do with the workers,” said Hadid. “I think that’s an issue the government – if there’s a problem – should pick up. Hopefully, these things will be resolved.”
Frank Gehry Rebuffs Request To Change Design Of National Mall’s Eisenhower Memorial
The project “received yet another setback last week when its architect, Frank Gehry, rebuffed calls from the Commission of Fine Arts to revise his designs.”
“Fifty Shades” Passes 100 Million Books Sold
“Vintage Books announced Wednesday that sales for E L James’ sexually explicit trilogy have reached 100 million copies and have spent 100 weeks on The New York Times’ paperback best-seller list.”
Why Do So Many Foreigners Win Oscar’s Best Director?
“Over the last 20 years, 11 winners of the best director Academy Award — arguably second in prestige to best picture at Tinseltown’s biggest annual show — have been from outside the United States.”
Federal Court Orders YouTube To Take Down ‘Innocence of Muslims’
It was the video that launched a thousand riots (and, just maybe, in part, the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi). The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ordered Google to remove all copies of the anti-Muslim potboiler from YouTube – on copyright grounds. (And it’s on copyright grounds that Google will appeal.)
‘Innocence of Muslims’ Got Yanked Because of Copyright? What Was the Court Thinking?
Eugene Volokh explains the ruling point by point.