Philadelphia Orchestra Board Members Threaten Players With Bankruptcy

Some board members, pushing for a 20% cut in musicians’ base pay, have intermittently threatened Chapter 11 bankruptcy – even though, while the PhilOrch has been running consistent deficits, it currently has no long-term debt and an endowment of well over $100 million. (Over the 15 years since the Philadelphians’ bitter 1996 strike, the musicians’ base salary has risen by more than 60%.)

Jane Russell, 89

Following her sensational, scandalous debut in the 1943 film The Outlaw, she “went on to appear in 18 more films in the 1940s and ’50s and, though only a few were memorable, she remains a favorite from the era for her wry portrayals of sex goddesses who seem amused by their own effect.”