“Could the temptation for stealing iPods be so strong that they’re behind an increase in the crime rate? Researchers at a public policy institute say yes.”
Tag: 03.04.08
Next Up For Hollywood – Actors’ Strike?
“While the TV industry has rushed to bring derailed shows back on the air since screenwriters returned to work three weeks ago, the threat of renewed labor unrest by actors in the months ahead has put movie studios in a tenuous situation.”
The Real Value Of The NY Phil’s N. Korean Visit?
Hard to tell. “If nothing else, the impact might simply be cultural. One official brought up on a diet of revolutionary tunes said he knew nothing before about classical music from the West. Emerging from the East Pyongyang Grand Theatre he admitted, “Now I like it.” The Philharmonic did achieve something.”
How Do Lit Fakes Slip By Publishers?
“Impostors have always stalked publishing, and the embellished recovery memoir is merely the latest specter to haunt the industry–trading, partly, on readers’ willingness to turn a half-blind eye if they feel that the fabrications smack of emotional truth. Given this, what should a publisher do, if anything?”
Author: Gang Memoir Was Fake
The author of “Love and Consequences,” a critically acclaimed autobiography about growing up among gangbangers in South Los Angeles, acknowledged Monday that she made up everything in her just-published book.
Berlin For Tourists – It’s All About The Wall
Berlin is a city of culture. But what do visitors most want to see? “One thing French, British, Dutch and American visitors to Berlin agree on is that the once-hated Wall, which separated the former East and West Berlin, is the thing they most associate with the German capital.”
Reading Las Vegas (Not So Much)
“A quick scan of the Yellow Pages lists more than 100 bookstores in the Las Vegas area — but that list gets skinnier by half when you filter out the adult bookstores. If you count out the specialty stores — children’s books, comics, religious, recovery and self-help, and gambling — you’re pretty much left with a handful of the big chain bookstores Borders and Barnes & Noble.”
Actors Unions’ Truce Frays Before Negotiations
“Since 1981, SAG and AFTRA have jointly bargained primetime contracts, splitting negotiating committee seats 50-50. However, a recent rift between the two actors unions had jeopardized the guilds’ ability to present a unified bargaining front.”
Why Not Art Fairs For New Music?
Art fairs generate tremendous buzz for contemporary art. “Why isn’t this happening in the new music world? Is our club still too exclusive? Why not have a composer fair?”
Maastricht Offers $1 Billion In Art
“The world’s largest art and antiques fair, beginning this week in the Dutch city of Maastricht, puts $1 billion worth of paintings and other works up for sale in the year’s first test of demand from buyers outside the auction rooms.”