In England, there is “fresh debate about whether to preserve what used to be regarded simply as bad Corbu-derived architecture. Occasionally a cultural figure provides a little window into a nation’s shifting identity, and in Britain the self-regarding Swiss-born, Paris-based architectural genius who died in 1965, at 77, may now be one such figure.”
Tag: 03.26.09
Bill Clinton And Tony Blair To Get Frost/Nixon Treatment
Peter Morgan, the screenwriter of The Last King of Scotland, The Queen and Frost/Nixon, has written and will direct “The Special Relationship, an HBO film which focuses on the rapport between [Tony] Blair and Bill Clinton.” Dennis Quaid and Julianne Moore will portray the Clintons, with Michael Sheen as the former PM.
Livent Partners Convicted Of Fraud
Garth Drabinsky and Myron Gottlieb, co-founders of the once-powerful theater production company Livent – the enterprise behind such juggernauts as Show Boat, Ragtime and Phantom of the Opera – have been convicted of forgery and defrauding investors following a lengthy trial in Toronto. They each face a maximum of 34 years in prison.