Reporter Jamie Kirchick: “It’s not often that someone compares you to the Hottentot Venus, Tilda Swinton, and Adolf Eichmann, all in the same hour. But yesterday, depending on your point of view, I was all three.”
Tag: 04.04.13
The Joy Of Queuing For Theatre Tickets
Lyn Gardner loves it: “Queues for sold-out theatre shows (and to get into Edinburgh venues) are often very friendly places – after all, you’ve a shared interest. In my time I’ve made one lifelong friend … and had interesting conversations with people I’d otherwise never have met. … An added pleasure is that you tend to see the same people you queued with, later the same evening.”
Roger Ebert, 70
“[He] reviewed movies for the Chicago Sun-Times for 46 years and on TV for 31 years, and [he] was without question the nation’s most prominent and influential film critic” – and the first movie writer ever to win the Pulitzer Prize for criticism.
Frenemies, A Love Story: An Oral History Of Siskel And Ebert
“In recognition of [Roger Ebert’s] life and achievements, we reprint below excerpts from an oral history of his legendary partnership with fellow film critic Gene Siskel, originally published in 2012 in the first issue of The Chicagoan.”
Roger Ebert’s Camp Masterpiece (Don’t Tell Us You Forgot It)
“In the wake of Roger Ebert’s death, most will remember him for his work as a critic, but a small niche of fans will fete him for a more obscure but nonetheless worthy reason: his writing of the screenplay for the 1970 cult classic, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls.”
Apple’s Futuristic New Headquarters? $1 Billion Over Budget (And It’s Late)
“Since 2011, the budget for Apple’s Campus 2 has ballooned from less than $3 billion to nearly $5 billion, according to five people close to the project who were not authorized to speak on the record. If their consensus estimate is accurate, Apple’s expansion would eclipse the $3.9 billion being spent on the new World Trade Center complex in New York.”
Information Revolution – What’s The Impact?
“One of the great paradoxes in today’s world is that information is so easy to transmit –few places on earth are beyond the reach of cellphones or televisions — and yet our efforts to get life-saving, livelihood-boosting information to people in a form that sticks, a form that will actually change behavior, are frequently disappointing.”
Elaine Stritch Calls It Quits On Broadway At 88
“It would be easy for any performer to mistake the wild acclaim she received on Tuesday for a broader vote of confidence despite her frailty, but Ms. Stritch’s physical ailments have caught up with her. She is a diabetic and has suffered a number of falls and small strokes that have eroded her memory.”
Do LED Lights Damage Paintings?
“Online news reports claimed that the scientists found prolonged exposure to LED lights to be the cause of the darkening. That conclusion, however, is inaccurate.”
Report: Revenue From Live Music Down In 2012 In UK
“The body which collects and distributes song royalties for artists, PRS for Music, has found live music revenue were down by 15% from 2011 to 2012.”