Dick Clark Productions said there’s interest in the show from China and Japan and the company is working on a deal with U.S. networks.
Tag: 04.05.16
Why Zaha Hadid’s Gender Was Figured So Prominently In Her Obits Last Week
“A report published by the San Francisco Chapter of the American Institute of Architects last year revealed that though women make up 42% of graduates from programs accredited by the National Architecture Accrediting Board, they make up only 28% of architectural staff in AIA-member-owned firms, and only 17% of principals and partners.”
Study: Singing In a Choir Boosts Your Health
“We have been building a body of evidence over the past six years to show that singing in a choir can have a range of social, emotional, and psychological benefits,” says co-author Dr. Ian Lewis, director of research and policy at Tenovus Cancer Care. “Now we can see it has biological effects too.”
How Reality TV Is Like Greek Tragedy (No, Really)
“In fact, by shaming their characters, these shows are trafficking in a very old, very deep aesthetic pleasure. Aristotle called it ‘catharsis’.” Only in this case, the emotions involved aren’t pity and terror.
A ‘Hamilton’ Skeptic Explains Why The Show Isn’t Really So Revolutionary
Lyra Monteiro: “My argument is basically that the play does a lot of this thing that we call ‘Founders Chic’ … It’s still white history. And no amount of casting people of color disguises the fact that they’re erasing people of color from the actual narrative.”
How The False Story Of Kitty Genovese’s Murder Spread All Over The World
“The murder had a major impact on people’s basic ideas about human nature – but it was based mostly on misconceptions and misreporting about Genovese’s murder … The soul-searching went on for decades, long after the original errors were debunked, evolving into more parable than fact.”
Athens And Epidaurus Festival Director Forced To Resign When His Programming Turns Out To Be Belgian And Not Greek
“The Belgian artist Jan Fabre has resigned as artistic director after local artists rebelled against his plan to turn Greece’s major arts festival into ‘a tribute to Belgium’ and devote eight of the festival’s 10productions to those from his homeland.”
‘New’ Rembrandt Created By A Computer
“The painting, which is being billed as ‘The Next Rembrandt,’ was created using data from more than 168,000 fragments of Rembrandt’s work. Over the course of 18 months, a group of engineers, Rembrandt experts and data scientists analyzed 346 of Rembrandt’s works, then trained a deep learning engine to ‘paint’ in the master’s signature style.” (includes video)
‘Pieces Of The Ceiling Are Falling Onto The Stage’: Concert Cancelled At Very Last Minute
Patrons were already arriving for the performance by the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra on Tuesday evening when the management of the Salle Métropole in the Swiss city closed the venue for safety reasons. (in French; Google Translate version here)
Johan Kobborg Suddenly Finds He’s No Longer Artistic Director Of His Ballet Company; Dancers Threaten Walkout
In his two years at the helm of Romania’s national ballet company, Kobborg is universally acknowledged to have raised standards and reinvigorated the troupe. But this week, one day after a new interim director took over the Bucharest National Opera, Kobborg found his name missing from the ballet’s artistic director slot and listed instead among the corps. The new boss says it’s a misunderstanding: he wants Kobborg to stay, but there’s not supposed to be a “ballet artistic director” post at the house at all. The dancers are saying that if Kobborg goes, they go. (in Romanian; Google Translate version here)