“Business is booming at the nation’s movie theaters. Revenue and ticket sales are each up about 10 percent over the first quarter of last year. Box office records have been smashed. Why are movies doing so well while so many people are doing so poorly?”
Tag: 04.09.09
Salander Gallery Director Pleads Guilty To Felony
“The director of a New York art gallery whose proprietor has been charged with stealing $88 million from investors, collectors and Bank of America Corp. has pleaded guilty to falsifying business records.” Steven Harvey was the director of the bankrupt Salander-O’Reilly Galleries. Last month, gallery owner Lawrence B. Salander was arrested on a 100-count indictment.
Margreta Elkins, 78, Glamorous Australian Mezzo
“At 1.78m tall, with creamy blonde hair, beautiful legs, a love of fashion and a sense of style, she was probably also the most glamorous [of Australia’s opera singers]. In the 1960s she was likened to Doris Day.”
The Nazis And Their Pursuit Of Art
“Virtually all the big men in the party acquired substantial art collections. Göring had his art agents hunt down paintings all over Europe. There were several hundred pieces in his gallery at Karinhall, including works by Dürer, Cranach, Fragonard and Boucher. By the end of the war, he had collected 1375 paintings, 250 sculptures and 168 tapestries. Hitler, too, surrounded himself with paintings in all of his residences – including Cranachs, Dürers and Holbeins.”