“Chinese artist and government critic Ai Weiwei said Friday he was suing Beijing’s tax bureau for violating the law when it imposed a multi-million tax evasion fine on a company he founded.” (That company’s name: Beijing Fake Cultural Development Ltd.)
Tag: 04.13.12
Leonard Cohen’s Former Manager Convicted Of Harassment
“A Los Angeles County jury Thursday found the former business and personal manager of singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen guilty of violating restraining orders, making harassing phone calls and sending thousands of harassing emails” following her firing by Cohen in 2004 for embezzlement.
Poor CBC – If It’s Not The Government Attacking, It’s The TV Industry
“While the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s tussles with its government paymasters finally concluded last month after the federal budget outlined a specific financial commitment for the next three years, it suddenly has a clutch of new adversaries in the private sector who are pledging to fight its attempts to become more financially self-sufficient.”
What Ballerina Tamara Rojo’s Appointment To Run English National Ballet Means
“The Spanish ballerina also has no hands-on experience of running a company, but she has been in training, as it were, for some time, going on directors’ courses at National Ballet of Canada and the annual DanceEast directors’ retreat.”
Want To Create A Start-Up? Learn From The Not-So-Humble Food Truck
Get partners, develop a team, do your research – and be ready for a ton of hard work. So says the woman who founded the first nationally branded gourmet food truck.
A Titanic Battle Of Unimaginable Force … Over The Future Of Archie
“Like Betty and Veronica, the two are feuding over Archie’s future, but there is nothing comic — or friendly — about their rivalry. Each accuses the other of endangering the family legacy, Mr. Goldwater by wanting to expand Archie into a megabrand with help from outside investors and the Hollywood uber-agent Ari Emanuel, Ms. Silberkleit by vowing to keep the company’s traditions intact and preserve family ownership, ostensibly leading to stagnation.”
Blame The 1950s For Stilettos (And Injection Molding For These Knee-Crippling Shoes)
Who designed stilettos? Basically, it all comes down to WWII, and the world’s recovery from that time period. Then things got crazy. “As heel tips shrank to the size of tacks, the stiletto, named for an Italian shiv from the 1700s, became an emblem of the Jet Age and French haute couture.”
How To Define (And Evaluate) 21st Century Music
New music shares a few broad characteristics – and it’s possible to look at the music now, rather than waiting, to see what’s worthwhile.
If You ‘Just Have A Gut Feeling,’ Can You Still Be A Scientist?
“The implication is that being ‘scientific’ means completely digesting and testing every idea before deciding whether it’s right or wrong. But sometimes we have to make fast decisions based on prejudice, or we’ll never get anything done. Is that OK, or does it fundamentally undermine what we’re trying to achieve?”
Joss Whedon, Creator Of Buffy And Firefly, Is (Finally) On A Roll Again
Whedon has two Hollywood movies hitting theatres now and in coming weeks, and one of them is the biggest sequel of the summer – The Avengers. How did he suddenly go from T.V. series genre guy to Hollywoodland? (Hint: It wasn’t so sudden.)