Following up on its CCTV headquarters in Beijing, OMA (Rem Koolhaas’s firm) has designed a new stock exchange building for the city of Shenzhen. Nicknamed “the Miniskirt”, it’s a collage of two Mies van der Rohe buildings.
Tag: 04.16.13
Opera And Theatre Cinecasts, Sure – But Stand-Up Comedy?
“Comedy Store: Raw & Uncut sounds like a galaxy far, far away from anything you’d normally see at the movies – and not especially alluring. But that’s what they said before Met Live, National Theatre Live and their numerous imitators trounced the doubters.”
A Simpsons Writers Reunion (This We Wanna See)
“For the latest episode of his Web series Serious Jibber-Jabber, [Conan] O’Brien reunited with four of the original writers of the show – Al Jean, Jeff Martin, Jay Kogen, and Mike Reiss – to reminisce and to discuss the evolution of the beloved family from Springfield.”
Should Alan Cumming Be Afraid Of The Macbeth Curse?
He’s playing virtually all of the script’s roles on Broadway, and he says he’s not scared. His producers, though, don’t want to take chances.
Gangnam Style Follow-Up Gets 80 Million YouTube Views In First Weekend
“Psy released the new song on Saturday after performing it during a concert in Seoul, South Korea, where he is an established star. Gentleman had been viewed 20 million times in the first 24 hours, dwarfing the previous record of 8 million views in a day, held by Justin Bieber for his Boyfriend music video.”
Twitter Talks Video With Hollywood
“The micro-blogging site has held talks with the entertainment giants about hosting TV clips and selling ads alongside them, it said. Under the proposed content partnerships, Twitter would stream videos and split the resulting ad revenue with the networks, according to the report.”
Library Association’s Annual List Of “Most-Challenged” Books
The office said it received 464 reports in 2012, up from 326 in 2011.
Buenos Aires’s Historic Architecture In Danger Despite Landmark Status
“In many neighborhoods, city code has been flouted, and historic buildings have been demolished at astonishing speed since Argentina’s economic collapse in 2001.”