Her most famous film performances were as Lois Lane opposite Christopher Reeve in the Superman franchise and as a lead in The Amityville Horror; she was also known for what she later called “the biggest nervous breakdown in history, bar possibly Vivien Leigh’s.”
Tag: 05.14.18
How One Man Found Himself Starting An English-Language Theatre In The Czech Republic
“Some are born into the theater, some achieve the theater, and some have theaters thrust upon them. Gene Terruso had a theater thrust upon him … One moment, he was a Fulbright scholar about to return home; the next, he was artistic director of [BEST Divadlo,] the first all-English-language theater in Brno, a bustling, international, U.S.-culture-loving city.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 05.14.18
Monday Recommendation: Peter Erskine’s latest encounter with Dr. Um
On Call: Peter Erskine & The Dr. Um Band (Fuzzy Music)
Erskine’s quartet luxuriates in excitement that recalls and updates his achievements as Weather Report’s keystone drummer and later when he was … read more
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2018-05-14
Start-up Nation: China’s Tech Revolution Is Challenging Silicon Valley
China’s booming start-up scene has become as much a feature of its top-tier cities as traffic and smog. It used to be that college graduates applied for jobs at banks or state-owned enterprises, the proverbial “iron rice bowl” that their parents sought for them after the chaos of the Cultural Revolution. But many of those jobs were unsatisfying: In a 2012 Gallup survey, 94 percent of Chinese respondents said they were unengaged with their jobs. Now, with public and private funding flowing into Chinese start-ups, entrepreneurship has become an appealing alternative for a generation disillusioned with the conveyor-belt career paths of their forebears.
The Richest Guys In UK Theatre
The annual list of the UK’s 1,000 richest people names Cameron Mackintosh as theatre’s wealthiest individual, with £1.18 billion. This is equal to 2017’s rich list figure and means he continues to be the richest entertainment figure in the list.
The Reality? You Don’t Have The Right To Substitute Your Beliefs For Facts
‘Who are you to tell me what to believe?’ replies the zealot. It is a misguided challenge: it implies that certifying one’s beliefs is a matter of someone’s authority. It ignores the role of reality. Believing has what philosophers call a ‘mind-to-world direction of fit’. Our beliefs are intended to reflect the real world – and it is on this point that beliefs can go haywire. There are irresponsible beliefs; more precisely, there are beliefs that are acquired and retained in an irresponsible way.
How Patreon Became A Viable Source Of Income For Creative People
On the date of its fifth anniversary, the company employs 140 people from its San Francisco offices, hosting 100,000 creators who are supported by two million patrons. Since its foundation, it has paid out more than $350m, and this year alone it’s on course to pay out “well over $300m”, according to a spokesperson, twice what it distributed in 2017.
Will The Senate Vote To Restore Net Neutrality?
It’s a step more useful for midterm politics than for reality, unfortunately: “All 49 members of the Democratic caucus are in favor of the resolution, along with Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine). If it passes, the resolution still faces a tough vote in the House, as well as the signature of President Donald Trump.”
Could Hollywood Move To A PG-15 Rating For Gun Violence?
Here’s the thing: “Studies have long shown that gun violence in PG-13 movies has been rising, sometimes exceeding what is shown in popular R-rated films. Now there is research suggesting that some parents think 13 is too young to see intense shooting, even when it appears justified.”
The Lincoln Presidential Museum Needs Money, And Now It’s Selling A Marilyn Monroe Dress To Get It
Originally, the museum had said it might sell one of Abe’s stovepipe hats, but now it’s decided to sell a trove of other artifacts that it purchased together with the hat and some Lincoln-worn gloves. Will that be enough to help finance its $9.7 million debt?