Working for Free, Pro and Con
AJBlog: CultureCrash | Published 2014-06-25
Seizure: Federal Prosecutors Issue Forfeiture Action
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts | Published 2014-06-26
Frames of Reference
AJBlog: Engaging Matters | Published 2014-06-25
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The new design is meant to address concerns that the original plan would encroach on, and potentially damage, the La Brea Tar Pits at the neighboring Page Museum, casting a shadow over the largest pit.
“Among 203 pilots produced in the 12 months ended in May, only 44% (90 pilots) were filmed in the L.A. region, down from 52% the previous year and 82% from the 2006-2007 pilot season. The rest mainly filmed in New York, Vancouver, Atlanta, and Toronto, concludes a study released Tuesday by FilmL.A. Inc.”
“Sources say a radically downsized CBC means that nothing is off the table, from the cancellation of some local newscasts to the phasing out of live music recordings on CBC radio to gutting the sports department.”
“As the tour progressed, travel fatigue set in, along with the stress of juggling personal lives, and brittle behavior from too much cocaine use by some of the bandmembers. The dollar figure for the tour was never really known and the huge expenses the band was racking up were being billed back to them. On stage, the music was sensational. Offstage, drugs made their discussions sound more like pontifications or monologues rather than conversations—each one insisting that his viewpoint was the right one.”
No matter the part, he always seemed at ease and in control, whether playing a Mexican bandit in the 1960 western “The Magnificent Seven,” a bumbling clerk in Ionesco’s allegorical play “Rhinoceros,” a henpecked French general in Jean Anouilh’s “Waltz of the Toreadors,” Clark Gable’s sidekick in “The Misfits” or a Mafia don in “The Godfather: Part III.”
“German book publishers have filed a complaint with the country’s antitrust authority against Amazon, accusing it of violating competition laws and asking the government to investigate. The complaint, filed last week, was announced on Tuesday, nearly two months after Amazon began delaying shipments of books from [German publishing group] Bonnier.”
The retiring New York Philharmonic concertmaster remembers rescuing Steinberg, walking out on Lenny, and shooting Danny Kaye.
The choreographer, rehearsing a 1991work of his with the Boston Ballet, talks about the stress that led him to move away from the troupe he created in Germany after leaving Frankfurt Ballet, what will happen to the work he made for his dancers in the past decade (oblivion), and whether he will choreograph more (not yet).
