It’s like Amazon or something even bigger (if there is such a thing): “As people are bombarded with more and more entertainment options, quality has become a determining factor for a movie’s success. And moviegoers use Rotten Tomatoes to select films the same way they turn to Yelp to determine what restaurants they visit.”
Tag: 07.21.17
It’s Been More Than A Year Since This City In Canada Had A Newspaper, So How’s It Coping?
Despite a lot of new outlets “sniffing opportunity” and opening new offices or expanding coverage, people in Guelph, Ontario, miss their daily paper. there’s “a creeping dread that fact-free U.S.-style politics – enhanced by the canny use of social media by those in power – could be spreading north.”
Dick Van Dyke Apologizes For His ‘Cockney’ Accent In Mary Poppins
‘Strewth: “Van Dyke, 91, was chosen this week by Bafta to receive the Britannia award for excellence in television. Speaking afterwards, he said: ‘I appreciate this opportunity to apologise to the members of Bafta for inflicting on them the most atrocious cockney accent in the history of cinema.'”
Ballet West Keeps Connections To Cuba Despite New Trump Restrictions
“‘Being in Utah, and seeing those mountains is one of the best experiences of my entire life,’ 17-year-old ballet student Marcos Ramirez-Castellano said. Likewise, watching Ramirez-Castellano’s strength and precision in partnering class last week was awe-inspiring. Sklute said ‘there is no better training for male dancers in the world” than in the Cuban system.'”
Monopoly Was Invented For Just Such A Time Period As Ours
The original game, that is, was made to show the, let’s say, challenges of capitalism. So in its spirit, “as you set out piles for the Chance and Community Chest cards, establish a third pile for Land-Value Tax, to which every property owner must contribute each time they charge rent to a fellow player. How high should that land tax be? And how should the resulting tax receipts be distributed? Such questions will no doubt lead to fiery debate around the Monopoly board.”
Who Gets The Most Arts Money? The Answer Will (Not) Shock You
Yes, another study found that it’s large, mostly white organizations. And whoa, the disparities: “The study found that organizations focused on communities of color make up 25 percent of all arts nonprofits but receive just 4 percent of all foundation giving.”
They Exhumed The Corpse Of Salvador Dali For A Paternity Test, Only To Find His Mustache In Perfect Shape
Yes. The mustache, in “classic 10-past-10 position,” survives. “Narcís Bardalet, who had embalmed Dalí’s body in 1989, told the Catalan radio station RAC1 that finding the mustache intact was ‘a miracle.’ He added: ‘Salvador Dalí is forever.'”