“On Wednesday, the Netherlands’ Performing Arts Fund, which administers government funding to the fields of dance, theatre and music, announced its allocations and the Amsterdam-based theatre was left empty-handed.”
Tag: 08.02.12
Raging Bull Sequel No Longer A Sequel (Here Endeth The MGM Lawsuit)
“One of the strangest sequel projects in movie history is no longer a sequel. In a joint statement, MGM Studios and Dahlia Waingort, the producer of the film originally known as Raging Bull II, declared on Wednesday that Waingort’s film now has the working title The Bronx Bull, and is in no way associated with Martin Scorsese’s 1980 film Raging Bull.”
In Praise Of Daredevil Stage Actors
“Let’s begin by acknowledging that all actors, especially stage actors, are brave. … But within that courageous profession, there are those who stand out as particularly fearless. They’re the tightrope walkers, the performers who straddle voids without nets or harnesses, who make you hold your breath in terror and release it in an ecstasy of relief.” Ben Brantley nominates Cate Blanchett and asks readers for their choices.
Somali Comedian Who Mocked Islamists Shot Dead
“A Somali comedian murdered in Mogadishu had received death threats from Islamist militants after dressing up as a woman and a suicide bomber in satirical sketches, friends and colleagues said on Thursday. Abdi Jeylani Malaq, better known as Marshale, was shot on Tuesday as he returned home from the radio station where he worked in Mogadishu.”
Let’s Speak Ill Of The Dead: Gore Vidal Edition
David Greenberg: “Gore Vidal, talk of whose demise has been suffocatingly ubiquitous, was not just a world-famous intellectual – from the Mailer-Buckley-Galbraith era, when the term really meant something – but also a thoroughgoing nativist and bigot. He is not someone who deserves to be spared the rigors of a reckoning.”
The Attys – Margaret Atwood’s New Poetry Prize
“Canadian literary icon Margaret Atwood is lending her name to a new online poetry prize – ‘The Attys’ – sponsored by a Toronto-based social media site for budding writers, Wattpad, which claims a community of more than nine million users that includes the Oryx and Crake author herself.”
These Days, Publishing Is About Technology (And That’s A Problem)
One problem, Brian Alvey said, is that some of those companies doing publishing really well today aren’t media companies in the traditional sense, pointing to Red Bull and Coca Cola as two examples. And Twitter and Facebook trying to be media companies just adds to the confusion. Another issue is the lack of buy-in at these old-guard companies, which also makes it that much more enticing for these “tech geniuses” to build their own startups rather than fix all that is wrong with an existing platform.
Does NBC Really Not Get Social Media When It Comes To Olympics?
“They (and the rest of the TV industry) actually do get that change is coming. It’s just that right now, it’s not profitable for them to radically overhaul their business models to reflect that change”
Hawk Koch Elected President Of Academy Of Motion Pictures
“Koch, who replaces Tom Sherak, has been a member of the academy since 1977 and has served on the 43-member Board of Governors for the last eight, most recently as first vice president. As president, he will serve only one year, because governors face a nine-year term limit.”
Self-Published Books Gain Ground On NYT Bestseller List
“Four self-published authors will have a total of seven novels on the New York Times ebook bestseller list this weekend, and the founder of self-publishing powerhouse Smashwords is predicting the number is only going to grow.”