When you’re the sister of and a criminal defense lawyer for a major Dutch crime boss, and you secretly record everything and decide to turn it over to the state, sometimes you don’t live for long – though long enough to see your book get published in English and become a mini-series.
Tag: 08.03.18
What This Country Needs Is The First National Comedy Center
And we’ve got it: In Jamestown, NY, “the city is hoping to expand its reputation for humor with the opening this week of the National Comedy Center, a museum devoted to, as its website says, ‘telling the vital story of comedy in America.'”
Peak TV, Says One Exec, Is Far From Over
Scripted series are still on the rise, up five percent over the same time period last year – and that’s because of Netflix, Hulu, Amazon and other streaming services. And that trend isn’t about to stop.
Why, And How, Did A Liverpool Biennial Artwork Documenting The Deaths Of Thousands Of Refugees Disappear?
What the … “On Wednesday, August 1, the Liverpool Biennial announced that their installation of The List was anonymously removed by unauthorized persons unaffiliated with the arts festival. The city council also affirmed that nobody employed by the municipality was thought to have pilfered the long list of the dead. On Twitter, the biennial is asking for anyone with knowledge related to the work’s disappearance to come forward.”
The Other Marvel Black Panther Also Stars In Movies, But You’ll Never See Him [AUDIO]
James Mathis III plays T’Challa, the Black Panther, in Marvel cartoons and video games. What’s the difference between him and Black Panther (the 2017 movie) star Chadwick Boseman – and did the wild success of the movie change his ways of approaching the character? “It’s still acting, and it’s still creating character,” he says. “You are limited in voiceover though … you have to figure out how to convey emotion using just your voice.”
Musicians Who Compose Film Scores Need – And Get – Special Training
Each year, 12 composers spend a month in Los Angeles in a compressed, specialized program to help them understand the world of scoring movies – and how to deal with the details. A successful alum: “You’re basically putting on the suit of a composer and pretending you’ve had decades of experience, and you are getting to know these people who you’re going to be interacting with for the rest of your career, hopefully.”
The Fraught Relationship Between Directors And Actors
There’s been a lot of art about this – and much more may be coming in the wake of the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements. “Acting’s demands are personal as well as technical. Actors often have to perform a role badly, over and over and over again, before they can perform it well, which is embarrassing and exposing. This conspires to give a director or teacher or coach a lot of power and an actor — unless that actor is a star — very little.”
Brexit Is Dramatically Changing The Future For Musicians In Britain And The EU
There are so many concerns for classical music groups, opera companies, and British music schools that it’s impossible to list them all in one article. Still, basically: “The U.K. has a thriving cultural scene; it might not disappear overnight. But over a 50-year period, who knows?”
Who Really Owns, And Who Really Should Own, The Elgin Marbles?
A new book addresses the issue in a variety of ways that should make us reconsider what ancient art actually means to us. “I doubt that anyone is willing to add color to these sculptures, although that would make them look more authentic. The critical question, then, is what these dilemmas says about legitimate ownership of the marbles. Once we turn sacred works into art, and remove the original coloring, why cannot we also move them?”
Henry James, Failed Playwright
He was trying to fix an issue with diminishing royalties from his novels, but when Guy Domville was produced in London, chaos ensued: “James made it backstage for the closing minutes. He heard both the sneers from the gallery and the enthusiastic applause from the stalls. When Alexander took his curtain call, Henry’s friends in the audience began shouting ‘Author, author!,’ and the unnerved actor took James by the hand and led him onstage. A civil war ensued.”