Downloading movies over the internet is becoming a viable and popular business. “A technological step beyond video rentals and pay-per-view cable movie channels, these online movie services provide a legal and reliable way to download and stream thousands of films, from recently released Hollywood blockbusters to vintage serials.”
Tag: 08.12.04
Love And Death (Threats) At The Opera
Opera can be a dangerous business. To prove it, Albrecht Puhlmann has a collection of death threats, all sent to him during his time at the helm of the Hanover State Opera…
Examining The DNA Of Opera-Booing
“Booing at the end of opera performances has long been common in Germany, but was virtually unheard of in Britain until the late 1980s. But for the past 10 years, during which ENO has traced a shaky artistic path, audiences have reverted to docility. Which prompts the question of whether audiences conform to national stereotypes – and what makes continental Europeans apparently more discerning, and certainly more partisan, than their counterparts in the English-speaking world.”
Broadway In Vegas – A Trend?
Following Avenue Q’s booking in Vegas, a number of other Broadway shows are eying the gambling Mecca as a potential market. “It makes perfect sense that the hotels in Las Vegas, which need to differentiate themselves on a basis other than gambling, should turn to the biggest live entertainment pastime there is [behind] Major League Baseball. The more exposure Broadway shows get, the better it is for the industry as a whole.”
Be This – New Role-Play Park
A new theme park opens in Florida. The park enlists visitors in role-playing – players assume the identities of firefighters or cops or… and play out a scenario. “The $40 million entertainment complex is billed as the first indoor role-playing theme park in the United States for kids and the beginning of a national rollout for the concept. It’s modeled after a similar park in Mexico.”
Fixing The Scottish Portrait Gallery
“The Scottish National Portrait Gallery, conceived by the 19th-century writer and historian Thomas Carlyle, is said by its friends to be in urgent need of a facelift. Supporters say the gallery is closer to the search for Scottish identity than any other.” So now a proposal for a fix-up.
Ex-Billboard Mag Editors Sue Magazine
Two of Billboard Magazine’s former top editors are suing the magazine. “The suit alleges, among other things, that they had faced a hostile working environment tainted by sexual harassment, internal office sabotage, and the sacrificing of “editorial integrity for the sake of financial interests.”
Leon Golub, 82
Leon Golub, an “American painter of expressionistic, heroic-scale figures that reflect dire modern political conditions,” died Sunday in New York
Edinburgh – Too Big To Be Good?
The Edinburgh Festival is huge. Enormous. Gigantic. So it’s a big success right? Maybe not, writes David Benedict. “We’re talking art, not merchandise, so why are we so hung up on size? Shouldn’t we be vaunting quality over quantity? Not at Edinburgh. Less is no longer more. This is the festival most easily mistaken for a marathon, and every year some schmuck attempts to beat the record for the number of events crammed into 24 hours.”
In The UK – Subscription TV Revenues Exceed Advertising Income
For the first time in Britain, subscription revenue from viewers has exceeded advertising revenue. More Britons are paying to watch TV – subscription revenue is up 63 percent since 1999. “There are fundamental economic shifts in the landscape with long-term significance.”