Hollywood has the capacity to excite the public about just about anything – which is why NASA has been bending over backwards to help Hollywood make its space movies more authentic. It goes something like this: if people get space-crazy, NASA may get more support from Congress. – The Age (Melbourne) (AP)
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TO BOLDLY GO
“While the major media establishments struggle to figure out how to use the Internet, many celebrities are taking advantage of a medium that offers more creative freedom at a lower cost. And they’re being greeted by a number of smart online companies such as Artistdirect, which creates Web sites for celebrities, and Atomic Pop, which is headed by Al Teller, the former head of MCA Music Entertainment Group and CBS Records.” – Yahoo! (Inter@ctive Week) 08/15/00
REPLACING TOBACCO DOLLARS
Tobacco companies have been major funders of Canadian arts. But new regulations curtail tobacco sponsorships. A survey of 152 arts groups finds that “more than half of the groups now receiving tobacco money will be forced to reduce the size and scope of their productions. It also found that arts groups will seek new sources of revenue rather than ask existing sponsors for more money.” – CBC
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Hollywood has the capacity to excite the public about just about anything – which is why NASA has been bending over backwards to help Hollywood make its space movies more authentic. It goes something like this: if people get space-crazy, NASA may get more support from Congress. – The Age (Melbourne) (AP)
THE ART OF REUNION
A delegation of North Korean poets, painters, and scholars will return to see their families in South Korea for the first time in 50 years – many of their family members have only been able to see their relatives’ art at overseas exhibitions in China and Japan. – Korea Herald 08/15/00