On getting married: “You’re less likely to get divorced if you do it sensibly, but then you’d just die of boredom. So you should do it rashly.” On lap-dancing and porn acting: “It’s not any big deal. Good for you while you have it, you won’t be able to do it for long and then you can get a job as a typist or whatever.” On sex in old age (she’s 78): “Well, I think, yes, it’s part of being alive isn’t it? But it’s distasteful to the young.” On how much of what she tells journalists is true: “Ooh, about 60%”
Tag: 08.22.09
This Just In: Harry Potter Is No Longer A Satanist
“After years of being pilloried by the Vatican and conservative Christian groups for, among other things, promoting Satanism, the boy wizard is getting a second look by those very groups. And academic journals are teeming with new interpretations of J. K. Rowling’s series as Christian allegories.”
UK Spent 550,000 Pounds On Artworks In 2008-09
“Details obtained through a freedom of information request reveal that, despite the economic downturn, the Government Art Collection has spent £556,911 on acquisitions in the year 2008 to 2009. This is a 34 per cent increase from the previous year and more than double what was spent on artworks in 2006 to 2007. … The GAC is home to approximately 13,600 works of art, from the 16th century to the present day, and … supplies art for official buildings in Britain and around the world.”
The Media Revolution Of 1949 (And Its Lessons For Today)
“Does the fate of network radio have anything to teach today’s old-media executives? Three lessons come to mind…”
A Battle To Save Chicago’s Gropius Buildings
“What began as a triumph for scholarship and Chicago’s architectural history has quickly soured. The city intends to tear down at least 28 buildings on the Michael Reese Hospital campus, including those linked to Gropius, to make room for the 2016 Olympics. Architectural preservationists have so far protested in vain.”
Will 3D TV Catch On?
“Panasonic is planning to start selling 3-D TVs next year. Rivals – including Sony Corp., which has its own movie division, and Samsung Electronics Co. of South Korea – have shown prototypes and may offer similar products. The problem is the scarcity of content to view in 3-D. Skeptics say a number of Blu-ray discs of appealing 3-D movies must come out for 3-D TVs to catch on.”
NY City Opera Gets A New Contract With Its Chorus
“The contract is some good news for the opera, which says it has also seen a slight increase in individual donations over last year, despite its dark house.”
Norton Simon Museum Battles To Keep ‘Adam’ and ‘Eve’
A legal battle has threatened to remove the paintings, valued at $24 million, from the museum. “An heir to an art dealer who had them looted by the Nazis has staked a claim to the museum’s prized works.”
Chicago Galleries Struggle
“The local galleries’ struggles come as little surprise amid an economic crash that has claimed countless casualties. Art, despite its life-and-death status among those who create and embrace it, falls into the discretionary-spending category for many.”