“After its separation from parent company Liberty Media is complete, the fate of Starz will be a bellwether of how Wall Streeters and media moguls view the long-term prospects of the premium cable biz.”
Tag: 08.28.12
Beirut’s Conflicted Culture Reflected In Its Movie Theatres
“Old movie theaters here, it turns out, are not just aging structures that conjure up an earlier era. They also reflect the conflicting versions of Beirut that are always competing for prominence, like the political parties and militias that fight for power.”
A New Beckett Festival Takes Root In Northern Ireland
“Unlike the many one-off Beckett celebrations that have intermittently taken place around the world,” the Happy Days Enniskillen International Beckett Festival, held in the town where the playwright went to secondary school, “reaches well beyond Beckett’s theater pieces. It is the first multiarts appreciation of Beckett, … and the first to aspire to be an annual event.”
Making Theatre In East Timor (It Has Its Challenges)
“On a steamy afternoon in Dili, I am heading to a rehearsal of an East Timorese-Australian co-production when my phone rings. The caller has instructions about the route to take to the venue on the capital’s outskirts. ‘Ask the taxi to come by Banana Road. There’s rock throwing and gunfire the other way,’ he says.”
Hipster Violinist Hahn-Bin Changes His Name To Something Very Un-Punk
“He already had an exotic, double-barrelled name that wouldn’t seem out of place alongside Björk, Madonna, Rihanna or Lady Gaga – and a daring performance style and aesthetic to match. But the classical chameleon formerly known as Hahn-Bin has changed his name to Amadeus Leopold in a bid to pay tribute to his violin idols.”