“Taylor’s action, filed Sept. 13 in Superior Court in L.A., seeks at least $2 million in compensatory damages, plus interest and a declaration that the musician is contractually entitled to 50% of net receipts for digital downloads and ringtones.”
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British Conductor George Hurst Dead At 86
“From 1958 to 1968, he was principal conductor for the BBC Northern Orchestra, and is credited with establishing it on the global stage. The orchestra, based in Salford, is now known as the BBC Philharmonic. … In 1968, he established the Bournemouth Sinfonietta, and acted as artistic advisor to both this orchestra and the Bournemouth Symphony until 1974.”
Can Benjamin Millepied Get World-Class Dance Established In L.A.?
“Not that others haven’t tried” – notably the Joffrey Ballet, which tried to make a go of it at the Music Center in the 1980s (and ended up in Chicago). “Many hope, and some actually believe, that Millepied has the right mix of pedigree, name recognition and fundraising savvy to build a company that can fill theater seats, generate sustained audience interest and, finally, put Los Angeles on the dance map.”
The Tempted Husband, The Crazy Stalker, And That Poor Bunny Rabbit: Fatal Attraction, 25 Years On
“You’d think that a quarter-century later the movie’s melodrama about the dangers of straying would have badly dated. You’d be wrong. Fatal Attraction still expresses our Puritan queasiness about sexual desire much better than the swarm of stalker rip-offs that it has spawned – as well as our insistence on blaming the skank for any threat to marital fidelity.”
Federico Colli Wins Leeds Piano Competition
“The 24-year-old played Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto, accompanied by the Halle Orchestra, to take the title. The competition’s founder, 91-year-old Dame Fanny Waterman, announced the £18,000 prize in Leeds Town Hall.”
Salman Rushdie: “Satanic Verses” Would Not Be Published Today
“He suggested that a book that carried criticism of religions would not be published in the same form in this day due to the violent protests that it would provoke.”
A Profile Of What Music Is Being Pirated
“The data suggests that Ed Sheeran – with his album + – is, so far this year, the most illegally downloaded artist in 459 of the 694 cities, towns and villages covered by the research.”
Is Modernism Architecture’s Last Style?
“Modern architecture’s gleaming glass and steel towers are pervasive in our cities and have been for almost a century. Will it persist, or is it simply another in a long list of styles tracing back to the ancient civilizations of Greece and Rome, fated to be replaced by the next hot thing?”
The Scottish, Abstract Painter One Of The Young British Artists
Callum Innes “begins from a point at the very heart of the classical tradition of abstract painting, and he remains true to that tradition, especially its conjectural nature: the urge to continually explore and test what a painting is or might be. In this respect, he’s been called an ‘unpainter.'”
While You’re Clicking Upload On Instagram, Remember This
“Photography has become so thoroughly prostituted as a means of visual exchange, available to all or none for every purpose under the sun (or none worthy of the name), that it is easy to forget that until relatively recently one of the most important consequences of fearless photographic practice was to tell the truth about power.”