“The world of literary travel writing, once associated with the drumbeat of hooves across some distant steppe, has begun echoing instead with the slow tread of the undertaker’s muffled footfall.”
Tag: 09.19.09
Precious Wins Audience Award At Toronto Film Festival
“Before coming to Toronto, the film wowed audiences at the Sundance festival, taking the grand jury and audience awards there.”
A Collective Future For Older Artists
The Artist Pension Fund is “an investment scheme that provides artists – many of whom struggle to make a living, let alone plan for retirement – with some financial security in old age. When the scheme was first set up five years ago in New York, its prospects were dim.”
Troubled Emmy Awards Look For A Better Formula
“If this year’s Emmy telecast, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, does not post significant gains over last year’s audience of 12.3 million, more changes could be in the works. But based just on the nominations for the 61st annual prime-time Emmys, which will be broadcast at 8 p.m. on Sunday on CBS, the show will be heavy with recognition of shows that much of the viewing public does not regularly watch.”
Independent Canadian Artists Upset Over Funding Shift
“In a move to provide more money for Canadian artists to tour internationally and focus on commercially viable projects, the Tories have redirected funds that were used to help artists on the musical fringe record their work.”