“In his latest film, director Michael Almereyda draws comparisons between Stanley Milgram and cinematic auteurs. There’s some research to back this analogy.”
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Disney To Launch Subscription Streaming In Great Britain
“The service, DisneyLife, will make available a wide range of titles, including the complete Pixar catalog, which includes the Toy Story franchise, and classics such as Snow White, Lady and the Tramp and The Jungle Book … DisneyLife will cost £9.99 ($15.43) a month.”
Susan Cheever Talks About (Writing About) Family Secrets
“At our house, even as an adult, I was always daddy’s little girl—his reading and conversation partner. But in other ways, I think I fell short of his fantasy. I think he had hoped my sexuality as a woman would be crisp and refined, but I wasn’t the delicate girl under the big hat. I ate butter with a fork.”
Can Actors Who Have Hit It Big Save The UK’s Regional Theatres?
“The documentaries are intended to showcase the challenges facing regional theatres, from cuts to their funding to the demise of repertory theatre, which used to give working class actors greater access and a training ground before they entered the London stage.”
Would ‘New Theatre-Goer’ Orientations Help Cut Down On Distracting Audience Behavior?
“Imagine a world where, instead of robotic voiceovers, the cast of every show performed a customized “turn off your phones and open your candy” announcement; an orientation into the world of the theatre, as well as the world of the play, clarifying the rules and expectations in a funny and personal way geared to that night’s show.”
The British Library Buys Gilbert And Sullivan Archive
“The collection includes prompt scripts, musical scores, photographs, costume designs, pay lists, reel to reel recordings, a set of clothes-peg dolls dressed as characters from HMS Pinafore and some devastatingly frank comments on auditions.”
James Turrell Responds To Drake’s ‘Hotline Bling’ Video
Yes, the instantly super hot and addictive video *looks* like it was shot inside a Turrell light artwork, but the artist says otherwise.
Spotify In Another Dispute Over Royalty Payments
“‘We used their data and it did not match up,’ Tony Brummel, Victory’s founder, said in an interview. ‘It was 30 percent off, meaning we were 30 percent underpaid.'”
UK’s Grange Park Opera Evicted From Grange Park, Which Will Start Its Own Opera Company
“Grange Park Opera, based at the Grange, Hampshire, is to leave its home of 18 years after one final season next summer, after a long-running dispute encompassing one of Britain’s best-known banking dynasties, a new demand for rent, and [television presenter] Bamber Gascoigne’s stately home.”
The Postmodernist Apartment In The Brooklyn Museum’s Storage Vault
“A completely intact apartment by American Postmodern architect Michael Graves has been in storage at the Brooklyn Museum since it was acquired in 1986. Similar to other Postmodern designs by Graves, the apartment features ornamental design, an eclectic blend of classical references and muted color palettes.”