Rhys, who starred opposite American actor Keri Russell in The Americans – and eventually became her partner in life as well – asked her who Rogers was. Rhys: “And then she launched into a two-hour monologue about how he influenced her life. That he was, and so many people said this, almost like a third parent or a baby sitter.” – The New York Times
Tag: 11.01.09
Building By Building, Good Public Design Invades NYC
“For decades, the trinity of quick, cheap, and ugly dominated the city’s building program. Quick was always a chimera, and cheap remains sacrosanct, but ugly won’t cut it anymore.”
New Lit Phenom: The Well-Rounded Heroine
“The latest publishing phenomenon to sweep America, which has just arrived over here, features a new heroine: the young woman who is seriously overweight – and doesn’t care.”
Comcast Close To Buying NBC
“After a series of meetings last week, the two companies reached a tentative agreement on Friday over the main points of a deal, these people said. Comcast would own about 51 percent of NBC Universal, contributing several billions of dollars in cash and its own stable of cable networks to the new venture.”
Great Art At Rock Bottom Prices?
“In the year since the worldwide recession devastated the art market, prices have tumbled, collectors have retreated and auction houses have instituted layoffs. And now Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Phillips de Pury are tiptoeing carefully.”
Why Neil Simon’s Hit Play Flopped On Broadway
What went wrong with “Brighton Beach Memoirs” is a case study in success and failure on Broadway today. There were no big stars like Jude Law in the current commercial hit “Hamlet,” there was no marketing campaign that framed the Simon play as a can’t-miss theatrical event, and there was no wow factor that brought the period piece to life, like the breakneck pacing of the popular farce “Boeing-Boeing” last year. But the failure also reflects America’s evolving sense of humor and taste.
Tony Kushner At The Top
“His long-prodigious intellect and his perennial ability to combine dramatic political agitation with a deep sense of emotional need has deepened into an acute awareness of human frailty. Many of those close to him say he is now doing his very best work.”
Cleveland’s Writers’ Colony Takes Off
“Not only has the colony grown, but quite quietly, it has thrived. An unscientific survey by The Plain Dealer unearthed more than 30 active Northeast Ohio writers with national readerships or contracts with major publishing houses.”
Gershwin Heirs Fight Over Royalties
“The dispute — over how to divide foreign royalties — is spelled out in lawsuits in separate Los Angeles courts. In a Superior Court case that could be titled “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off,” the trust that controls lyricist Ira Gershwin’s estate is suing Warner/Chappell Music, one of the giants of song publishing.”
Study: Illegal Music Downloaders Buy More Music Than Others
“The survey, published today, found that those who admit illegally downloading music spent an average of £77 a year on music – £33 more than those who claim that they never download music dishonestly.”