– opens with American Civil War epic. BBC
Tag: 11.04.99
MONEY FOR SALE
Leading US broadcasters set up $1 billion investment fund to encourage minority entry into broadcasting. Some critics charge move is attempt to buy off impending regulatory restrictions. Variety
BLOCKBUSTING TEAM
Blockbuster Video and net giant America Online form alliance to rent videos over the net. Variety
NAACP LIFTS BOYCOTT THREAT
won’t boycott one of the major broadcast networks. Instead will hold hearings on the lack of racial diversity on US airwaves. Atlanta Journal-Constitution
WRONG MESSAGE?
US Congress was ready to pass tax incentives for low budget movies encouraging them to keep production in US. Then bill’s sponsors discovered the plan might subsidize pornographers and the bill was quickly nixed. Variety
THREAT TO FREEDOM
Philadelphia theater, America’s oldest African-American theater company in financial bind – “on the brink of tragedy.” Philadelphia Daily News
BETWEEN NAKED AND NUDE
Idealism and reality blur in contemporary explorations of the unclothed body. Artnet.com
BEHIND THE PRITZKER
Carnegie International celebrates 20 years of architecture’s Nobel. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
AWKWARD EQUINE
US entrepreneur donates bronze “Da Vinci” horse to Milan. City relegates it to obscure location at race track. The reasons are not so obscure. New York Times
HOPE ALL THOSE T’s ARE CROSSED
New York City attorneys say they’ll closely examine Brooklyn Museum’s funding arrangements with sponsors of controversial “Sensations” show. Meanwhile, more support for museum from city arts institutions. New York Times