– played voice of Hasselhoff’s car. Promises more aggressive negotiations for 99,000-member union. Variety
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BANNED FILM wins –
– at Canadian Emmys. CBC
A (DETAILED) CASE AGAINST PUBLIC ARTS FUNDING
Arts journalist Alice Goldfarb Marquis contends that public financing warps how we do culture in America. The Idler
MAKING A MOVIE without a script or film
First all-digital movie has actors improvising the action within an outline. Los Angeles Times
JUST WHAT, EXACTLY, IS POST-MODERNISM?
ADDING ON
A row over a proposed Michael Graves-designed addition to the WPA-built Arts Council of Princeton. Sometimes a building’s not just a building. New York Times
REWRITING THE RULES
Computer design is allowing forward-thinking architects the freedom to redefine their craft. London Telegraph
DOES NATURE ABHOR A CURSOR AT REST?
The drive to write, says Richard Ford, is powerful for writers. Sometimes, though, it works better if you don’t. – New York Times
HAVE GIANT STADIUM/BIG SPORTS EVENT- WILL TRAVEL
Pavarotti, in Australia to sing in new Superdome, angles for invite to play Sydney Olympics. – The Australian
THE SCOTTISH OPERA –
– is deeply in debt. So why has it just decided to stage Wagner’s “Ring,” the most lavish project it could think of? The government is investigating. – BBC