With gloom and doom in the real-world economy, will moviegoers be even more reluctant to catch dark, dreary Oscar heavyweights and head instead for the happy place that a “Beverly Hills Chihuahua” can take them?
Tag: 11.10.08
British Artists Lobby Government To Buy Titian
Artist Tracey Emin paid a visit to 10 Downing Street on Monday to drop off a petition signed by many of the U.K.’s top artists, calling for the British government’s help to keep two 16th century masterpieces from leaving the country.
City Of Ottawa Proposes Axing All Festival Funding
City staff recommended $4.1 million in cuts to the city’s arts and culture programs when they released the 2009 draft budget last week.
Minnesota Arts Celebrate New Funding, Sports Grumble
Sports fans are lamenting that a huge funding plan for the arts passed in last week’s election when football’s Minnesota Vikings need money for a new stadium. And the arts and pro sports are related how?
Venerable Searchlight Films Fights To Get Back On Track
The unit of News Corp.’s 20th Century Fox, known for picking quirky films that resonate with the public, has released only a handful this year, far fewer than in the recent past. Two pictures it had high hopes for flopped. Others performed adequately but hardly with distinction.
Fight To Save Tin Pan Alley
The buildings are up for sale, and one plan is to build a high rise on the site. The four-story, 19th-century buildings on Manhattan’s West 28th Street were home to publishers of some of the catchiest American tunes and lyrics — from “God Bless America” and “Take Me Out To The Ballgame” to “Give My Regards to Broadway.”
YouTube To Start Posting Full-Length Movies
“Many TV networks already run short clips on YouTube, which also offers millions of home videos uploaded by users. But until now, YouTube videos were predominantly short clips of ten minutes or less.”
Audiences For Aussie Musicals Dry Up
“Musicals are traditionally the last thing people want to spend their money on in tough times. We sold them like cheap flights, heavily discounted, to get word of mouth going,” said artistic director Peter Cousens. “We’re finding we have to drop the prices just to get people in.”
Canadian Government Decision To Ax Portrait Gallery Move Reveals Cultural Divide
The decision has exposed a rift between oil-rich western cities competing for a share of Canada’s cultural treasures and those who believe the nation’s cultural heritage should dwell in the nation’s capital.
Singer Miriam Makeba, 76
Widely known as “Mama Africa,” she had been a prominent exiled opponent of apartheid since the South African authorities revoked her passport in 1960 and refused to allow her to return after she traveled abroad. She was prevented from attending her mother’s funeral after touring in the United States.