The business of reruns can generate “mega coin,” as The Hollywood Reporter might put it, but it’s unpredictable. “Success on the network doesn’t mean success in syndication.”
Tag: 11.23.08
Norman Foster Moscow Tower (Meant To Be Europe’s Tallest) Is Cancelled
“Work on the architect’s 118-floor tower began last year. The skyscraper was sited on industrial land next to Moscow’s river, surrounded by old warehouses and Soviet-era apartment blocks. The skyscraper was meant to be the centrepiece of a new business district and a symbol of Russia’s resurgent economic might. Its cancellation is an embarrassment for the Kremlin.”
Dubai’s Architectural Bubble Bursts
“It has finally happened: the Dubai bubble has burst. Architecture-spotters like myself have looked on in amazement, or rather incredulity, at the way the tiny emirate has continued to unveil ever grander construction projects – taller skyscrapers, huger hotels, vaster artificial islands – in apparent defiance of the global credit crunch. Now, that crunch has hit home.”
The Woman Who Remembers Everything
“If we could remember everything equally well, the brain would be hopelessly overburdened and would operate more slowly.” So what about those few people who rememered literally everything?
Tenor Sings Two Major Roles In One Day At Met
Italian tenor Marcello Giordani Giordani performed the title role in Berlioz’s La Damnation de Faust during a matinee Saturday. A few hours later he sang the leading tenor role of Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton in “Madama Butterfly.” He replaced a sick colleague.
Screen Actors Guild Wants A Strike Vote
“The Screen Actors Guild said Saturday it will ask its members to authorize a strike after its first contract talks in four months with Hollywood studios failed despite the help of a federal mediator.”
The Peripatetic Mr. Barenboim
There is no one quite like him today in the music world. At 66 Daniel Barenboim has been performing for 58 years, nearly since the days of the first commercially successful LPs.
Hollywood Embroiled In Anti-Prop 8 Backlash
“For many in Hollywood, the Proposition 8 backlash represents a troubling clash of free speech, religious beliefs and the right to fight intolerance. Many supporters of same-sex marriage view the state constitutional amendment as codified bigotry, a rollback of civil liberties for gays and lesbians.”
Inside Venezuela’s Remarkable Music Education System
“El Sistema measures its success less by how many world-class professional musicians it churns out than by how well its pupils are able to absorb the values of self-discipline and teamwork in service of social harmony. Roughly 80% of the students are from low-income families.”
The Essential Gustavo Dudamel
“When the charismatic South American takes over from Esa-Pekka Salonen, who is stepping down after 17 years at the podium [at the Los Angeles Philharmonic] to further his composing career, he will bring a rare combination of youth and experience, gravitas and exuberance, old-school European repertory knowledge and a New World willingness to break with fusty practices when necessary.”