“The controversy centers on FCC chairman Kevin Martin’s recently stated claim that cable has reached a level of market dominance that triggers a 1984 Cable Act provision allowing for more regulation to promote diversity and competition.”
Tag: 11.26.07
Detroit Institute Of Arts Has Boffo Opening Weekend
Some “57,554 people visited the Detroit Institute of Arts during the 40 hours of its re-opening weekend Friday through Sunday.”
Neurological Overstep – What The Artists Didn’t Do
“Neurological breakthroughs attributed to turn-of-the-century artists range from the maddeningly vague to the absurdly specific. We now know that Proust was right about memory, Cezanne was uncannily accurate about the visual cortex, Stein anticipated Chomsky, and Woolf pierced the mystery of consciousness; modern neuroscience has confirmed these artistic intuitions.”
Where They’re Trying To Figure Out New Media
“With so much up in the air about online video, you couldn’t expect near-unanimity, except on the biggest philosophical points. In the margins, people are trying to figure out what the ad model will be to make it pay off, where long-form video will fit into this world and how people are going to get video from the computer into the living room.”
Costa-Gravas To Head Berlin Jury
“Constantin Costa-Gavras, one of the world’s most prominent political directors, has been named jury president for the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival, arguably the most political of the big film fests.”
Standardized Tests Cheat The Arts
“While both the Department of Education and the federal government identify the arts as vital to a good education, the grades — and the standardized testing approach — fail to acknowledge the central role subjects beyond reading and math play in a child’s education. Arts education may very well be the ‘incomplete’ in these report cards.”
Birmingham To Stage First International Dance Fest
“The month-long programme will showcase all forms of dance including work by the Kirov Ballet and Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan. Akram Khan will also present his new collaboration with National Ballet of China, Bahok.”
Western Rockers Turn To China
“Once largely closed to foreign music, the country has gradually loosened restrictions and — at a time when record sales in the West continue to plunge, and new sources of revenue have become essential — emerged as a crucial territory on pop’s global map.”
Visitors Hurt In Tate’s Crack
As many as 15 art lovers have been injured at London’s Tate Modern since the opening of an installation which features a large crack in the floor.
Pavarotti’s Wife Sues Tenor’s Friends
Nicoletta Mantovani filed the lawsuit last month after warning that speculation about the state of her marriage to Pavarotti would not be tolerated.