“Henry James, a member of her coterie, once remarked that Isabella ‘is not a woman, she is a locomotive – with a Pullman car attached.’ … She obsessively saved newspaper clippings of her exploits and once remarked, in response to gossip about her, ‘Don’t spoil a good story by telling the truth.'” (Is that why she burned all her letters?)
Tag: 12.03.15
‘Flesh And Bone’ Star Says Ballet Teachers Told Her To Get Breast Reduction
Sarah Hay, whose regular gig is with the ballet at the Semperoper Dresden, says that when she was studying in New York, “I had a lot of controversy about my figure.” One teacher even pulled her offstage, told her, “Your breasts are distracting me,” and gave her a sports bra to put on.
Why Some Poorly-Rated Shows Keep Getting Renewed
“The rapid destabilization of live ratings and the sheer volume of mediocre results throws any conversation about relative success right out the window; even so, at least a handful of these shows are all but assured a return engagement next season.” It’s all anout time-shifting and reruns the secondary market now.
Knoedler Gallery Settles Lawsuit Over Fake Willem De Kooning
“With a trial looming, the Knoedler Gallery, its former director Ann Freedman, and Knoedler’s owner 8-31 Holdings have reached a settlement with the New York collector John Howard. Howard had bought a fake work by Willem de Kooning from the gallery for $4m.”
We Can’t Let Screenings Displace Live Theatre
“There needs to be some comprehensive research that goes beyond the anecdotal and allows both the NT and RSC to have a proper dialogue with those companies affected and with the Arts Council, to find ways to allow audiences and all parts of the theatre ecology – from the giants to the minnows – to thrive alongside each other.”
London’s Theatres Still Exude Magic
“More than 14 million people see shows each year at the 60-odd major theaters clustered around the Soho neighborhood and Leicester Square (known as the West End) and beyond, compared with about 13 million at Broadway’s 40 theaters and tens of thousands more at several major Off Broadway theaters.”
The Disaster Of Journalism In The Era Of Social Media
“By giving subjects—powerful or weak—the ability to bypass organizations they used to have to work with, platforms alter the terms considerably. That’s why so many disparate media parties are descending into panic at the same time. That’s why their subjects are asserting themselves. That’s why so many professional communicators are, when it comes to their own jobs, at a loss for words.”
How Do You Program Los Angeles? Ask These Executive Directors
“The town has come a long way from Woody Allen’s L.A.-phobic ‘Annie Hall’ days, when his alter ego, Alvy Singer, declared in the 1977 film, ‘I don’t want to live in a city where the only cultural advantage is that you can make a right turn on a red light.'”
Dear Adults: Please Shut Up About Coloring Books And Just Read
“Amazon’s founder Jeff Bezos put it more clearly than most last year when he noted that books are no longer competing only against other books: ‘You’re competing against Candy Crush and everything else.’ The real battle isn’t between screen and paper editions, or even between Amazon and Hachette: it’s between one person trying to conjure a world in words, and another inviting me to match coloured shapes in lines until my eyes glaze into darkness.”
Our Ephemeral World: How The Record Of Today’s History Is In Danger
“There is no guarantee that we will be able to read today’s news on tomorrow’s computers. I’ve been studying news preservation for the past two years, and I can confidently say that most media companies use a preservation strategy that resembles Swiss cheese.”