“Though it said she performed in starring roles with several A-list companies in Europe and San Francisco, a Globe review has found that four institutions have either no record of her or cast her in minor parts. In one case, in which she is listed as principal soprano, she was actually the fifth of six flower maidens in a 1974 production of Wagner’s ‘Parsifal.'”
Tag: 12.18.09
Italy Says It Will Limit TV Commercials
“By 2012, the ceiling for ad airtime will fall 18% to 12%, and will apply to satellite and terrestrial channels, communications minister Paolo Romani said, adding that the move was in viewers’ interests.”
Participation In The Arts? What’s That?
“What this study seems to call for more profoundly is the opportunity to reassess what we, as well as the NEA, really mean when we are surveying adults about their arts experiences.”
TV Christmas Plots Are All The (Three) Sames
“In a true Christmas episode–one that centers around the holidays, as opposed to an installment that just happens to take place around the winter solstice–something threatens to wreck the celebrations before the inevitable happy ending. That menacing force, furthermore, always seems to fit one of three boilerplates.”
Why Doesn’t America Make Things Anymore? Here’s A Theory
“Since 1965, the percentage of graduates of highly-ranked business schools who go into consulting and financial services has doubled, from about one-third to about two-thirds. And while some of these consultants and financiers end up in the manufacturing sector, in some respects that’s the problem.”
Museum Sells Memorabilia To Raise Funds
“To raise funds for the Hollywood Media Arts Academy, a program which helps at-risk youths, the Hollywood Entertainment Museum is auctioning off some interesting memorabilia including — wait for it — ruby red slippers labeled ‘MGM Wardrobe J. Garland’.”
Student Artist Fined For Smashing Gallery Window As Art
The student, who has a piece in the current show of the Royal Scottish Academy, explained that he was less distressed by the fine than by the Collective’s dismissal of his work as “vandalism”, as the charge sheet put it. “There have got to be serious questions asked of their position as arbiters of art,” he told the Guardian.
Google Loses Book Copyright Case In French Court
“A Paris court has convicted Google Inc. in a copyright infringement case over online publication of French books. A judge ruled today that the U.S. Internet search giant must pay $430,000 in damages and interest to French publisher La Martiniere.”
Some Clever Thinking About What An E-Magazine Might Look Like
“The design team behind the project have tried to keep elements of print magazine reading that readers want, while abandoning some design features commonly used when creating digital editions of print products, such as page-turning technology.”
Budding Filmmaker Gets $30 Million Hollywood Film Deal After $300 YouTube Success
“They sent me emails that said ‘Now that we’ve seen what can be done with 300 dollars, let’s see what you can do with 30 million,” Alvarez told Agence France-Presse.