A “story in snapshots” (of prose) of the man “generally regarded as the greatest photographer in the history of Chicago” – the man who took the “black turtleneck” portrait series of legendary actors and whose posters for the Chicago International Film Festival were notorious at first and later renowned.
Tag: 12.21.08
Pakistan’s First Girl Group
Zeb and Haniya, a pair of US-educated sisters, are getting a lot of attention as the first all-female band in the troubled Muslim nation. Perhaps more noteworthy is the fact that the two young women are Pashtun – the conservative ethnic group that dominates the Taliban.
Philip Seymour Hoffman Hates Acting
“For me, acting is torturous, and it’s torturous because you know it’s a beautiful thing. I was young once, and I said, That’s beautiful and I want that. Wanting it is easy, but trying to be great – well, that’s absolutely torturous.”
From NY Governor, A 4 Percent Tax B’way Doesn’t Need
“Facing ‘Black Tuesday’ – when the first six of 13 shows slated to close go dark on Jan. 6 – Broadway has been hit with a final indignity: a 4 percent tax on theater tickets.” The item is part of Gov. David Paterson’s list of proposed taxes and tax increases. “Executives say the fee could be the final blow to an industry reeling from dwindling ticket sales.”
At Last, Speed-The-Plow‘s Elevated Vitriol Levels Explained
“The pleasingly insouciant revival of David Mamet’s anti-Hollywood screed ‘Speed-the-Plow’ was one of the few shows on Broadway this fall to actually attract an audience. … That’s why the news of star actor Jeremy Piven’s premature departure (he says he suffers from abnormally high levels of mercury, because of a diet heavy in sushi and Chinese herbs) from ‘Speed-the-Plow’ this week caused such an orgy of self-serving consternation. Everybody was about to make money.”
Parisians Protest Changes To Landmark Hotel
“The venerable Hôtel Lambert, a 17th-century mini-mansion in the heart of Paris, was recently sold to the Gulf royals, but the change is more than one of atmosphere. The new foreign owners plan a massive refurbishment – and have walked into a row on the scale of their £70m property’s painted ceilings.”
Warner Removes Videos From YouTube
“We simply cannot accept terms that fail to appropriately and fairly compensate recording artists, songwriters, labels and publishers for the value they provide.”
The Best Of Canadian Dance
“Dance in 2008 demonstrated how insular the art form is becoming. With touring money drying up, most choreographers, particularly the independent ones, are confined to performing in their home cities.”
Conor Cruise O’Brien, 91
He “was the leading Irish intellectual of his generation, though he assumed so many guises – diplomatist, historian, literary critic, proconsul, professor, playwright, government minister, columnist and editor – that he defies further categorisation.”
The Hidden Drawings Behind A Leonardo Canvas
“Lovers of Dan Brown novels will be salivating at the discovery of three previously unknown drawings on the back of one of Leonardo’s major works. A curator spotted the sketches on the back of The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne when it was taken down in September for restoration.”