This morning TV critics everywhere are bashing Ally McBeal Lite – the half-hour version of “Ally” that bows tonight. It’s a cynical rip-off calculated to grab more money, they say. Plus, they’re just getting sick of her. The Globe and Mail puts it succinctly. The Globe and Mail
Month: September 1999
THINK YOU CAN SELL THAT FIRST NOVEL?
At the risk of being inundated, a London publisher reveals the do’s and don’t’s of getting published. He says it’s the best time ever for first-time authors to get into print. – The London Telegraph
BOOKS ON DEMAND
Netbooks offers downloadable books online – readers can pick their own typefaces and search text with a click. – Publisher’s Weekly
ATLANTIC CROSSING
Mort Zuckerman surprised the magazine world yesterday when he sold The Atlantic, one of his prized publications, to the publisher of the National Journal. New owner plans to replace William Whitworth, the Atlantic’s longtime editor, with Michael Kelly. – Washington Post
A STUDIO GROWS IN BROOKLYN
Mark Morris turned down running the Scottish Ballet earlier this year. Now he’s building a permanent home for his own company in Brooklyn. “About time” he says. – Sydney Morning Herald (reprint from London Telegraph)
THE ELECTRIC OPPOSITION
Live theater has become more inventive, more intimate, more interesting because of competition from movies and television, says Irish Times critic.
Irish Times
Guggenheim proposes 45-story $850 million Frank Gehry building –
– for a West Side pier. The new museum would contain large exhibition wings, a theater, a skating rink and other public amenities. New York Times
Can’t make it to St. Petersburg to see the Hermitage?
IBM has spent two years and $2 million putting the museum online in high resolution. Now you can see 3000 of the museum’s artworks with just a few clicks. Hartford Courant
NOT TO BE OUTDONE
- Chicago looks to regain the “tallest building in the world” title. City council meets to consider the $500 million, 112-story building proposal designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. It looks “like a pencil you could snap in two.” Chicago Tribune
- People who put graffiti on walls are usually shunned – even put in jail if caught. But a group of Philadelphia graffiti artists are touring the country to explain their artform. San Antonio Express News 9/27/99
Domingo will break Caruso’s record –
– of singing most opening nights at the Met. – The New York Times