CBS “specials and music VP Jack Sussman said the current model of airing the show live at 5 p.m. on the East Coast and delayed at 8 p.m. on the West Coast is working perfectly.”
Month: January 2013
Kenojuak Ashevak, Who Brought Inuit Art To World Renown, 85
“Her renown grew after the release in the 1960s of ‘Kenojuak,’ a film produced by the National Film Board of Canada and nominated for an Academy Award for best short documentary. Commissions followed, and Kenojuak, who spoke only Inuktitut, was invited to travel widely for exhibitions of Inuit art in Germany, the Netherlands, South Korea, Seattle and Ottawa.”
John London’s ‘Call of the Wild’?
“We venture to suggest the use of the more frequent form of the Christian name … — John seeming to us better suited than Jack to literary purposes.”
Ben Affleck, Snubbed By The Oscars, Wins Critics’ Choice
Affleck joked as he took the best director trophy that he’d “like to thank the Academy.”
Will The National Theatre Finally Recover From The Kennedy Center?
“The National is a low-budget, skeletal operation that maintains a handful of outreach operations to help justify its not-for-profit status. Rent doesn’t seem to be an issue.”
Getty To Return Sculpture To Sicily
“The museum obtained the piece, which dates back to between 400 and 300 BC, in 1985. But new evidence suggests it was removed from Sicily’s Morgantina Archaeological Park a decade earlier.”
Music After Modernism – What Gives?
“Nothing is essentially wrong with the ‘tonal enterprise,’ but most of us acknowledge that in the aftermath of the tumultuous 20th-century, we live in a dramatically expanded field of possibilities.”
Who Gets Paid What From That $150 Ticket
“The queue to share some of your cash is lengthy and varied, spreading through crew, media, caterers, managers and the venue itself. And this doesn’t include the fee you pay on top for the privilege of buying the ticket and, gallingly, printing it out yourself at home.”
UK Printed Book Sales Decline (Though Decline Rate Slows)
“Total sales of printed books fell to £1.51bn in 2012, down from £1.59bn in 2011, according to analysis of the year by book sales monitor Nielsen BookScan, with total value sales reaching their lowest since 2003.”
London’s Royal Opera House Plans New Direction
“Despite the fact that its chief executive is about to depart to head up the BBC , the Royal Opera House has announced a bold new direction.”