“Ofcom’s Children’s Digital Day research shows that children aged 11 to 15 are watching one hour and 32 minutes of live TV per day. Adults watch two hours and 58 minutes per day, the survey revealed.”
Month: November 2014
A New National Newspaper Starts Up In UK (And People Are Buying It!)
“Richard Walker, editor of The National, said the first day’s 60,000 print run was a sell-out, and digital subscribers were joining up on Sunday at the rate of 20 a minute.”
Marrakech Is About To Get One Of The Biggest Photography Galleries In The World. But…
“Marrakech is not a city known for the arts. For most local people, photography means one thing: the often intrusive presence of tourists with digital cameras in search of local colour.”
Broadway Box Office Up, But New Musicals Fail To Connect With Audiences So Far
“Over all, Broadway musicals and plays grossed $26.7 million last week, compared to $23.4 million for the same week last season. Attendance was 262,452 for 36 productions, compared to 233,393 for 32 productions last year.”
Alex Poots Named To Lead NYC’s New Culture Shed (So What Is Culture Shed?)
“The center plans to commission, program and present innovative work from around the world, across the arts and the creative industries, including film, fashion, video, performing arts, culinary arts, music and publishing. It is expected to become the new home of Fashion Week and a possible anchor for the Tribeca Film Festival.”
How Has “Star Wars” Made $37 Billion??
“The Star Wars universe now comprises a vast array of products, from movies and TV shows to videogames and toys. But it all started with one movie, Star Wars (later Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope), whose modest $11 million budget was less than the average studio comedy at the time.”
That Henry Mancini Sound: Here’s Where It Came From
“From the “Pink Panther” and “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” to “Gunn” and “Charade,” Mancini’s film scores went beyond background music. They expressed a new American modernism that embraced simplicity, sleekness and space. Free of heavy classical motifs found in many earlier film scores, Mancini’s music was streamlined for sensuality, with many of his soundtracks becoming more memorable than the films’ actors and plots.”
A History Of Highbrow Versus Lowbrow
“The antagonisms between highbrow and lowbrow aren’t new, and have arguably even diminished somewhat in comparison with the Astor Place riot. Highbrow has long sneered at lowbrow, and lowbrow has long sneered right back. What’s different is not the conflict, but the fact that the antagonism occurs in a landscape where highbrow and lowbrow have split into more clearly defined camps.”
Bollywood Actresses Are Big Box Office. So Why Aren’t They Getting Paid Like It?
“Top male stars, such as the three Khans — Salman, Shah Rukh and Aamir — and action star Akshay Kumar, earn around 400 million rupees ($6.7 million) per film on average, apart from a share of the profits, according to industry experts. A-list actresses such as Deepika Padukone and Katrina Kaif get paid a tenth of that per film.”
Why Are Public Figures Suing Video Game Makers?
“A number of states have passed specific statutes regulating the right of publicity; others just have common law rights (meaning precedent established by case law); some have both; and a handful have neither.”