“The plaintiffs announced that they would not serve the Complaint on the Union immediately, in the hope that the Union would respond to their request to meet and confer about a mutually acceptable resolution of the small theater controversy.”
Month: October 2015
With Our Desire For Happiness, We’re Making Ourselves Miserable
“Instead of trying to be more blissed out, less wrought or angry, they argue, we should assume that we’re going to have negative feelings and develop ways to behave like decent human beings despite them.”
We Are All Paparazzi Now
“Little more than a decade ago, stars like Paris Hilton would ‘inadvertently’ leak their plans to the paparazzi — part of the wink-wink symbiotic relationship that fueled their tabloid fame. But what once took an army of clamoring paparazzi can now be tweeted, Instagrammed, Snapchatted, and Vined.”
British Government Sets A High Bar For Exporting A Rembrandt
“It’s important that paintings, especially one as famous as this, are available for our students to learn from.”
Classical Music Under Threat (No, Not That One…)
So how many classical traditions might there be? By my reckoning, at least 15, and though they seem diverse, they coalesce into a handful of stylistic families.
Historical Fiction Versus History
“I suggested that the demands of history and fiction are slightly different – that since a novel is a story, it must be complete, and since a history must be accepted by the reader as accurate, it must be incomplete. He was not convinced.”
Appeals Court Gives Google Book Scanning Big Win For Fair Use
“This was a unanimous decision by all three judges on the panel, giving yet another complete victory to Google saying that its book scanning project is fair use — and, as an appeals court ruling, is useful in creating precedent in the all important 2nd Circuit (with some pretty damn good quotes for future cases). This is a big and clear win for fair use.”
Prediction: Pandora’s Entry to Concert Ticketing Business Won’t Reduce Service Fees
“It’s always easy to vilify Ticketmaster, and I think it’s much more complex than that. It’s really the whole system, the whole concert industry collectively — including the artists, by the way — sometimes because they’re getting some of those ticketing fees as well.”
CBS Refuses Advertising For Robert Redford Movie That Is Critical Of CBS
Sony Pictures Classics sought a multi-million dollar ad buy to promote the film on Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show,” the “CBS Evening News,” ”CBS This Morning” and “60 Minutes,” but was turned down, said Sherri Callan, president of Callan Advertising, the company that places ads for Sony.
Is Hollywood Ready To Get Serious About Diversity?
The president of Hollywood’s movie academy says criticism of the lack of diversity among Oscar nominees has helped spark a vital global discussion about how to make the entertainment industry more inclusive.