“Do I get Netflix, HBO, CBS and Showtime?”
Author: Matthew Westphal
Even Iggy Pop Can’t Make Any Money From Streaming Music
“If I had to depend on what I actually get from sales I’d be tending bars between sets.” The 67-year-old rock legend also says that electronic devices “estrange people from their morals and also make it easier to steal music than pay for it.”
King Kong Vs. Godzilla In The Art World: Ron Perelman’s Feud With Larry Gagosian
Perelman, one of the top art collectors on the planet, says that art, “a beautiful thing”, has “been sullied by an ugly business [and] needs to be fixed.” Mega-dealer Gagosian’s side says that Perelman is a “notorious bully” who’d rather file “meritless litigations … [than] pay what’s owed.”
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Woodruff Arts Center Hits Back At Atlanta Symphony Musicians Over Pace Of Mediation
Responding to the players’ complaints that Woodruff’s negotiators have been wasting time because they had neither a ready proposal nor authority from the board to reach an agreement, the Woodruff team’s leader said, “In the words of the mediators, it was time to put some of the shared ideas ‘on paper’. This was precisely what [the musicians] had asked us to do – make new proposals to show our good faith.”
Kennedy Center’s New President Wants To Spotlight Contemporary Arts
Deborah Rutter: “I grew up loving Bach’s St. Matthew Passion and Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, but I am compelled by work that is created today. We need to expand that. We need to take more risks. “I keep hearing Washington is more conservative. I’m going to push you on that.”
Finally, Gehry’s Eisenhower Memorial Design Gets The Go-Ahead (With An Asterisk)
“The Commission of Fine Arts on Thursday approved the concept of the revised Frank Gehry design for the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial [on the National Mall] but asked its creators to return with more details about the plan’s landscaping, statuary, pathways and lighting.”
Well, Of Course My Adaptation Of “The Cherry Orchard” Isn’t Accurate – That Would Be Impossible
Simon Stephens, who worked from a literal translation by a professor: “It seems especially odd to suggest that a play text, out of any literary form, should be carved out of an attempt to accurately translate the original language of an author writing a century ago. … The nature of translation means that to think otherwise is folly. The nature of theatre means that to aspire to do so is slightly perverse.”
Founder Of Australia’s Top Shakespeare Company To Retire
John Bell, 75, who established Bell Shakespeare in 1990, will step down at the end of 2015.
Actress Misty Upham, 32. Found Dead In Washington State Woods
The Native American performer, known for her roles in the films Frozen River, August: Osage County, and Django Unchained, had gone missing earlier this month.