“No part of speech has had to put up with so much adversity as the adverb. The grammatical equivalent of cheap cologne or trans fat, the adverb is supposed to be used sparingly, if at all, to modify verbs, adjectives or other adverbs. … Not everybody, however, looks askance at the part of speech. Indeed, there is at least one place where the adverb not only flourishes but wields power – the American legal system.”
Author: Matthew Westphal
There’s An Epidemic In America – Of Hypochondria (Blame Ebola)
In Dallas, some parents are keeping their kids home from school. Nearly 40% of Americans are evidently concerned that there will be an Ebola outbreak in the U.S. Certain TV pundits are energetically stoking the fear. A bioethicist explains where hypochondria comes from and why it isn’t entirely fair to callit irrational.
Marina Abramovic Begs Lars Von Trier To Work On Her Film
“Dear Mr Lars von Trier, I think you are the most disturbing director in this planet and this is why I’d really, really love to work with you … You really bring the actors on the edge of complete nervous breakdowns. Because I am a performance artist, I understand very well what you are doing.” (includes video)
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Nobel Literature Prize 2014: The Bookies’ Favorites Are –
“Ladbrokes, which has frequently seen the eventual victor surge to the top of its odds in the days before the announcement, said today that Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o and Haruki Murakami were, at 4/1, joint favourites to win Thursday’s eight million kronor (£693,000) prize.”
“Twin Peaks” Is Coming Back To TV
“The nine-episode series will go into production in 2015 for a premiere in 2016 [on Showtime] to mark the 25th anniversary of when the series finished its run on ABC. In a fact that will delight Twin Peaks devotees, Lynch and Frost will write and produce all nine episodes, with Lynch set to direct every episode.”
“Twin Peaks” Made Today’s Prestige-TV Landscape Possible
“The arty, boundary-breaking drama as we now know it wouldn’t exist without Twin Peaks … Everything from The Sopranos to American Horror Story owes it a debt. … And yet, as incredible as it now seems, there was a time when ABC was thought reckless, indulgent, or just plain stupid for giving Twin Peaks a green light.”
Major Reorganization At NPR
The biggest change is the departure of chief content officer Kinsey Wilson, widely admired for his digital initiatives over the past six years.
Geoffrey Holder, 84, Director, Actor, Painter, Dancer and Choreographer
“The 6-foot-6 Mr. Holder gained early renown as a dancer, leading a folk-dance troupe in his native Trinidad before moving to New York in the 1950s. He soon became a fixture in the city’s theatrical and artistic worlds, known for his rich, Caribbean-accented voice and the almost limitless range of his cultural interests.” He became a genuine celebrity thanks to a series of commercials for 7Up, “the Uncola”.
Mark Morris Dance Group To Split In Two (Don’t Panic!)
“The Mark Morris Dance Group is simultaneously going west and east from mid-October through November, as for the first time in the company’s 34-year history, it splits into two groups.”