“The Meshchansky District Court in Moscow is expected to start delivering a verdict to the [defendants] at 0800 GMT. … If found guilty of plotting the January attack with his two co-defendants, Pavel Dmitrichenko, 29, could be sent to a penal colony for nine years, the term sought by the prosecutors last week.”
Author: Matthew Westphal
Animals Were Harmed In The Making Of This Picture
Taking off from a newly-revealed incident on the Life of Pi, in which the tiger nearly drowned, The Hollywood Reporter presents an in-depth investigation of treatment of animals in the U.S. movie industry.
Cleveland Orchestra Looks To Expand Its European Bases Further
In addition to its growing residencies in Vienna and Linz (music director Franz Welser-Möst’s hometown), the Clevelanders are working on launching ongoing partnerships with venues in Bratislava and Paris (at the soon-to-open Philharmonie).
Bolshoi’s Music Director Abruptly Quits
In a notably terse statement, the theater’s general director announced that he had accepted the resignation of Vasily Sinaisky, effective immediately. Sinaisky, who had been in the job for three years, was due to conduct a new production of Verdi’s Dopn Carlos that opens in two weeks.
Laure Prevost Wins Turner Prize 2013
“Laure Prouvost was the rank outsider from a particularly strong 2013 shortlist that included the higher-profile artists Tino Seghal and David Shrigley. She was awarded the £25,000 prize by the actor Saoirse Ronan at a ceremony in Derry, Northern Ireland.”
Performing The Vagina Monologues In China
In fact, performers and activists have been presenting Eve Ensler’s script in the still-socially-conservative People’s Republic off and on for a decade now – with widely varying responses from officials and audiences alike.
Did Dorothy Parker Rip Off Lolita From Nabokov?
Maybe. Nothing could be simple where those two were concerned, after all. Galya Diment reviews the evidence.
Angela Lansbury To Make West End Return At 88
“Angela Lansbury is to appear on the London stage for the first time in almost 40 years in a new production of Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit. She will reprise the role of Madame Arcati, which she first played on Broadway in 2009, winning a Tony Award.”
The Truth About The Left Brain/Right Brain Relationship
“Is the idea that the left hemisphere of the brain is more logical and the right more intuitive a scientific fact or a cultural fiction? Commentator Tania Lombrozo turns to an expert for answers.”
Rare Biblical Texts From Bodleian And Vatican Libraries Digitized
“A Gutenberg Bible, a dazzlingly illuminated 15th-century Hebrew Bible from Spain and a copy of Maimonides’s 12th-century commentary on the Mishnah written in the philosopher’s own hand are among the rare bibles and biblical commentaries from the Vatican Library and the Bodleian Libraries at Oxford that have been digitized and posted online.”