It’s all a sociological and semiotic gold mine.
Author: Matthew Westphal
Hollywood Studios Drop $200M Suit Against File-Sharing Site
“A NYC-based federal judge today granted final approval to Paramount, 20th Century Fox, Viacom, Disney, Comedy Partners and Warner Bros’ request to dismiss their almost two year case against LimeWire and its founder Mark Gorton.”
Bolshoi Acid Attack Trial, Day Two: Filin Will Need Lifelong Eye Surgery
The father-in-law of Bolshoi Ballet artistic director Sergei Filin said on the stand: “I asked the doctors how long the operations would need to go on for, whether it would be another year, or two years. But they said to me that they will probably have to go on for the rest of his life.”
Ballet’s Great Runaway Brings Spotlight To Moscow’s No. 2 Troupe
Less than two years after he walked out on his burgeoning career as a principal at London’s Royal Ballet, Sergei Polunin is drawing critical raves and ravenous ticket-buyers to the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Music Theatre, whose ballet company has always labored in the shadow of the mighty – and now strife-plagued – Bolshoi.
Women’s Giving Circles: Next Big Thing In Grass-Roots Philanthropy?
“Such giving circles are on the rise. Members pool their money to make grants to local nonprofit groups, realizing that one hefty contribution can have an immediate influence in a community.”
Theme Parks And Netflix Have Disney Rolling In Money
“Disney ended its fiscal year in blockbuster style on Thursday, reporting solid growth in fourth-quarter profit, unveiling a substantial Netflix deal and savoring a stock price that has climbed 35 percent over the last 12 months.”
Milwaukee Symphony Chorus Director Arrested In Sex Sting
Lee Erickson allegedly followed an undercover police officer into a men’s room in a Milwaukee park and engaged in “lewd behavior”.
How Jeremy Denk Made Peace With The Goldberg Variations
“In fact, the Goldberg Variations have caused me more misery than any other piece of music in history, with the exception of the Tchaikovsky Trio (for totally different reasons). How many hours have I spent backstage fretting, knowing that there will be several insufferable know-it-alls in the audience, with their 700 recordings and deeply considered opinions?”
Qatari Poet To Serve 15-Year Sentence For Pro-Arab Spring Verse
“Qatar’s Supreme Court last month upheld a 15-year prison sentence handed to poet Mohammed Al-Ajami for reciting a poem in support of the Arab uprisings on YouTube.” He has been held in solitary confinement for two years.
What Won’t Cher Say?
Not much, it seems. She tells Rebecca Nicholson about vocoders, Miley Cyrus, Sonny, how bad some of the things she’s sung and acted in are, gay fans, and the incident with Salvador Dalí the chocolate clocks and the fish-shaped vibrator.