“Robert Lantos, along with filmmakers David Cronenberg and Paul Gross, are proposing an all-Canadian film TV channel for mandatory carriage. Do Canadians want to watch Canadian films?”
Author: Matthew Westphal
Christopher Walken Would Like To Play A Regular Guy Once In A While
“Quite often, I’ll be sent a script for a movie. And I find that I like it, so I say I’ll do it. But then they rewrite it for me. They make it quirky. Odd. I find that rather annoying. I call it Walkenising.”
Olympia Dukakis At 81: ‘I Still Feel Sexual’
“Part of my personality is sexuality, at 81, yes it is. I’m not ashamed of it, I’m not proud of it, it’s just who I am.”
And The Oddest Book Title Of 2013 Is …
“Goblinproofing One’s Chicken Coop by Reginald Bakeley and Clint Marsh attracted 38 percent of 1,225 online votes to beat craft manual How Tea Cosies Changed the World with 31 percent to win the 35th annual Diagram Prize.”
Cat Fired From Broadway Breakfast At Tiffany’s
“The main cat understudy, Montie, a black-and-white male, has been fired for being, well, difficult. He didn’t follow stage directions. … Meanwhile the star cat, Vito Vincent, is now negotiating – through his owner – for a nightly car and driver.”
Now Even Dubai Has A Warehouse Gallery District
More than 20 galleries “have set up in a cluster of buildings around Al Serkal Avenue in Al Quoz in the past couple of years, attracted by the large spaces available and the neighborhood’s gritty, urban feel. … [Artists] have been drawn to Dubai to escape political turbulence in countries like Egypt, Iran, Pakistan, Sudan, Syria and Tunisia.”
Worried About Building Damage, V&A Cancels Napalm Death Metal Concert
“The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) has cancelled a Napalm Death concert over fears the high decibel levels could damage the ‘fabric of the building’. The grindcore band’s gig was to feature three ceramic sound systems which could disintegrate due to the sound levels.”
Rio Gets New Museum Of Contemporary Latin American Art
“Local officials aiming to transform Rio de Janeiro from a cultural backwater into an art hotspot are bolstering their campaign with this week’s opening of a museum” – Casa Daros – “built around one of the world’s premier collections of contemporary Latin American art.”
Minnesota’s Penumbra Theatre Is Back From The Brink
“After canceling most of its 2012-13 season in September due to financial troubles, the renowned African-American theater company has scaled down, paid its bills and is back onstage … Penumbra needed $340,000 to get back on its feet and raised $359,000 by the end of 2012.”
Battle Over The Bolshoi: Is The Kremlin Favoring The Insurgent?
Nikolai Tsiskaridze, the popular principal dancer who has been loudly campaigning against Bolshoi general director Anatoly Iksanov and ballet artistic director/acid attack victim Sergei Filin, appeared last weekend “on state-controlled NTV television, a channel that the Kremlin has used to attack its opponents or those who have fallen out of favor.”