“The announcements by Obama and Castro won’t affect the particulars of any of these projects in progress. But the move does have many people in the cultural sphere considering what might be artistically possible between the two countries down the line.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Funding Is A Struggle Even For Big-Name Hollywood Projects, If They Feature African Americans
“Despite America’s changing demographics, Hollywood’s most powerful industry leaders have been slow to respond to a demand for movies that reflect cultural and racial shifts that have long been underway.”
Before ‘Google It,’ We Had ‘Call The Reference Librarian’
“Here’s one salacious example: ‘I went to a New Year’s Eve Party and unexpectedly stayed over. I don’t really know the hosts. Ought I to send a thank-you note?’ asked a ‘somewhat uncertain female voice’ during a mid-afternoon telephone call on New Year’s Day, 1967.”
Buddy DeFranco Played The Clarinet With Frank Sinatra, But His Great Jazz Skill Shone In Other Venues
“Captivated by the complex, challenging new sounds and increasingly aware that the music market was evolving, Mr. DeFranco moved quickly to carve out a fresh career in bebop, a perilous undertaking on an instrument that requires nearly superhuman skill and dexterity to keep up with bebop’s sometimes freakishly fast tempos.”
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Janis Martin Sang In Italian Restaurants To Survive, And Then Became A Celebrated Soprano And International Star
“From the early 1970s on she became identified with Wagnerian soprano parts like Isolde, Brünnhilde and Kundry in ‘Parsifal,’ as well as the title role in Puccini’s ‘Tosca’ and Strauss roles like Elektra and the Dyer’s Wife in ‘Die Frau Ohne Schatten’ (‘The Woman Without a Shadow’).”
Cutting Lines – And Cutting Profanity – For An American Audience
“Terrible things happen, wonderful ones, too. There are big events, big emotions and the occasional influx of lobsters or Nazis. Her characters have juicier things to bite than their tongues.”
Some Authors Flee Amazon’s All-You-Can-Read Service For More Lucrative Shores
“For romance and mystery novelists who embraced digital technology, loved chatting up their fans and wrote really, really fast, the last few years have been a golden age. Fiction underwent a boom unseen since the postwar era, when seemingly every liberal arts major set his sights on the Great American Novel. Now, though, the world has more stories than it needs or wants to pay for.”
Do Christmas Movies Have A Shot At The Oscars Anymore?
“For a four-year stretch at the turn of the 21st century, December was the most wonderful time of year to be a best picture Oscar contender. … Since then, though, only one December movie — ‘The King’s Speech’ — has won best picture.”
One Portland (Maine) Theatre Company Founder Killed, Another Gravely Injured In Holiday Crash
“The Reillys founded and are the creative force behind the American Irish Repertory Ensemble, the Portland-based theater company better known as AIRE. Both actors also worked with other theater companies. The news of the accident has devastated the Portland theater community.”