The Radio Academy Awards – for decades formerly, the Sony Awards – won’t happen, but the Academy says it plans “to create a new event to ‘celebrate and reflect the radio industry in a dynamic and modern way’ for the digital age.”
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Books Are Dying! Except That PBS Is Streaming Live Coverage Of The Miami Book Fair
Yes. Three days of live-streamed book fair: “Jeffrey Brown, culture correspondent of ‘PBS NewsHour,’ and the author Kelly Corrigan will host, jumping from any one of the dozen-plus simultaneous live events to taped interviews and conversations in the studio.”
When The Wall Street Journal Tells You You’re The Voice Of American Muslims In The Theatre …
“I think the alleged proposition is you are going to go see my work and learn something about ‘those’ people. And a lot of times people come away thinking, ‘Actually, I’m illuminated about myself.'”
Yes, Of Course There’s A Tumblr For Art In The Background At Movies
“Just think about it: most of the pieces of art are on screen for less than a second, yet each one had to be carefully selected or commissioned from scratch. It’s all a day’s work for under-praised production designers.”
Piecing Together A Smashed Renaissance Masterwork
“Adam’s plywood pedestal had buckled. ‘The head had come off,’ Mr. Soultanian said. ‘There were 28 recognizable pieces and hundreds of smaller fragments,’ he added, and skid marks on the torso where it slid across the patio floor.”
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How The Met’s Chorus Recently Became A Vital Part Of The Opera Again
“‘What’s palpably different is that the commitment and the vitality of the group have been ignited again, and it functions very, very thrillingly,’ James Levine, the Met’s music director, said.”
Disney Has Made Fairy Tales Much Less Scary – But Authors And Illustrators Are Taking Them Back
“I also find Hans Christian Anderson himself fascinating, because he’s such an unworked out man. He was dyslexic, he was gay, he had a big chip on his shoulder, he was extraordinary and very visual – and he did something with fairy tales that was completely different.”
When A Blockbuster Movie Deals In The Space-Time Continuum, The Science Can Get A Little Wacky
“‘Most people would agree that a person who jumps into a black hole is doomed,’ says Columbia University cosmologist and best-selling author Brian Greene, ‘but if the black hole is big enough, you wouldn’t get spaghettified right away.'”
West End Avoids Strikes As Pay Deal Reached (For Now)
“The meeting went on into the early hours of the morning, but both organisations finally agreed on a deal that will run for 36 months.”