CBS “specials and music VP Jack Sussman said the current model of airing the show live at 5 p.m. on the East Coast and delayed at 8 p.m. on the West Coast is working perfectly.”
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Kenojuak Ashevak, Who Brought Inuit Art To World Renown, 85
“Her renown grew after the release in the 1960s of ‘Kenojuak,’ a film produced by the National Film Board of Canada and nominated for an Academy Award for best short documentary. Commissions followed, and Kenojuak, who spoke only Inuktitut, was invited to travel widely for exhibitions of Inuit art in Germany, the Netherlands, South Korea, Seattle and Ottawa.”
John London’s ‘Call of the Wild’?
“We venture to suggest the use of the more frequent form of the Christian name … — John seeming to us better suited than Jack to literary purposes.”
Ben Affleck, Snubbed By The Oscars, Wins Critics’ Choice
Affleck joked as he took the best director trophy that he’d “like to thank the Academy.”
Will The National Theatre Finally Recover From The Kennedy Center?
“The National is a low-budget, skeletal operation that maintains a handful of outreach operations to help justify its not-for-profit status. Rent doesn’t seem to be an issue.”
The History Of Public Transit Art … In Los Angeles
“Weary commuters arising from the depths of the Civic Center Red Line station are greeted by Samm Kunce’s Under the Living Rock, a 160-foot curved wall depicting a classical hanging garden of Venetian glass and striated granite. An uplifting passage from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, etched into black granite ribbon, may well soothe the harried soul.”
We’re Going To Broadway! (Maybe)
“The economics of Broadway have become prohibitive. Roughly 75 percent of shows on Broadway never turn a profit.”
Is Reality TV Too Dangerous (For Its Crews)?
“A combination of tight budgets, lack of trained safety personnel and pressure to capture dramatic footage has caused serious and in some cases fatal incidents.”
Marcel Duchamp’s Dinner That Changed The Arts World In New York
“In February 1968, the avant-garde legend Marcel Duchamp hosted an informal dinner in New York for a group of local artists. Among them were composer John Cage, choreographer Merce Cunningham and the painter Jasper Johns.”
One Of The U.S.’s Biggest Movie Pirates Is Sentenced to Five Years In Prison
“Perkins and his partners illegally made separate audio and video recordings of new releases in movie theaters, synched the audio tracks with the video files, and shared the completed product online.”