“If this were the Hollywood version of ballet, her colossal transformation from nervous bunhead to confident star would have been sparked by overcoming a long addiction or a grueling injury. But there’s no tawdry sex scene to cue up here. The reality is that the passage of years–and the benefits of increased stage time–have allowed her to release her crushing anxiety.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Print Won’t Die, But E-Books Will Be Bigger Than We Think
“People are collecting e-books like nuts for the winter. They are easy to buy and download, much like music. And, frankly, it’s fun to fill up your iPad with a colorful, robust set of thumbnails in your library.”
What Do We Know About Science? Not Much. Send In The Playwrights
“f I can’t be a scientist myself–a member of the only group that can authoritatively claim to be moving the sum total of human knowledge forward, inch by inch, while the rest of us argue over football stats and share recipes for bananas foster–I want to at least lend those folks a hand. I will be proud to have at least tried.”
Required Classes: Maths, Science, History, Film – So Recommends British Government
“Under new proposals, children would be schooled in the history of British film and be taught about the mechanics of film-making in order to encourage a new generation of scriptwriters, directors and behind-the-camera technicians.”
So, Who Won – And Whom Did Ricky Gervais Pillory – At The Golden Globes?
This year’s Golden Globes featured a highly tame host, a mix of famous and unknown winners – and a lot of swearing from Meryl Streep.
Risking Radiation And Assassination In The Pursuit Of Art
Artists and twin sisters Jane and Louise Wilson do what it takes for their art. “Last year, when they were refused permission to film within the Dubai hotel where the Hamas official Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh was assassinated in January 2010, it occurred to them they could solve the problem more directly. A member of their crew simply booked a night in the room.”
Long-forgotten Treasures, With No Place Called Home
“Spanning centuries and continents, the instruments worth at least $25 million by their chief caretaker’s estimate are packed and stacked in an out-of-the-way storage room with water-stained ceilings. It’s hardly the environment envisioned for them when Detroit businessman Frederick Stearns gave the University of Michigan the base of the collection a century ago with instructions that the instruments be exhibited — not invisible.”
Are British Actors’ Agents Cheating Regional Theatre In Pursuit Of Television?
“Some agents ‘won’t let their favourite young clients go and do shows in the regions,’ because they prefer instead to wait for potential television work that could pay more.”
Save Some Bandwidth, Brain, And You Too May Work Harder And Better
“Perhaps we humans, and a great many other organisms, too, are deploying a fundamental, thrifty, prediction-based strategy that husbands neural resources and (as a direct result) delivers perceiving, understanding and imagining in a single package.”
Native Tribes And Anthropologists, At Odds Over A New Ruling On Bones
“Tribes have hailed the rule, saying it will help close a long and painful chapter that saw native peoples’ bones stolen by grave robbers, boxed up in dusty storerooms and disrespected by researchers.”