Though a federal court jury ruled in 2016 that “Stairway to Heaven” wasn’t plagiarized from the Spirit’s instrumental song “Taurus,” the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals found that that jury was “wrongly instructed.” So Spirit’s lawsuit is back on.
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CBS Was Subject To Subpoenas In New York About Les Moonves’ Alleged Sexual Harassment
It’s not just Moonves: “CBS has been embroiled in the sexual harassment controversy for the last two months. On Aug. 1, the CBS board of directors hired two high-profile lawyers in New York — Mary Jo White from the Debevoise & Plimpton law firm and Nancy Kestenbaum of Covington & Burling — to investigate claims against Moonves. The two firms were also tasked with looking into allegations of sexual harassment at CBS News and the overall workplace culture at CBS. That review is ongoing” and has led to at least one high-profile firing.
Opera’s For The People, So Why Not Make A Mile-Long Opera With 1000 Singers?
Also, why not get the libretto for it from poets (and utter forces of nature and intellect) Anne Carson and Claudia Rankine, and then set it all on New York’s High Line? Why not indeed. More: “Ms. Rankine said that she assembled her contribution of the libretto — her words are spoken, while Ms. Carson’s are sung — by interviewing people about their tables.”
The Addictive Meme ‘Bongo Cat’ Has Even Entered The Hall Of The Mountain King
‘Bongo Cat’ took off a month ago, and in a world of constant reporting on sexual assaults and climate change, the meme has won over just about everyone. (Yes, you need to watch “In the Hall of the Bongo Cat.”)
Nureyev, Who Died 25 Years Ago, Continues To Inspire Dancers
His high-profile defection cemented his rock-star status in the West, and he “crossed over into popular culture. He was on magazine covers, newspaper front pages and in gossip columns, and photographed with figures such as Elizabeth Taylor, Jackie Kennedy and Princess Diana. He even appeared on the Muppet Show, performing Swine Lake with Miss Piggy.”
Inge Feltrinelli, Who Has Died At 87, Was An Italian Publishing Magnate Who Started Her Career As A German Celebrity Photographer
Feltrinelli staged the photo that launched one of her careers when she stayed with Ernest Hemingway and his wife in Cuba, but then she became a force in the publishing world in Italy. She “had an eye for promising writers and formed close relationships with Isabel Allende, Gabriel García Márquez, Günther Grass, Doris Lessing and Daniel Pennac, as well as homegrown talent like Stefano Benni, Antonio Tabucchi and Alessandro Baricco.”
When Theatre Wounds At Least As Much As It Heals
Playwright Quiara Alegría Hudes: “Even positive reviews yank my art from my hands and serve up my heart like a well-dressed ham. Even rave reviews have deposited me, post-celebration, in a disorienting depression where I feel my mouth has been slapped with duct-tape. People call and congratulate me not on the work but on the Times review. Against my affirmations and meditations, I become once again the little girl seeking approval when I have worked so hard to reject that frame.”
What Happens When Writing Fiction Hurts The People The Writer Loves Best?
Not to mention this price: “I stand apart, casing the joint. Always on the lookout for a good line, the odd detail. It’s what writers and visual artists are trained to do: In the midst of a flood, consider the color of the water. We might or might not get a good story that way, but we’re at least more likely to survive the crisis. “
The Film Critics At The Toronto Film Festival Were More Diverse Than Usual By Plan, But What’s Next?
One critic says that TIFF did a pretty good job: “It’s one thing to say we need to be there. But we’ve been on the carpets and in these rooms and felt the disrespect. I didn’t feel like an outsider [at TIFF] and that is getting it right. It felt like a genuine change they were actually trying to be part of.” But now? Larger outlets need to diversify their rosters.
Technology Is Changing More Than How We Work; It’s Revolutionizing Some Sports As Well
That is to say, e-sports are real sports, especially in arenas like car racing. iRacing is now “the gearhead’s answer to Fortnite and the preferred training tool of a not-insignificant number of the drivers gunning for IndyCar, nascar, and Formula One championships this fall.”