Her son conveyed the news to The New York Times to forestall speculation. “She defied so much for so long: depression, alcoholism, age. Mr. LeGrant said, on the phone and over lunch a couple of days later, that she had decided to put out the word about retirement. ‘The public hasn’t seen her in months,’ he said, ‘and somebody would go ‘Oh, my God,’ and it would be on Page Six.'”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Are You Ready To Pay For Things With Your Face?
That’s right: Google may be making plans for people to use Android Pay … by triggering facial recognition.
The Future Of Dance, Or Maybe Of Workouts: A Virtual Reality Dance Film?
That’s right, with virtual reality, the watcher can move along with the dancers – or just enjoy experiencing more of the dancers’ full dimensionality. Director and choreographer Lily Baldwin: “Virtual reality can puncture what we think is real and return us to our body in a way that flatty cinema can’t.”
Top AJBlogs For The Weekend Of 05.07.17
Don’t Make People Think About Guns, If You Want to Fund the Arts
Excellent news this week as Congress said ‘NO’ to the President’s request to eliminate funding for the arts. How did that happen? With a lot of heavy lifting. Every time we fight this fight (and … read more
AJBlog: The Bright Ride Published 2017-05-07
Pushing the Past Forward
The Limón Dance performs at the Joyce Theater, May 2 through 7. Members of the Limón Dance Company (L to R): Elise Drew Leon, Jesse Obremski, and Kathryn Alter in José Limón’s Concerto Grosso José … read more
AJBlog: Dancebeat Published 2017-05-07
Cost disease does not explain everything
In my last post I wrote about cost disease, the powerful analysis of economic shifts that results from labor-saving technological change occurring at different speeds in different sectors of the economy. This is an addendum: … read more
AJBlog: For What it’s Worth Published 2017-05-06
Songwriting’s Roots in Poetry and Prose
GENERALLY, I’m skeptical of the glib and automatic denoting of any intelligent or articulate musician as “a poet.” But the connection between popular song and literature go back, in the Anglo-American tradition, at least … read more
AJBlog: CultureCrash Published 2017-05-05
Daliah Lavi, Israeli Actress Who Was A Star Of ‘Lord Jim’ And ‘Casino Royale,’ Has Died At 74
This woman was seriously talented – “Ms. Lavi, who spoke several languages, became an actress as a teenager while studying ballet in Sweden. Her first movie was a 1955 Swedish adaptation of August Strindberg’s novel ‘The People of Hemso.'” – so of course she ended up “accepting a new career path as scantily clad femmes fatales in a number of parodies that sprung up after the initial success of the James Bond films.”
As The Tech Industry Undergoes A PR Crisis, Amazon Somehow Slithers Away (Almost) Scot-Free
How? Maybe just luck (there haven’t been high-profile suicides or murders on Twitch, unlike Facebook Live, for instance), and maybe the way Jeff Bezos is obsessed with managing the company’s “cool” look.
Why, In 2017, Are Bands Having To Scrutinize Their Own Ticket Sales To Ensure They’re Genuine?
There’s been some success – most recently, tech companies working with Adele so that perhaps only 2 percent of her Wembley Stadium tickets were scalped – but it’s ugly out there. Very, very ugly.
How To Make Sure Going To The Museum Is Not ‘Like Going To The Dentist’
With panic about a large drop among museum-going among, especially, Millennials, it’s time to engage with technology. “Museums must find new ways to engage and excite visitors. The growing slew of digital entertainment options wrestling for our attention may be part of the problem for museums, but for many institutions, digital technology also offers a potential solution. Charged with the crucial task of preserving our past, museums must now navigate the future.”
Maybe Congress Spared The NEA Because Of Things Like Almost Half A Million In Grants For Veterans And The Arts
Some of the programs are for active military members and their families as well. “There’s the theater program geared to military families in North Carolina, art-making classes for veterans in Salt Lake City and Shakespeare productions staffed by veterans in Los Angeles — not to mention a beloved children’s theater program based in Missoula, Mont., that organizes productions at far-flung U.S. military installations around the world. These are just a few of the programs the NEA has helped fund.”
The Weinstein Company Keeps Winning On Ratings, But There’s Another Problem: Money
So, is Harvey to blame? “For decades, Weinstein bestrode the Oscars like a colossus, pulling off coup after coup (pushing Shakespeare in Love to a best-picture victory over Saving Private Ryan; winning two in a row with The King’s Speech and The Artist). He held sway over a stable of actors: ‘Working for Harvey is like working for the mafia,’ Gwyneth Paltrow once told me, laughing. ‘There are all these favours.’ Pop-culture fare such as Entourage referred to him by first name alone.”