Hmmmm. “The company, which launched its Polaroid Swing app last summer, has taken the name and spirit of Polaroid and repackaged it into a new enterprise with a mission, it says, to create a ‘living photograph,’ a step toward something you might see in the Harry Potter movies.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Pulling Back The Veil On Streaming Music’s Payment Systems For ‘Exclusives’
What’s it worth to Apple to have a two-week exclusive with a young, famous musician? Well, about half a million dollars. Chance the Rapper, who revealed that info about his “Coloring Book,” wrote, “I think artist can gain a lot from the streaming wars as long as they remain in control of their own product.”
When Net Neutrality Falls, Expect What Net Freedom We Have Left To Fall As Well
This will probably not end well for consumers. “Companies like AT&T and Verizon already give special treatment to their own video services, and T-Mobile lets select providers slip past its data limits, a practice called zero rating. At stake today is the ability of smaller companies to compete with internet service providers themselves.”
The All-African-American Classical Orchestra That’s Now Appearing In Rap Videos
The idea for Orchestra Noir came about at date night for founder Jason Ikeem Rodgers. “The group’s website emphasizes they aren’t striving to be a traditional orchestra. Instead Orchestra Noir strives to raise ‘the invisible curtain and [bring] classical music to diverse, younger audiences that is relevant and respectful of their community.'”
The ‘Born Burglar’ Who Stole Van Goghs Tells All
But the Van Gogh Museum is not OK with his sudden fame. “‘The last 14 years have been a roller coaster of hope, disappointment and agony,’ the museum’s director, Axel Rüger, said in an interview. ‘All the time this man is sitting on this information. He knew exactly what he had done and he never breathed a word. To us it feels as if he is seeking the limelight.'”
Who’s The Next (Er, First) Woman Director To Go From An Indie To A Film With A $100 Million Budget?
Not all of the directors in this piece agree, but at least one thinks it might happen soon: “I think right now is a very encouraging time because doors are being opened and people are realizing that women are powerful and we have a right to be here and we can tell really good stories. That’s always been the case, but I think now people are really, fully believing in women.”
Were The ‘In Cold Blood’ Murders Contract Hits?
Wait, what? Convicted murderer Richard Hickok left behind an unpublished memoir that claimed a man named “Roberts” contracted the hits. It’s probably not true, but … “Documents on file at the Kansas Historical Society in Topeka and the New York Public Library, along with letters of Mr. Capote and interviews with people who knew Mr. Nations, suggest that Kansas prison and law-enforcement officials sought to thwart the Hickock/Nations book while enabling Mr. Capote’s.”
Netflix Wants To Dominate The World
One of its five public strategies to meet that goal: “Netflix is now dividing up its subscriber base into 1,300 taste communities, which are solely based on past viewing behavior. Each and every user can belong to multiple such communities, and all of these communities spread across the globe. Sure, Yellin admitted, German comedians may be more popular in Germany, but there’s also plenty of users in the U.S. who turn into their shows.”
Shonda Rhimes Of ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ And ‘Scandal’ Fame Has Decided To Get Into Theatre
As part of an endowment for the IAMA Theatre Company in Los Angeles, Rhimes is starting a competition for playwrights. She said, “I think it’s hard for any playwright to find opportunities. … If people aren’t being included, then I’m going to find a way to make sure they’re included. I’m going to find a way to make sure they have opportunities.”
Robert Morris Is (Perhaps) Not A Minimalist Anymore, But He’s Sculpting More Than Ever
And he’s wonderfully smart, spicy, thoughtful and funny in this Q&A with the NYT:
“Wasn’t it a stretch to execute a sculpture from dirt?
“I have always worked in more than one direction at a time. As the scorpion said after stinging the frog ferrying it across the river, ‘It is my nature, what can I do?'”