“I get good reviews because I’m old. I don’t think artists retire. They just get worse. But they don’t always get worse.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
The True Awesomeness (In The Classical Sense) Of Earth, From Way Above
“While most of humanity will never make it past the ozone, Benjamin Grant’s Instagram project, Daily Overview, has been sharing high definition satellite photographs to give everyone access to this unique perspective.”
The Winner Of This Year’s ‘Relentless’ Playwriting Prize
The winner of the prize, which is given “in honor of Philip Seymour Hoffman, has been given to Aleshea Harris for her play ‘Is God Is.’ The prize includes $45,000, a weeklong stay at a retreat and the opportunity to put on staged readings at regional theaters across the country.”
What Will Make Hollywood Become More Inclusive?
Shame plus money, says Effie Brown. “Our weapon is our voice, and our bullets are our dollars.”
Shakespeare’s Co-Writers, Including Marlowe, Start To Get Their Due
“Using old-fashioned scholarship and 21st-century computerised tools to analyse texts, the edition’s international scholars have contended that Shakespeare’s collaboration with other playwrights was far more extensive than has been realised until now.”
As The Pittsburgh Symphony Strike Enters Week 4, The Costs Mount
“Both sides say they plan to return to negotiations this week — for the first time since the strike began — and have agreed to bring in a neutral financial expert to review the symphony’s finances.”
Make No Mistake: The Rise Of The Small – And Phone-Sized – Screen Is Driving AT&T To Try For Time Warner
“Instead of relying so heavily on traditional pay-TV operators, Time Warner’s content would get pushed out through AT&T’s mobile network. CNN videos or Turner e-sports would have more exposure to mobile users, enabling Time Warner to capture a bigger slice of the fast-growing mobile advertising pie.”
So AT&T Just Bought HBO, CNN, And Possibly Your Cable Company
Oh: “AT&T has reached a deal to buy Time Warner Inc. for $85.4 billion — a blockbuster marriage that would transform the telephone company into the nation’s largest entertainment company and a major force in Hollywood.”
How ‘The Internet Of Things’ (That Is, Refrigerators And DVRs) Got Hacked And Took Down Spotify, Twitter, And The New York Times
“Security researchers have been warning about these internet-of-things botnets since at least the summer. In September, a botnet composed of DVRs and CCTVs took down the blog of Brian Krebs, a prominent cybersecurity journalist. And on October 1, an anonymous developer posted source code online that allowed anyone to string a similar kind of botnet together.”
‘Moonlight’ In America
“This movie has a lot to say about that because it takes those people who have been marginalized — poor people, black people, gay people — and it puts them front and center. And I think we need more of that, frankly. We need more understanding of each other. We don’t need to build any more walls. We need to invite some more people to the table.”