He might sue the show, but “sources close to the show say there have been other incidents of verbal abuse by Gibson, who is said to have a short fuse and a low tolerance for disagreement on the set.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
How To Survive A Book Emergency (Without An E-reader)
“I called AAA and waited for them to arrive and fix my flat tire. I waited. And I waited. And I waited some more. And suddenly I realized, to my horror, that I didn’t have any reading material in the car.”
The Young Dancer Who Thought He Was In For Something Entirely Different
“When he was in fifth grade, his mom signed him up for what she thought was a summer reading program. It actually turned out to be a hip-hop dance program. He decided to stay and he got hooked.”
This Singer’s Turn On Broadway Changed The Direction Of Her Music
“The pair even discussed doing a jazz album inspired by her role in ‘After Midnight’ and a performance with the National Symphony Orchestra from earlier in the year.”
Britain Resorts To Crowdfunding To Restore The ‘UK Sistine Chapel’
“Such is the impact of the 4,200 sq m of decoration, the Painted Hall has been dubbed the UK’s Sistine Chapel. But it was – and remains – so overwhelming that, according to legend, elderly sailors pleaded to be allowed to eat their dinners somewhere less grand.”
How An Opera Planned For The Met Got Stuck In Italy
“You can thank the impossibility of creating one-size-fits-all sets for the world’s leading opera houses, muddled administrative leadership and a strained friendship. While the opera world is now flatter than ever, because of the growing number of global coproductions, taking shows on the road is rarely simple.”
The British Actor Who Played Star Wars’ R2D2 Has Died
“The film company that made the movies, 20th Century Fox, posted a photograph of C3PO standing next to Baker’s Star Wars character, and wrote: ‘Rest in peace, Kenny Baker, the heart and soul of R2D2.'”
Why Don’t Nonfiction Books Get More – Or, In Some Cases, Any – Fact-Checking?
“People are often surprised to learn that books, those bulky, fact-rich forever things, frequently receive less scrutiny from an independent fact checker than the stories they skim in magazines before tossing them in the recycling bin.”
The Artist JR Gets An Olympic Moment
“For the sculptures, JR photographed young athletes who may one day make it to the Games, people who are still ‘working hard for the passion of sport.'”
London Has Treated Its Novelists Shamefully, And The BBC Makes That Very Clear With Orwell Statue
“Even if the Orwell sculpture is counted, it only takes the tally of statues of novelists across the city’s 32 boroughs to two, together with one of Virginia Woolf in Tavistock Square.”