HBO Programming President Casey Bloys warned of the growing cost of high-end drama. “As a show goes on they get more expensive and as shows get more ambitious they will get more expensive. More money doesn’t always equal better but in some cases the scope of ideas do require it,” he said. HBO is currently developing between three and five spin-offs of Game of Thrones and Orsi admitted that it was facing a budget “conundrum” if it goes forward with any of these.
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New Film About Anders Behring Breivik Murders Has Norwegians Asking, ‘Too Soon?’
More than six years after the right-wing extremist set off a car bomb in Oslo that killed eight people and shot 69 more to death at a summer youth camp, “[Erik] Poppe, one of Norway’s best-known directors, has channeled his outrage into a film, U – July 22, the first cinematic depiction of the attack. The movie, which opened in Norway on Friday, has prompted a wider debate about the ethics of fictionalizing the traumatic event.”
Long List Of Questions For The Met Opera About James Levine
Justin Davidson: “These questions matter because the company’s future depends on its prestige and the goodwill of all those who buy tickets, perform there, or give it money. The company and its chief conductor were intertwined for decades, and each boosted the glory of the other. It’s simply not enough for the Met to say, We didn’t know! But, hey, it’s cool now: James Levine doesn’t work here anymore, and leave it at that.”
Project Gutenberg Blocks All Users In Germany
The website, which makes literary works in the public domain available free of charge to users anywhere, was sued by a German publisher for offering books by Thomas Mann, whose works are out of copyright in the U.S. (where Gutenberg is based) but not in Germany. Late last week, a German court ruled in favor of the publisher, and Project Gutenberg made itself unavailable in the the Federal Republic.
Indy Bookstore Boom: Shakespeare & Co. To Open Three More Stores
Like the flagship store, all three new Shakespeare bookstores will be about 3,000 sq. ft. and will have a café with seating and Wi-Fi, as well as a book machine and carefully selected inventory. In addition, a standalone Shakespeare grab-and-go café will open this summer near the Lexington Avenue store, which is the official brick-and-mortar store for Hunter College. The café will be located outside the Hunter College Subway Station.
The Underground Pop Music Industry Of Saudi Arabia, And The Bootleg Stores That Launched It
“At the end of 2017, US hip-hop star Nelly played a men-only concert in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; US country singer Toby Keith headlined a similar gig earlier in the year. These shows were flagged as landmark progress, in a strict Gulf state where music was apparently deemed ‘haram’. It’s certainly surreal to watch clips of Nelly pumping up a party where females are banned; in fact, pop culture has long reigned in this Kingdom – and its 1980s powerhouse was the Saudi bootleg cassette shop.”
How A Woodworker Made A Fake Antique That Fooled A Major Museum
“The Civil War memorial secretary was widely embraced as a folk art treasure. Fashioned from walnut, maple and oak, it was said to have been created circa 1876 to honor John Bingham, a Union infantryman who had fallen at Antietam. … The Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford purchased the work and gave it prominent display.” Until last year, that is. And now the forger has (proudly) confessed.
Ethel Stein, Who Made Contemporary Art From Damask Weaving, Dead At 100
“Working largely out of the artistic limelight at her home in Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y., Ms. Stein resurrected historical weaving techniques and merged them with 20th-century Bauhaus design sensibilities.” She also, early in her career, made sock puppets out of actual socks – and one of those puppets became very famous.
A Museum Selling Off Art In Its Vaults To Fund Operations Isn’t Just Ethically Bad – It Probably Wouldn’t Even Work
Martin Gammon explains why the estimates some people use of the money that could be gained from deaccessioning are likely way, way off and couldn’t raise enough money to do any good.
Singer Lorna Luft Diagnosed With Brain Tumor
The 65-year-old member of show-business royalty – she’s the daughter of Judy Garland and the half-sister of Liza Minnelli – was performing at a London jazz club when she started forgetting her patter and the lyrics to her songs. Shortly after the show ended, she collapsed backstage and was taken to a hospital, where the initial diagnosis was made.