“I had a terrific and unheard-of contract that said that all I had to do was push the button, and the network would have to give me 30 one-hour variety shows. Yeah. And I told them that that’s what I wanted to do. But they said ‘Carol, no no no no, look. All the comedy variety shows are hosted by men. Sid Caesar, Jackie Gleason, Milton Berle, now Dean; comedy variety is a man’s game.’ Mm-mm. No.”
Category: issues
New York’s Attorney General (*Finally*) Goes After Shady Ticketing Practices By The Biggest Firms Out There
“‘Ticketing is a fixed game,’ Mr. Schneiderman said in a statement. ‘My office will continue to crack down on those who break our laws, prey on ordinary consumers and deny New Yorkers affordable access to the concerts and sporting events they love. This investigation is just the beginning of our efforts.'”
Report: Arts Industries Contributed £5.4 billion To UK Economy In 2014
“Published by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, the report also shows that the creative industries as a whole grew at almost twice the rate of the wider economy last year.”
The Massive, And Strange, New Cultural Center That Was The Kirchners’ Parting Gift To Argentina
Housed in the handsome (and enormous) old Buenos Aires central post office, with up to 50 performance spaces, a full modern art museum, a brand-new 1,800-seat concert hall called “the Blue Whale” and resting on concrete pillars, no signs, and way too many staffers, the Centro Cultural Kirchner has divided opinion as sharply as the couple themselves did.
Mattel Introduces ‘Curvy’ Barbie – And Little Girls’ Reactions Show Why We Need One
“‘Hello, I’m a fat person, fat, fat, fat.’ A 6-year-old girl giving voice for the first time to curvy Barbie sings in a testing room at Mattel’s headquarters. Her playmates erupt in laughter. When an adult comes into the room and asks her if she sees a difference between the dolls’ bodies, she modifies her language. ‘This one’s a little chubbier,’ she says.”
Study: New York’s Arts Community Is Not As Diverse As The City
The survey found that New York City’s cultural work force is 61.8 percent white, 35.4 percent minority groups, and 53.1 percent female, while the city’s residents are 33 percent white and 52 percent female, according to the 2010 U.S. census.
Canada’s Arts Scene Rattled By Plunging Canadian Dollar
“Talent, royalty fees and sets for some of Canada’s biggest productions often come from south of the border and are contracted in U.S. dollars. But with the Canadian dollar dipping below 70 cents last week, those contracts are now looking a lot more expensive than when they were initially negotiated.”
Does This Argument About The Wine Industry Ring True For The Arts?
“Today wine consumers do not need help finding new wines. Wineries need help finding new consumers.
Instead of admitting their failure as sales people, the wineries have succeeded in convincing the consumers that they are doing something wrong.”
Why It’s So Hard To Tell Whether Artists Are Doing Better Than They Were 15 Years Ago
“It’s tempting to interpret the increase in access that technology has provided to aspiring artists of all kinds as an unqualified boon for society. But to the extent that the opportunity to have a public identity as an artist has translated to expectation of public success as an artist, we may be looking at a system that, in the aggregate, punishes people for pursuing their dreams – a creator’s curse of sorts.”
That Snowstorm Cost D.C. Arts Orgs Millions In Lost Revenue
“Bad weather is always a risk for arts organizations, but the monster storm was especially damaging because it hit on a weekend – when more shows are scheduled – and lasted several days. It also scuttled several popular performances, making rescheduling patrons much more tricky.”