Category: people

“The Oscar-winning Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar has canceled publicity events linked to Friday’s release of his latest movie, Julieta, after reports that he and his brother, a movie producer, were named in the … leaked documents.”

“What we saw were beautiful cars. The 1957 Chevy taxi we rode in was beautifully maintained. But it was not original by any means. A lot of cars had Hyundai diesel engines. … That’s part of their ingenuity – to rip out [original] engines and create something more reliable and newer and something you can get parts for.”

“A report published by the San Francisco Chapter of the American Institute of Architects last year revealed that though women make up 42% of graduates from programs accredited by the National Architecture Accrediting Board, they make up only 28% of architectural staff in AIA-member-owned firms, and only 17% of principals and partners.”

“Deputies in Citrus County, Forida say Don Terryl ‘Terry’ Plumeri, 71, was found dead due to extensive upper body trauma on April 1. Plumeri had rented the home in tiny Dunellon, about 80 miles northwest of Orlando, for many years.”

“A general indifference to the arts in America is not exactly surprising for a man who, before running for president on a platform of jingoism, misogyny, and fear-mongering, was best known to most of the country outside of New York for a reality show where he fired people and a series of commercials for stuffed crust pizza at Pizza Hut.”

“[He] was an Armenian tenor with a powerful and expressive voice whose career was disrupted by a failed attempt to defect to Italy at the height of the Cold War. … When he did eventually appear regularly in the West – under the patronage of the conductor Valery Gergiev – he thrilled audiences.”

“Remarkably, Cable was still an active musician. On Tuesday, March 29, he worked a full day writing and proofreading the encore number for his Symphony Nova Scotia concert slated for November 2016.”

“[Dmitri] Tsilikin was a well-known culture and arts critic, working on TV and radio as well as for print media such as Kommersant, Vogue and Elle. … [He] was found with multiple knife wounds and it is believed he may have been dead for at least two days.”

“I had no illusions of being the next Zaha Hadid. … Nevertheless, hope is blind, and always manages to find its way into the human heart, mine included.”

“A few weeks later Roldugin told a New York Times reporter that he ‘didn’t have millions’. This may have been modesty. Or it may be that he is unaware of what is being done in his name. It was certainly untrue. The documents suggest, however, Roldugin may have been playing a passive role – he did not even have personal control of the account.”