Alex Ross: “One morning last May, I walked up a driveway in Mandeville Canyon, on the west side of Los Angeles, and stepped back nearly eight decades in time. I had entered the home of the actor and director Norman Lloyd, who turned a hundred and one on November 8th.” (includes audio interview)
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Former Warhol Superstar Holly Woodlawn Dead At 69
“‘I was very happy when I gradually became a Warhol superstar. I felt like Elizabeth Taylor! Little did I realize that not only would there be no money, but that your star would flicker for two seconds and that was it. … You live in a hovel, walk up five flights, scraping the rent. And then at night you go to Max’s Kansas City where Mick Jagger and Fellini and everyone’s there in the back room. And when you walked in that room, you were a STAR!”
Sotheby’s Snags A Key Player From Christie’s
Marc Porter “has been the principal dealmaker for major collections, securing large consignments, including many of the most important artworks sold during the past decade.”
What’s It Like Being A New Dorothy At Age 19?
“‘Your world is about to ‘change its face’ but I know where you’re going…as far and as high as you want,’ Audra McDonald tweeted to her.”
The British Photographer Who’s Seen It All And Is Still Working At 95
“I said I would take it to the drugstore round the corner in New York. ‘Not a good idea,’ he said. ‘Take it to this place in Paris and say I sent you.’
“‘And what is your name?’ I asked.
“‘Henri Cartier-Bresson!’ The most famous photographer in France! After that I had no choice. It was photography or nothing!”
Seiji Ozawa At 80
“Now 80 years old, recovered from serious illness (esophageal cancer, back surgery, several bouts of pneumonia), with nothing to lose and without the heavy workload he carried for so long, Ozawa is downright delightful.”
Cincinnati Symphony Guest Conductor Turned Back By US Immigration
Rafael Payare, a rising star who is making acclaimed debuts around the world and is married to American cellist Alisa Weilerstein, was unable to get through customs even though his visa is current, said Cincinnati Symphony spokesperson Christopher Pinelo.
Here’s The Oldest Known Biography Of An African Woman – Written By Other African Women, No Less
“Walatta Petros was an Ethiopian religious leader who lived from 1592 to 1642. A noblewoman, she left her husband to lead the struggle against the Jesuits’ mission to convert Ethiopian Christians to Roman Catholicism. It was for this that the Ethiopian Orthodox Täwaḥədo Church elevated her to sainthood. [Her] story was written by her disciples in the Gəˁəz language in 1672, after her death.”
Taylor Swift Donates $50K To The Seattle Symphony
In a letter to music director Ludovic Morlot, Swift said she was inspired to donate by a recording of John Luther Adams’ Grammy-winning “Become Ocean”. The composition, Swift wrote, reminded her of going to her local symphony with her grandmother.
Luc Bondy, Theatre And Opera Director, Dead At 67
“[He] generally favored an almost spartan mise-en-scene that placed the focus on his actors and the story they were telling: his work was often beautiful, but it was never conventionally pretty.”