“For the good of us all, step away from the Rolex. The mere exposure to luxury goods can have a corrosive effect on decision-making that pushes individuals to put their interests over the interests of others, according to a Harvard Business School study.”
Tag: 02.02.10
Elaine Paige: ‘I Don’t Want To See A Lot Of Old People Waffling On’
The veteran West End musical theatre star rejects the movement to create more roles for older actresses. “As an audience member myself, watching a film, let’s say, I don’t want to see a lot of old people waffling on really. I want to see youth and beauty, because, like any art form, you want it to be beautiful and wonderful, and to inspire you.”
Paul Taylor Co. Cuts CEO Position
“The Paul Taylor Dance Foundation, which runs the company, said its executive director, Martin I. Kagan, resigned on Friday. He was effectively replaced by the company’s general manager, John Tomlinson, who was given the title of managing director of the foundation.”
National Theatre’s Phedre Screening Drew In Lower-Income Viewers
“Research into the National Theatre’s live screening of Phèdre last year has revealed the cinema audiences had a lower average income than theatregoers who saw the performance in the NT’s South Bank home. However, 91.3% of the cinema-goers had seen a play within the last year, and 41.3% had been to the National Theatre within the last 12 months.”
London’s Royal Court Theatre To Mount Plays In Shopping Centre
The company “is to present a six-month season in a disused shop in Elephant and Castle shopping centre, opening next month. The season marks the beginning of the Royal Court’s Theatre Local project, which has taken three years to plan and aims to take plays into new locations and new communities.”
Scottish Drama School Creating £6M Campus For Dance
The head of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama said “that he could see the school renaming itself as a result of including dance and … that changing the title to the Royal Scottish Academy of Music, Dance and Drama would probably have to happen ‘sooner rather than later’.”
Kathryn Bigelow Is Poised For A Hollywood First
“Because it’s so rare that the DGA winner doesn’t go on to win an Academy Award – only six times in 61 years – odds are Bigelow could be the first woman director in the Academy’s 82-year history to crash the celluloid ceiling. … But I’m skeptical that Bigelow’s … possible win will represent any substantive change for women in Hollywood.”
Our Bodies Act Out Metaphors In Language
“Research in embodied cognition has revealed that the body takes language to heart and can be awfully literal-minded. … The body embodies abstractions the best way it knows how: physically. “
Classical Music, Giving The People What They Don’t Want
There is a widespread “idea that audiences should be open to new things, and that they should be convinced to give them a try.” And yet a person “who comes to the movie theater to see ‘Avatar’ is not necessarily going to be thrilled if I show him ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ instead, even if I’m convinced that he would really love it if only he would watch it.”
Some Push For Nielsen To Measure Online Viewers, Too
“[A] consortium of powerful ad agencies and TV networks [is] pressuring Nielsen to evolve along with the habits of television consumers, who don’t just watch shows on their television sets, but also on their laptops and other mobile devices. Right now, advertisers must cobble together data from a number of sources.”