Four of Hollywood’s biggest stars have taken out adverts in US trade papers urging their leaders to start contract talks in a bid to avert a strike. The actors contract expires June 30 and the same issues the writers struck over are on the table.
Tag: 02.14.08
Time For A New GI Bill For Education
“If passed, the legislation would enable eligible veterans who have served on active duty since September 11 to receive payments covering tuition — up to the cost of in-state tuition at the most expensive public college in a veteran’s state — room, board, fees, and educational costs, plus a $1,000 monthly stipend.”
Why Do Americans Dislike Knowledge?
Americans are fitted with anti-intellectualism (the attitude that “too much learning can be a dangerous thing”) and anti-rationalism (“the idea that there is no such things as evidence or fact, just opinion”) have fused in a particularly insidious way.
Report: World Record Price Paid For Violin
It’s a Guarneri, known as Giuseppe del Gesu. “A private treaty sale of the violin, dating from the 1740s, was negotiated by Sotheby’s, which declined to reveal the price paid. The figure was said to be ‘well in excess’ of the world auction record of $US3.54 million, which was achieved by a Stradivarius sold at Christie’s New York in 2006.”
Major Partnership Funds $1.1 Million Mark Morris “Romeo”
Seven major presenters have formed a consortium of international arts venues to fund a $1.1 million commission for choreographer Mark Morris’ new “Romeo and Juliet,” set to Sergei Prokofiev’s long-lost original score.
Artist: Enough With The Art Prizes Already
Does Australia have too many art prizes? Curiously, Melbourne artist Gareth Sansom, the winner of the $100,000 John McCaughey Memorial Prize, says yes, it does.