Author Salman Rushdie has found a reason to stop hiding from the death warrant that was issued against him ten years ago: love. Rushdie, who is still married, has a new 29 year-old girlfriend with whom he has been publicly cavorting. He has also reportedly started working out and had cosmetic surgery performed on his “drooping eyelids.” – Sydney Morning Herald
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SHARE THE WEALTH
But not for another 15 years. Britain agrees to grant artists a share of the resale price when their work is resold, bringing it into line with other European countries. London’s art sellers predict disaster. – The Independent (UK)
- JOB (IN)SECURITY: Now that Britain has accepted European Union proposals to impose a levy on art sales, employees at the UK’s biggest auction houses are worried about losing revenues – not to mention their jobs. – The Guardian
- A WATERED DOWN AGREEMENT: European Commission is unhappy with the deal. – BBC
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We can’t simply have a Rose Bowl or a Chicago Stadium anymore. They have to be the RotoRooter Rose Bowl and the Wonder Bread Center. And now an airline has got its name plastered all over a Broadway theater. What’s next, actors trotting around stage with “Joe’s Sandwich Shop” stitched across their backs? – Chicago Tribune
DOES HE HAVE THE CHOPS?
“Ross Stretton, the sixth director in the Royal Ballet’s 70-year history, may at first seem a rank outsider. His career as both a dancer and a director has been confined to America and Australia. Yet Stretton trained in Melbourne under Peggy van Praagh and Robert Helpmann, whose links with the Royal Ballet could hardly be more gold-plated. So even if he is a Covent Garden outsider, he is the insiders’ outsider.” – London Times