“Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer has bought back full control of its historic film label United Artists, the independent studio revealed in financial results reported this week.”
Tag: 03.22.12
Why Can’t Americans Teach Their Architects How To Speak?
In Seattle, architects make the finals for planning a revamped Seattle Center. But what in the hell are they talking about? Knute Berger asks, “Why do architects talk about dialog in incomprehensible language that seems to catalyze brain-freeze and prevent any dialog from actually taking place?”
That “Unknown Artist” Is Actually Van Gogh, Dutch Museum Says
“Officials said this week that ‘Still Life With Meadow Flowers and Roses’ is the work of the Dutch master and that he likely created it while living with his brother, Theo, in Paris in the 1880s.”
Mass Street Protests In Montreal Over Access To Education
Many estimate that upwards of 200 000 people participated in the demonstration, one of the largest streets protests in Canada over the past decade.
That Line Between Fact And Fiction – Not As Clear As At First You Might Think
“The real problem is that it is virtually impossible for the general reader to deduce from a text itself what genre it belongs to. We rely upon editors, publishers, and all others who are responsible for vetting a text before the public to tell us how to understand it. When an article appears in a newspaper or newsmagazine, we have a reasonable expectation that it is factually accurate. In a literary magazine like The Believer or another artistic venue, the standards are far less clear. Books are the most dangerous territory of all, since publishers notoriously do not fact-check, and categorization is often left to the whims of editors.”
Study: Playing Classical Music Boosts Heart Transplant Survival Rates In Mice
“After one week, the mice whose personal soundtrack featured Enya, one of the sound frequencies, or no music at all “rejected their grafts acutely,” the researchers report. Their hearts gave out 7.5 to 11 days after the transplant. In contrast, those exposed to Verdi or Mozart “had significantly prolonged survival,” the researchers report. Median survival times were 26.5 days for those who heard Verdi and 20 days for those exposed to Mozart.”
Why Gregory Doran Is The Right Choice To Run The RSC
Michael Billington: “Doran is, in the words of a fellow critic, ‘a true Shakespearean’. He knows the plays inside out. He has been in and around the RSC for 25 years, first as an actor and latterly as [his predecessor’s] chief associate director (almost acting as deputy artistic director). And, from my knowledge of him, he is one of the good guys.”
Previously Unpublished Vonnegut Novella To Be Released
“The 22,000-word novella, Basic Training, was rejected by the Saturday Evening Post in the late 1940s, long before Mr. Vonnegut had become famous through works such as Slaughterhouse-Five and Cat’s Cradle.“
Director Ulu Grosbard, 83
“During a five-decade career, Grosbard was known for choosing his projects carefully, which resulted in a relatively small but notable body of work consisting of about eight plays and seven movies.”
How Does Orpheus Make The Conductorless-Orchestra Thing Work?
How they choose first-chair players, run rehearsals, decide on interpretations, check balances – and even stay with a soloist who skips an entire page of music.