“There is so much going on in people’s heads and this is why criticism is interesting to me. I’m not talking about whether someone says one of my films is good or bad, I mean that it reveals so much about the critic, about which area of life or thoughts they are trapped in.”
Tag: 06.24.11
The Origin Of Monogamous Marriage
Anthropologist Laura Fortunato “used current patterns of language and marriage to determine when monogamous marriage got rolling for Europe and much of Asia. It turns out that this kind of marriage is much older than anyone had thought … [and] likely established itself for a very modern reason.”
Remembering Lana Turner, The ‘Sweater Girl’ Gone Bad
“Lana Turner never looks the same. I’ve seen her in hundreds of pictures and dozens of films, and each time she looks like a slightly different person. Turner was a chameleon, a Hollywood-made confection, a liar, a victim, and a real-life femme fatale, party to one of the most infamous – and tragic – Hollywood scandals.”
So, You Think Teen Pop Stars Are Synthetic? Well, This One Really Is.
“She’s pretty, stylish and oozes star quality. But Japan’s latest pop sensation is not quite what she seems – in fact, she doesn’t actually exist. It turns out that Aimi Eguchi, the newest member of the Japanese band AKB48, is a virtual composite of six other band members.”
NEA Chooses 18 For Lifetime Achievement Awards
A list…
The Incredible Marketing Genius Of JK Rowling
“Once again, JK Rowling and her marketing team have left the rest of the publishing world standing while she blazes a trail into the record books. I’ll eat my hardback copy of The Deathly Hallows if the Harry Potters aren’t the fastest-selling ebooks in history by the end of this year – and I can only tip my hat in admiration.”
Self-Publishing Takes Off
With Bowker reporting an “explosive growth” of 169% last month in “non-traditional” publishing, it’s not just vanity projects that are taking the self-publishing route these days.
Why Is Pixar Doing Another “Cars”? (All About The Merchandise)
“To put that in perspective, Pixar’s cumulative worldwide box office for its 11 feature films so far is$6.3-billion. The merchandising for Cars alone has earned nearly $10-billion.”
Detroit Symphony Raises More Money, Sells More Tickets, After Strike
“The Detroit Symphony Orchestra raised more than $3 million during a strike-shortened season in April and May while its overall number of donors increased to 4,800, a 27% jump over last year. The DSO also drew about 450 more patrons per concert compared to a typical night before the strike.”
An Inside, Though Partial, Look At The Philadelphia Orchestra’s Finances
“[The] Philadelphia Orchestra Association is claiming $16 million in assets and $700,000 in liabilities in a recent filing attached to its chapter 11 petition in U.S. Bankruptcy Court.” Those figures include neither the orchestra’s endowment nor unpaid obligations to the musicians’ pension fund.