“In New Orleans, people from the post-Katrina world really startle [at the show] and say, ‘You people are grafting your politics onto what happened.’ But [what you see on the show] are their politics, the politics of citizens in New Orleans, the politics of the last five or six years in that city. The reporting is still very careful.”
Tag: 07.04.11
Artwork And Treasure Worth Billions Found In Indian Temple
“During the past week, a team of experts appointed by India’s supreme court has opened five vaults dedicated to the deity Lord Vishnu to uncover an enormous hoard of gold idols, jewellery studded with diamonds, emeralds and other precious stones, antique silver, and even two golden coconut shells studded with rubies and emeralds.”
Anna Massey, British Stage And Screen Actress, Dead At 73
“Although she made her first film aged 21, she was better known as a television actress, appearing in such classic BBC dramas as The Pallisers (1974) and the 1978 adaptation of Rebecca.” Her most famous film role was probably Babs Milligan in Alfred Hitchcock’s Frenzy.
Melbourne’s Divided Theatre
“Melbourne’s musical theatre scene today seems a house divided: at one end lurk the multi-million-dollar extravaganzas whose presence is hard to ignore, while at the other nestle the countless amateur productions that fill local halls and community centres.”
How To Choreograph Fireworks
“In general, the bigger the shell, the longer it will take to burst and the higher it will go. By inserting the size, firing time, and type of each shell into a firing script, a choreographer can lay out a series of effects that unfold at different heights in time to the music. If he’s using a fireworks choreography software package, he doesn’t have to look up (or memorize) all of the height and timing information for each shell. Instead, he can drag items from a digital catalog directly into an online script.”
Is “The Shard” A Vandalization Of London’s Skyline?
“Does anyone, with the possible exception of bankers, want a symbol of how London is “powering its way out of the global recession”? As is now customary, with the mayor in charge of London’s aesthetics, I don’t believe we were ever asked.”
Art Of Arab Spring
“Is there an art style of the Arab spring? No. Rather, there is a commitment to communicate using any means necessary.”
Dan Brown Books Are Most-Donated To Charity
“Next most donated after Brown were crime writer Ian Rankin, prolific author of the Detective Inspector Rebus series, and Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson, who last year became the first non-fiction author to enter the top 10, and has moved up from number eight to number three.”
Art Market Nears 2008 (But Is Trouble Around The Corner?)
Sotheby’s auction sales for the first six months of the year reached $2.91 billion (£1.8 billion), a 35 per cent increase on last year, nearing its first six months record $2.95 billion in 2008. Christie’s auction sales figures are not yet available, but are thought to be close.
Remembering The Talent Juggernaut That Was The Ed Sullivan Show
“American Idol” draws about 30 million viewers for its grand-finale shows, whereas Sullivan attracted some 40 million viewers nearly every Sunday night for two decades — when the country had half as many people as it does now.