“The Getty has been caught in the middle of the dispute — and could be on the hook to absorb the entire financial responsibility for the show, a total investment of about $990,000.”
Tag: 07.13.13
WTF Is Up With The Lack Of Women Theatre Critics In The US?
“Women have been burned out of their place in dramatic criticism by a tradition of misogyny in the field of journalism.”
Aubrey Plaza, Taking The High-Raunch Sex Comedy To A New (To Hollywood) Place
“Plaza said the matter-of-factness in her character’s sexual awakening was appealing. ‘Girls learn how to masturbate, too; we just haven’t seen it before,’ she said.”
Need To Design Posters For A Show About A Dominatrix?
Let these six images of “Venus in Fur” promos (many with thigh-high black leather boots, of course) be your guides.
After Months Of Speculation, Hulu.com Takes Itself Off The Sale Table
“Owners 21st Century Fox Inc., Walt Disney Co. and NBCUniversal decided Friday to cancel the sale. Instead, they said, they will invest $750 million in Hulu so it can better compete against Netflix Inc., Amazon.com Inc. and other Internet streaming services.”
Matisse Gave An Intense Three-Day Interview In 1941 – & Then Furiously Banned It
But the artist’s revealing statements about collectors, color, depression and more will now be published, 72 years later.
Writers: Don’t Forget To Feed Your Super Kick-Ass Spaceship Warriors
“Food can (and should) be a powerful grounding element in science fiction. It’s a hook onto which readers can grab while the whole world around them swarms with spaceships, aliens, dinosaurs or hyperintelligent gerbils bent on world domination.”
So What If Pop Music Funds Classical Recordings? That’s Simply Tradition
“The divide [in the Middle Ages] was between Gregorian chant and vernacular music outside the church sung by traveling entertainers known as jongleurs. Eventually, church composers began to use the bass lines of ‘popular’ tunes as a way to keep the masses coming to Mass.”
Harry Potter Author Writes Mysteries Under Assumed (Male) Name
The supposed author, Robert Galbraith, “was supposed to have been a former plain-clothes Royal Military Police investigator who had left the armed forces in 2003 to work in the civilian security industry.”