“Celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz may be better off declaring bankruptcy than battling a creditor suing her for breaching a contract related to a $24 million loan, bankruptcy experts said. … While losing the case may result in Leibovitz’s financial ruin, a bankruptcy court filing ‘may be more attuned to fairness issues with regard to her and to all her creditors,'” one lawyer said.
Tag: 08.05.09
‘The Z-Pod Has Landed’: Zaha Hadid’s Millennium Park Pavilion Opens At Last
Blair Kamin: “The pavilion, one of two in Millennium Park commissioned to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Daniel Burnham’s Plan of Chicago, is a virtuoso display of structure, space and light. With its arresting combination of naturalistic forms and alien shapes, plus a dazzling video installation, the pavilion does exactly what it’s supposed to do: invite us to boldly contemplate the future.”
Emmy Broadcast To Become Less Highfalutin’
“After last year’s ceremony drew the smallest Emmy television audience ever, a survey of viewers revealed that many found the awards to be focused largely on television shows that mainstream audiences did not know and were not interested in. So the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has decided to prerecord and edit eight awards this year to allow for more time to celebrate shows that are popular with the public but might not be winning the hearts of Emmy voters.”