“Owners of a handwritten one-sentence letter by reclusive writer J.D. Salinger hope to sell the document for $50,000.”
Tag: 09.13.11
UK’s Ambassador Theatre Group Screening Liquor Ads Before Shows
“Ambassador Theatre Group has announced a new partnership with cinema advertising firm Pearl & Dean that will see ads for Gordon’s Gin projected onto safety curtains … immediately prior to performances across ATG’s portfolio of 39 theatres in London and across the UK.”
Who Says Humans Are The Smartest Being On Earth?
“We have always considered ourselves the gold standard of intelligence, but it’s time to give up the notion that our brains are the benchmark.” Some researchers are working on a “universal intelligence test” that would correct for a pro-human bias.
Joanna Trollope To Rework Sense And Sensibility
“The pairing is the first in a what [HarperCollins] has dubbed a ‘major’ new series, in which it will team modern authors with Austen’s six novels, asking them to reimagine the books in a contemporary setting.”
Enough With The Modernist Additions To Historic Buildings And Districts!
“Much of the debate involves modernist architecture’s role in landmark settings of a traditional character. Preservation professionals often advocate modernist additions to these settings, while at the grass-roots level there is strong support for keeping the new work traditional.”
The Link From Radio Drama To Citizen Kane
“Less noticed by critics [praising the film today] is something that was obvious in 1941: Many of the film’s signature devices were motifs developed by [Orson] Welles and his Mercury Theatre troupe during their years in radio.”