Among many Tweets of outrage: “Saw the news about the Bridget jones sequel, it comes out on my birthday and Mark Darcy is DEAD!!!! Awful news #birthdayruined”
Tag: 09.29.13
Marcella Hazan, 89, Author Who Made Italian Cooking At Home Common, And Wonderful, In The U.S.
“For all of her achievements — seven bestselling books and an army of fans who turned out for every cooking class — Hazan was an accidental cookbook writer.”
Are Large Corporate Interests Trying To Brainwash Kindergarteners About Digital Sharing?
“In the real world, and under the law, we can’t make all the decisions about what uses we allow of that work. There’s a concept called ‘fair use’ – deliberately ignored in the lesson, on the absurd basis that kids can’t understand it – that explicitly allows others to make use of our work in ways we don’t like, or anticipate. Without fair use, creative works would be next to impossible, because we all build on the work of those who came before us.”
The (Probable) Last Performance Of City Opera
“The night was very much like the death scene of an American opera company that was known for championing new works, helping start the careers of major singers including Beverly Sills and Plácido Domingo, and making opera affordable and accessible.”