“The idea that American historians are refusing to study the illustrious dead — let alone that they are doing so because they are ‘anti-American’ — is too bizarre for sane people to indulge.”
Tag: 11.02.06
Hollywood Unions Want A Piece Of Digital Money
“Compensation for digitally delivered media threatens to be among the more hotly debated topics in contracts talks with unions representing writers, actors and directors over the next two years and could hold up some studios’ plans.”
Tom Cruise Gets A Studio
He’s reviving the historic United Artists studio. “Under his new partnership with MGM, Cruise will produce at least four films a year for United Artists with his longtime business partner, Paula Wagner, who will oversee day-to-day operations of UA as its chief executive officer.”
Toronto Actors Call On Mediator
A mediator has been called in to try to avert a Toronto actors’ strike. “ACTRA called for mediation last week to bring about a new indie production agreement after talks that began Oct. 23 collapsed when producers demanded actors take pay cuts of 10%-25% for minimum daily rates paid on film and TV productions shot here.”
Local Protests Over Booker Prize-winner’s Portrayal
Kiran Desai is the youngest ever winner of the Booker prize. She “inadvertently lifted the town of Kalimpong out of the shadows of the Himalayas and into the glare of the media spotlight.” But “what has incensed locals in Kalimpong is the portrayal of people of Nepalese descent, who form the bulk of the town’s 60,000 people.”
ICM Gets Out Of Classical Music
“International Creative Management, one of the world’s largest talent agencies representing actors, writers and musicians, said it will sell its classical music division to focus on its core entertainment business.”
Florence Still At Risk
Forty years ago Florence suffered a catastrophic flood. But all these many years later “a number of major strategic measures had still to be built and that it was only in 2005 that local and central government and his authority got together to work out a strategic plan.”
Shanghai Gets A New Art Fair
A major new art fair featuring 120 galleries will be held in Shanghai next year. “The new art fair, ‘ShContemporary 2007’, is being organised by the Geneva gallerist and collector, Pierre Huber with Lorenzo Rudolf, former director of Art Basel, and Bolognafiere, an Italian fair organiser which already has offices in Shanghai.”
German Police Investigate Tate Recovery
German police are investigating how the Tate recovered two Turner paintings. “The gallery announced two years ago that it had recovered Shade and Darkness — the Evening of the Deluge, and Light and Colour (Goethe’s theory), which were stolen in 1994. The Times learnt yesterday that German police are investigating whether the Tate had broken German federal law.”
The Prokofiev Diaries
Prokofiev’s diaries have been published for the first time. “The diaries, translated by Anthony Phillips, were written by Prokofiev between 1907 and 1914.”