“The 2010 Otis Report released Wednesday, which uses 2009 data, shows that the “creative economy” here generated $113 billion in revenue and provided 304,400 jobs last year (compared with $121 billion and 342,300 jobs in 2008). That allowed it to hold onto its rank as the second-largest business sector in Los Angeles County.”
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Tony Awards Leave Radio City For Uptown
“The eventual location of the show had been a mystery after Cirque du Soleil announced it would be moving into the 6,000-seat Radio City and debuting a new show that couldn’t accommodate the time the Tonys would need to set up, rehearse and televise the live event.”
Boston’s Museum Of Fine Arts Opens Some Doors (And Things Happen)
For decades, the MFA had closed some of the entries to its building, shutting out the neighborhood. Opening them has also helped open up the neighborhood, which is bustling with new life.
The Future Of TV – Owned By Tech Companies?
“Over five billion people watch TV which is more than the number of people who use mobile phones or computers. Some in the business believe that in terms of the connected TV, it is a two-horse race with Google and Apple pitched against one another.”
Suggested – New Cause For Bertolt Brecht’s Death
“There has long been speculation about Brecht’s sudden 1956 death, officially attributed to a heart attack. Rheumatic fever was a little understood condition in the early 1900s. As a result, the future poet and theatre director was simply labelled a nervous child with an enlarged heart.”
Kreutzer vs. Kreutzer: A Music-Theatre-Literature Mash-Up
Beethoven’s “Kreutzer” Sonata begat Tolstoy’s novella Kreutzer Sonata, which begat Janacek’s string quartet subtitled “Kreutzer Sonata.” Playwright Laura Wade and Australian Chamber Orchestra director Richard Tognetti have teamed up to create a theatrical concert combining the three works.
The French Adore the ‘For Dummies’ Books
“Pour Les Nuls – the French version of the American For Dummies series – has overcome deep-seated snootiness to win millions of readers. Indeed, the French collection has proved more popular than any of the other 34 languages in which it is published.”
Can a Movie (Like 127 Hours) Really Make People Faint or Vomit?
“It can and it can’t. ‘With various types of noxious stimuli, often painful or even emotional, it affects people’s vascular reflexes,” causing the heart to race or sometimes to slow down, says a Toronto neurologist. And the parasympathetic nervous system, which controls such responses, is wired to the digestive system as well.
Aussie Police Raid Film Exhibitor’s Home Searching for Banned Gay Zombie Porn
“In the latest installment of the zombie film saga that refuses to die, Victoria Police this morning raided the home of Richard Wolstencroft, the director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival (MUFF), seeking a copy of the prohibited film LA Zombie.“