The New York Times has only printed an obituary for one fictional character – Poirot. What’s the deal with the international devotion to Agatha Christie’s plump, mustachioed little Belgian?
Tag: 11.24.13
James McBride Is Still Shocked That He Won The National Book Award
“‘This is a very good problem to have,’ he said of his sudden fame. ‘I wish my mother were alive to see it.'”
Is Music In Perpetual Decline? That All Depends On Your Recording Technology
“When the cassette tape became increasingly significant in the 70s and 80s, a vinyl album fitted neatly on to one side of a C90. For these reasons alone, the standard running time for an album became roughly 45 minutes.”
Movies Aren’t Stable, So The Weinstein Brothers Turn To TV
The company has plans for more reality TV, a martial arts series on Netflix, some BBC offerings, British crime dramas, Italian mob dramas – and way more.
Gandalf And Captain Picard … Um, We Mean Ian McKellen And Patrick Stewart … On Broadway
“‘We have fun with both plays — so much fun, because Ian and myself are alone on stage for huge amounts of time,’ Stewart says. ‘And we share things that the audience doesn’t always know about, and that’s fine.'”
Dallas Symphony Extends Conductor’s Contract Through 2019
“Van Zweden was almost unknown in the U.S. when he became the DSO’s music director in 2008. Since then, the Dutch conductor has presided over dramatic improvements in the orchestra.”