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Tag: 12.01.14
Christian Bale Explains Why He Sometimes Loses It With Journalists
“They can just poke you and poke you and poke you as though it’s just fun and games and means nothing. I don’t wish to cultivate that thing so many public figures have, where you basically become numb, become a roadblock, because so many people are saying nasty things or attacking. And I just go no, no. They win if I do that. I have to stay human, so sometimes that means you react.”
Why Are Our Children’s Books Getting Less Diverse?
“Of 3,200 children’s books published in 2013, only 67 were written by African-American writers, and only 93 centered on black characters. That’s actually the lowest tally recorded since 1994, when the Cooperative Children’s Book Centre began collecting data. Children’s books didn’t do much better with American Indian, Asian, or Latino kids.”
Bands Turn To Brands Turn To Bands In Mutual Self Promotion
“Years after corporations began enlisting musicians as spokesmen, the alliance between brands and bands is deepening, with companies from outside the music world taking on creative and curatorial roles at a moment when record labels are ceding some of their authority.”
Florida City Official Decries Art Depicting Pregnant Woman As “Pornographic”
Jacksonville City Council President Clay Yarborough said “while we may all differ on the definition of art,” a more important question is whether anyone, especially a child, should have their rights violated by being forcibly exposed to such a piece in a government-owned building.
The Man Who Helped Turn Miami Into A Global Destination
“After aiding the transformation of the moribund South Beach area into a glamorous district of pristinely restored Art Deco hotels in the ’80s and ’90s, Craig Robins helped engineer the launch of Art Basel–Miami Beach and co-created the satellite fair Design Miami. Now he’s about to see the fruits of more than a decade of planning and construction as another area revitalized under his care.”
Should We Be Afraid Of Artificial Intelligence?
“Is the risk real? Once humans code the first genuinely smart computer program that then goes on to develop its smarter successors, is the writing on the wall for humans?”
Turner Prize 2014 Goes To Duncan Campbell
“A 54-minute ‘essay film’ that refers to IRA martyrdom, Marxist theory and anthropomorphic ketchup dispensers as it explores the value of art won its maker Duncan Campbell the 2014 Turner Prize. It was by no means a surprise.”
“Scottsboro Boys”, “Here Lies Love”, Gillian Anderson Take London Evening Standard Theatre Awards
The Scottsboro Boys, the controversial Kander & Ebb musical that treats a notorious 1931 Alabama criminal case in the style of a minstrel show, edged out the Imelda Marcos disco show Here Lies Love, which received a special award for “pushing the boundaries of the musical.” Anderson took Best Actress honors for her Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire.
Evening Standard Theatre Awards: The Judges Speak
“A one-man war machine, a doe-eyed Blanche DuBois and two trips to Eighties New York – our judges on the performances and productions that triumphed at the London Evening Standard Theatre Awards.”