“The authorities here are investigating the transfer to UNICEF in Germany of one of Europe’s largest and finest private art collections, a vast trove amassed by Dr. Gustav Rau, an eccentric collector and philanthropist who died in 2002.”
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“My God, We Don’t Watch Our Own Movies!” Say The Coen Brothers
Andrew O’Hehir: “Over the years the Coens have developed a routine that lies somewhere between practiced shtick and a psychological coping mechanism. Ethan, the younger, shorter, lighter-haired brother, delivers brief responses, often glib or acrid in tone, and then the taller, older and more loquacious Joel bails him out, expounding generously on the original question or diverting it into friendlier terrain.”
Nelson Mandela’s Legacy To The Arts
“Many people know that Nelson Mandela’s life inspired novels, poems, plays and films, but few people know how powerful his effect on the theater was and how powerful the theater’s effect was on him.” A tribute from playwright Emily Mann, director of Princeton’s McCarter Theater.
See Nelson Mandela’s Only Feature Film Performance
No, documentaries don’t count. He appeared in one feature film (and you’ve probably heard of it). Can you guess? Or remember?
Think TV Is Fading Away Because Young People Have Abandoned It? Don’t Be So Sure
Teens watch more TV than we – or they – may think.
How Cats Infect Our Brains (And Maybe Make Them Better)
Some of the side effects may be pretty great, but (as they said in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), “it is technically brain damage.”
What’ll Be The Real Problem For Amazon’s Delivery Drones? Angry Birds
And these predators are not drones.
Is This The Golden Age Of Shakespeare?
“It is a heck of a lot of activity for a man who has been dead since 1616 and was once consigned to dusty textbooks – and it is a trend that I am not sure anyone would have predicted even in the Nineties when Shakespeare was performed regularly and well, but without generating the same enthusiasm.”
How Did The UK Become Such A Major Movie Production Center?
“Britain already had a world-class franchise, in the shape of the James Bond films – but they tend to only come along every three or four few years, whereas there were eight Potter movies in the space of a decade – which meant virtually continuous employment for literally thousands of film workers in this country.”
Report: Here’s How Much Of The Economy America’s Creative Industries Generate
“Creative industries led by Hollywood account for about $504 billion, or at least 3.2 percent of U.S. goods and services, the government said in its first official measure of how the arts and culture affect the economy.”