“So is a show that has one or two stellar episodes among consistent mediocrity more award-worthy than a show that is less flashy but more solid in its excellence? Should the fact that network dramas air twice as many episodes as most cable shows be taken into account? Or is excellence excellence no matter what the package, and how on Earth is that judged anyway?”
Tag: 12.24.10
George W Bush Book Sales Top Two Million
“Bush was paid a reported $7 million US for the book, which had an initial print run of 1.5 million copies. Crown says it now has 2.6 million hardcovers in print in anticipation of strong holiday sales for the book.”
Warhol Thief Broke In Through Wall
“New York police are looking for a thief who tunnelled into an apartment last month and stole works by Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and others. The thief broke through a hallway wall between 24 and 28 November while the owner was away and took art and other items worth $750,000.”
Daniel Chester French, Stockbridge, Mass.’s Other, and Overlooked, Famous Artist
Just two miles from Norman Rockwell’s much-visited home/museum, forlorn and deteriorating, sits “Chesterwood, the 122-acre summer home of … the American sculptor who created, among countless other monumental works, the statue of Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington.”