It was “a year when attendance declined, romantic comedies bombed, low-brow worked and, most of all, Hollywood devoted itself to amusing children.”
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Conflict Grows Between TV Programmers And Distributors
“As the end of the year approaches, there are several skirmishes going on between programmers and distributors that will hit full boil when the clock strikes 2011.”
Rupert Everett Says He Never Got Another Hollywood Job After Coming Out
When asked about the professional reaction he received after he came out of the closet, Everett responded, “Nothing very much [in terms of Hollywood reaction]. I just never got a job there, and I never got a job here, after [coming out].
Why America Can’t Build Big Projects Any More
“America certainly isn’t developing the design, construction and management capacity to build on a large scale to global standards.”
Was LA Restaurant Wise To Unmask LA Times Critic?
“It was a panicked move, and I suspect they knew it was dumb even as they were doing it. They did no real harm to Virbila — if anything, they lent her pluckiness — but they made themselves look second-rate.”
Do Restaurant Critics Need To Be Anonymous?
“The reality is that most high-end restaurants already have a pretty good idea of what the leading critics look like. After all, a big-deal restaurant is a big-deal investment. With millions of dollars riding on a business that can be dramatically affected by one person’s opinion, owners of course do everything they can to find out who the critics are.”
Police Hunting for War Criminal Find Photos of Stolen Modigliani
“Serbian police searching for a war-crimes fugitive on Thursday instead found photographs of a Modigliani painting they suspect is in his possession.”
Making Books Do Things E-Books Can’t (And Vice Versa)
“At a garage studio in Eagle Rock, Lisa Pearson is publishing books with the skill of a craftsman, framing the printed word as a work of art.”
UK Prosecutes Online TV Viewers for Not Paying Licence Fee
“People who watch television online without a licence have been prosecuted for the first time despite uncertainty about how the law works, the BBC has disclosed.”
Orchestra Flash Mobs Protest UK Arts Cuts
“At 6pm on a cold winter’s day earlier this month, musicians and singers converged on Leeds town centre and started playing the Mission Impossible theme tune. The flash mob orchestra carried violins instead of placards but they came to protest as surely as the people who took over London’s streets earlier this month to rail against tuition fee increases.”