tag:www.artsjournal.com,2009:/artsjournal1//5 2009-07-03T13:31:07Z Movable Type 3.33 tag:www.artsjournal.com,2009:/artsjournal1//5.97694 2009-07-03T13:29:36Z 2009-07-03T13:31:07Z

"The scoops, and subsequent red-framed 'exclusives' about Jackson's tangled personal and professional affairs, have brought not only massive attention to the site but also a journalistic reassessment as well. The question is: Did TMZ just get lucky with its Jackson coverage -- a right-place, right-time lightning strike -- or has TMZ built a smarter new-media organization that could teach the rest of the pack how to get it done?"...

ArtsJournal http://www.artsjournal.com/diacritical "The scoops, and subsequent red-framed 'exclusives' about Jackson's tangled personal and professional affairs, have brought not only massive attention to the site but also a journalistic reassessment as well. The question is: Did TMZ just get lucky with its Jackson coverage -- a right-place, right-time lightning strike -- or has TMZ built a smarter new-media organization that could teach the rest of the pack how to get it done?" Washington Post 07/03/09 tag:www.artsjournal.com,2009:/artsjournal1//5.97693 2009-07-03T13:18:14Z 2009-07-03T13:19:23Z

"A survey of corporate and private philanthropy to Australia's 28 major performing arts companies reveals that in 2008 individual support through bequests, gifts of money and prescribed private funds had increased from 2004 by 119 per cent to $20 million."...

ArtsJournal http://www.artsjournal.com/diacritical "A survey of corporate and private philanthropy to Australia's 28 major performing arts companies reveals that in 2008 individual support through bequests, gifts of money and prescribed private funds had increased from 2004 by 119 per cent to $20 million." The Australian 07/03/09 tag:www.artsjournal.com,2009:/artsjournal1//5.97692 2009-07-03T13:09:33Z 2009-07-03T13:10:37Z

"At the height of his popularity, Jackson bent the music industry toward an androgynous, perpetually childlike model of superstardom. He managed a similar trick in transforming the architecture of this classic Santa Barbara County ranch property."...

ArtsJournal http://www.artsjournal.com/diacritical "At the height of his popularity, Jackson bent the music industry toward an androgynous, perpetually childlike model of superstardom. He managed a similar trick in transforming the architecture of this classic Santa Barbara County ranch property." Los Angeles Times 07/03/09 tag:www.artsjournal.com,2009:/artsjournal1//5.97691 2009-07-03T13:03:57Z 2009-07-03T13:05:03Z

"It's the latest success for Italy in its campaign to recover artifacts stolen from ancient sites and smuggled out of the country to be sold. The Cleveland Museum had bought the artifacts in the 1970s and 1980s and said it had no knowledge about the tainted past of the artifacts until contacted by Italian authorities."...

ArtsJournal http://www.artsjournal.com/diacritical "It's the latest success for Italy in its campaign to recover artifacts stolen from ancient sites and smuggled out of the country to be sold. The Cleveland Museum had bought the artifacts in the 1970s and 1980s and said it had no knowledge about the tainted past of the artifacts until contacted by Italian authorities." CBC 07/02/09 tag:www.artsjournal.com,2009:/artsjournal1//5.97690 2009-07-03T13:00:43Z 2009-07-03T13:01:46Z

"I wanted to be able to represent normal, everyday stay-at-home mums who aren't normally a feature of major artworks - to show my kids now, and when they're older, that you can do, and be part of anything, no matter how ordinary you are or feel. I never expected to get a place so hadn't thought about what to do and I never expected to be first."...

ArtsJournal http://www.artsjournal.com/diacritical "I wanted to be able to represent normal, everyday stay-at-home mums who aren't normally a feature of major artworks - to show my kids now, and when they're older, that you can do, and be part of anything, no matter how ordinary you are or feel. I never expected to get a place so hadn't thought about what to do and I never expected to be first." BBC 07/02/09 tag:www.artsjournal.com,2009:/artsjournal1//5.97689 2009-07-03T12:52:19Z 2009-07-03T12:53:48Z

"By opening pop up shops we are making a high streets more appealing to shoppers and visitors. And it's not just happening in London. Many of the UK's towns and cities are seeing their own high street galleries."...

ArtsJournal http://www.artsjournal.com/diacritical "By opening pop up shops we are making a high streets more appealing to shoppers and visitors. And it's not just happening in London. Many of the UK's towns and cities are seeing their own high street galleries." BBC 07/03/09 tag:www.artsjournal.com,2009:/artsjournal1//5.97688 2009-07-03T12:46:20Z 2009-07-03T12:47:44Z

"Like those brand-new ghost towns in Nevada and Arizona, the Spertus's acclaimed building will stand mostly unpopulated, its distinctive, faceted glass facade a taunting portal to a locked vault. Treasures and programs that were easily accessible at its former location--a building of the same height, right next door--will now be available to the public a total of about 12 hours a month."...

ArtsJournal http://www.artsjournal.com/diacritical "Like those brand-new ghost towns in Nevada and Arizona, the Spertus's acclaimed building will stand mostly unpopulated, its distinctive, faceted glass facade a taunting portal to a locked vault. Treasures and programs that were easily accessible at its former location--a building of the same height, right next door--will now be available to the public a total of about 12 hours a month." Chicago Reader 07/03/09 tag:www.artsjournal.com,2009:/artsjournal1//5.97687 2009-07-03T12:43:42Z 2009-07-03T12:45:18Z

"Does the notion of 'freedom' really mean the same thing in Baghdad as it does in Boston? Newly published research suggests the answer is probably no. It's a question of whether one is more oriented toward independence or interdependence -- an attitude that is largely conditioned by one's cultural background."...

ArtsJournal http://www.artsjournal.com/diacritical "Does the notion of 'freedom' really mean the same thing in Baghdad as it does in Boston? Newly published research suggests the answer is probably no. It's a question of whether one is more oriented toward independence or interdependence -- an attitude that is largely conditioned by one's cultural background." Miller-McCune 07/02/09 tag:www.artsjournal.com,2009:/artsjournal1//5.97686 2009-07-03T12:42:13Z 2009-07-03T13:33:17Z

Will anyone be fighting over any of today's crop of movie songs 60 years from now? "Lose Yourself" -- Eminem's Best Original Song winner of 2002 -- should be so lucky....

ArtsJournal http://www.artsjournal.com/diacritical Will anyone be fighting over any of today's crop of movie songs 60 years from now? "Lose Yourself" -- Eminem's Best Original Song winner of 2002 -- should be so lucky. The Wall Street Journal 07/03/09 tag:www.artsjournal.com,2009:/artsjournal1//5.97683 2009-07-03T05:58:34Z 2009-07-03T05:59:09Z

ArtsJournal mclennan Slate 07/01/09 tag:www.artsjournal.com,2009:/artsjournal1//5.97682 2009-07-03T05:56:26Z 2009-07-03T05:58:10Z

ArtsJournal mclennan Un Funambule ('The Tightrope Walker')."]]> Los Angeles Times 06/28/09 tag:www.artsjournal.com,2009:/artsjournal1//5.97681 2009-07-03T05:52:15Z 2009-07-03T06:22:10Z

ArtsJournal mclennan A Streetcar Named Desire and On the Waterfront as well as television stardom in The Streets of San Francisco and decades of American Express commercials, said, "I learned in my second year of drama school that I was not a leading man - I was a character actor. So I thought, I'd better be the best character actor around."]]> Los Angeles Times 07/02/09 tag:www.artsjournal.com,2009:/artsjournal1//5.97680 2009-07-03T05:51:26Z 2009-07-03T05:51:53Z

Robert Roper considers how Walt Whitman's experiences of volunteering in Civil War hospitals, and of writing letters of condolence to the families of newly-dead soldiers, helped shape "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd," his elegy for Abraham Lincoln....

ArtsJournal mclennan Robert Roper considers how Walt Whitman's experiences of volunteering in Civil War hospitals, and of writing letters of condolence to the families of newly-dead soldiers, helped shape "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd," his elegy for Abraham Lincoln. Obit Mag 07/02/09 tag:www.artsjournal.com,2009:/artsjournal1//5.97679 2009-07-03T05:50:41Z 2009-07-03T05:51:10Z

"Stephen King's The Shawshank Redemption is to receive its UK stage premiere at the West End's Wyndham's Theatre this September. Written by Owen O'Neill and Dave Johns, the play is based on King's 1982 novella Rita Hayworth and The Shawshank Redemption and follows the seven-time Academy Award nominated film of 1994, which starred Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman."...

ArtsJournal mclennan The Shawshank Redemption is to receive its UK stage premiere at the West End's Wyndham's Theatre this September. Written by Owen O'Neill and Dave Johns, the play is based on King's 1982 novella Rita Hayworth and The Shawshank Redemption and follows the seven-time Academy Award nominated film of 1994, which starred Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman."]]> The Stage (UK) 07/01/09 tag:www.artsjournal.com,2009:/artsjournal1//5.97678 2009-07-03T05:37:29Z 2009-07-03T05:43:01Z

ArtsJournal mclennan BBC 07/01/09 tag:www.artsjournal.com,2009:/artsjournal1//5.97677 2009-07-03T05:36:03Z 2009-07-03T05:36:46Z

ArtsJournal mclennan New York Times 07/02/09 tag:www.artsjournal.com,2009:/artsjournal1//5.97676 2009-07-03T05:34:19Z 2009-07-03T05:34:50Z

ArtsJournal mclennan The Unsinkable Molly Brown." Unfortunately, "his triumphant debut led to unsatisfactory film roles and a somewhat stunted career appearing in national tours of Broadway musicals" until the "Coen brothers gave him a second Hollywood career as a character actor when they cast him in Fargo in 1996. That role led to a series of meaty film parts, including Gen. George C. Marshall in Saving Private Ryan."]]> New York Times 07/02/09 tag:www.artsjournal.com,2009:/artsjournal1//5.97675 2009-07-03T05:32:55Z 2009-07-03T05:33:54Z

"Fringe theatre companies have warned that the sector will be 'destroyed' if proposals by Equity seeking to enforce the National Minimum Wage for all actors become law."...

ArtsJournal mclennan "Fringe theatre companies have warned that the sector will be 'destroyed' if proposals by Equity seeking to enforce the National Minimum Wage for all actors become law." The Stage (UK) 07/02/09 tag:www.artsjournal.com,2009:/artsjournal1//5.97674 2009-07-03T05:20:59Z 2009-07-03T05:21:44Z

The NY Times Room for Debate blog asks four contributors: "How do students know if an M.A. is worth it or not? What degrees might be worth getting, and which are not? How does a student weigh the risks and benefits of taking that intermediate step in higher education?"...

ArtsJournal mclennan NY Times Room for Debate blog asks four contributors: "How do students know if an M.A. is worth it or not? What degrees might be worth getting, and which are not? How does a student weigh the risks and benefits of taking that intermediate step in higher education?"]]> New York Times 06/30/09 tag:www.artsjournal.com,2009:/artsjournal1//5.97673 2009-07-03T05:19:49Z 2009-07-03T05:20:15Z

"Mr. Shi, who was convicted of espionage in France in 1986 along with his lover, Bernard Boursicot, was believed to be 70. He had also been believed for years to be a woman, at least by Mr. Boursicot, who served time in prison after the affair and became a laughingstock in France."...

ArtsJournal mclennan "Mr. Shi, who was convicted of espionage in France in 1986 along with his lover, Bernard Boursicot, was believed to be 70. He had also been believed for years to be a woman, at least by Mr. Boursicot, who served time in prison after the affair and became a laughingstock in France." New York Times 07/02/09 tag:www.artsjournal.com,2009:/artsjournal1//5.97672 2009-07-03T05:13:19Z 2009-07-03T06:00:04Z

ArtsJournal mclennan The Nation 06/24/09 tag:www.artsjournal.com,2009:/artsjournal1//5.97671 2009-07-03T05:11:44Z 2009-07-03T05:12:56Z

"It seems the melancholic music is a perfect match for the typical Finnish soul. 'It's a little bit sad, and it's beautiful,' a woman tells me at a dimly lit Helsinki restaurant that regularly hosts dances. Paradoxically, when she moves to these sad melodies, she feels happy. (She didn't want to be named, her reason being another national trait: shyness.)"...

ArtsJournal mclennan "It seems the melancholic music is a perfect match for the typical Finnish soul. 'It's a little bit sad, and it's beautiful,' a woman tells me at a dimly lit Helsinki restaurant that regularly hosts dances. Paradoxically, when she moves to these sad melodies, she feels happy. (She didn't want to be named, her reason being another national trait: shyness.)" Christian Science Monitor 06/26/09 tag:www.artsjournal.com,2009:/artsjournal1//5.97670 2009-07-03T05:04:57Z 2009-07-03T05:05:36Z

"The city council has announced plans to redesign the Accademia Bridge, next to the eponymous art gallery, to provide access for the disabled. But architects and construction firms bidding to undertake the project will also have to prove they can raise the sponsorship to finance the work; the council will not make any contribution to the estimated €5m costs."...

ArtsJournal mclennan "The city council has announced plans to redesign the Accademia Bridge, next to the eponymous art gallery, to provide access for the disabled. But architects and construction firms bidding to undertake the project will also have to prove they can raise the sponsorship to finance the work; the council will not make any contribution to the estimated €5m costs." The Art Newspaper 07/01/09 tag:www.artsjournal.com,2009:/artsjournal1//5.97669 2009-07-03T05:03:48Z 2009-07-03T06:29:49Z

ArtsJournal mclennan did predict the future: Is not Target-esque 'design for all' an outgrowth of the Futurist call for the immersion of art in everyday life?" (And then there's The Futurist Cookbook.)]]> Slate 06/29-07/03/09 tag:www.artsjournal.com,2009:/artsjournal1//5.97668 2009-07-03T05:02:40Z 2009-07-03T05:03:16Z

"A week after submitting a young adult novel anonymously to editors, James Frey, the notorious author of A Million Little Pieces, and a writing partner, Jobie Hughes, have sold North American rights to I Am Number Four to HarperCollins Children's Books." The book is the first in a planned series of four....

ArtsJournal mclennan A Million Little Pieces, and a writing partner, Jobie Hughes, have sold North American rights to I Am Number Four to HarperCollins Children's Books." The book is the first in a planned series of four.]]> New York Times 07/02/09