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Why Is The U.S. So Confident It Was North Korea That Hacked Sony? Because The U.S. Had Already Hacked North Korea

ISSUES Posted: January 19, 2015 12:30 pm

Why Is The U.S. So Confident It Was North Korea That Hacked Sony? Because The U.S. Had Already Hacked North Korea

“For about a decade, the United States has implanted ‘beacons,’ which can map a computer network, along with surveillance software and occasionally even destructive malware in the computer systems of foreign adversaries.”

Read the story at The New York Times Published: 01.19.14

Outside Auditors Slam Dublin’s Alley Theatre

THEATRE Posted: January 24, 2014 12:59 am

Outside Auditors Slam Dublin’s Alley Theatre

“Reports by an independent panel of assessors suggest that the Abbey is struggling to meet its aim of being a world-class theatre. The assessors, appointed jointly by the Arts Council and the Abbey Theatre itself, gave just four of 12 productions marks that would rank them as very good.”

Read the story at The Irish Times Published: 01.19.14

Suchitra Sen, 82, ‘The Greta Garbo of Indian Cinema’

PEOPLE Posted: January 21, 2014 12:40 am

Suchitra Sen, 82, ‘The Greta Garbo of Indian Cinema’

The first Indian actress to win an international award, she was a major star in Bengali film, and one of her Bollywood roles led to a major political controversy.

Read the story at The New York Times Published: 01.19.14

Mannequins of the World (And What They Tell Us)

ISSUES Posted: January 21, 2014 12:38 am

Mannequins of the World (And What They Tell Us)

“We can actually learn a lot about a culture’s values based on how mannequins reflect or distort the human body. Let’s take a look at some of the recent stories from around the world.”

Read the story at GlobalPost Published: 01.19.14

A Formula For Picking Oscar Winners

MEDIA Posted: January 20, 2014 4:51 am

A Formula For Picking Oscar Winners

Two researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, have looked into “Oscar baiting,” making films that are reliable picks for Oscar nods. Along the way, Gabriel Rossman and Oliver Schilke came up with a formula to predict Oscar success.
NPR 01.19.14

Read the story at NPR Published: 01.19.14

Hollywood Loves A Good “True” Story To Work On

MEDIA Posted: January 20, 2014 4:50 am

Hollywood Loves A Good “True” Story To Work On

No fewer than six of the nine films nominated for the best picture Academy Award are based on true events — possibly the biggest proportion ever vying for Hollywood’s highest honor.

Read the story at Yahoo! (AP) Published: 01.19.14

How A Hugely Popular Crowdfunding Initiative Hurt Zach Braff’s Movie

IDEAS Posted: January 20, 2014 3:30 am

How A Hugely Popular Crowdfunding Initiative Hurt Zach Braff’s Movie

“Just about all of the ‘compromises’ that Braff says he’d have been forced to make [without the Kickstarter] would have made Wish I Was Here a better film.”

Read the story at FlavorWire Published: 01.19.14

Why Would Any City, Much Less A Bankrupt One, Subsidize Housing For Novelists?

WORDS Posted: January 20, 2014 3:30 am

Why Would Any City, Much Less A Bankrupt One, Subsidize Housing For Novelists?

“Priced out, writers move out of the boho enclaves and the corporate crowd moves in. The city – in not supporting artists – becomes a more homogenous less diverse place.”

Read the story at The Guardian (UK) Published: 01.19.14

One 27-Year-Old Producer Is Saving The Movies

PEOPLE Posted: January 20, 2014 1:18 am

One 27-Year-Old Producer Is Saving The Movies

“Megan Ellison is Hollywood’s newest darling. She has been touted as the ‘new Harvey Weinstein’ for a couple of years now, but this week her status was confirmed: films she produced and financed were nominated for a staggering 17 Academy Awards.”

Read the story at The Guardian (UK) Published: 01.19.14

Beautiful Old Movie Theatres Were Holding Pakistan’s Movie Culture Back [Video]

MEDIA Posted: January 19, 2014 10:45 pm

Beautiful Old Movie Theatres Were Holding Pakistan’s Movie Culture Back [Video]

Bring on the multiplexes.

Read the story at BBC Published: 01.19.14

Dance Can Save You From Diapers

DANCE Posted: January 19, 2014 10:00 pm

Dance Can Save You From Diapers

Got a problem with urinary incontinence? A new study says dance is the answer.

Read the story at Joystiq Published: 01.19.14

Top Posts From AJBlogs 01.19.14

AJBlogs Posted: January 19, 2014 9:58 pm

Sleeper At The Met: Ink Art
Source: Real Clear Arts | Published on 2014-01-19

Flash: Izvestia confirms new Bolshoi music director
Source: Slipped Disc | Published on 2014-01-19

Mainstream Camouflage
Source: PostClassic | Published on 2014-01-20

Classical music in an age of pop
Source: Sandow | Published on 2014-01-17

Oxford: ‘An Old Hooker Past Her Sell-by Date’
Source: Straight|Up | Published on 2014-01-17
Read the story at AJBlogs Published: 01.19.14

Savior Of The Brighton Philharmonic Moves On

MUSIC Posted: January 19, 2014 8:33 pm

Savior Of The Brighton Philharmonic Moves On

“Brighton Philharmonic said general manager Judith Clarke had had left, five months after the orchestra came within two weeks of closure” and Clarke raised £70,000 from fans.

Read the story at BBC Published: 01.19.14

If Netflix Stock Is Overvalued, Is Binge-Watching To Blame?

MEDIA Posted: January 19, 2014 5:00 pm

If Netflix Stock Is Overvalued, Is Binge-Watching To Blame?

“People have become intoxicated — maybe they’re carried away by the shows they’ve watched, I don’t know, but they’re acting crazy. The shares have gotten way, way ahead of themselves. I don’t know if it’s ever going to be worth what the market says it’s worth now.”

Read the story at The New York Times Published: 01.19.14

NBC Says It Will Follow Live Sound Of Music With Live Peter Pan

THEATRE Posted: January 19, 2014 11:00 am

NBC Says It Will Follow Live Sound Of Music With Live Peter Pan

“Greenblatt was optimistic that the network could produce a second live production ‘more efficiently’ than Sound of Music, which took 18 months to get on the air.”

Read the story at The Hollywood Reporter Published: 01.19.14

American Hustle Wins SAG Award That Often Predicts Best Picture Oscar

MEDIA Posted: January 19, 2014 10:30 am

<em>American Hustle</em> Wins SAG Award That Often Predicts Best Picture Oscar

If you’re betting on the Oscars, now’s the time to put your money where the awards are piling up.

Read the story at Los Angeles Times Published: 01.19.14

George Clooney Made A History Movie, But Some Of The History Is Missing

MEDIA Posted: January 19, 2014 8:45 am

George Clooney Made A History Movie, But Some Of The History Is Missing

“The few remaining people who have close links to one of Britain’s least likely heroes fear that the true story of an unjustly overlooked champion of cultural history has been edited out in order to make good adventure cinema.”

Read the story at The Observer (UK) Published: 01.19.14

Does Technology Isolate Us? Actually, The Study Says It Makes Us Closer

IDEAS Posted: January 17, 2014 11:31 am

Does Technology Isolate Us? Actually, The Study Says It Makes Us Closer

“It turns out the wired folk — they recognized like three times as many of their neighbors when asked.”

Read the story at New York Times Magazine Published: 01.19.14

Is This the Year Jason Robert Brown Will Finally Conquer Broadway?

THEATRE Posted: January 17, 2014 12:46 am

Is This the Year Jason Robert Brown Will Finally Conquer Broadway?

“Jason Robert Brown’s moment could very well be 2014: His Bridges of Madison County opens on Broadway next month; his Honeymoon in Vegas is up next; and a film of his show The Last Five Years is being made.”

Read the story at The New York Times Published: 01.19.14

The Next Industrial Revolution (It’s Here)

IDEAS Posted: January 6, 2014 10:23 am

The Next Industrial Revolution (It’s Here)

“The maker era might not be upon us yet, but the maker movement has arrived. Just who are these people? Like the Arts and Crafts movement—a mélange of back-to-the-land simplifiers, socialists, anarchists, and tweedy art connoisseurs—the makers are a diverse bunch.”

Read the story at The New Yorker Published: 01.19.14

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  • La Salle Art Museum’s Promo Video Highlights Deaccessioned Works
    “Wander through six permanent galleries [emphasis added],” the caption for the video walk-through on the La Salle University Art Museum’s homepage exhorts potential visitors. But while the galleries may be “permanent,” the installation shown on ... read more
    AJBlog: CultureGrrlPublished 2018-04-20
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    U.S. cities with the fastest-growing wealth gaps. Monster Nor’easter The first day of spring a blinding white curtain kidnapped the cit​y. It was a true blast of winter. We solemn jurors braved the ... read more
    AJBlog: Straight|UpPublished 2018-04-20
  • Poor Professor Higgins
    In today’s Wall Street Journal I review Lincoln Center Theater’s new Broadway revival of My Fair Lady. Here’s an excerpt. * * * Of all the great Broadway musicals of the postwar era, “My Fair ... read more
    AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2018-04-20
  • Men without women
    In the online edition of today’s Wall Street Journal, I review an off-Broadway revival of Conor McPherson’s The Seafarer. Here’s an excerpt. * * * Now that Brian Friel is gone, who is Ireland’s foremost ... read more
    AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2018-04-20
  • Replay: the Benny Goodman Trio plays Gershwin
    Benny Goodman, Teddy Wilson, and Gene Krupa, the original members of the Benny Goodman Trio, play George Gershwin’s “Nice Work if You Can Get It” in an unidentified 1960 video clip: (This is the ... read more
    AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2018-04-20
  • Almanac: Winston Churchill on vengeance
    “It may be that the Gods forbad vengeance to man because they reserved for themselves so intoxicating a drink. But the cup should not be drained to the bottom. The dregs are often filthy-tasting.” Winston ... read more
    AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2018-04-20
  • Armstrong And Ellington: Azalea
    Until the past couple of days, spring around here was a date on the calendar and a rumor. But now there are tulips in front of the house. And magnolia blossoms 15 feet ... read more
    AJBlog: RiffTidesPublished 2018-04-19
  • Breasting the Wave
    The Lar Lubovitch Dance Company Celebrates its 50th Anniversary Season Lar Lubovitch’s Something About Night. (L to R): Barton Cowperthwaite, Brett Perry, Nicole Marie Corea, Tobin Del Cuore, and Belinda McGuire. Photo: Nan Melville Once ... read more
    AJBlog: DancebeatPublished 2018-04-19
  • Deaccession Dejection: La Salle’s Sales Slide at Christie’s
    This is an I-told-you-so post. Some six of 16 old masters deaccessioned by the La Salle University Art Museum were left stranded on the auction block at Christie’s this afternoon. Of the 10 that did ... read more
    AJBlog: CultureGrrlPublished 2018-04-19
  • A shock from the wider world
    About Kendrick Lamar winning the Pulitzer Prize…of course it’s a great moment for the evolution of music as an art. Or rather for the recognition of how music long ago evolved. But then there are ... read more
    AJBlog: SandowPublished 2018-04-19
  • C.L.R. James: Cricket Shaped Him
    I know nothing about cricket. My only sense of the game came from Frank Harris’s portrait of H.G. Wells. But now that I’ve read The Young C.L.R. James: A Graphic Novelette (PM Press Pamphlet), which ... read more
    AJBlog: Straight|UpPublished 2018-04-19
  • So you want to see a show?
    Here’s my list of recommended Broadway, off-Broadway, and out-of-town shows, updated weekly. In all cases, I gave these shows favorable reviews (if sometimes qualifiedly so) in The Wall Street Journal when they opened. For more ... read more
    AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2018-04-19
  • Almanac: Clive James on leaders and intellectuals
    “Finally leadership, in any democracy, is a matter of character—a fact few intellectuals find palatable.” Clive James, Fame in the 20th Century ... read more
    AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2018-04-19
  • THE FUTURE OF ORCHESTRAS — Part Five: Kurt Weill, El Paso, and the National Mood
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    AJBlog: Unanswered QuestionPublished 2018-04-18
  • La Salle Sales Shortfall: Two of Five 19th-Century Offerings Fail to Sell
    Today’s auction at Christie’s of the first five of 46 deaccessions from the La Salle University Art Museum got off to an inauspicious start when the auction house’s earlier sales ran late, causing an hour’s ... read more
    AJBlog: CultureGrrlPublished 2018-04-18
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    Robert Preston sings “I Died for a Living” on An Evening With Carol Burnett, originally telecast by CBS on February 24, 1963. This song, by Burnett’s writers, refers to Preston’s pre-Music Man career in Hollywood ... read more
    AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2018-04-18
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    “The doctrine of human equality reposes upon this: That there is no man really clever who has not found that he is stupid. That there is no big man who has not felt small. Some ... read more
    AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2018-04-18
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    Rufus Norris’ bereft, survivalist production of Macbeth was the show that launched a thousand thinkpieces about his regime at the National Theatre. The reviews were overwhelmingly hostile, and this apparently misfired Shakespeare followed on ... read more
    AJBlog: Performance MonkeyPublished 2018-04-18
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    AJBlog: State of the ArtPublished 2018-04-17
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    AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2018-04-17
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