01.19.14 – ArtsJournal

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

“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.”

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Outside Auditors Slam Dublin’s Alley Theatre

THEATRE Posted: January 24, 2014 12:59 am

“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.”

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

PEOPLE Posted: January 21, 2014 12:40 am

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.

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Mannequins of the World (And What They Tell Us)

ISSUES Posted: January 21, 2014 12:38 am

“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.”

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A Formula For Picking Oscar Winners

MEDIA Posted: January 20, 2014 4:51 am

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.
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Hollywood Loves A Good “True” Story To Work On

MEDIA Posted: January 20, 2014 4:50 am

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.

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

IDEAS Posted: January 20, 2014 3:30 am

“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.”

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

WORDS Posted: January 20, 2014 3:30 am

“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.”

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One 27-Year-Old Producer Is Saving The Movies

PEOPLE Posted: January 20, 2014 1:18 am

“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.”

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

MEDIA Posted: January 19, 2014 10:45 pm

Bring on the multiplexes.

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Dance Can Save You From Diapers

DANCE Posted: January 19, 2014 10:00 pm

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

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Savior Of The Brighton Philharmonic Moves On

MUSIC Posted: January 19, 2014 8:33 pm

“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.

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

MEDIA Posted: January 19, 2014 5:00 pm

“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.”

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

THEATRE Posted: January 19, 2014 11:00 am

“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.”

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American Hustle Wins SAG Award That Often Predicts Best Picture Oscar

MEDIA Posted: January 19, 2014 10:30 am

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

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

MEDIA Posted: January 19, 2014 8:45 am

“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.”

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

IDEAS Posted: January 17, 2014 11:31 am

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

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

THEATRE Posted: January 17, 2014 12:46 am

“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.”

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The Next Industrial Revolution (It’s Here)

IDEAS Posted: January 6, 2014 10:23 am

“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.”

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