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Bond, James Bond, Impotent Drunk

PEOPLE Posted: December 15, 2013 9:50 am

“Doctors analysing the Ian Fleming novels show James Bond polishes off the equivalent of one and a half bottles of wine every day. They say he is not the man to trust to deactivate a nuclear bomb.”

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PEOPLE Published: 12.13.13, BBC

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YouTube Tells Us What We Most Looked At In 2013

MEDIA Posted: December 11, 2013 8:51 am

“Comments and interaction were taken into account, rather than just views, to identify the 10 videos that people were talking about most in 2013.”

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MEDIA Published: 12.11.13, BBC

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How A Theft Made The Mona Lisa The World’s Most Famous Painting

VISUAL Posted: December 9, 2013 9:02 am

It’s easy to assume that the case was big because the Mona Lisa was already “the world’s most famous painting”. It wasn’t. Its status was dramatically enhanced by the affair.

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VISUAL Published: 12.09.13, BBC

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Is It Okay That Only 7 Percent Of British Movies Make A Profit?

MEDIA Posted: December 9, 2013 8:45 am

“We’re nowhere near where we were in the ’80s when we were trapped in low budget British film-making, with films that no-one wanted to go and see.”

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MEDIA Published: 12.09.13, BBC

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Almodovar Tackles Spanish Government (Again)

ISSUES Posted: December 8, 2013 9:42 pm

“The 64-year-old filmmaker called it ‘deaf and insensitive’ to the country’s problems and railed against its ‘awful cultural policy.’ Spanish state funding to the arts, including film, has been drastically reduced in recent years.”

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ISSUES Published: 12.08.13, BBC

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To Succeed In Ballet, Know You’ll Have To Struggle And Fail

DANCE Posted: December 8, 2013 9:00 am

Principal ballerina Lauren Cuthbertson: “It can be quite lonely. Sometimes you can feel isolated because you are the only one in your group of friends that really understands what you need to do to get to the next level.”

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DANCE Published: 12.06.13, BBC

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Edouard Molinaro, 85, Director Of The Original ‘La Cage Aux Folles’

PEOPLE Posted: December 8, 2013 8:23 am

“Among Molinaro’s numerous other films were Oscar (1967) with [Louis] de Funes and My Uncle Benjamin (1969), which starred the Belgian singer and songwriter Jacques Brel.”

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PEOPLE Published: 12.07.13, BBC

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Angela Lansbury To Make West End Return At 88

THEATRE Posted: December 3, 2013 11:58 am

“Angela Lansbury is to appear on the London stage for the first time in almost 40 years in a new production of Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit. She will reprise the role of Madame Arcati, which she first played on Broadway in 2009, winning a Tony Award.”

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THEATRE Published: 12.02.13, BBC

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Will E-Books Build An African Book Culture?

WORDS Posted: December 2, 2013 9:00 am

“More than 160 million people are now connected throughout the continent, mostly on mobile phones. With internet access surging and connectivity increasing, the doors are being thrown open to digital publishing.”

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Give A Choreographer £10,000, And See What She Does With It

DANCE Posted: December 1, 2013 11:43 pm

Rosemary Lee, who just won Britain’s Bonnie Bird award: “I am longing to return to the studio. … As an independent artist with a family it is not easy finding the time, resources, and opportunities to research and experiment with dancers.”

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DANCE Published: 11.30.13, BBC

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Want To Be A Conductor? 10 Tips From Esa-Pekka Salonen

MUSIC Posted: December 1, 2013 10:48 pm

“I get all my conducting sticks in [Harry Potter’s] Diagon Alley.”

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MUSIC Published: 11.29.13, BBC

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Dramatic Underinsuring Of Art Collection Leads British City To Suggest Selling It Off

VISUAL Posted: December 1, 2013 10:31 pm

The city of Bradford “had been insuring its 4,000 item collection for £20m but a new valuation found that 195 pieces alone were worth more than £30m.” And the city’s in debt – so should it sell some art?

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How Ballerinas’ Brains Change To Accommodate Movement

DANCE Posted: September 30, 2013 7:27 pm

“Ballet dancers develop differences in their brain structures to allow them to perform pirouettes without feeling dizzy. Researchers from Imperial College London said dancers appear to suppress signals from the inner ear to the brain.”

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  • More on live jazz streaming, Chicago to Zurich and beyond
    Saxophonist Chico Freeman, a third-generation Chicago jazzman, live-streams his new international band from Zurich on Saturday 2/27 at 2:30 pm ET, and I moderated their Zoom talk of coming together for the... Read more
    Source: Jazz Beyond Jazz Published on: 2021-02-26
  • Joseph Brodsky on the Life of Books
    On the whole, books are less finite than ourselves. Even the worst among them outlast their authors. ... Often they sit on the shelves absorbing dust long after the writer himself has... Read more
    Source: Straight|Up Published on: 2021-02-26
  • Simply splendid Sondheim
    In today’s Wall Street Journal, I review Signature Theatre’s Simply Sondheim and the Mint Theater Company revival of Hazel Ellis’ Women Without Men. Here’s an excerpt. *  *  * Lovers of large-scale musicals have been... Read more
    Source: About Last Night Published on: 2021-02-26
  • Almanac: Tennessee Williams on theatrical characters
    “The theatre is a place where one has time for the problems of people to whom one would show the door if they came to one’s office for a job.” Tennessee Williams... Read more
    Source: About Last Night Published on: 2021-02-26
  • What Patricia Highsmith wrought
    In today’s Wall Street Journal, I write about Patricia Highsmith. Here’s an excerpt. *  *  * The next time you watch a movie or TV series about a heartless serial killer, say a silent word... Read more
    Source: About Last Night Published on: 2021-02-25
  • Almanac: Samuel Butler on sickness
    “I reckon being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill and is not obliged to work till one is better.” Samuel Butler, The Way of... Read more
    Source: About Last Night Published on: 2021-02-25
  • The Relativity Switch
    This story may sound like a metaphor. But it’s actually a case-in-point: When preparing to launch the Navigation Technology Satellite 2 (NTS-2) in 1977, the NAVSTAR GPS engineering team was in a... Read more
    Source: The Artful Manager Published on: 2021-02-24
  • Lawrence Ferlinghetti Dies at 101 His Pictures of a Gone World Remain
    A literary era passes. It was already past, yet it still has influence. Maybe the biggest. Because ArtsJournal was down yesterday—I know not why—I couldn’t post this. The world didn't miss it.... Read more
    Source: Straight|Up Published on: 2021-02-24
  • Jazz beats the virus online
    Chicago presenters of jazz and new music, and journalists from Madrid to the Bay Area (plus Baltimore-based pianist Lafayette Gilchrist and his associates), discussed how they’ve transcended coronavirus-restrictions on live performances with... Read more
    Source: Jazz Beyond Jazz Published on: 2021-02-24
  • Snapshot: Lieber and Stoller appear on What’s My Line?
    Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller appear as the mystery guests on What’s My Line? John Daly is the host and the panelists include Arlene Francis, Dorothy Kilgallen, and Vincent Price. This episode was originally... Read more
    Source: About Last Night Published on: 2021-02-24
  • Almanac: Robert Benchley on sneezing
    “I am pretty sure that, if you will be quite honest, you will admit that a good rousing sneeze, one that tears open your collar and throws your hair into your eyes,... Read more
    Source: About Last Night Published on: 2021-02-24
  • Gary Lee-Nova: ‘Oblique Trajectories’
    A survey exhibition of the artist's work over more than four decades. The exhibition at the Burnaby Art Gallery in Burnaby, B.C., Canada, will run until April 18, 2021.... Read more
    Source: Straight|Up Published on: 2021-02-23
  • “Black Art’s” Blackout: Who’s Absent from HBO’s Survey of “Today’s Top African American Artists”?
    We haven’t reached the promised land. We’ve got a long way to go. The above marching orders, alluding to the words of Martin Luther King Jr.‘s last speech, are the last words... Read more
    Source: CultureGrrl Published on: 2021-02-23
  • Lookback: on not getting too big for your britches
    From 2010: The twin successes of Pops and The Letter have left me with an exhilarating sense of possibility, a feeling that I can do anything to which I set my mind. When you’re feeling that... Read more
    Source: About Last Night Published on: 2021-02-23
  • Almanac: Graham Greene on the danger of changing standards
    “It is a great danger for everyone when what is shocking changes.” Graham Greene, Our Man in Havana Continue reading Almanac: Graham Greene on the danger of changing standards at About Last... Read more
    Source: About Last Night Published on: 2021-02-23
  • Just because: Graham Greene talks about The Third Man
    Graham Greene is interviewed by Jack Mangan in an outtake from a 1950 episode of Ship’s Reporter in which he talks about The Third Man: (This is the latest in a series of arts- and... Read more
    Source: About Last Night Published on: 2021-02-22
  • Almanac: Graham Greene on facing reality
    “People don’t like reality. They don’t like common sense. Until age forces it on them.” Graham Greene, Loser Takes All Continue reading Almanac: Graham Greene on facing reality at About Last Night.... Read more
    Source: About Last Night Published on: 2021-02-22
  • The Library Is Closed
    ...and thoughts come in verse: 'The stone lion at the gate / wears a mask like mine. / This is where I used to wait / for books that bind / that... Read more
    Source: Straight|Up Published on: 2021-02-21
  • The Sleep of Dreams
    A contemporary artist visualizes an idea by the 17th-century 'father of modern philosophy.'... Read more
    Source: Straight|Up Published on: 2021-02-21
  • Clarion
    Someone’s calling, maybe me. C. C sharp? D? My scalp tightens, which makes me wonder where I am, and who, too. I’ve had this reaction before when I’ve been offered rare sounds... Read more
    Source: Out There Published on: 2021-02-20
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