– Kevin Kruse
Prince Andrew 'used pseudonym' to set up company
DRIVING SAFETY: A Cop Who Runs Cannonballs Explains Why Speed Alone Doesn’t Kill
It was quite something, the proceedings did not disappoint, here is the YouTube:
I can’t fully access video from this airport location, but I believe the actual debate starts at around 1:06. After the debate proper, a particular highlight is the four video questions that were taped and sent in from humanities academics.
The Holberg people put on a great event.
Online Film Critics Give ‘Parasite’ Best Film And Best Director Nods
Ironically, the New York Film Critics Online meet in person to vote on the awards. (Also awarded: Lupita Nyong’o, Joaquin Phoenix, Laura Dern, and Joe Pesci.) – The Hollywood Reporter
The dragons have been unleashed in regional TV’s answer to Game of Thrones
Antony Catalano has his own plans for regional television
Now out a massive (over 1100 page) Georges Perec collection, of interviews and various stray texts, Entretiens, conférences, textes rares, inédits, just out from Éditions Joseph K; see theirpublicity page, or get your copy at Amazon.fr.
They have an excerpt at BibliObs.
Online Film Critics Give ‘Parasite’ Best Film And Best Director Nods
Ironically, the New York Film Critics Online meet in person to vote on the awards. (Also awarded: Lupita Nyong’o, Joaquin Phoenix, Laura Dern, and Joe Pesci.) – The Hollywood Reporter
How William Gibson Keeps His Science Fiction Real The New Yorker (TH). The public relations campaign for Agencybegins. Good background, though
Two Members Of Nobel Prize For Literature Committee Resign, One Because Of Award To Peter Handke
“Author Kristoffer Leandoer said he was leaving because he had ‘neither the patience nor the time’ to wait for the committee to complete its reforms” called for after the scandal that led tothe postponement of last year’s award to this year. He said that his resignation had nothing to do with the very controversial choice for this year’s prize of Peter Handke, but the other departing member, Gun-Britt Sundström, said her decision was for just that reason. – Reuters
Parasite Racks Up Another Best Picture Win, This One At The Los Angeles Film Critics Awards
Justin Chang is prepared for the inevitable backlash over some of the choices the LAFCA made. Prepared, but not pleased: “I’ve always been struck by the recurring phenomenon of LAFCA and other critics’ groups getting attacked online for the elitist snobbery of their allegedly out-of-the-box choices. To accuse us of snobbery, I think, gets the situation exactly wrong; championing work that falls outside the usual awards-season conversation, informed by the fact that we spend 52 weeks a year watching and writing about new movies from all over the world, strikes me as a pretty good definition of egalitarianism in action.” – Los Angeles Times
This Year’s Golden Globe Nominations – Some Surprises
Sacha Baron Cohen, The Marvelous Mrs. Maiseland Killing Evereceived nominations this chilly L.A. morning, as did the apparent final season of Amazon’s Emmy-winning Fleabag and the first season of the star-studded The Morning Show on AppleTV+. – Deadline
When Shakespeare Stands Up To Sing
Giuseppe Verdi’s last two operas, the Shakespearean diptych of Otello andFalstaff, together constitute my favorite case study in what happens when a play is made to stand up and sing. Both the source material and the musical adaptations are works of singular beauty and power. To study these operas alongside their sources is to see what is gained and what is lost, what remains intact and what is transformed, when a complex human drama is adapted from speech into song. – New York Review of Books
A First: Netflix Edges HBO In Golden Globe Nominations. Broadcast Networks Shut Out
It was a crowning moment for Netflix, and not just for the jeweled one on Queen Elizabeth’s head. The streaming service, which dominated the Globe nominations overall, edged out HBO to win the most TV nods on Monday. Netflix got 17 TV nods, to go with its 17 on the movie side. HBO was a close successor at 15. – Washington Post
Vijay Iyer: Artist As Ally Of Adjacent Cultures
“This can’t just be about me sounding cool or looking awesome. It has to be in service of something larger. You want to actually open a conversation and activate people’s imaginations, and allow them to imagine a different world than the one we’re in. And that’s the kind of work that an artist can do, because we’re not there to answer questions exactly. We’re there to stir something up, and also to offer an alternative to the reality that we’re inhabiting.” – Boston Review
Drinkworks Home Bar: Cocktails, Brews, Wines and More.
Hyperallergic – “At a time when women were seen as incapable of serious creative or intellectual activity, Sofonisba Anguissola and Lavinia Fontana gained international renown for their exceptional bodies of work…The Museo del Prado’s A Tale of Two Women Painters: Sofonisba Anguissola and Lavinia Fontana is a rare revival of these women’s long-overlooked careers, featuring an impressive collection of 65 exquisite and innovative paintings. After centuries of obscurity — when their works were frequently misattributed to Leonardo da Vinci, Titian, Paolo Veronese, and other male artists — A Tale of Two Women Painters shows us just how much we’ve been missing out on…”
To a share house full of international students, I boldly declared him to be Australia's Bob Dylan.
To prove my point, I grabbed a copy of Kelly's (original) greatest hits album.
As the chords to From St Kilda to Kings Cross bounced off the plasterboard walls and cheap carpet, I watched their faces trying to decipher the lyrics.
It was incredible. They had no idea what he was talking about.
Winning nature photos showcase Australia's wild creatures and landscapes
From star-lit skies to mountain vistas, and crayfish claws to glow-in-the-dark fungi — these award-winning photos from ecologists in Australia are stunning.How The Canadian Government’s Increased Commitment To Culture Is Succeeding
As many countries have continued to cut funding for the arts, Canada’s government has gone the other way and embraced culture and the idea of getting it seen around the world. Had the Liberal party lost in Canada’s October elections, a different attitude may have been taken by the country’s politicians. Instead a great deal of optimism has been generated through Canada Council for the Arts’ commitment to sending domestic work abroad. – The Stage
A Tiny Leak Led to a Massive, Unexpected Collapse at Kilauea Volcano Live Science
How a volcanic eruption helped create modern Scotland Nature
A Tiny Leak Led to a Massive, Unexpected Collapse at Kilauea Volcano Live Science
How a volcanic eruption helped create modern Scotland Nature