New Goal for Films at Toronto: To Be Seen
In the past the Toronto International Film Festival helped to set up Hollywood?s awards season. This year it may be more about solving the industry?s problems.
Publ.Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:53:02 GMT
Source: NY Times
Laurence Urdang, Language Expert Who Edited Dictionaries, Dies at 81
Mr. Urdang was a prolific lexicographer who had a hand in more than 100 dictionaries and other reference books.
Publ.Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:18:06 GMT
Source: NY Times
Tad Mosel, TV Dramatist, Dies at 86
Mr. Mosel?s dramatic scripts for live television were regularly featured in prime-time programming in the 1950s, and his play ?All the Way Home? won the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1961.
Publ.Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:38:05 GMT
Source: NY Times
Dave Freeman, Co-Author of Travel Book With a Deadline, Dies at 47
Mr. Freeman was co-author of ?100 Things to Do Before You Die,? a travel guide and ode to odd adventures that inspired readers and imitators.
Publ.Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:37:14 GMT
Source: NY Times
Arts, Briefly: Fleming and Floyd Receive Swedish Award
The American soprano Renée Fleming and the British rock group Pink Floyd received the Polar Music Prize in Sweden on Tuesday.
Publ.Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:31:38 GMT
Source: NY Times
Pop Singer Drops Plan to Compose for the Met
The singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright has dropped plans to compose a work for the Metropolitan Opera in a dispute over the language of the libretto.
Publ.Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:41:15 GMT
Source: NY Times
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