I had lunch recently with Michael Conforti, director of the Clark in Williamstown, Mass., which most people know as the Clark Art Institute. (They’re re-branding.) We talked about the Clark’s ongoing expansion, which includes the almost complete Stone …
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SPOILER ALERT: The three of you who are still watching In Treatment should make sure you’re caught up on the show before you start watching…
…unlike me. Because I don’t have a half-hour every night to give to In Treatment, and because HBO has sent me preview episodes in massive …
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Forget Hillary vs. Barack. This potential schism in the world of liberal-leaning comedy has true potential to turn neighbor against neighbor. From a Tina Fey interview in Readers Digest (via whatever Huffington Post staffer has the job of reading Readers Digest):
RD: What pleases you more, applause or laughter?
Fey: Laughter. You can
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At some point in its abbreviated season, I may start doing a full-on Riches Watch, but for now I’m going to have to file that under Things I’ll Do Sometime When They Invent A 48-Hour Day. In the meantime, I know there’s some interest in The Riches in Tuned Inland, so I’m throwing this thread open to your discussion.
My big concern at …
Earlier this month the Office for Metropolitan Architecture, the Rem Koolhaas firm, unveiled plans for Waterfront City, an instant city to be built on an artificial island off the coast of Dubai. The focal point was a 44-story spherical building. At first sight it was a bit …
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As of 9 this morning, the number-one most-watched video of the day on YouTube has been Barack Obama’s speech on race, which at that point had generated just about a million views in less than 24 hours. Let me rephrase that. Nearly a million views for a 37-minute political speech not involving a woman singing in hot pants:
You may …
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My reviews of More Beatles Night on American Idol are up. Who’s going home tonight? Who couldn’t be going home? It was not the most fab of evenings, with weak performances from some of my usual favorites (Brooke, Jason), expectedly weak performances from others, …
