THE INTERNATIONAL VOICE OF WORLD ARTS, CULTURE AND ENTERTAINMENT. OCTOBER 2003 ISSUE 

 

 

 

In Memoriam

 KATHARINE H. HEPBURN (1907-2003)

 CELIA CRUZ (1925-2003)

 

Academy Awards BEST PHOTOS 

 

 

ITALIA’S NEW SOPHIA LOREN

Valeria Golino

Italian cinema's Dream Come True. A star With The Allure Of A Ravishing Young Sophia Loren

 

1. In Memoriam: KATHARINE H. HEPBURN (1907-2003)

t 2. AMERICANA SHOWBIZ TRIVIA:. HOW GOOD ARE YOU? CAN YOU NAME THESE STARS? They were the most famous, the most outrageous Burlesques, Early American Musicals, Show Biz and Follies Productions Shining stars. We are herewith posting photos of the 10 most well-know performers and stars of Early American Showbiz. Try to name them…link!

t 3.A. Meet Maximillien de La Croix: The Man, the Philosopher and the Art Rebel. link

t 4. ART TRIVIA: HOW GOOD ARE YOU? On this page you will find 10  world wide known masterpieces by famous artists. They have appeared almost everywhere; museums, art books, encyclopedias, national and international exhibitions, on tour-exchange of the art and culture programs, you name it. You should be able to recognize all the painters, if you pretend to know any thing about abstract art...link

t 5. The reality is that restoration, like history and criticism, is subjective and partial.  link

Michelangelo's statue of David survived almost four centuries standing in the open air in the political heart of Florence, exposed to riots, wars and rain, before being moved indoors to the Galleria dell'Accademia in 1873. But now, after surviving all that birdshit, David must endure bullshit...He needs cleaning. He's a dirty, dirty boy…link

t6. WHY DAVID AND THE LAST SUPER NEED TO BE WASHED? link

This most iconic of paintings, Leonardo's Last Supper, which can be seen at the Santa Maria delle Grazie church in Milan, was itself the subject of great debate when it was finally unveiled in 1999 after a painstaking 22-year-old restoration, which was considerably longer than the four years (from 1494 to 1498) needed by the Tuscan master to…link complete the original work.

 

 

t 8. Review of the latest and most recent release. Personalities: Patricia Kaas, Minnie Driver,  Cannes Festival Awards, and much more…link

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        From The Desk of Esther Cohen-Ha

t 8-D. CINEMA: OPERA AND B-MOVIE NEXT GENERATION: If opera brings to mind dusty old works and people taking 45 minutes to die, think again. The Almeida theatre's Genesis project is hoping to kick the form well and truly into the 21^st century…link

t 8-E. HULK: In Kermit the frog's immortal Peter Bradshaw words: it's not easy being green. Certainly not when you possess anger-management issues resulting in inappropriate vexation levels and temper-loss situations... link

t 8.F. CINEMA: Sundance Film Festival Announces Competition : This year's Sundance Film Festival includes directorial debuts of Salma Hayek, and Matt Dillon, and that's just two of the star-studded lineup set for this year's 2003 Indiefest. Salma Hayek's "The Maldonado Miracle" tells the story of a small town that claims to have a bleeding statue of Jesus…link

t  8.E. The ceremony proved a historic night for the 2001 Awards show as two African-American actors won Oscars for leading roles, reports The Associated Press. Halle Berry won the leading actress category for her portrayal of a widow who falls for a racist in "Monster's Ball.  This was Newman's 16th Oscar nomination…link

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t  9. Despite an effective career which did not even last 18 years, Maria Callas will probably go down in history as the most important singer of the second half of the 20th century. What made her unique in her time was her attention to verbal nuance and matching gesture. Yes, there were singers who trod that path a few decades earlier, but plentiful aural and visual documentation is lacking for Lotte Lehmann, Claudia Muzio or Rosa Ponselle, to name just a few. And while we can hear Callas in almost all her roles and at various stages in her career, the plentiful photos unfortunately do not compensate for the skimpy live visual coverage. Opera…link

t 10. I gave up on religion and all the social values I learned from my tutor. He was a religious person but a bitter artist. He made me afraid. He told me I will never make it! He said” artists are born to suffer, do not be a sucker, go do something else.” I need to talk to you. I need your moral support. I think I am a good artist but I am very depressed now. I sit a lot by my window and

I am trying to escape from my nightmares. The rent is due. The bills are not paid. I dream sometimes of being a king with a great power. I fantasize a lot. Is it bad or good?…link

 

t 10.B. THE MANY DIFFERENT KINDS AND STYLES OF CABARET WORLDWIDE .link

Dear Erica: First, let me e welcome you  back, I hope you had a great vacation in Nice. During your absence, Mrs. Valerie Constand did a great job. Erica, when are you going to publish the series on World Cabaret. I am so anxious to read it. Meanwhile, can I ask you this question, please? Thank you. I read an article in a Middle Eastern magazine about cabarets and cabaret artists. I found that cabarets in the Arab world are not really highly respected. They are places where women of the nights usually work. Is it true? In America, cabarets are different. I saw some of them while visiting California. Believe me I cannot tell my parents or associates that I have visited Cabarets in America because, they all think that  Cabarets are places of pleasures of the night, where you open a bottle of champagne for a hired woman by the cabaret and you hope to spend the night with here. How many kinds of cabarets they are and why they vary in services and nature from one country to another?….link

  t 12. USA AND WORLD ART NEWS  link

 

  t 13. WHERE AND HOW TO  MAKE A LIVING IN ART, VIDEO, TELEVISION AND FILM   link

There are many different types of jobs in television, video and film production. I will list many of the more popular ones, describe them, and list the advantages and disadvantages. List of types of jobs and employment.  link

t 14. SCREEN ACTING:  What takes good screen acting and makes it great screen acting? Opinions on this will vary, just as opinions on who are the great actors will vary. While some great actors will appeal to the majority of their audience, very few will appeal to all. Each great actor, however, will have a different combination of qualities that will make his or her acting stand above the acting of merely good actors. A great performance must contain something special, the intangible parts of a performance: charisma, depth, mystery, and screen presence…link

t 15. Hollywood technology kills poster art: INDIA'S END OF AN ERA AND CINEMA TRADITION link

Down an alley in Delhi, past a Hindu shrine and puddles from the monsoon, you get to one of the last studios where artists paint billboards for Indian movie blockbusters. Their work is stacked against each other, huge displays in bright …link

In-depth article with approx. 15 original photos and illustrations of the mysterious era of Mata Hari. Everything you need to know about this woman of international mystery and suspense.

t 17. IN MEMORIAM: THE QUEEN OF SALSA, CELIA CRUZ.. Miami mourns 'Queen of Salsa' Cuban exiles in Miami have been mourning the loss of legendary salsa singer Celia Cruz. link

 

  t 19. IN MEMORIAM link

 

 t 20. ART HISTORY link

  t 21.  ART HISTORY