Into The Pixel

from The NY Times Pixels Floating on the Art World’s Margins John Sweeney By HAROLD GOLDBERG LOS ANGELES — The annual E3 convention here is known for the glitzy premiere of video games with huge budgets, and for its boisterous hustle and bustle. But tucked between the...

Indiana Jones And The Industry of Doom

from The Hollywood Reporter Steven Spielberg Predicts ‘Implosion’ of Film Industry by Paul Bond George Lucas echoed Spielberg’s sentiments at an event touting the opening of a new USC School of Cinematic Arts building, saying big changes are in...

Orwellian Rule Anew

from Shelf Awareness It’s 1984 All Over Again: Orwell’s Book Sales Spike Daily disclosures about America’s surveillance apparatus have sparked renewed interest in George Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. The Wall Street Journal reported that...

Hamburger Hamlet Founder Harry Lewis Gone

from KSWT Harry Lewis, founder of Hamburger Hamlet, dies LOS ANGELES (AP) – Harry Lewis, founder of the Hamburger Hamlet chain whose regular customers included Ronald Reagan and Elizabeth Taylor, has died at age 93. The Los Angeles Times (http://lat.ms/1bqkpkA )...