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...their own ideas of what kind of statue should go on the plinth: Princess Diana! Margaret Thatcher! A giant pigeon! But lacking a permanent solution, a government-appointed committee last year picked two works that would each occupy the spot for up to 18 months. Marc Quinn, 41, creator of Alison Lapper Pregnant, says he wanted his work to reflect classical influences while addressing a contemporary social issue. "Disabled people are largely underrepresented in the history of art," says Quinn. "I wanted to celebrate a different kind of beauty and bodily diversity...
...nation has to: the President dies, and Vice President Mackenzie Allen (Geena Davis) succeeds him. But the presidents of ABC and Touchstone Television made the call to change horses themselves. CiC--following on Lost, Desperate Housewives and Grey's Anatomy--was an immediate hit for the resurgent network. But creator Rod Lurie was having trouble with the grind of TV production. He was producing, writing and directing and was badly bogged down in minutiae. Scripts came late; production slowed down. ABC faced the prospect of having a new hit but no episodes...
Networks are usually loath to fix what's not broken, with good reason. The West Wing--that other White House drama--went into a ratings spiral after its creator, Aaron Sorkin, left the show in 2003. And the CiC change comes at a critical time. An out-of-the-box top 10 show, it has replaced The West Wing as the darling of pundits and pols. It has been cited as evidence that a woman could win in 2008, and producer Steven Cohen, a former Bill and Hillary Clinton press aide, even says it could help...
...lawsuit, said Google’s current practice of scanning books without permission constitutes a violation of copyright law.“At the very basic level, we feel that it is simply wrong for Google to put any of our books online without the permission of the creator. This is a violation of our constitutional protected copyright,” Simon & Schuster spokesman Adam Rothberg said.But Drummond defended the legality of Google’s practices.“We believe that our product is legal...that the courts will vindicate this position, and that the industry will come...
Don’t let the convoluted plot frighten you, because there is nothing like Nip/Tuck on TV right now. As for the rest of the season, series creator Ryan Murphy swears that we’ll learn the identity of The Carver by season?...