Archive for December, 2010

11 for ’11 – New Year’s Resolutions

11 for ’11 – New Year’s Resolutions By Adam Leipzig I will lose that flab by getting off the cultural fast-food diet of empty calorie TV junk and start treating myself to creative work that truly nourishes my soul. I will exercise more of my vocabulary to discuss creative experiences in ways that are real, not academic. I will cut my extra credit cards in half to dismant    More...

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Heroes for our Holidays

Heroes for our Holidays By Adam Leipzig The news that Disney has hired Britney Spears to be a role-model for the studio’s current crop of young performers – a fact so disturbingly bizarre you could not make it up – makes me think about who we consider heroes these days. Ask many young people and they’ll name sports figures, music stars or other celebriti    More...

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This Giving Season

This Giving Season Some CulturalWeekly.com’s readers create opportunities for others; some are creators themselves.  Here are ideas for holiday and New Year’s giving from a few of the people who read this blog – presents your friends and family may love, and gifts you might love to give to yourself in the months ahead. Software GYST-Ink, founded by K    More...

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If it’s Bank, it’s Good

If it's Bank, it's Good By Adam Leipzig According to E-Online (screenshot above), “Tangled overcame Deathly Hallows.”  What more is there to know? Whether you are a small theatre owner or a highly paid film studio executive, you are facing calculations of the marketplace and creative work, and these forces are often at odds.  As a film producer, I can work    More...

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