Court – Cultural workers filed constitutional lawsuits over lockdown
The Austrian Constitutional Court (VfGH) should clarify whether the ongoing culture lockdown contradicts the guaranteed freedom of art and actually represents a mild and proportionate means of protection against the coronavirus. A corresponding constitutional complaint by the “Florestan Initiative”, which was co-initiated by pianist and director Florian Krumpöck, has...
Wrath – The Weeknd is raging against Grammys
The Canadian R&B pop star The Weeknd has announced that it will boycott the awarding of the world’s most important music prizes in the future. “Due to the secret committee, I will no longer allow my label to submit my music to the Grammys,” said the singer and rapper...
Cult series – Alf-Rolle was a blessing and a curse for spokesman Tommi Piper
For Tommi Piper, his most famous role as voice actor for the alien Alf was both a curse and a blessing. The hype was promptly followed by a lull in orders, and a return to the serious business did not want to occur, he told the German press agency....
Wiener Journal – Bodyguard, Season 1
Ex-soldier David Budd brought his demons with him from the war (which cost him his marriage), but still works as a bodyguard for a special unit of the London police. During a private trip, he prevented a suicide attack on a train, whereupon his boss promoted him to the...
Award – US poet Louise Glück receives Nobel Prize for Literature for “strict beauty”
Who is Louise Lucky? She has been the recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature since Thursday, October 8, 2020 at 1::01 p.m. With which the Swedish Academy once again provided at least a partial surprise. The decision was preceded by violent arguments and endless list compilation in the...