Mary Elizabeth Williams
Visual Art, North America, Culture, Arts and Entertainment
Art: off the walls, onto the streets
A new exhibit at New York City's PS1 art gallery is created from the camera-phone photos of visitors. Other artists are painting on buildings overlooking the Thames. The Takeaway's culture critic, Mary Beth Williams, talks about the disappearing lines between artist, art and audience.
Pop Culture
Takeaway culture critic Mary Elizabeth Williams: What's left for viewers when networks downsize the upfront?
I've seen the future of television, and its name is Ian Ziering...
Business and Economy , North America, Food, Culture, Arts and Entertainment
When the markets are toast, people buy breakfast
New numbers show that, while everyone else is in the red, spending on breakfast foods has actually increased. What does the nation eat when times are tight?
North America, Europe, Culture, Arts and Entertainment , Music, Pop Culture
What sound hath Amy Winehouse wrought?
It’s been a year and a half since Amy Winehouse caught the ears of American listeners. Now, there’s a new crop of young singer-songwriter-types tapping the well of old- and new-school sounds. If Amy was already a throwback, what’s so new about this latest crop?
Movies, North America, Culture, Arts and Entertainment
Kung Fu Panda, Zohan and your movie recommendations for presidential candidates
Pop Culture
Takeaway culture critic Mary Elizabeth Williams on Miley: Girl gone mild
Nobody, not even an earthy, teenage girl from Tennessee, gets her picture taken for Vanity Fair by Annie Leibovitz by accident. A multiplatinum-selling, world-famous, near-billion-dollar industry unto herself certainly doesn't.
The Internet and Software, Television, Technology, Business and Economy , Advertising, North America, Culture, Arts and Entertainment , Humor, Celebrities
Big-time TV writers Whedon and MacFarlane create Web-exclusive shows
Joss Whedon ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer") and Seth MacFarlane ("Family Guy"), two of television's most powerful showrunners, are taking their brands online. Whedon's "Dr. Horrible" will be an on-the-cheap supervillain musical. MacFarlane's "Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy" will be distributed by the advertising juggernaut Google, who just might be reinventing TV...
North America, Business and Economy , Europe, Culture, Arts and Entertainment , Shopping and Consumerism, Fashion, Style and Design
Discount fashions can be fashion forward, but do they foster waste?
In the world of fashion, you get what you pay for, and that’s exactly the point Britain’s House of Lords has taken issue with. Clothing chains like H and M, or Forever 21 epitomize this trend of “Fast Fashion”- where it’s in one day and out the next. Does this simply foster a culture of irresponsible waste- or is this what being “fashion forward” means in the year 2008. The Takeaway talks to their own personal shopper of sorts, The Takeaway contributor Mary Elizabeth Williams.
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by Marc Freed, (October 10, 06:42AM)
on Finding humor in the things that could still go wrong
I'm not sure what to call this economic situation but I'm pretty sure President Bush calls it "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED""
- North Dakota Oil Diary: "It's always scary, until you get used to it"
- The Takeaway for October 9, 2008
- Finding humor in the things that could still go wrong
- The Dow falls below 9,000 and world markets have another bad day
- A rare glimpse into the oil rigs on Alaska’s mysterious North Slope
- The Takeaway for October 8, 2008
- Fear Factor: How the economy affects our psychological health (and vice versa)
- Peggy in Amherst, N.H., asks, "What don't you know and how will you learn it?''
- The healthcare plans of John McCain and Barack Obama
- The Takeaway for October 10, 2008
The show is a co-production of WNYC Radio and Public Radio International,
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by LeeNYC, (October 10, 05:38AM)
on Finding humor in the things that could still go wrong