Mira Furlan, actress on Lost and Babylon 5, dies at 65
From 1993 to 1998, Furlan starred in Babylon 5.
by Johnny Diaz
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- Mira Furlan, an actress best known for her roles on the fantastical TV series Babylon 5 and Lost, died at her home in Los Angeles on Wednesday. She was 65.
The cause was complications of the West Nile virus, according to Chris Roe, her manager.
From 1993 to 1998, Furlan starred in Babylon 5, a space opera that followed the relationships, politics, interspecies tensions and galactic conflicts aboard a United Nations-type space station in the mid-23rd century. She played Ambassador Delenn, representing the Minbari alien race on the space station.
Edward Burns returns to Long Island with Bridge and Tunnel
Edward Burns, a filmmaker, in East Hampton, N.Y., Jan. 7, 2021. Set in a 1980s version of his hometown, the filmmakers new Epix series captures the post-college period when youre not quite an adult but no longer a kid, he said. Timothy OConnell/The New York Times.
by Stuart Miller
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- Edward Burns has carved a distinctive path as an indie filmmaker in the quarter-century since he made a splash with his debut, The Brothers McMullen. He has consistently made movies for small ($250,000 for Looking for Kitty) to minuscule ($9,000 yes, you read that right for Newlyweds) budgets, and was experimenting with new distribution models even before the rise of streaming. In 2007, he made the first straight-to-iTunes movie, Purple Violets, and in 2010, he inaugurated Comcasts straight-to-VOD Indie Film Club with Nice Guy Johnny.
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MOCA marks 1-year anniversary of fire at archives with online exhibition on Google Arts & Culture
A clipping from a Chinese-language newspaper advertises Cantonese operas, amongst artifacts from the Museum of Chinese in America, sits in Nanuet, N.Y., March 11, 2020. Some newspapers were more damaged than others in the aftermath of the fire. Rachel Papo/The New York Times.
NEW YORK, NY
.- Almost one year to the day when a 5-alarm fire nearly destroyed its nationally treasured collection of more than 85,000 historical artifacts, MOCA has launched a new partnership with Google to make hundreds of digitized images of objects, sculptures, letters, photos and videos from MOCAs collections available for free on the Google Arts & Culture digital platform to be viewed, studied and enjoyed by people near and far online and on its app, available for download on Android and iOS.
Shannon s announces highlights included in the Winter Online Fine Art auction
Untitled oil on canvas on board painting by Hannes Beckmann (Czech/American (1909-1976), initialed and dated, 36 inches by 36 inches, Estimate: $8,000-$12,000.
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.- Shannons Fine Art Auctioneers will host its first online auction of the year on Thursday, January 28th at 2 pm Eastern time. The sale includes 123 lots of American and European art from the 19th and early 20th centuries, Modern and Contemporary art, fine prints, sculpture and drawings. Bidding is available by absentee and online through Invaluable.com.
Leading the auction is a work on paper by Connecticut-born artist Sol Lewitt. The painting, titled Irregular Form, has excellent provenance and is in perfect condition. Visitors to the gallery will appreciate seeing this work in person, as the effects of light change the color and visibility of the shapes in the overall form (est. $12,000-$18,000).