Posted
8:55 AM
by Gene
More philistinism in show-biz -- this surrounding
the funding of LALA's new concert hall, named for the founder of EisnerCorp:
[O]nce the Disney clan, the anonymous contributor of $7.5 million, $1.1-million donor Ginny Mancini (the widow of composer Henry Mancini) and composer and $1-million donor John Williams are set aside, not one major entertainment industry company, executive, producer, director or star can be found at the million-dollar level.
Who needs those moldy old three B's when we're making masterpieces every day?