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Little Island, the $260 million park on the Hudson River that opened in 2021, was imagined as a haven for innovation in the performing arts. But the park’s cultural offerings — mostly sporadic, one-off works — have so far fallen short of those ambitions. Now Barry Diller, the billionaire media mogul who paid for the park, is setting out to deliver on the original vision, financing a robust, four-month annual performing arts festival on Little Island, the park announced on Monday. The festival, one of the most ambitious artistic undertakings in New York City in recent years, will promote new work in music, dance, theater and opera. “I want people to enjoy the originality and adventure of Little Island,” Diller said.
Persons: Barry Diller, Scott Rudin, Diller, Twyla Tharp, Mozart’s, Figaro, Anthony Roth Costanzo, , ” Diller Locations: Little, New York City
Manhattan townhouses took center stage in December, with several big sales and a prominent listing. The film producer Scott Rudin teamed up with a neighbor for a combined listing at 20-22 Bank Street in the West Village. And on the Upper West Side, the real estate developer Charles Bendit, and his wife, Karyn Bendit, closed on the sale of their townhouse. Other noteworthy December closings included the purchase of a co-op through a trust for Sara Lee Schupf, for whom the Sara Lee dessert business was named. All three transactions were on the Upper East Side.
Persons: Scott Rudin, Graydon Carter, Ronald S, Lauder, Stephen Sondheim, Charles Bendit, Karyn Bendit, Sara Lee Schupf, Sara Lee, Thomas E, Harvey, Erica Jong Organizations: Rockefeller, House, New York City Schools Locations: West, New
CNN —Julie Powell, a bestselling author who chronicled her efforts to prepare every recipe in Julia Child’s “Mastering the Art of French Cooking,” which later inspired the movie “Julie & Julia,” died Oct. 26 at her home in New York. Her death was confirmed to the New York Times by her husband, Eric Powell, who said the cause was cardiac arrest. Amy Adams as Julie Powell in the 2009 film "Julie & Julia." Columbia/Scott Rudin Prods/Kobal/ShutterstockPowell’s book was turned into a 2009 film directed by Nora Ephron, with Meryl Streep playing Julia Child and Amy Adams in the role of Powell herself. “We were lucky enough to be the conduit.”At the center of Powell’s blog, and later the acclaimed film that used it as a base, was the writer’s admiration for Julia Child’s cooking and way of life.
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