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Vivek Shah, aspiring actor from Illinois, arrested for allegedly trying to extort money from Harvey Weinstein and other Hollywood notables

Shah, 25, according to his profile on IMDB, see link below, had bit parts in The Dark Night, Outsourced and other films and TV,

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2862542/

For more on the story see link:

Shah, a 25-year-old bit actor seen on a 2012 episode of "Bones" and in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight (per his IMDb page),

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Aspiring actors are a dime a dozen in L.A., but few would go as far as attempting to extort one of Hollywood's most powerful movie moguls for their big payday.

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Vivek Shah of suburban Illinois by way of West Hollywood, who was arrested this week for allegedly threatening Harvey Weinstein and his family if the superproducer didn't pay him millions.

Read More at: http://movieline.com/2012/08/23/actor-vivek-shah-arrested-harvey-weinstein-extortion-plot/#utm_source=copypaste&utm_campaign=referral

http://movieline.com/2012/08/23/actor-vivek-shah-arrested-harvey-weinstein-extortion-plot/

Tino Sehgal and his art is profiled in The New Yorker

The article notes that Sehgal makes what he calls “constructed situations.” He uses the raw materials of voice, language, and movement to build pieces of art.

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/08/06/120806fa_fact_collins

For “This Progress” (2010), another New Yorker article noted, he filled the rotunda of the Guggenheim with a corps of “interpreters”—children, teen-agers, baby boomers, octogenarians”—who, according to a set of rules devised by Sehgal, engaged each visitor in a conversation, delivering him to progressively older interlocutors as he spiralled up the museum’s ramp.

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/backissues/2012/07/tino-sehgals-interpreters.html

Amongst the galleries representing Sehgal is Marian Goodman in New York.Its site has more information on Sehgal and his works:

http://www.mariangoodman.com/artists/tino-sehgal/

Ashutosh Sharma and Ankur Malhotra's Amarass Records seek new path in old Indian music

The New York Times' Nida Najar writes about Ashutosh Sharma and Ankur Malhotra founding Amarass Records to revive interest in music by artists who devote their lives, in obscurity and poverty, trying to master age old Indian instruments in Indian villages. The article, see link below, reports on the two 37 year old entrepreneurs recording the Sindhi sarangi played by hereditary musicians in a Rajasthani village.

http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/23/preserving-the-passion-of-india%E2%80%99s-roots-music/

Here is the link to the Amarass site:

http://www.amarrass.com/the-manganiyar-seduction/artists/the-manganiyars

In Other News:

Infosys not guilty rules Alabama Judge in harassment and visa fraud case</a>

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/21/us/alabama-judge-dismisses-infosys-whistle-blower-suit.html

Moti Mahal's New York city outpost gets 4 stars on Yelp for its Moghlai food

http://www.yelp.com/biz/moti-mahal-delux-manhattan

Salman Khan's "Ek Tha Tiger" is bland Indo-Pak love story, says New York Times reviewer

http://movies.nytimes.com/2012/08/17/movies/ek-tha-tiger-by-kabir-khan.html

Prime Indians

Saturday, August 25, 2012

Vivek Shah arrested; Tino Sehgal profiled;