The Mercury Prize is certainly a prestigious honour bestowed on UK musicians every year, however, I had no idea that it could have such a huge impact on sales for those artists fortunate enough to be either...
"The national foreclosure crisis did not only result in large inventories of repossessed properties for sale in the market and declining home prices. It also gave rise to a growing number of homeowners who are...
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Plagued by post-production set backs and a release date push back, Tom Cruise's latest pet project 'Valkyrie' has hit another bump in the road with the announcement today that the 12 extras injured on set last year are threatening to launch an $11 million lawsuit against...
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When a group of my students begged for the video game called " "Guitar Hero" I remember thinking that it would just be another tool for making more NOISE! something that I did not need more of. After a great...
opinion by Resonant Earth | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 445 views | 2 recommendations | 5 comments
"(CNN) -- Soul singer and arranger Isaac Hayes, who won Grammy awards and an Oscar for the theme from the 1971 action film "Shaft," has died, sheriff's officials in Memphis, Tennessee, reported Sunday. ...
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I just heard about this from MIchael Alstad, and am so outraged. There are really only two travel funds for artists in Canada, and this is one of them, and it has just been pulled by the Tory government for...
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Presidential hopefuls will get their own chance of comic book fame with their own stories told in animation form."Presumptive nominees John McCain and Barack Obama will star this fall in their own comic books put...
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" Angelito “Lito” de Leon David,watercolorist, was vested an Award of Excellence last Saturday, July 12, by the New Jersey Water Color Society for his sole entry entitled, Winter Reflection. The Associate Members Annual Show is currently ongoing at the Morris County...
I visited Tonala Jalisco many years ago, shopping to decorate my house, I saw so many beautiful things I couldn't make up my mind on what to buy. I finally bought an exquisitely and delicately painted...
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Modern Pakistani art is in great demand in the international market as well as at home. A BBC News source recently reported: "In Pakistan's increasingly speculative art market, posthumous sales of better known...
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There's more to alpine mecca Whistler than just year-round outdoor sports and packed ski slopes, there are increasing opportunities to see incredible live music. This weekend the inaugural Whistler Music Festival...
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Paris has been known as the refuge for real and wannabe artists over time, be it jazz musicians, poets, painters, writers and others.Isobel Scott covers some New Cafés Littéraires for Globespotters.Amongst them Tea and Tattered Pages "with its second hand English books from...
Suge Knight's infamous Death Row Records has been auctioned to Global Music Group for a cool $24 million. The gives Global access to the label's extensive back catalog of multi-million selling rap records by...
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Dozens of graffiti artists from all ages and skill, gathered yesterday in Toronto's "Graffiti Alley" for the 2008 Style In Progress, a legal event which spans from Spadina Avenue to Portland Street in the Queen...
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The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) has voted in favour of approving a three-year deal with major Hollywood studios, that could impact similar negotiations in process with the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), which has been embroiled in difficult talks...