Amazon signs Sony download deal

"Fans of Beyonce, Britney Spears and the Foo Fighters will soon be able to download tracks from these artists that lack copy protection. Sony has announced a deal to put its entire catalogue of tracks on the Amazon MP3 store by the end of January. All of the songs on Amazon's...

Weinstein Co. Makes Deal with Guild Writers

UPDATED: Following last week's UA agreement with the striking WGA, The Weinstein Company has completed a deal with striking writers. "The Weinstein Company, one of Hollywood's biggest independent film companies, has completed a separate agreement with striking...

Artists square up in new battle of Trafalgar

"It could become the most desirable picnic spot in London - sitting, perhaps in the sunshine, on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square looking out on the throng of tourists. Or it could be a burnt-out car from...

WGA in interim deal with United Artists

It's early Sunday morning on the Left Coast as I write this, so none  of my friends are up yet to confirm this..."The WGA has agreed to sign an interim deal with United Artists that would allow feature film...

Radiohead: In Rainbows. In Stores. In the News.

Radiohead is all over the music blogs and newswires this week, as they celebrate the launch of their latest album, In Rainbows, in its traditional, physical CD format. To inaugurate the occasion and the arrival...

David Byrne's look at the future of music is good online journalism

"What is called the music business today, however, is not the business of producing music. At some point it became the business of selling CDs in plastic cases, and that business will soon be over. But that's not...

Jay-Z to Step Down as President of Def Jam

Formerly retired rapper and current head of Def Jam, Jay-Z, will leave his position as CEO and President of Def Jam Records at the end of this year. He's also signaled an end to his rap retirement, with the...

Sharon Stone in Dubai to raise $1 mln for AIDS

""We're happy as artists to know that we're coming together in the movie community to work in AIDS awareness," Stone told Reuters on Monday night as she arrived on the red carpet.Wearing a long black satin dress...

Miami Artist Forced to Take Down Sexy Erotic Art

 "Miami…. what does one think of when you say Miami? Most people think Sun, Hot, Beach and Sex. Maybe not in that order, but those are synonymous to Miami. You would also think that with all the crime in...

Basquiat and Banksy to cover auction in graffiti

"Daubing the subways of New York in the 1980s with provocative images that shocked the establishment was how it all started. Two decades later, Jean-Michel Basquiat,  Keith Haring and David Salle are being...

Laureate Award Recipients Shocked To Recieve The Award

"Five artists at the top of their chosen fields have received the prestigious Arts Foundation of New Zealand Laureate Award tonight. Pianist Michael Houstoun, dancer Sarah-Jane Howard, entertainer Moana Maniapoto, theatre director Colin McColl, and ceramicist Merilyn Wiseman...

Painting found in trash sells for 1 mln dlrs

"A painting found in a pile of trash on a New York street sold at Sotheby's auction house late Tuesday for a million dollars, nearly 20 years after it was stolen from a warehouse in Texas."Tres personajes" ("Three People") a 1970 work by Rufino Tamayo, one of Mexico's best...

First online art auction house launched in Hong Kong

"The buyers can analyze & cross reference the bidding results across batches in live time and a three minute extension is available if anyone bids at the last minute which gives people time to consider their position carefully, without the pressure of 'the hammer'. The...

Hollywood Anti- War Movies Floppers

"The wave of recent films set against the backdrop of war in Iraq and post-9/11 security has failed to win over film-goers keen to escape grim news headlines when they go to the movies, analysts say. Movie Chart...

The “Surda Checkpoint” as a West Bank Artwork

" Two years ago I subscribed to the  ’Art flux’ newsletter. In the October 13, 2007 issue, they mentioned the exhibition: ..”Transactions”..(.September 11 - November 18, 2007).  The...

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