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The Trouble With Trouble
The late Leona Helmsley, the New York hotelier, better known as “The Queen of Mean,” left her dog ‘Trouble’ a white Maltese, $ 12 million when she died. With all that money under her collar, one would expect that the dog would be one happy bag of fleas. Wrong! Trouble has been receiving death threats […]
Oh No, Not Again, Not That…
The Spice Girls have wrapped their old lackluster insipid act into a musical farce and are presently all set to tour. To add to this misery, The Jackson 5, along with extra terrestrial, Michael Jackson, are contemplating a mammoth tour in 2008, at least that is what the band’s spokesman Jermaine Jackson has said.
The Jacksons, […]
Vincent Van Gogh Predicts The Future
For those interested in the economy, the art world has always served as a good beacon. Art prices have always reflected the sound or unsound state of the economy. However, given what happened at Sotheby’s recently, the state of the economy appears to be walking on perilous grounds, and all this amid whispers on Wall Street, that […]
Tut, Tut, It’s The King
And now finally, you can see the golden boy, King Tut. The Egyptian government has finally let the world see the shriveled, shrunken, blackened face and body of King Tut. His mummy is to be placed in a specially sealed, climate controlled glass chamber in his tomb complex, in Luxor’s Valley Of The Kings.. Why would […]
Welcome To The Last Supper
A message for all art lovers.
A 16 billion Pixel image of Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘Last Supper’ can now be viewed on the net. The expert opinion after this extraordinary view is that the 15th Century painting displayed in the Italian city’s Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, is slowly fading into oblivion.
Go to: www.haltadefinizione.com and […]
You Never Can Tell…
Elizabeth Gibson from New York City, was taking her morning walk on Manhattan’s Upper West Side recently, when she saw a splash of color in a garbage dump. For some strange reason, she inched closer and saw that it was a painting. She liked what she saw, so she took it home. The painting was […]
David Beckham Must Go Home
He is the million dollar golden English boy who was supposed to rejuvenate soccer in America. That is not going to happen. Apart from his sprained right knee and sprained left ankle, David Beckham is still linked to England and that is where his heart is. England coach, Steve McClaren has publicly stated that Beckham […]
Scorsese To Direct Harrison Film
Filmmaker Martin Scorsese is all set to direct a film on Beatle, George Harrison.
It will not be easy.
George Harold Harrison was a complicated soul.
Birth in Wavertree, Liverpool; death in a Hollywood mansion.
It’s a long and winding road.
The Quarrymen, Pete Best, Johnny and the Moondogs, Stuart Sutcliffe, The Silver Beatles. The Beatles. Reeperbahn […]
Dark Sarcasm In The Classroom
Bob Dylan. American bard, universal influence. After 40 years, his lyrics will now be taught in secondary schools throughout Britain. As always, there are voices of dissent.
Is Bob Dylan poet enough? Is he deep enough? Naked enough? His lyrics; are they actually songs or are they poetry? What is a poem? Who is a […]
Dead Man Talking
For a man who everybody thinks should be dead, Keith Richards is not doing so badly. Little Brown and Company is paying Rolling Stone Keith Richards, 7.3 million dollars for his memoirs. Apparently, there was a fierce bidding war for his remembrances. Every major publisher in the world was interested but Brown and Company finally […]