Adored and Hunted – Aryana Sayeed

from Der Spiegel ‘I Am Very Aware of the Danger’ Aryana Sayeed, 33, is the only internationally known pop act in Afghanistan. She is adored by youth — and hunted by the Taliban. By Susanne Koelbl  DER SPIEGEL: You’re beautiful, successful and...

Dastmalchian News

from Deadline David Dastmalchian & Rhys Wakefield Join Hulu’s Femme Fatale Pilot ‘Reprisal’ From Warren Littlefield & A+E Studios by Denise Petski Photos courtesy of Persona PR/ICM Partners David Dastmalchian (MacGyver, Twin Peaks) and Rhys Wakefield (True...

Aretha Franklin Gone

from CNN Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, has died By Lisa Respers France, Dan Gilgoff and Todd Leopold Aretha Franklin, whose gospel-rooted singing and bluesy yet expansive delivery earned her the title “the Queen of Soul,” has died, a family statement...

Affordable Big-Block Monsters

from Driving Line BIG CAR, BIG BLOCK: 5 V8 MUSCLE MACHINES YOU CAN STILL AFFORD by Benjamin Hunting The Mercury Marauder X-100 Looking for a V8 classic but feeling squeezed out by muscle car pricing? Don’t worry, there’s an entire subset of stealth big...

The de Kooning Behind The Door

from artnet Was This Mild-Mannered Schoolteacher Couple Behind the Unsolved Heist of a $160 Million de Kooning Painting? Does a book of short stories hold a clue as to how Jerry and Rita Alter acquired a stolen de Kooning? by Sarah Cascone The stolen De Kooning seen...