by | Aug 27, 2018 | Bright Shiny News, Culture Music Art, Literary News, Projects
from Esquire The Best Books of 2018 (So Far) Get your to-read list ready: 2018 is already a good year for reading. BY ANGELA LEDGERWOOD We may live in challenging times, and there’s no better escape than through a good book. From new novels from beloved writers...
by | Aug 26, 2018 | Culture Music Art
from Fox News Neil Simon dead at 91 By Tyler McCarthy (Getty Images) Prolific American playwright Neil Simon has died at age 91. Regarded as the first playwright to have a Broadway theater named after him, Simon’s work dates back to “Come Blow Your Horn” in 1961...
by | Aug 25, 2018 | Bright Shiny News, Culture Music Art, Projects
from Earn The Necklace TIFF 2018: 5 Drama Films That Explore the Human Condition By: Naveen Rao Sam Taylor Johnson with Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Billy Bob Thornton (Photo: Instagram/samtaylorjohnson) Even if they are from another part of the world and in another...
by | Aug 24, 2018 | Culture Music Art
from The Las Vegas Review-Journal Robin Leach dies, host of ‘Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous,’ celebrity columnist By John Katsilometes Robin Leach, a celebrity columnist and television host who famously signed off each episode of “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous”...
by | Aug 23, 2018 | Culture Music Art, Mirth
from artnet Who Won Damien Hirst’s Instagram Caption Contest? The Vulgarian Who Aimed the Crudest, Most Concise Insult at the Artist The artist went with brevity—and irreverence—in choosing the winner of a “Veil Painting” print. by Sarah Cascone It’s...
by | Aug 21, 2018 | Culture Music Art
from USA Today Prisoners nationwide go on strike to protest ‘modern-day slavery’ by Dalvin Brown Prison inmates nationwide, seeking to put pressure on the country’s penal system, began a two-week strike on Tuesday. The strike was timed to begin on...