Lost Kubrick Script Found

from The Guardian Lost Stanley Kubrick screenplay, Burning Secret, is found 60 years on Script co-written by director is so close to completion it could be developed into a feature film The legendary American director Stanley Kubrick on the set of Barry Lyndon in...

Resale Royalties

from The Observer Should Artists Get Royalties if Their Work Is Resold? Europe Says Yes, US Says No By Daniel Grant Frank Stella’s Delaware Crossing (estimated at $8 to 12 million) and Picasso’s Femme assise sur une chaise(estimated at $25 to 35 million) from the...

Mont Blanc Tunnel Cool

from WIRED JULY 16, 1965: MONT BLANC TUNNEL OPENS by Keith Barry 1965: After 19 years of planning and construction, the Mont Blanc Tunnel officially opens. The new tunnel stretches 7 miles, linking the French town of Chamonix and the Italian town of Courmayeur. Buried...

California Missions

from The LA Times A history of California’s missions By CHRISTOPHER REYNOLDS 1542 Spanish explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo sails into San Pedro Bay and claims the California coast for the king of Spain. 1697 Spanish Catholic missionaries from the Jesuit order begin...