Hirst Returns

from The New York Times Damien Hirst Is Back With an Underwater Fantasy. Will Collectors Care? It’s a giant financial gamble for art’s king of controversy, who is trying for a comeback. By CAROL VOGEL “Aspect of Katie Ishtar ¥o-landi.” Credit Damien Hirst and Science...

Chesty Morgan

from Dangerous Minds ‘DEADLY WEAPONS’: CHESTY MORGAN, THE SECRET AGENT WITH THE 73-INCH BUST by Heather Drain Deadly Weapons (1974) trailer by filmow I can’t exactly remember the first time I saw or became aware of Chesty Morgan. Which is odd, especially since she is...

Don Rickles Gone

from The Hollywood Reporter Don Rickles, Legendary Comic With a Gift for the Insult, Dies at 90 by Mike Barnes , Duane Byrge “Mr. Warmth” forged a career when he turned the tables on his hecklers, going on to make fun of everyone he encountered — even...

Viva Le Uwe!

from Vanity Fair Game Over, Uwe Boll The man known as the world’s worst director is now retired and running a Vancouver restaurant. But he’s still not done waiting for the world to give him his due. by DARRYN KING Photographs by GRANT HARDER In a small, cold film...

James Rosenquist Gone

from The New York Times James Rosenquist, Pop Art Pioneer, Dies at 83 By KEN JOHNSON “F-111” (1964-5). All Rights Reserved, James Rosenquist/Licensed by VAGA, New York James Rosenquist, who helped define Pop Art in its 1960s heyday with his boldly scaled painted...