Bowie’s Basquiats

from artnet What David Bowie’s Basquiat Painting Teaches Us About the Art Market The painting has come to auction twice before, with illuminating results. Brian Boucher Jean-Michel Basquiat, Air Power (1984), from the collection of David Bowie. Courtesy...

Hollywood Babylgun

from The Hollywood Reporter LOCKED & LOADED: The Gun Industry’s Lucrative Relationship With Hollywood By Gary Baum & Scott Johnson The NRA and the entertainment industry interact publicly as mortal enemies. But as the number of weapons shown in movies...

Lyndsy Fonseca to “THE HAUNTED”

from Deadline ‘The Haunted’: Lyndsy Fonseca To Star In Syfy Pilot, Elizabeth Cappuccino Also Set by Nellie Andreeva Courtesy of Syfy Former Nikita star Lyndsy Fonseca and up-and-comer Elizabeth Cappuccino (Jessica Jones) have been cast as two of the leads of Syfy’s...

Alogrithm X

from BBC Algorithms Are Making Us Small-minded Your life is mapped out for you but, not in the way that you think. How predictive algorithms narrow your perspective – and ultimately your choices. By Sydney Finkelstein Online retailers like Amazon offer us products...

Henry Heimlich Gone

from The LA Times Henry Heimlich, doctor who invented lifesaving anti-choking procedure, dies at 96 by Steve Chawkins When he was a 21-year-old camp counselor, Henry Heimlich saved a life and had his first brush with fame. On the way back to New York City from...

National Asteroid Day decreed by QUEEN

from PASTE Thanks to Queen’s Brian May, We Now Have “International Asteroid Day” By Monica Hunter-Hart The fact that an asteroid could easily and suddenly obliterate Earth is something people usually try not to think about. But Queen guitarist and...