Madame Tussaud’s Up For Sale

from The Financial Times London site of Madame Tussauds up for sale Claer Barrett, Senior Reporter The landlord of Madame Tussauds hopes to raise more than £300m by selling the building that has housed the waxworks since 1884, in a further sign of London’s booming...

Fist Bump In The Philippines

from chedistriestoblog Fistbump with James Frey Posted by Cedesaurus  Last Saturday James Frey went to National Bookstore, Ayala Cebu. It was for his book signing of the his book Endgame:The Calling. I’m a big fan of his I Am Number Four Series, and when he revealed...

Death Valley Bar Fight With Geezer Butler

fr0m The LA Times Black Sabbath’s Geezer Butler arrested in Death Valley bar fight Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath, left, was arrested following a bar fight in Death Valley. (Dan Steinberg / Invision / Associated Press) By AUGUST BROWN Geezer Butler, the longtime...

From James Frey to The Imitation Game

from Independent.ie Television Review: A million little works of fiction Illustration: Jim Cogan ‘Based on a true story” ….”Inspired by actual events”…automatically these words on the opening credits lend an extra frisson to a film...

The $1.5 Million Potato

from The Sydney Morning Herald Kevin Abosch sells photograph of potato for $1.5 million by Megan Levy The Kevin Abosch photo Potato #345 which has sold for $1.5 million. Photo: Kevin Abosch The chips certainly aren’t down for photographer Kevin Abosch. He...