by | Jan 12, 2010 | Culture Music Art
from The Houston Chronicle There’s an art to translating books into movies By MAGGIE GALEHOUSE STAFF WRITER The Lovely Bones arrives in movie theaters Friday. Fans of Alice Sebold’s book will see it in a new light: as part of an old Hollywood tradition...
by | Jan 10, 2010 | Culture Music Art, Literary News
from The New York Times Led Zeppelin, Gods of Rock on the Celestial Staircase Neal Preston/Corbis By Rick Moody Young rock enthusiasts of the 21st century, those of you who listen to your music on a little shiny thing with earphones and who read only on an LCD screen,...
by | Jan 8, 2010 | Culture Music Art
from The Telegraph UK Schoolchildren told to avoid Wikipedia Children should use Google and Yahoo to improve their essays, according to the official exams watchdog. [G]uidance sent out to schoolchildren in England warns pupils to be extremely wary when using other...
by | Jan 4, 2010 | Culture Music Art
from New York Magazine When the Low Went Very High Who said public art can’t be fun? By Jerry Saltz [Jeff] Koons’s work has always stood apart for its one-at-a-time perfection, epic theatricality, a corrupted, almost sick drive for purification, and an obsession...
by | Jan 4, 2010 | Culture Music Art
from The Independent UK Catalonia votes to ban bullfighting Bloodthirsty ‘sport’ is dying a slow death across Spain, as younger audiences turn away By Alasdair Fotheringham in Madrid Already faced with a rapidly ageing fanbase at home and widespread...
