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Guatemala: For Some Artists, Picasso was Wrong

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:45:56 GMT

Some Guatemalan artists are out to prove that Pablo Picasso's quote "Computers are useless.

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Lennon French sign from Montreal bed-in sells for a bundle

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:42:23 GMT

It would have cost a few pennies and taken about 10 seconds to make. But a simple, hand-written French sign reading "L'Amour Et La Paix'' - taped to the wall above the lounging John Lennon and Yoko Ono during their famous 1969 bed-in at a Montreal hotel - has sold for a stunning $140,000 at an auction in Britain.

District needs to get real before it gets visionary

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:02:22 GMT

John Lennon once said: 'Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.' During the recent town hall meeting, two sharply contrasting views of Squamish emerged.

Patriotic readings help bring July Fourth alive - Argus Leader

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:13:00 GMT

Marylou Chicote, site administrator for a Revolutionary War monument in Vermont, was looking to make July Fourth about something more than barbecues and fireworks, so she turned to the piece of paper that started it all - the Declaration of ...

Gay celebrities pick heroes for National Portrait Gallery

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:15:09 GMT

The man who made Sir Elton John's dreams come true is up on the wall of the National Portrait Gallery, in an exhibition titled Gay Icons .

Michael Jackson: Death Of An Icon - femalefirst.co.uk

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:06:00 GMT

While controversy and conspiracies theories still surround the shock death of arguably the world's greatest ever performer, one fact remains the same - Michael Jackson's musical legacy will live on forever. Following the tragic news of last week ...

Watch out! Beatles about... - This is Dorset

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:38:00 GMT

?THE nearest you?ll ever get to the real thing!? As tribute band claims go, that?s some boast on behalf of the Upbeat Beatles who play Bournemouth?s Pier Theatre on Friday, but it?s one that Holly-wood royalty including Michael Douglas ...

Eagle Classic Hitstory: July 3rd

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:42:37 GMT

July 3 1957 Laura Branigan is born in Brewster, N.Y. Her biggest hit is "Gloria," a millionselling record that stays at No.

John Lennon's guitar sells for Rs 1.6 crore - Zee News

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:23:00 GMT

London, June 04: The Beatles dominated a Christie's homage sale to idols of rock and pop with memorabilia belonging to the Fab Four raking in crores while a 1958 guitar of its lead singer John Lennon alone fetched a staggering 205,250 pounds. The ...

Portraits to the people

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:56:22 GMT

John Sibley thinks "highbrow" art is overrated. Art selling for millions just isn't his style, he says.

Rights to Lennon film is Ono's - Beeld

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:19:00 GMT

Boston - Yoko Ono is the rightful copyright holder of rare, intimate footage showing John Lennon and his family in London in 1970, a federal judge has ruled. US District Court Judge Rya W Zobel last week refused to reinstate a copyright-infringement ...

Michael Jackson & Elvis Presley: Pretty boys gone wild

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:43:50 GMT

First there was Elvis, the "King of Rock a n' Roll," then came Michael, the "King of Pop;" the only two musical artists ever to be anointed the title of King.

Patriotic readings a reminder of the real meaning of July Fourth - Island Packet Online

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Yoko Ono Wins Video Footage Lawsuit

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:01:36 GMT

John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono has won her legal battle against a group of collectors who disputed her rights to movie footage containing intimate moments of the late Beatles star.

Readings bring July Fourth alive - Daily Freeman

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:00:00 GMT

Interpretive Park Ranger Holly Johnson is seen in period costume for Independence National Historical Park's re-enactment of the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence, in Philadelphia in July 2008. (AP Photo) Marylou Chicote, site ...

Playlist : Roger Catlin | TV Eye

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:11:07 GMT

A meditation on loss and pop heroes given in a pair of songs by the Commodores and Badly Drawn Boy and the artists they mention in their songs -- Marvin Gaye and Jackie Wilson in the former; Sinatra, Lennon, Jeff Buckley and Kurt Cobain in the latter.

Portraits to the people - Beacon News

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:37:00 GMT

John Sibley thinks "highbrow" art is overrated. Art selling for millions just isn't his style, he says. Sibley, from North Aurora, draws portraits on the spot for about $10 or $20. He believes that art should be accessible to everyone, which means ...

Media coverage of celebrity deaths intensifies - Norwalk Hour

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:16:00 GMT

"The CBS Evening News" on Aug. 16, 1977, led with a story on the Panama Canal. Former President Gerald Ford had come out in favor of a plan, announced the week before, to give control of the canal to Panama. Former California Gov. Ronald Reagan said ...

The Most Social Thing

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:32:50 GMT

This week I've thought a lot about language as a social dynamic. I was writing in my journal the other day and I concluded the days post with a personal observation that language was the most social thing people do .

Did John Lennon give American Atheists rights to 'Imagine?' - San Francisco Examiner

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:04:00 GMT

Back in the early days of atheism, as we know it in America, Madalyn Murray O'Hair had become quite famous. Not only did she go to court to fight for separation of church and state and found American Atheists (AA), she did the talk show circuit ...

McCartney recalls 'fun-loving' Jackson

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:52:32 GMT

Paul McCartney rehearses for his upcoming concert in Halifax. It's his only Canadian show this year.

EDGE: Whither the superstar? - The Washington Times

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:15:00 GMT

Michael Jackson was popular music's "last superstar." So dormant is this period of cultural history that, indeed, "it's hard even to talk in 2009 about what the era of the superstar was like," noted former MTV News correspondent John Norris in ...

Michael Jackson's Funeral Could Be One Of The Biggest Events Ever

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:54:31 GMT

Michael Jackson's Funeral Could Be One Of The Biggest Events Ever Posted by Mitch Michaels on 07.03.2009 Jackson's memorial could be as big as the moon landing, the JFK assassination and the last episode of "M.A.S.H."... Thousands are expected to flock to Los Angeles for Michael Jackson's memorial at the Staples Center Tuesday.

Yoko Ono wins rights to John Lennon footage - Daily Times

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:56:00 GMT

Singer John Lennon?s widow has won a lawsuit against a group of collectors who disputed her rights to movie footage capturing intimate moments of the former Beatles legend. A federal court in the northeastern city of Boston, Massachusetts last week ...

VH1 to show 100 concerts in 100 days

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:58:47 GMT

Off the Wall uses mustard only, no sauerkraut. HOT DOG! We wait all year, and now it's finally here - Coney Island's "2009 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest" . If one stop's not enough, try the cross-country trip "A Hot Dog Program" . Or savor another prefab food product: There's a SPAM cook-off on "America Wild and Wacky" . Channel info at ...

John Lennon's guitar fetches ?205,000 at Christie's auction - The Guardian

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:20:00 GMT

One of John Lennon 's guitars from the early years of his Beatles career sold for ?205,250 at auction yesterday, almost doubling its ?100,000 - 150,000 estimate. Lennon bought the 1958 Hofner Senator guitar from Hessy's Music store in Liverpool and ...

Our country, our freedoms

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:30:34 GMT

On a Thursday, 233 years ago, we broke off from Great Britain's rule to become the United States.

ONO WINS VIDEO FOOTAGE LAWSUIT - PR Inside

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:44:00 GMT

JOHN LENNON's widow YOKO ONO has won her legal battle against a group of collectors who disputed her rights to movie footage containing intimate moments of the late BEATLES star. World Wide Video filed a lawsuit against Ono last year (08) for ...

Judas Priest gets ready for show - Sun Chronicle

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:26:00 GMT

Singer Rob Halford notes that Judas Priest's summer tour of the United States is essentially the second leg of a tour that began last year in support of the band's 2008 concept album, "Nostradamus." But for a band that is still promoting a current ...