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Saturday, 18 October 2014
Friday, 17 October 2014
Life after death
Henrietta Lacks isn't exactly a household name but, as her granddaughter said, she may just be the most important woman in the world.Despite the fact she died in 1951, at age 31 from cervical cancer, there is now more of Henrietta...
Destiny leak reveals new DLC items and future events
Douglas Lilburn: Mover and shaker
Here's a post-modern idea for an episode of Doctor Who . The good doctor finds himself in London's BBC Radiophonic Music Workshop in 1963, where techno-boffins are fiddling with primitive electronic equipment. They're creating a...
T.J. McNamara: The depletion of the earth
This week three artists take the land as their subject and use it in ways other than direct representation. The visionary paintings of Michael Shepherd, called The Land of Cockayne at Two Rooms, are a comment on the exploitation...
Manhattan Transfer singer, founder dies at 72
NEW YORK (AP) Tim Hauser, the founder and singer of the Grammy-winning vocal troupe The Manhattan Transfer, died Thursday from cardiac arrest, band representative JoAnn Geffen said Friday.He was 72.Hauser founded Manhattan Transfer,...
Common: Dark days
Worried but focused. Scared but determined. Depressed but hopeful. You can read a lot into the album art for Common's new record, which shows the rapper-actor photographed in black and white, staring meaningfully into the camera,...
Bono says he wears sunglasses due to glaucoma
LONDON (AP) U2 singer Bono says his ever-present sunglasses aren't a rock-star affectation he has suffered from glaucoma for 20 years.The condition a buildup of pressure that can damage the optic nerve can make the eyes sensitive...
Douglas Lilburn: Electronic music pioneer honoured
Here's a post-modern idea for an episode of Doctor Who. The good doctor finds himself in London's BBC Radiophonic Music Workshop in 1963, where techno-boffins are fiddling with primitive electronic equipment. They're creating a distinctive...
Angie Stone: True to her roots
You could put Angie Stone right next to the definition of the word diva in the dictionary. The 52-year-old R&B-soul sister has always had a powerhouse voice - probably in part because of her time spent singing gospel growing up...
Veteran stuntmen become directors with 'John Wick'
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) Chad Stahelski and David Leitch speak in shorthand when it comes to shooting sprees. Also mixed martial arts throw-downs, crazy car crashes and escaping explosions.After 20 years performing, choreographing,...
David Cronenberg writes first novel, 'Consumed'
NEW YORK (AP) To finish his first novel, David Cronenberg had to work around a few other projects.Like the four movies he completed over the past eight years."I would actually have to leave what I was writing for a year and a...
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