If there's one man who could be justifiably jaded about drum 'n' bass, it's Goldie. The genre pioneer has been at the forefront of the underground for more than 20 years and has seen many a slump and rise in the popularity of one...
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Friday, 12 December 2014
Pop goes the easel
In the early 60s just before the Beatles conquered America through a combination of art, smarts and image - and thereby shifted the coordinates of popular culture to Britain - America was the nexus of global pop culture and political...
Cuba: Rappers targeted by USAID program 'victims'
HAVANA (AP) " Cuba says that rappers who were targeted by a clandestine U.S. program are "victims" unknowingly swept into an effort to spark an anti-government youth movement.In its first reaction to an Associated Press investigation...
Museum displays rare portrait by Winslow Homer
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. (AP) " A rare oil painting by the American artist Winslow Homer has been given as a gift to a Massachusetts museum.Clark Art Institute in Williamstown says the 1878 commissioned portrait of Charles Prentice Howland...
Weather porn? Storms take over evening news
NEW YORK (AP) " The correspondent most frequently seen on either ABC, CBS or NBC's evening newscasts this year doesn't work out of the White House or some overseas trouble zone. It's Ginger Zee, ABC's chief meteorologist.Weather...
Can stand-up provide refuge for Bill Cosby?
LOS ANGELES (AP) " For five decades, Bill Cosby maintained a busy stand-up career even as his TV visibility rose and fell and new generations of comedians took center stage.But the renewal of sexual assault claims that have soured...
Garden of the Week: English Heritage’s Wrest Park
Director mourns 'Side Show' closing on Broadway
NEW YORK (AP) " Show business is fickle. Just ask the folks in "Side Show."On the same day that the Broadway musical landed a coveted spot on the "Today" show, it announced it was closing.Emily Padgett and Erin Davie on Friday...
Director mourns 'Side Show' closing on Broadway
NEW YORK (AP) " Show business is fickle. Just ask the folks in "Side Show."On the same day that the Broadway musical landed a coveted spot on the "Today" show, it announced it was closing.Emily Padgett and Erin Davies on Friday...
Cuba: Rappers targeted by USAID program 'victims'
HAVANA (AP) " Cuba says that rappers who were targeted by a clandestine U.S. program are "victims" unknowingly swept into an effort to spark an anti-government youth movement.In its first reaction to an Associated Press investigation...
Stars' secrets come under attack
Hackers have left movers and shakers in Hollywood nervous. Late last month, they breached the cyber security of Sony Pictures and have since leaked a trove of internal company data and emails. While some of the leaks reveal how...
New Ailey dance pays tribute to civil rights icon
It would seem the timing could hardly be more apt for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's new civil rights-themed piece, "Odetta," a tribute to the late folk singer often referred to as the voice of the civil rights movement."I'd...
Tom Hardy: The credible hulk
Tom Hardy likes to prowl. I recall when I interviewed him for Gavin O'Connor's Warrior , he hardly sat during a 40-minute conversation, instead roaming the large Soho hotel suite we were in, smoking out of the window or demonstrating...
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