YANGON, Myanmar – The artist Zarganar was arrested by the Myanmar military council from his home in Tarmwe township, Yangon this morning. Zarganar is not only a director but also a comedian famous for political jokes since the 1988 democratic revolution. Zarganar was arrested by the Myanmar military many times before 2010. By Htay Win … Read more
From the Mona Lisa to the least-known of the famous museum’s treasures are available to be viewed on computers and cell phones around the world on a revamped Louvre homepage designed for easy cellphone viewing, with translations in English, Spanish, and Chinese, announced the Louvre in a press release. According to the museum, every image … Read more
As part of the $100m deal to be a 100% Spotify guy, Rogan agreed to have the streaming platform not republish some early episodes, including interviews with Milo Yiannopoulos, Gavin McInnes, and Alex Jones. Rogan later did a new interview with Jones on Spotify, but the old eps remain unavailable. Rogan also gave a public … Read more
Chow Yun-Fat, known to the West through the 2000 blockbuster “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” has been striving for a simple life, and now he’s going to give away his entire fortune, he recently told Hong Kong movie site Jayne Stars. “My dream is to be a happy and normal person,” Yun-fat told Jayne. “The hardest … Read more
On the first Wednesday of every month, Poetry Slam Madrid invades Bar Intruso for a few hours and a poetry slam event takes place. This reporter met with one of the organizers to find out a little bit more about the emerging art form. In a bar in the La Latina area of Madrid, Jonathan Teuma … Read more
Have you ever wondered about fake art and the authenticators who can tell the difference between real and fake? In this article, world-renowned art authenticator Dr Kilian Anheuser of Geneva’s Fine Arts Expert Institute (FAEI) explains the problem of art fakes in the $60bn yearly art market, what types of paintings are more often forged … Read more
The 27-year-old Canadian singer-songwriter has dropped three tracks off his new album which will be released in its entirety May 5. “This Old Dog,” “My Old Man,” and “On the Level” are free to listen to on the musician’s Bandcamp page. Read more
YouTube announced Tuesday the coming of YouTube TV, a way to watch the kind of programming people normally watch on television, but on YouTube. “Finally, live TV made for you stream ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC & more,” the entertainment website announced. “Never run out of DVR storage space. 6 accounts, 1 price. $35/month. Cancel anytime.” … Read more
There’s a “golden age of discovery” going on in the scholarly world, and a whole generation of new scholars are unearthing literature and art from past ages using digital databases. Hidden until now, and uncovered by a sleuth of a scholar, Zachary Turpin, a 33-year-old English doctoral student at the University of Houston, is a … Read more
Better than Mercator could do? And at a time when these problems are finally important? The Mercator map is known to have major flaws, such as its distortion of the sizes of Antarctica and Greenland. Tokyo-based architect and artist Hajime Narukawa wanted to fix the problem of distorted relative land mass sizes. Narukawa has said … Read more
Too amoral for American actresses? The film, a hit at Cannes this year, is France’s submission for the foreign-language Oscar this year. “Elle” was directed by Paul Verhoeven, famous in his native Holland as well as America where he made films between 1983 and 2000, including “Robocop,” “Total Recall,” “Basic Instinct,” and “Showgirls.” Violence and sex … Read more
At the Ohana festival in Dana Point, California this week, singer Eddie Vedder debuted a new song, called “Out of Sand.” “This is a new one I haven’t played yet,” said vedder sitting on a stool with an acoustic guitar on his lap. The lyrics for the song were published Wednesday by PearlJamOnLine’s twitter account. Vedder has … Read more