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Art from Microsoft founder Paul Allen sells for $1.6 billion
By The Associated Press on November 10th, 2022
NEW YORK (AP) – Works by artists including Cézanne, Seurat, and van Gogh sold for a record-breaking $1.6 billion during Christie’s two-day auction of the late Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen’s masterpiece-heavy collection. All 155 of the artworks put up for auction Wednesday and Thursday in New York sold, and five paintings sold for prices ... Read More »
1 responseJury orders Filmmaker Paul Haggis to pay $7.5M in rape suit
By Jennifer Peltz, The Associated Press on November 10th, 2022
NEW YORK (AP) – A jury ordered Academy Award-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis Thursday to pay at least $7.5 million to a woman who accused him of rape in one of several #MeToo-era cases that have put Hollywood notables’ behavior on trial this fall. Jurors also plan to award additional punitive damages. Veering from sex to ... Read More »
1 responseSharp attacks on Trump from Rupert Murdoch’s news outlets
By David Bauder, The Associated Press on November 10th, 2022
NEW YORK (AP) – Former President Donald Trump has taken some hits in the aftermath of the midterm elections, but the unkindest cuts may have come from a source that was once among his biggest backers – the media empire of magnate Rupert Murdoch. The New York Post’s front cover on Thursday put Trump’s face ... Read More »
1 responseHarperCollins union begins strike, citing wages, diversity
By Hillel Italie, The Associated Press on November 10th, 2022
NEW YORK (AP) – Some 250 copy editors, marketing assistants and other employees at HarperCollins Publishers went on strike Thursday, with the two sides differing over wages and benefits, diversity policy and union protection. It was a rare work stoppage in book publishing, where HarperCollins is the only company among the industry’s so-called “Big Five” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Love Sick’: Trove of Dylan’s teenage love letters for sale
By Mark Pratt, The Associated Press on November 10th, 2022
A deeply personal collection of love letters in which a teenage Bob Dylan tells his high-school sweetheart that he envisions changing his name and selling a million records is going up for sale in Boston. The Hibbing, Minnesota, boy – still known then as Bob Zimmerman – wrote the 42 letters totaling 150 pages to ... Read More »
1 responseVenezuelan poet Rafael Cadenas wins Cervantes Prize
By The Associated Press on November 10th, 2022
MADRID (AP) – Venezuelan poet Rafael Cadenas has been awarded the Cervantes Prize, the Spanish-speaking world’s highest literary honor, by Spain’s government. The 92-year-old Cardenas has published more than 20 works of poetry and essays, including the volumes of verse “Intemperie” (“Outdoors”), “Amante” (“Lover”) and, most recently in 2018, “Contestaciones” (“Answers”). Spain’s Culture Minister Miquel ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Art from Microsoft founder Paul Allen sells for $1.5 billion
By The Associated Press on November 10th, 2022
NEW YORK (AP) – Works by artists including Cézanne, Seurat, and van Gogh sold for a record-breaking $1.5 billion during the first part of Christie’s two-day auction of the late Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen’s masterpiece-heavy collection. All 60 of the artworks put up for auction Wednesday night in New York sold, and five paintings ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Q&A: Tony Kushner on playing therapist to Steven Spielberg
By Jake Coyle, The Associated Press on November 10th, 2022
NEW YORK (AP) – “The Fabelmans” is Steven Spielberg’s most autobiographical movie, but the introspection it required wasn’t done in isolation. The film, rather, grew out of conversations between Spielberg and his frequent collaborator Tony Kushner, the “Angels in America” playwright who penned three of Spielberg’s best films: “Munich,” “Lincoln” and “West Side Story.” As ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dempsey: ‘Disenchanted’ is an escape from dark-themed movies
By David Sharp, The Associated Press on November 10th, 2022
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – Actor Patrick Dempsey knows the world can be a dark place, and many of the TV streaming options these days are dark, too. He thinks he’ll have the antidote next week on Disney+. The Nov. 18 release of “Disenchanted” comes 15 years after the “Enchanted.” Both star Amy Adams as cheery, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Top, Lite-Brite, Masters of the Universe in toy hall of fame
By The Associated Press on November 10th, 2022
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) – The National Toy Hall of Fame’s new honorees include an object dating to ancient times, a line of muscle-bound action figures and an iconic art set whose medium is colorful pegs. The hall on Thursday announced the top, Masters of the Universe and Lite-Brite as this year’s inductees. The trio was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jury deliberations begin in rape civil case vs. Paul Haggis
By The Associated Press on November 10th, 2022
NEW YORK (AP) – Jurors began deliberating Thursday in a civil trial involving Academy Award-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis and a publicist who accused him of rape. The jury heard three weeks of testimony. Haggis and accuser Haleigh Breest spent days on the witness stand giving their divergent accounts of what happened between them on Jan. ... Read More »
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