“The painting, created by Delacroix in 1830 to commemorate that year’s July Revolution, and depicting a woman triumphantly hoisting the tricolor French flag, has been on display at a new branch of the Louvre Museum in Lens, in northern France.”
Tag: 02.08.13
Which Hollywood Legends Who Died This Year Get Mentioned At Oscars? (It’s A Tough Decision)
They “must choose a few dozen peers from this year’s especially large group of about 500 candidates. It is not a pretty business.”
Amazon Could Reinvent Digital Ownership With Scheme For Selling “Used” Digital Products
“Last week, Amazon patented a way to sell “used” e-books, music, videos, apps and other “digital objects.” The marketplace described in the patent would let such exchanges take place by cutting off the seller’s access to a piece of digital content once the buyer paid.”
Nikolai Tsiskaridze Accuses Bolshoi Bosses Of Stalin-Style Witch Hunt
The outspoken-to-a-fault, controversy-prone principal dancer, a big media star in Russia, says that his enemies are persecuting him with methods reminiscent of Stalinism – including spreading rumors that he’s behind the acid attack on Sergei Filin. He is demanding that the Kremlin replace the theater’s top management (and he’ll be happy to step in for them).
Even The Dead Compete To Make The Oscars’ A-List
“Since March 21, 1994, when the first regular obituary segment was dropped into an Academy Awards show, a spot on the yearly scroll of recently deceased movie luminaries has become one of the evening’s most hotly contested honors. And as in most Oscar races it is the focus of sometimes ferocious campaigning.”