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‘ABBA The Museum’ to open in Stockholm
Fans of the legendary Swedish disco group ABBA can hardly wait: in just a few weeks, Stockholm will open the doors to the world’s first museum dedicated to the iconic foursome. After “ABBA The Movie” in 1977, the “Mamma Mia” musical and movie, and a 2010 travelling museum exhibit, the…
Woodstock star Richie Havens dies, aged 72
Veteran US folk singer Richie Havens, who shot to stardom with his distinctive style at the iconic 1969 Woodstock music festival, has died, his agent said. He was 72. Havens’ frenzied rhythmic strumming and searing vocal delivery on “Freedom/Motherless Child” mesmerized the crowds at Woodstock, which became a key symbol…
Koch brothers consider purchasing several major newspapers
Billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch — famous for bankrolling small-government causes — are weighing a bid to buy several top US newspapers, the New York Times reported Sunday. Koch Industries, a company owned by the brothers, is mulling the purchase of several regional newspapers owned by the struggling Tribune…
Pink Floyd’s ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ cover designer Storm Thorgerson dies aged 69
British graphic designer Storm Thorgerson, best known for designing the iconic cover of Pink Floyd’s 1973 classic album “The Dark Side of the Moon”, has died aged 69, his family announced on Thursday. More recently, Thorgerson created the artwork for records released by Scottish rockers Biffy Clyro, British stadium band…
Science of light diffusion brings Gollum and other digital characters to life
Watch Visual Effects artist Joe Letteri explain how the science of light diffusion made digital characters more realistic. It was near midnight in the winter of 1998 when computer graphics researcher Henrik Jensen made a discovery about light. While playing with a laser pointer, he… …
Veteran comic and muscular dystrophy fundraiser Jerry Lewis to get special Cannes Film Festival tribute
Jerry Lewis, the US comedy star from the 1950s and 1960s who later poured his efforts into raising money for muscular dystrophy research, will get a special tribute at next month’s Cannes Film Festival, organisers said on Thursday. Lewis, 87 and with a history of ill-health, has a strong following…
Murakami book print run hits 1 million in week
The Japanese publisher of the new novel by Haruki Murakami said Thursday it had ordered one million copies of the book, less than a week after it went on sale. Bungeishunju Ltd. said “Shikisai wo Motanai Tazaki Tsukuru to Kare no Junrei no Toshi (Colourless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years…
Psy’s ‘Gentleman’ video praised and banned
“Gangnam Style” star Psy was praised by South Korea’s president and slammed by its state broadcaster all on the same day Thursday, as his new song “Gentleman” made more than just musical waves. While President Park Geun-Hye cited Psy’s “exemplary” respect for copyright principles, KBS television banned the “Gentleman” music…
Letter sent by Alfred Dreyfus after false conviction for treason set for auction in Paris
A letter written in prison by Alfred Dreyfus, the Jewish army captain whose dismissal more than a century ago on trumped-up charges of spying triggered a protracted national crisis in France, is to be sold at auction in Paris. Written to the interior ministry in 1895, a month after he…
Pink diamond sells for nearly $40 million at U.S. auction
A 34.64-carat pink diamond has sold at auction in New York for nearly $40 million, setting a new record for Christie’s auction house. Dubbed the “Princie Diamond,” the gem is “one of the largest and finest pink diamonds in the world,” with a “fabulous provenance,” Christie’s jewellery chief Francois Curiel…
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