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LOS ANGELES, CA.- Flanked by more than 100 construction workers, philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa celebrated the placement today of the final steel beams …
On Jan. 7, 1955, Philadelphia-born singer Marian Anderson broke barriers when she became the first Black person to perform at the New York Metropolitan Opera as a regular company member. She played …
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Welcome to For Your Consideration, HuffPost Entertainment’s weekly breakdown of all things Oscar. Between now and Feb. 25, 2013, executive arts and entertainment editor Michael Hogan and entertainment editor Christopher …
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Ned Wertimer, who appeared on 11 seasons of “The Jeffersons” as Ralph The Doorman, is dead at age 89. The actor’s manager Brad Lemack confirmed to The Huffington Post Tuesday …
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Daniel Licht I have had the good fortune to work on a composer’s dream show Dexter, and now I am happy to be a part of the Deception team which, …
When a $1 million stolen Matisse painting is recovered after 26 years missing, we’d say that is cause for celebration. The work in question, Henri Matisse’s 1920 painting, “Le Jardin,” …
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Over 150 masterpieces by Pablo Picasso will be displayed at the Art Gallery Of Ontario (AGO) in Toronto. For the first time since 1964, works from Picasso’s private collections will …
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Retro, meet retro. Polaroid is planning to open at least ten “experimental” retail Fotobar stores, where customers can edit and print photos taken on their smartphone and stored by …
As the new year brings a new barrage of self-declared “shocking” art exhibitions, how does an artist actually unnerve a largely desensitized audience? Thai photographer Manit Sriwanichpoom‘s new exhibition “Obscene” …
The auction results are in — pop artist extraordinaire Andy Warhol has snagged the position as the world’s biggest seller at auction last year. The Campbell Soup connoisseur raked in …
Jonathon Keats is the author of Forged: Why Fakes are the Great Art of Our Age ($19.95, OUP) “Utterly rotten.” Those were the words with which Tom Keating described the …
This old dive in Harlem has been shuttered for about as long as it had been open. Yet Minton’s Playhouse will always be known as the cradle of bebop, where …
The diva strikes back. Never one to shy away from dramatics, former Supremes headliner Diana Ross caused a scene in a Beverly Hills restaurant last Thursday after she was told …
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 01/08/13 03:38 AM ET EST NEW YORK — David Bowie is celebrating his birthday by releasing new music. The English singer announced Tuesday, his 66th birthday, that he has released …
AP  | Posted: 01/08/2013 4:55 am EST LONDON (AP) — A second coroner’s inquest confirmed Tuesday that Amy Winehouse died of accidental alcohol poisoning when she resumed drinking after a …