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NEW YORK - Director Tim Burton has become a household name thanks to his highly stylized and hugely popular movies such as “Batman” and “Beetlejuice.” While fans may say his films are works of art, few would expect to see Burton’s imagery displayed alongside Monet’s “Water Lilies” and Van Gogh’s “Starry Night.” However, from now until April, the Museum of Modern Art in New York is doing just that, with a major career retrospective of Burton’s art and movies.
Of all the adjectives one might use to describe Newsweek's current Sarah Palin cover, "unflattering" probably isn't one of them.
The White House is enlisting "Sex and the City" star Sarah Jessica Parker, Forest Whitaker and others from Hollywood and beyond to help push President Barack Obama's arts initiatives.
The National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities are expected to receive their highest levels of funding in 16 years from a bill President Barack Obama is expected to sign into law by this weekend.
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama on Saturday doled out presidential M&Ms and dried fruit mixes to more than 2,000 trick-or-treaters, marking their Halloween at a White House event partly aimed at honoring military families.
How low can beer makers go? Having conquered the beer-belly set, some of the nation's biggest brewers are trying to win over the six-pack-ab crowd with ultra-low-calorie suds.
- Boston Celtics forward Glen “Big Baby” Davis had surgery on Tuesday to repair his broken right thumb after fighting with a childhood friend while riding in an SUV less than two days before the season opener.
There are still 10 couples left on “Dancing With the Stars,” but Tom Bergeron promised at the beginning that we are, indeed, halfway through the season with Monday’s Argentine tango and paso doble performances.
The spotlight is on Dallas as it opens its $354 million performing arts center, unveiling a new opera house and theater designed by architectural stars with the idea of making the arts more accessible.
Pamina Brassey was so nervous before the photo shoot that she made sure she had a little bit of wine on hand, just in case she needed it.
Sony launches its new handheld game gadget today. The smartly-designed PSPgo is a great gaming machine, but will its price and digital-only format drive consumers away?
Those beautiful, wacky and sometimes scary nighttime scenarios have powerful magic: They can help you conquer fears, resolve issues and show off your wild side. So tuck in, dream on — and write down your nocturnal adventures.
This remake makes you long for the complex characters of “High School Musical.”
White House officials told agencies across the government Tuesday they should take care to avoid even the appearance that politics played a part in the award of federal grants.
A message to anyone near a live microphone at this Sunday's Emmys: Don't say or do something you'll be embarrassed by later.
Greed, hubris, vast fortunes erased at a stroke — the financial crisis is dramatic gold dust for writers.
If you can’t get free admission to a museum, a park, or some sort of walking tour, music performance or a national park on Saturday, Sept. 26, then you’re just not trying.
As the baseball season grinds toward the World Series and another football season rears its helmeted head, a man's thoughts turn to fashion.
Sure, the West Wing gets the glory. But the East Room gets the action.
Donny Osmond, Aaron Carter, and Mya seem to have the right experience, but this show can be anybody's game. Well, not you, Tom Delay.
Since the economic downturn began, fashion designers have brought us plenty of hard-edged looks: rock-star leather, gladiator shoes, '80s-style shoulder pads.
Ladies, start your crunches: Bare bellies are back at New York Fashion Week.
New York stores were jammed Thursday for Fashion's Night Out, where shoppers rubbed elbows with celebrities — sometimes quite literally.
Ventre: How is boxing doing? And is it being threatened by the bloodletting from MMA?
Tim Gunn is taking his fight against fashion crimes from the workrooms of "Project Runway" to the pages of a comic book. And, wow, does he get to wear a power suit.
I am Albert and I was walking in the pen one day when the members of my age group were being rounded up by the young boy who fed and watered the flock. I looked around, thinking well we already ate today and the water tray is full so what is that boy up to.
Memo to Grammar Cops: Back Off!"Passions run hot when the discussion turns to language," writes Rutgers English professor Jack Lynch in his sprightly new history of the notion of "proper" English, "The Lexicographer's Dilemma."
Bare Barbies in Knickerless cageEntries have been invited for this year's Turnip Prize for bad art. The award, an alternative to the Turner Prize, is presented by the residents of a Somerset village.
Twas the Night before the Senate Vote. Adapted from the peom "Twas the Night before Christmas" by Clement Clarke Moore (1779 - 1863)
To all the moms around the world, I dedicate this poem from my heart as a token of my appreciation for their love and care, and the pain of labor they go through to bear the world and give it life in perpetuity. Especially to American moms that have served as role models and gui …
Burning Man Obama Sculpture ControversyLui Bolin, a Chinese artist, has recently gained international notoriety for his sculpture "Burning Man Obama." He is also famous for his "invisible" photographs.
Today, I bumped into my long lost rib Alone And lost in her thoughts. Then satisfied with guilt And the nudeness of her feelings I nodded, And split my lips in laughter I laughed until wrinkles Formed on my brows Then, gathered my betters Hoping to be noticed But she grudgingly g …
Like a nun You watered My hoarse voice In the wasteland. But, Now savory mouths Have sucked your succulence; And dryness has stained your brittle bones. My oasis Am not short not short of words; But the nothingness in you Makes my heart Crackle from the shackles of submission.
Sen. Kerry's Daughter Arrested on Drunk Driving Charge - FOXNews.comThe media will "white wash" the incident under the direction of Daddy "war hero" John and her running with a cheating husband will be really down played. The "Heinz money" will come into play.
Gilbert Blythe and Edward Cullen: Kindred Spirits?A great article comparing Gilbert Blythe and Edward Cullen of Twilight as being Kindred Spirits
He has led me home to him. He loved me freely, enriching my heart with his grace. My soul will sing with joy for all eternity now. To follow his path insures my sojourn among obstacles set to daunt my commitment. He redeemed my surety taking away my blemishes with sacrifi …
German orchestra to play in brothel Punters and employees at the Eros Centre in Leipzig would be treated on Friday to six musicians and a singer from the city's Forum for Contemporary Music (FZML) performing "licentious and erotic" works, the orchestra promises.
This Is Not a PhotoshopThis morning, Ron van der Ende left me speechless with this. They are not pasted in Photoshop. They are not giant tapes. They are not even painted. They are bas-relief mosaics made with old wood cuts. There are more:
Junk artist' Gabriel Dishaw re-creates favourite shoes from computer partsThe artist Gabriel Dishaw spent three weeks working with waste material from old computers to re-create his favourite trainers as "junk art". The Nike sculpture is part of a series of shoes by the artist, from Carmel, Indiana, that revisits classic trainer silhouettes.
A Gallery of Heroes, Up for Sale Joe Kubert, a comic book artist since 1938, has little interest in the accumulated work of his last seven decades; his focus is on new projects, he said recently.
A visitor possessed of impressive powers, Your sojourn with us during summertime flowers. Traveled to see us with love to share Sons,daughters and children all who care. You hair was long, silver,piled high, Lacquered stiff with none awry. You loved our necks, stories you …
Book review: Yu's stories as moving as they are disturbing | INDenverTimesThird Class Superhero by Charles Yu
The Best Singer Ever? I find she surpasses anyone, including Barbara Striesand! How about you!
"Embryonic" by The Flaming Lips--A ReviewThe Flaming Lips have not always been an easy listen. Their earlier records like "Transmissions From The Satellite Heart" and "Clouds Taste Metallic" take a few listens before you get into the groove....
In Cold Blood, half a century onFifty years ago, Holcomb, Kansas was devastated by the slaughter of a local family. And then Truman Capote arrived in town . . .
As we walk down life's dusty road. Road with thousands turns not taken. Taken by our God's pure direction. Direction predicted by our love for each other. Other people influence our course with their love. Love so pure that it's texture feels like perfection. Perfection sou …
Swastika Night: Nineteen Eighty-Four's lost twinOrwell's book is one of the most famous in the English language, with perennially enormous sales, film adaptations, introductions by Thomas Pynchon. Hardly anybody has ever heard of Katharine Burdekin nor her novel, published under the pseudonym Murray Constantine in 1937.
'2012' destroys worldwide box officeIn a stunning international debut, the apocalypse thriller hauled in over $220 million in one weekend.
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