The Arts

French, German publishers step up campaign against Google Books

The internet giant’s project to digitize millions of books is up and running, but some in Europe’s book industry are still hoping to cut a better deal.  read more »

A Fortune in Art Stolen

Fortune in Warhol Pop Art Stolen
by Joel Rubin, LA Times, September 12, 2009  read more »

Twitter race between Ashton Kutcher and CNN narrows

The online popularity contest between celebrity Ashton Kutcher and CNN narrowed Thursday, with Kutcher's Twitter following growing considerably overnight.  read more »

Visceral canvasses (Artist in Dubai)

Jeffar Khaldi, at his studio in Al Quoz Industrial Area. Jeffrey E. Biteng / The National  read more »

The Great American Movie Theater

“So – is movie going dead?” asks North Texas theaterman Jeremy Devine, surveying a packed house one recent weekday afternoon at the Ridgmar outpost of his company, Rave Motion Pictures, in west  read more »

The Lies of Hip-Hop Culture: African-Americans have somehow come to believe criminals are role models

Over the past three decades black culture has grown so conflated with hip-hop culture that for most Americans under the age of 45, hip-hop culture is black culture. Except that it's not.  read more »

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