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After writing hits for Elvis Presley and others, he became famous in his own right with songs like the No. 1 hit “Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me.”
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How ‘Rage' Challenged Bob Woodward

17 hours ago | NY Times

He has covered nine presidents over 50 years, making him perhaps the country's most enduring chronicler of the Oval Office. His latest is yet another best seller, drawing...
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Booker Prize Is Rescheduled to Make Way for Obama's Memoir

1 day ago | NY Times

During one busy week in November, the former president's new book is expected to come out, and top prizes from the Booker and the National Book Awards will be announced.
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This SLR Camera Was Made for Wildlife Photography a Century Ago

1 day ago | Peta Pixel

A rare SLR camera from a century ago has been put up for sale. The Goerz Reflex-Jagd-Ango was a camera specifically designed for wildlife and expedition photography over a...
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Portraits of Birds Photographed like Humans

1 day ago | Peta Pixel

Australian fine art photographer Leila Jeffreys has been shooting studio portraits of birds since 2008. In addition to capturing the beautiful plumage across various species...
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Mexico's War on Its Citizens' Bodies

1 day ago | NY Times

In “Grieving,” the Mexican writer Cristina Rivera Garza delivers a searing indictment of her country's epidemic of violence and a poignant meditation on its grief.
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3 Beginner Wide Angle Mistakes to Avoid in Landscape Photography

2 days ago | Peta Pixel

Landscape photographer Mark Denney has put together a quick tutorial that will be particularly useful for beginners. In it, he covers the most egregious mistakes he made when...
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Promptober 2020

2 days ago | Mattias Inks

The drawing sheet for this years Promptober, as usual, write your prompts and post them on social media with the hashtag promptober2020. Prombtober was started in 2020 for...
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Tony Tanner, Who Brought ‘Joseph' to Broadway, Dies at 88

3 days ago | NY Times

A versatile writer and actor as well as a director, he was also Littlechap in a film version of “Stop the World, I Want to Get Off.”
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Street Wise

3 days ago | The Fabuleous Fifties

Sunday Surprise Day. The Sesame Street comic strip started right at the beginning of the show in late 1951 and ran until 1975. The artist and writer was Cliff Roberts a...
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Emma Elliott presents new marble sculptures at on form 18

Emma Elliott is one of forty sculptors selected for on form 18, a biennial exhibition of sculpture in stone at Asthall Manor in the Cotswolds. She joins world renowned and... Read more ...

Colorful Jazz Art, Music, Fine Art Print, Blues “Jazz Angles

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Contemporary Colorful Landscape, Tree Painting, Mixed Media

FRESH OFF THE EASEL 8"x8" Acrylic on Panel in Wooden Frame/SOLD Commissions of all sizes are welcome. Learn about my weekly art classes HERE View my upcoming Workshops... Read more ...

Sigma Unveils 105mm f/2.8 DG DN Macro Lens for Mirrorless Cameras

This morning, Sigma officially unveiled its much-anticipated 105mm f/2.8 DG DN Macro lens for full-frame mirrorless cameras. This is Sigma's first Art-series Macro lens for a... Read more ...

Contemporary Portrait Art Painting “LET'S THINK ABOUT IT” by Oklahoma Artist...

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BIG Designs AI CITY, an Innovation Campus Hosting Headquarters of Tech Firm...

Courtesy of Lucian R and BIG BIG has unveiled its design for AI CITY, the future home for Terminus Group, a smart service provider. Imagined as the new center of innovation for... Read more ...

Contemporary Colorado Landscape Painting, Mountains, Fine Art Oil Painting...

This Impressionistic Landscape captures an afternoon sun shining brightly for a few last minutes before the distant brewing storm closes in. That's the way of December days in... Read more ...

Shrinathji drawings from the Brooklyn Museum of Art

A studio master would make works like these to show the artists in his workshop his intent for a formal Shrinathji painting. At times these renderings were exact and specific... Read more ...

14 Funny Finalists from the 2020 Comedy Pet Photo Awards

The Comedy Pet Photography Awards has announced its finalists for this year's photo contest. The contest aims to honor the funniest photos pet lovers capture of their furry... Read more ...

Boxing Club Mohamed Ali / Atelier Aconcept

Courtesy of Atelier Aconcept architects: Atelier Aconcept Location: Savigny-le-Temple, France Project Year: 2020 Photographs: Courtesy of Atelier Aconcept Area: 650.0 m2 Read more ...

JNBY Store / Linehouse

SM Lifestyle Center, Xiamen, Fujian, China Project Year: 2020 Photographs: Dirk Weiblen Area: 100.0 m2 Read more ...

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Mac Davis, Pop and Country Singing Star, Is Dead at 78