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Wednesday, July 08, 2009
Pop Culture
Kasem Retires After Nearly 40 Years Of Top 40s
July 8, 2009 Thirty-nine years to the day after his first American Top 40 broadcast, radio host Casey Kasem signed off on his final broadcast and entered retirement. Kasem's countdowns aired across the U.S., peppered with his signature dedications and bits of music trivia.
In Boston, Rival Painters On Dazzling Display
July 8, 2009 An exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts is both an art history lesson and a celebration of the most sumptuous works of Titian, Tintoretto and Veronese.
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
Poetry
For Poets, A Labor Of Love (Not Money)
July 7, 2009 It is perhaps stating the obvious to say that there is almost no money to be made in poetry. Some poets work as teachers, others in the corporate world. And even a Pulitzer Prize-winning former U.S. poet laureate needs a day job.
Music News
Michael Jackson's Memorial Service In L.A.
July 7, 2009 Hundreds of thousands of mourners are expected to attend a public memorial for Michael Jackson in Los Angeles, and countless more around the world will watch the event on TV. But some fraction of the population wonders why the death of any celebrity warrants such attention.
Pop Culture
For 'Hung' Team, Offbeat TV Is A Growth Industry
July 7, 2009 Colette Burson and Dmitry Lipkin are the writers behind HBO's series Hung, about a hapless schoolteacher — with one substantial asset — who finds an unorthodox way to make ends meet.
Music News
Michael Jackson Remembered At L.A. Memorial
July 7, 2009 Friends, family, fans and luminaries remembered the King of Pop and performed his songs during Tuesday's star-studded memorial service at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The event is widely considered the largest celebrity memorial ever.
Book Reviews
Economics Reporter Becomes Part Of The Story
July 7, 2009 It's ironic that a New York Times economics reporter found himself drowning under his own subprime mortgage. But if it could happen to him, Edmund L. Andrews argues in Busted, it's no surprise it happened to 8.3 million others.
Monday, July 06, 2009
World
Real People Fill In For Statue In Trafalgar Square
July 6, 2009 In the northwest corner of Trafalgar Square, in the heart of London, there is a base, or plinth, for a statue that stands empty. Now, an artist is putting it to use for a project that involves 2,400 members of the general public each doing whatever they want atop the plinth for one hour.
William Eggleston, In Full Color
July 6, 2009 Remember that scene where Dorothy and Toto realize they're not in Kansas anymore? That same combined sensation of awe, homesickness and hallucination probably described the people in the crowd at the Museum of Modern Art in 1976, as they stood before William Eggleston's color photography exhibit for the first time.
