| Ronan Keating To Perform In Cambodia
Irish pop star Ronan Keating will make history when he performs in Cambodia next month - the concert will be the nation's first ever by a major international act. The former Boyzone singer will play to tens of thousands of fans in Phnom Penh's Olympic Stadium, as part of a three-date Asian tour, which Cambodian officials hope will boost tourism in the country. Kevin Kouch, senior producer at the Cambodian Television Network, which is sponsoring the event, says, "It's our first time (hosting a headline act). It will be a big success." Cambodian culture official Mom Suth adds, "We hope the group will spread information regarding our culture and tourist potential to the rest of the world." (This news article provided by World Entertainment News Network) .
Paul McCartney: A Giant Among Rock Immortals
For our fortieth anniversary, the editors of Rolling Stone interviewed twenty artists and leaders who helped shape our time. Over the next four weeks, every day, we'll be debuting exclusive audio clips from the Q&As, giving you unparalleled access to some of the most important personalities in history. It's been almost forty years ago today since Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play, and we're marking the occasion (as well as our own 40th anniversary) by bringing you this interview with Sir Paul McCartney. As one half of the greatest songwriting tandem ever, McCartney helped shape the entire course of rock & roll music. He's widely considered the most successful artist in pop music history; his "Yesterday" is the most covered song ever; he refuses to sit on leather chairs. Speaking to Anthony DeCurtis, McCartney reminisces about the circumstances that surrounded the recording of the 1967 masterpiece, why everyone still loves the Beatles, his philosophy for saving the world, as well as his memories of John and George.
Takashi Murakami at Gagosian Gallery
NEW YORK.- Gagosian Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of new paintings by Takashi Murakami. This is Murakami's first exhibition with the gallery. Beneath its bright and playful appearance, Murakami's art is hard at work challenging established dichotomies. In his approach, high art and popular culture, East and West, present and past, humor and gravity, skepticism and belief are all sides of the same coin. Visually, his work merges the dystopic worlds of popular contemporary Japanese anim and manga cartoons with the ultra-refined techniques of traditional Japanese art. Operationally, he combines the work of the guild with that of the factory and production studio, resulting in a staggering body of work ranging from rare masterpieces to inexpensive, mass-produced commodities.
Departing from his well-known utopian and dystopian themes which feature masses of smiling flowers, elaborate scenes of toonish apocalypse, and the ever-morphing cult figures of DOB and Mr.
INTERVIEW: Tim Meadows and Kenneth Bowser Talk Saturday Night Live ...
Following up on his Emmy-nominated and critically acclaimed documentaries Live From New York - The First Five Years and Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found, writer-director-producer Kenneth Bowser recently created a new look at the effects of the show titled, Saturday Night Live in the 90's: Pop Culture Nation. The decade saw SNL going from being named "a national institution" by the prestigious Peabody Awards to being deemed "Saturday Night Dead" by the press a mere two years later...only to return stronger than ever.We recently caught up with Bowser and long time Saturday Night Live player Tim Meadows as they discussed the show, the documentary and future of this American mainstay.Tim, did you call Darrell Hammond when he took the title of longest running Saturday Night Live cast member away from you?Tim Meadows: You know, if I was a better man, I would have done that.
Got Milk? Urges Californians to GET THE GLASS FOR CASH
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif., April 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The advertisers who made running out of milk part of American pop culture have reinvented themselves "mission impossible" style with its new 'GET THE GLASS' advertising and online campaign. As seen on TV, the commercials immerse consumers in a dark, heavily-fortressed world called "Fort Fridge" -- established to safeguard earth's last glass of milk. Now, GOT MILK? is bringing "Fort Fridge" to select California cities this April and May in its GET THE GLASS FOR CASH contest. The task is simple. Keep one hand on "Fort Fridge" longer than anybody else to win! Californians who do will receive $5,000 in cash, a year's supply of milk, a sports activity package and gifts. "We want people to imagine what life would be like if milk were really that scarce," says California Milk Processor Board Executive Director Steve James.
AMERICA: A CULTURE LOSING ITSELF INSIDE ITSELF
Why the senselessness of 9/11? Why do 16 teenagers commit suicide daily? Why did immigrant Chai Vang in Minnesota blast seven people to death with a deer rifle two years ago? Why did Tim McVeigh use a rental truck, gasoline and fertilizer? Why more killing in Iraq? First of all, after being so close to the Columbine Slaughter in Denver, Colorado, my heart weeps at the horrific suffering at Virginia Tech last week. My mind reels at the horrible butchery daily in Iraq. Look at the slaughter in Darfur and Sudan. Glance at the misery of Mexico with its drugs, poverty, high class wealth and human suffering. But why in America could Virginia Tech or Columbine happen? Short answer: violence thrives in America. Walk into any video arcade across the United States. Which games will you see played by kids? The most violent with the player becoming the shooter! Which movies garner the greatest audiences? Of course, the most violent! How much gratuitous carnage in The Departed or Blackhawk Down can a human mind take without consequence to itself? Look for future movies to become even more violent! Look at the killings on TV nightly in CSI Miami, 24 Hours, CSI New York and Law and Order.
Promoting polycultural identities across the world
Hoda Mohajerani, 34, describes herself as an idealist working quietly to resist the status quo. Refusing to participate in the current "accelerated downfall" of humanity, this graduate of the London University School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) founded Hoopoe Productions in 2005 to promote the work of emerging artists with polycultural identities to collaborate with each other to counter mainstream popular culture. Hoda was born in Iran and came to England when she was six. When she visited Iran at age 20, Hoda was introduced to the philosophy of Suhrawardi, the 12th century founder of the Iranian School of Illumination who was executed at the age of 34 for his intellectually provocative ideas. Hoda lives in Vienna with her Austrian husband now. She was the Sufi consultant to the 1999 film, 'Hideous Kinky', starring Kate Winslet.
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