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Canaletto, Memling expected to lead Old Masters sales

Sunday, January 29th, 2012

NEW YORK (Reuters) An early 14th century panel of the Virgin Mary, a view of Venice by Canaletto and a very rare oil on copper still life will be among the highlights of Sotheby’s sale of Old Master Paintings this week.

Works by Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony Van Dyck and Francesco Guardi will also be included in the New York auction on January 26, which is expected to exceed $60 million.

“It is a very full, rounded sale,” said Christopher Apostle, the head of Old Master Paintings at Sotheby’s New York, referring to works ranging from early Italian to French Rococo and 17th century Dutch masterpieces.

Among the top lots and the oldest to go under the hammer in the sale is the very rare work, “The Virgin Annunciate,wholesale Ed hardy silk scarves,” a panel by the artist Simone Martini done around the early 1300s that was part of a diptych representing the Annunciation.

Apostle described the work which has a pre-sale estimate of up to $4 million as “the most elegant picture in the sale.”

Canaletto’s “Venice, a View of the Churches of the Redentore and San Giacomo, with a Moored Man-of-War, Gondolas and Barges,” is expected to be another top attraction and has not been seen on the market since 1986.

It is one of three works in the auction from the collection of Britain’s Lady Forte, whose husband founded the hotel and restaurant chain Trusthouse Forte. Expected to fetch $5 million to $7 million, the work was painted in the mid-1700s and is characteristic of Canaletto’s attention to detail.

Another painting from the Forte estate, which was done in the 18th century by Jan van Huysum called “Still Life of Roses, Tulips, Peonies in a Sculpted Stone Vase,” has a pre-sale estimate of up to $6 million.

Despite the sluggish global economy the art market has rebounded recently and Apostle expects the New York sale to generate interest from around the globe.

“There are people who are absolutely passionate about paintings,” he explained. “If you buy good Old Masters there will always be a desire for them.”

The sale will also include an early still life by Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder, “A Still Life of Flowers in a Glass Beaker Set in a Marble Niche,” which was probably painted in 1618 and was rediscovered after being lost for nearly 80 years.

Once part of the Russian Imperial Collections housed in The Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Apostle described it as “spectacular” and a work that could easily exceed its $1.5 million pre-sale estimate.

Works by Rubens, Frans Hals, Thomas de Keyser and Gerrit Dou will be also featured in Christie’s Old Masters sales on January 25-26 but the top lot is expected to be Hans Memling’s “The Virgin Nursing the Christ Child,” which could sell for as much as $8 million.

“Demand for top-quality Old Master works continues to rise among both new and experienced collectors and art dealers,” said Nicholas Hall, the joint international head of Old Master and Early British Paintings.

(Reporting by Patricia Reaney; editing by Paul Casciato)

Digital music service Grooveshark sued by EMI

Friday, January 6th, 2012

(Reuters) Grooveshark has been sued by the large record company EMI Group Ltd, which accused the popular digital music service of paying no royalties since entering a licensing agreement to stream music nearly three years ago.

EMI, which brought the world such acts as the Beatles and Coldplay and is now being sold by Citigroup Inc, filed its complaint against Grooveshark’s parent, Escape Media Group Inc, on Wednesday in a New York state court.

The filing came less than a month after three other major record companies - Vivendi SA’s UniversalMusic Group, Sony Corp and Warner Music Group - filed a federal copyright lawsuit accusing Grooveshark of pirating thousands of songs.

Grooveshark spokeswoman Kristin Harris said in an email: “This is a contract dispute that we expect to resolve.”

The lawsuit was reported earlier by The New York Times.

In its complaint, EMI said Grooveshark has acknowledged in writing or orally owing royalties, but has neither paid anything nor provided any accounting statements.

EMI said Grooveshark has “continued to exploit” its works while ignoring repeated demands for an accounting and payment.

The complaint refers to alleged written and oral estimates by Grooveshark that it owes at least $150,000, but EMI said it believes the actual sum “greatly exceeds” such estimates.

Grooveshark calls itself “the world’s largest on-demand and music discovery service,” with 30 million monthly active users, more than 15 million songs, and 14 billion streams a year.

It said its policy is to honor copyright holders’ “takedown” requests that comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and other applicable intellectual property laws.

In November, Universal agreed at auction to buy EMI’s recorded music division for $1.9 billion, while Sony won the bidding for EMI’s music publishing operations for $2.2 billion. Both purchases require regulatory approval.

Last May, operators of once popular but now defunct file-sharing service LimeWire, agreed to pay record companies $105 million to end a federal copyright infringement trial.

Grooveshark has offices in Gainesville,Inflatable Jumpers, Florida.

The cases are EMI Entertainment World Inc v. Escape Media Group Inc, New York State Supreme Court, New York County, No. 650013/2012; and UMG Recording Inc et al v. Escape Media Group Inc et al, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No. 11-08407.

(Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; editing by Bernard Orr and Andre Grenon)

Audra McDonald and Will Swenson are engaged

Thursday, January 5th, 2012

NEW YORK Wedding bells are in the cards for Tick and Bess.

Audra McDonald,Cheap Ed hardy underwear, the Tony Award actress who currently stars as half of Broadway’s “Porgy and Bess,” and Will Swenson, who plays Tick in “Priscilla Queen of the Desert: The Musical,” were engaged on New Year’s Day.

“Thanks for all of the sweet congrats on our engagement,” McDonald tweeted Tuesday. “We’re super happy and excited.”

A publicist for McDonald on Wednesday said the couple isn’t releasing any further details out of respect for their privacy.

It will be the second marriage for both.

Forty-one-year-old McDonald is mom to 10-year-old Zoe Madeline from a previous marriage to bassist Peter Donovan. Thirty-eight-year-old Swenson has two sons, Bridger and Sawyer, with ex-wife Amy Westerby.

Late Fashion Renegade Alexander McQueen to be Apotheosed at the Metropolitan Museum

Thursday, January 5th, 2012

NEW YORK The Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced that the 2011 edition of its tony “Met Ball” — as Vogue’s annual Costume Institute Gala at the museum is known — will take as its inspiration the work of the late British designer Alexander McQueen, an art collector himself whose gilt-and-brocade final collection was inspired by Old Master paintings. The May 2nd gala event, co-chaired by PPR chief François-Henri Pinault and his wife, Salma Hayek, along with Anna Wintour, Stella McCartney, and Colin Firth, will be followed by an exhibition of the radical fashion designer life’s work, scheduled to run from May 4 to July 31 under the title “Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty.”

Over 100 pieces will be included in the show, from the 1992 collection that McQueen presented as his Central St. Martins graduate thesis to ensembles created for Givenchy in the 90s and items he crafted for his friend, the late queen of style Isabella Blow. Hats and jewels he produced with such collaborators as Philip Treacy and Shaun Leane will also be exhibited, along with his celebrated last collection, which was premiered posthumously.

“His catwalk presentations were outstanding and straddle art and fashion,” Costume Institute curator Andrew Bolton told Women’s Wear Daily. “We want to get across two elements — the spectacle of the runway presentations and the beauty of his craftsmanship.” 

“Savage Beauty” will be arranged not chronologically but around themes, including “The Savage Mind,wholesale Ed hardy shoes,” “Romantic Gothic,” “Romantic Nationalism,” “Romantic Exoticism,” and “Romantic Primitivism.” Sam Gainsbury and Joseph Bennett, who produced many of McQueen’s over-the-top runway shows (think paint-flinging robots) will serve as creative consultants for the exhibition and the red carpet extravaganza, which is always a kind of better-dressed, art-touting version of the Oscars, jam-packed with more stars than the Milky Way.

 

9-year-old NYC boy chokes in school cafeteria

Wednesday, January 4th, 2012

NEW YORK Family members and a witness say a New York City fourth grader choked on meatballs during lunch earlier this month while school cafeteria workers stood by. The boy later died.,wholesale Burberry Cheap

The New York Post ( http://nyp.st/td2pmw) reported Saturday that 9-year-old Jonathan Jewth fell to the ground during lunch Dec. 5 at Public School 47 in the Bronx. He was unconscious before help arrived.

A parent at the school, Andrea Perez, told the newspaper she saw the boy choking but cafeteria workers did nothing. She said at one point they yelled at him to put his fingers down his throat.

“He was on the ground and not moving after a while,” Perez said through a Spanish-speaking translator. “Nobody was paying attention and they didn’t know how to give aid, nobody knew what to do.”

She said she did not know how to resuscitate the boy so she called 911 and started screaming for help. Another parent tried to help the boy, the newspaper reported.

Jewth was rushed to Jacobi Medical Center. Jonathan’s family told the newspaper he suffered brain damage and died Monday.

Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott said his death was a tragedy. Education officials haven’t responded to requests for comment about the family’s and Perez’s account.

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Information from: New York Post, http://www.nypost.com

PIC Scarlett Johansson Goes Brunette above Set - UsMagazine.com

Sunday, November 13th, 2011

“Scarlett Johansson was magnificent. It was a magnificent hearing, I’m effective you. But the object with Scarlett namely, you can’t await as her apt take her dress off,” manager David Fincher differentiated Vogue almost giving the portion in his American remodelling of Stieg Larsson’s blockbuster crime novel to lesser-known actress Rooney Mara.

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The natural blonde, who pigmented her cilia red behind in May for her role in The Avengers, activities a man-eating alien seductress kidnapper in the Jonathan Glazer-directed sci-fi flick.

For her upcoming character in Under the Skin, the 26-year-old actress rocks a short, curly brunette wig with a full set of bangs ashore the movie’s set in Glasgow, Scotland Monday. See more pics of Scarlett on set.

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Adele apt Undergo Surgery, Cancels All Shows, Appearances as Year - UsMagazine.com

Sunday, November 13th, 2011

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“She is apt suffer surgery to soothe the present issues with her larynx and a full retrieval is anticipated. As a outcome, physicians have arrayed her to recess her voice and entirely recuperate before looking to timetable whichever work commitments.”

“It is with deep apologize that Adele has been compelled to annul her remaining live dates and promotional outwards in 2011,” a statement on her website read Friday.

Most recently, the “Someone Like You” singer was given a doctors’ order of vocal rest for a bout with laryngitis; her prize-winning vocal chords failed to heal.

Adele ambition probable be recuperated and singing repeatedly ashore Feb. 12 — the appointment of the Grammy Awards, where the superstar is expected to dominate in the nominations for her album 21.

Plagued with throat problems (and cancelled tour dates) throughout 2011, the applauded, multiplatinum British psyche singer, 23, will undergo surgery soon — which means that the rest of her maneuvered concerts and appearances for the year have been scrapped.

Electric Boogie

Friday, October 21st, 2011

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“My clients—musicians, performers, dancers—are very inspiring apt me,” says designer Leana Zuñiga. For Spring 2012, she decided to wrinkle the Electric Feathers a bit this season, per her customers’ requests. “They inquired for lamé—it’s equitable extra fun anyhow, [as] human who ambition apt be elegant merely no tailored.”

She responded their cry, adding a touch of glamour to her frock-focused Electric Feathers line. Zuñiga looked to light-catching lamé for inspiration, whirling the dance fabric into jumpsuits, caftans, clothes, and trousers-call it eveningwear for a desert princess. While she cited disparate units of disco, eighties mores, and Grecian draping, the designer’s influences are afterward rooted in music and her work as a costumer for various stage doings.

Since desert princesses (and chic urbanites) likewise need handbags, Zuñiga has supplied them with multifunctional, reversible ones. Of the quilted bags, she said, “For traveling it’s functional, [even] as a pillow aboard the Jitney!”
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要又经济又实惠

Friday, June 3rd, 2011

   女人这一辈子,变换莫测!回想小时候,在父母膝下,无忧无虑,自己吃饱全家不饿,渐渐长大,独自在外学习,自己拿捏生活费和自己的时间,优哉游哉!工作了,除了每个月孝敬父母的那点钱之外,绝对自由主义,基本月月花光,逛街娱乐买衣服下馆子,钱多就多花,钱少就少花,反正自己一个人开销足够!谈了恋爱,男朋友偶尔送件衣服,请吃顿饭,生活更加滋润!可结了婚之后,才发现工资怎么赚好像都不够,煤气水电,柴米油盐,偶尔下趟馆子,随便逛下超市,兜里就立即空空!过年过节,孝敬父母。红白喜事,事事参与,自己好不容易攒下的钱所剩无几!无奈只能从自身节俭,衣服鞋子能穿就不买,少逛街,少溜达!买东西开始货比三家,要价格公道质量上乘的,反正少花点就多剩点,喜欢的衣服先试试效果记货号,回家淘宝去!结了婚心态也变了,不是想着给自己填点什么,总想为家里添点什么,开始喜欢逛家电商场,布艺,工艺品,喜欢呆在家里收拾屋子,周六周日基本没想法逛街,一天大扫除一天回家看父母,时间就这样匆匆的过去!怀孕之后重心全在宝宝身上,看胎教,学婴幼儿常识,买宝宝的东西,全部的想法都在孩子身上,对自己的穿着打扮开始不注重,总在看别人家的小孩有啥,咱家孩基本也得有,如果不能比人家多也不能比人家孩子差太多,开始喜欢逛孕婴店,老毛病没改,赶到过年过节,几家店比较着买,要又经济又实惠,淘宝上已经不看女装了,天天都关注母婴产品。和一群孕友成了朋友,去上课领奖品。为了宝宝牺牲了自己的身材与胃口,每天在家挺个大肚子开始收拾屋子,咱宝生下来家里可是敞亮干净的。

  未来的日子还没开始,自己就已经预测到了,宝宝成了家里的重心,好好培养好好教育,一切以孩子为重,一切以孩子为中心,我们又变成了我们父母那样,这样一代一代传下去!人生之后角色转变之快,让没做好心里准备的自己甚是烦恼。

对自己最在意的生命

Friday, June 3rd, 2011

   兰陵武王高肃,南北朝北齐王室,一名孝�,字长恭,文襄帝四子也。累迁并州刺史。突厥入晋阳,长 恭尽力击之。邙山之败,长恭为中军,率五百骑再入周军,遂至金墉之下,被围甚急。城上人弗识,长恭免胄示之面,乃下弩手救之,于是大捷。武士共歌谣之,为《兰陵王入阵曲》是也。历司州牧、青瀛二州,颇受财货。后为太尉。与段韶讨柏谷,又攻定阳。韶病,长恭总其众。前后以战功,别封钜鹿、长乐、乐平、高阳等郡公。

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  长恭貌柔心壮,音容兼美。为将躬勤细事,每得甘美,虽一瓜数果,必与将士共之。初在瀛州,行参军阳士深表列其赃,免官。及讨定阳,士深在军,恐祸及。长恭闻之曰 :“吾本无此意 。”乃求小失,杖士深二十以安之。尝入朝而仆从尽散,唯有一人,长恭独还,无所谴罚,武成赏其功,命贾护为买妾二十人,唯受其一。有千金责券,临死日,尽燔之。

  习惯了看温馨小说,觉得在现实中没办法实现的东西还是都放在书里吧,算是寄托,算是念想,比面对现实社会来的痛快。而兰陵缭乱却不是这一类的,那是中国历史上最血雨腥风的一段历史,战事,杀戮,不停地打仗,因为他们明白不去消灭别人,就要等着被别人消灭。再善良的人在那个朝代,身为人臣,他的最大责任是保国,其他的,都是虚的。

  �,美玉也,高长恭也绝对配得上这个名字。身为古代四大美男之一,他美,美得甚至于上战场还要带狰狞的面具,免得别国将领取笑。而那面具,也为他震慑了不少人。

  可我看的不是史书,它是小说,甚至是言情小说,高长恭成了女子,在战场上战无不胜攻无不取,令人闻风丧胆的兰陵王,是女扮男装的。作者很有才,也很有胆,她对那段史实太了解,找到了一个这么好的视角,既写出了那荡气回肠的一段,魏晋南北朝,除了动荡,我找不到更贴切的词来形容;也让人感受到了那里面的亲情,友情,爱情,那种在时间,在生死中积累出的感情,胜过一切。

  我不知道自己为了小说哭了多少次,虽然哭过以后可能都不记得了。兰陵缭乱,我依旧还是哭了。它不算悲剧,我自己都不懂我这到底是为了谁流的泪,又好像每个人都值得。为了高孝瑜,高孝琬,即使他们与长恭同父不同母,即使长恭与他们的母亲有仇,这都阻碍不了他们之间的兄弟之情。孝瑜内敛,他对长恭的关心放在了心里,用行动证明着;孝琬外向,他从第一眼看到这个弟弟,就从心里认同了他,从此以后,长恭的命比他自己的命重要。可是最后谁都没能活着看女装的长恭,树大招风,高家显赫的地位放在哪个朝代或许都不会有好下场,他们帮助皇上对皇位,是功臣,但他们知道的过多,皇亲国戚,呵,有时候这个名字够讽刺的,它能带给你钱,权,却也能要了你的命。

  高湛,只能说可怜之人必有可恨之处吧。为了皇位,他步步为营,几乎杀了自己所有最亲的人,为了自己的高枕无忧。他对长恭的感情让我动容,他是长恭的叔叔,而当时的长恭也是男装视人,他一次次警告自己,克制自己,却没法战胜自己心中那份感情。他对长恭的情,无关乎男女,无关乎伦常,爱了就是爱了,他否认不了,虽然他得不到,而且因爱把长恭推得更远。他霸道,除了他,不能有任何人得到长恭的一颦一笑,所以他对长恭所有的亲近之人都动了杀心。孝琬,即使他没有被诬陷叛变,也活不久了,他是长恭最亲的哥哥,能够时刻陪在长恭左右为他遮风挡雨的哥哥。

  斛律恒伽,史上也是确有其人,应该也是美男子,与长恭并肩作战多年,也在相处中慢慢滋生出异样情愫。同学说长恭改变了恒伽,为了心中之人,他放弃了一直以来的处世之道,对自己最在意的生命,也弃之不顾了。斛律家族被满门抄斩的时候,他侥幸逃脱。只因他在寻机救被周国皇上囚禁的长恭。他毁了自己的容貌,用胡椒将新伤变旧伤,熏哑了自己的嗓音,几经努力就出了长恭,却不敢再见她。为了长恭,他没尽到身为人子的责任,爹爹斛律光被奸佞栽赃的时候他不在,满门被诛的时候他也不在,事后他将自己关在屋里三天三夜,他的自责我能懂,却可能一辈子都无法体会。

  “木秀于林,风必摧之,功高盖主,祸必降之。人生辉煌的顶点,往往可能是悲剧开始的起点。对兰陵王

  而言,最大的悲哀就是出生在一个疯狂得近乎变态的帝王家族。北齐自建国以来,短短二十八年间,就换了六代皇帝,叔侄之间彼此折磨,兄弟之间相互惨杀,一个比一个短命,一个比一个疯狂。尽管兰陵王容貌柔美、军功显赫,终其一生小心翼翼,想尽一切办法避祸自保,可依然无法改变他的悲剧式宿命。 ”

  小说最后很庆幸恒伽和长恭还活着,尽管隐姓埋名,却也乐得自在。这对于戎马半生的他两来说,算是一种解脱。与其忠于一个昏庸无道,将国之栋梁一一杀害的残忍君王,不如顺应时间的发展,等着仁君一统河山,那样才叫舍小为大。

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    闲寻旧踪迹。又酒趁哀弦,灯照离席。梨花榆火催寒食。愁一箭风快,半篙波暖,回头迢递便数驿。望人在天北。

    凄恻。恨堆积。渐别浦萦回,津堠岑寂,斜阳冉冉春无极。念月榭携手,露桥闻笛。沉思前事,似梦里,泪暗滴。