New Adele by way of Sia. Yay! After a career writing hits for other people, Sia Furler took a stab at playing pop star herself with last year’s 1000 Forms of Fear. However, she remained anonymous, hiding her face behind an oversize platinum-blonde wig and using 12-year-old dance prodigy Maddie Ziegler as her mini-me in a trilogy of performance pieces, starting with the “Chandelier” video. Now Sia’s prepared to merge her pop-star masquerade with her songwriting past: Her next album, This Is Acting, will be a collection of songs she wrote for her peers and sung from their perspective. Read More...
Tennessee twin brothers found dead in their favorite armchairs THREE YEARS after passing away died of natural causes, autopsies showThe remains of Andrew and Anthony Johnson, 63, were found at their Chattanooga home on SaturdayPolice believe they both died some time in early 2011
Both men were severe diabetics and autopsies ruled out foul playThe twins were known to live a hermit lifestyle and did not communicate regularly either with family or anyone elseBy Associated Press and David Mccormack Published: 17:33 EST, 2 April 2014 | Updated: 18:54 EST, 2 April 2014 e-mail 29 Read More...
Mark Rothko in 1961 Photograph: Kate Rothko/Apic/Getty ImagesMark Rothko in 1961 Photograph: Kate Rothko/Apic/Getty ImagesThe ObserverMark RothkoHe was one of America's most successful and famous artists when, in 1970, he killed himself. His tragic death sparked a bitter legal battle between his daughter, aged 19, and her father's estate. Here, in a rare and moving interview on the eve of the artist's first major show in 20 years, Kate Rothko Prizel remembers the long and bitter court case, his brutal suicide and how she still mourns the loss of her fatherKate Rothko Prizel is a strong-looking woman with a disarming smile that she switches on and off like a flashlight. Read More...
