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Actor Neil Patrick Harris Returns to Host 67th Tony Awards

Actor Neil Patrick Harris will return to host the 67th Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on June 9th in what will be his fourth stint on the show that honors the best of Broadway, organizers said on Thursday.

Thursday, May 09, 2013

New Soutine Record Set as Christie's Meets Impressionist Goal

A record was set for French artist Chaim Soutine on Wednesday at Christie's auction of Impressionist and modern art, which met expectations with a total of just under $160 million.

Thursday, May 09, 2013

Google's Earth Engine: Displays the Ever-Changing Earth

Google amazing new Timelapse can now take you back in time.

Thursday, May 09, 2013

CICADAPOCALYPSE: Mass Exodus from the Ground

If you are observing for yet another sign that the end is near, the media is buzzing (pun-intended) with reports about "Cicadapocolypse"-what many entomologists are calling the insects' mass exodus from the ground.

Thursday, May 09, 2013

Packages of Wrigley's Alert Energy caffeinated chewing gum.

Wrigley Pulls Caffeinated Gum Off Market After FDA Investigation

Wrigley has pulled Alert Energy, their caffeinated chewing gum, off the market after FDA concerns over the product.

Thursday, May 09, 2013

Madonna to be Honored for Top Grossing Tour at Billboard Awards

Madonna will be honored at the Billboard Music Awards show this month for her 2012 MDNA tour, the high grossing concert tour of the year, organizers of the awards show said on Wednesday.

Wednesday, May 08, 2013

Big numbers for Impressionist Art as New York Auctions Kick Off

The spring auctions got off to a strong start on Tuesday with Sotheby's solid sale of Impressionist and modern art which took in $230 million, led by a $42 million Cezanne still life and a $26 million Modigliani portrait.

Wednesday, May 08, 2013

Visual Effects Pioneer Ray Harryhausen Dead at Age 92

Influential visual effects maker and animator Ray Harryhausen, who brought monsters, skeletons and mythological beasts to life for movies like "Jason and the Argonauts" long before computers took over the job, died Tuesday at age 92, his family said.

Tuesday, May 07, 2013

New York's Met Museum Celebrates Punk's Influence on Fashion

With their black leather, studded jackets, ripped jeans, bondage trousers and messages of rebellion and anarchy, punks from the 1970s probably never envisioned that a major museum would be celebrating their influence on fashion 40 years later.

Tuesday, May 07, 2013

Facebook and Google Glass: In Sync Might Become Sexual Predators

Facebook has made its way to Google Glass, the most anticipated piece of electronic gadget. Sharing to Facebook, an unofficial application dubbed "Glass to Facebook" has just arrived, allowing Google's adventurers to post images to the social network.

Tuesday, May 07, 2013

Internet Outage: You Can't Probably Connect to Syria

Internet has gone down in Syria, reported by multiple Internet monitoring services.

Tuesday, May 07, 2013

Apple iPad Isn't Perfect: Microsoft Visionary Bill Gates Finds Flaw

Microsoft chairperson Bill Gates took a shot at the Apple's product, saying, iPad users are "frustrated". Frustrated because of tablet's lack of functionality and productivity applications, and he was listing Microsoft Surface and Surface Pro tablets, and more vitally, the Office suite of applications, as the cure for those ills.

Tuesday, May 07, 2013

Sweden's ABBA Museum to Open, but Reunion Rumors Quashed

The catchy tunes, outlandish costumes and shimmering boots that made ABBA a global phenomenon all feature in a new museum dedicated to the band, but rumors the exhibition may presage a reunion by Sweden's most famous export were quickly quashed.

Monday, May 06, 2013

Visitors view Gerhard Richter's 'Domplatz

On Eve of New York Auctions, Newer Works Seen Driving the Boom

With a billion dollars worth of art on offer at their spring auctions in New York, Christie's andSotheby's are looking to the post-war and contemporary works to drive the market this month.

Monday, May 06, 2013

First Solar: No.1 Solar Company Faces Cheerful Days

First Solar, the largest U.S. solar manufacturer by shipments, reported on Monday, May 06, 2013 a first-quarter profit after a loss in the previous year, helped by significantly higher sales solar modules, and the company restructured its full-year outlook.

Monday, May 06, 2013