Marilyn Manson: I created a fake world because I didnt like the one I was living in | Music

 Posted on June 9, 2024  |  14 minutes  |  2808 words  |  Kary Bruening

The ObserverMusicInterviewMarilyn Manson: ‘I created a fake world because I didn’t like the one I was living in’Carole CadwalladrAfter a lifetime of being an outsider, Marilyn Manson, born Brian Warner, is coming to terms with his past. In a frank and soul-searching interview, he talks to Carole Cadwalladr about the loss of his mother, growing up angry – and why he’s ready for fatherhood The Guardian’s product and service reviews are independent and are in no way influenced by any advertiser or commercial initiative. [Read More]

Marina Picasso: selling my grandfather's art is a way of helping me heal

 Posted on June 9, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1376 words  |  Valentine Belue

Pablo PicassoFamous artist’s granddaughter will auction ceramics made by the man who never seemed to care for her in a bid to finally leave behind a miserable childhood Pablo Picasso’s granddaughter is to sell one of the most extensive collections of the artist’s ceramics in an attempt to help her turn the page on a traumatic, miserable childhood. Marina Picasso is selling, through Sotheby’s, a remarkable group of one-off plates, tiles, vases and other small sculptural figures that her grandfather made between 1947 and the late 1960s. [Read More]

Michael Jackson nanny says star had stomach pumped 'many times' | Michael Jackson

 Posted on June 9, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1144 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

Michael Jackson This article is more than 14 years oldMichael Jackson nanny says star had stomach pumped 'many times'This article is more than 14 years oldNanny gives grim account of singer's final months, detailing drug abuse, out of control spending and nomadic lifestyleThe nanny who looked after Michael Jackson's three children said today the star had his stomach pumped "many times" after taking a dangerous cocktail of prescription drugs. Grace Rwaramba, 42, said : " [Read More]

The last days of Dash Snow

 Posted on June 9, 2024  |  14 minutes  |  2982 words  |  Aldo Pusey

The ObserverArt and designHe was heir to one of America's greatest family fortunes and a multimillion-dollar art collection. But Dash Snow rebelled to become a self-styled outsider, a penniless "downtown Baudelaire" obsessed with drugs, sex and self-destruction. Sean O'Hagan traces the reckless life and untimely death of New York's most controversial artistIn 2008 Dash Snow was interviewed by the French magazine Purple Fashion. He described his art as a kind of storytelling and said it was about " [Read More]

Elmore Leonard: the great American novelist

 Posted on June 8, 2024  |  16 minutes  |  3330 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

Elmore LeonardLeonard is regarded as the greatest American crime writer, surpassing even Raymond Chandler. But it is time to drop the qualification of genreThe best novelists create a world around the reader. You can feel it bubbling up in irrepressible invention. So we have "a guy by the name of Booker, a twenty-five-year old super-dude twice convicted felon" in his Jacuzzi when the telephone rings. No one answers it, and Booker gets out of the Jacuzzi. [Read More]

Ivan Price obituary | Painting

 Posted on June 8, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  471 words  |  Valentine Belue

Other livesPaintingObituaryIvan Price obituaryMy father, Ivan Price, who has died aged 94, was a cultural polymath and campaigner, and for 60 years a focus for creativity and education in his community in the Potteries. Ivan was born into a working-class family of Welsh and Scottish heritage in Stoke-on-Trent. His mother, Jane (known as Jinnie, nee Davies), worked pressing quarry tiles and his father, William Price, firing them. Music infused the family, with part-singing in chapel, ceilidhs at Hogmanay and lessons on an upright piano. [Read More]

Ive got big, muscular legs and Im finally proud of them | Jessica Fostekew

 Posted on June 8, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  397 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

OpinionBody image This article is more than 1 year oldI’ve got big, muscular legs – and I’m finally proud of themThis article is more than 1 year oldJessica FostekewWomen are made to feel that if they have chunky, powerful legs, they should hide them. But it’s time we showed them off to the world I’ve started wearing shorts for the first time, aged 39. I’ve got some serious legs on me – and by serious, I mean funny. [Read More]

My Cousin Vinny actor Lane Smith dies | Movies

 Posted on June 8, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  252 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

Movies This article is more than 18 years oldMy Cousin Vinny actor Lane Smith diesThis article is more than 18 years oldThe American actor Lane Smith has died. He was 69. Smith was a veteran character actor who worked in film, theatre and television. On the silver screen, he played in the 1992 comedy My Cousin Vinny as the district attorney crossing words with Joe Pesci, the golf drama The Legend of Bagger Vance and the western The Hi-Lo Country. [Read More]

North Korea's bold wave of propaganda art - in pictures | World news

 Posted on June 8, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  354 words  |  Valentine Belue

North Korea's bold wave of propaganda art - in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email The searing propaganda is aimed to embolden the country and urge its people to resist US imperialism – with an arsenal of missiles eyed as the ultimate threat Arnel Hecimovic Main image: A poster telegraphs North Korea’s military power. Sun 20 Aug 2017 16. [Read More]

Our goal is to keep Pokmon alive for hundreds of years: Pokmons chiefs plans for Pik

 Posted on June 8, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1352 words  |  Kary Bruening

GamesInterview‘Our goal is to keep Pokémon alive for hundreds of years’: Pokémon’s chief’s plans for Pikachu and palsTom ReganNot content with a billion fans, The Pokémon Company’s COO Takato Utsunomiya talks about his plan to catch the rest of humanity – and for the far-reaching franchise to outlive us all When Satoshi Tajiri was a child, he developed a fascination with insects. Growing up in the greater Tokyo suburb of Machida, he’d spend summer days peeling back plants and scouring the undergrowth for creepy crawlies, carefully adding each new insect to his collection. [Read More]