When a select group of art lovers were invited to a Private View one evening of a Mapplethorpe Exhibit at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, they didn’t have to worry about the dress code, as there wasn’t one. In fact they were asked to check all their clothes at the door. “When you look at … Continue reading
Melina Mercouri the fiery Greek who won the Best Actress Award at Cannes Film Festival and an Oscar Nomination for playing Ilya the hooker with the heart of gold in ‘Never On A Sunday’ was born 96 years ago today. The movie was written and directed by her co-star the American filmmaker and her future husband … Continue reading
Miss Hope Springs is like a breath of fresh air. A decidedly old-fashioned drag performer and chanteuse who looks and sounds worlds apart from the frenetic contestants of Ru Paul’s hit TV Show, yet who has become the darling of London’s cabaret circuit since she started singing her original songs and telling her gentle off-key … Continue reading
The whole of the U.K. is in deep mourning today, and anybody in then rest of the civilized world that was deprived from watching Coronation Street the world’s longest running TV soap opera will not understand why. The actress Jean Alexander who played the quintessential British working class legendary heroine Hilda Ogden for 23 years until … Continue reading
New York based author/artist/photographer Abigail Ekue’s body of work is entrenched in health, fitness and nutrition, sex, dating & relationships, and body image as well as social commentaries. She writes on her website My art is here to stir thoughts and emotion. Some of my work will make you smile or make you cry, turn you … Continue reading