Ever wonder why and how some celebrities come together? Here are some examples and answers: BlackBerry & Alicia Keys: The collaboration: In January, Keys was named global creative director for the struggling Canadian tech brand. Why her? The pairing at first seemed odd, but many tech observers have pointed to Keys’s huge online following as [...]
Tyler Perry Buys Huge Parcel of Land in Douglas County
March 22, 2013 | Posted by
A massive Douglas County property once slated for more than 1,300 residences has been sold to a company with apparent ties to entertainment mogul Tyler Perry. The company, ETPC Company LLC, acquired 856 acres about eight miles southwest of Six Flags Over Georgia. The property is just south of Sweetwater Creek State Park and I-20. [...]
Record Store Day 2013 Special Releases Revealed
March 22, 2013 | Posted by
Record Store Day has revealed the full list of exclusive releases available for its 2013 edition (April 20th). Already this year promised new or unreleased music, reissues, and other rarities from The White Stripes, The Flaming Lips, The Black Keys, MGMT, Tame Impala, At the Drive-In, Deftones, Ryan Adams, Dan Deacon, The Hold Steady, Built [...]
Battle of the Androids: Samsung Galaxy S4 vs. LG Nexus 4
March 22, 2013 | Posted by
Nexus and Galaxy. The two brands represent opposing ends of the Android spectrum. Nexus devices have always been Google’s pure, untarnished vision of its platform. Samsung’s wildly-successful Galaxy devices, meanwhile, still use Android, but also threaten to overshadow it. What happens when you put the best of each side-by-side? Read on, as we compare the [...]
Nigerian Literary Giant Chinua Achebe Dead at 82
March 22, 2013 | Posted by
The Nigerian novelist and poet Chinua Achebe, who first made his mark with 1958 novel Things Fall Apart, has died aged 82. News reports from Nigeria this morning suggest he died at a hospital in Boston, Massachusetts of an undisclosed ailment. Achebe’s British publisher Penguin confirmed his death to The Independent of England this morning. [...]
Antoine Fuqua’s ‘Olympus Has Fallen’ Raises Bar in Action
March 22, 2013 | Posted by
What if I told you that the new Gerard Butler film is like ‘Die Hard in the White House’ in more than just a generic ‘Die Hard in/on/at a…’ kind of way? Or that it features the highest, bloodiest, most ridiculous onscreen body count in an action film since Sylvester Stallone’s Rambo? Or that it’s [...]
Titans’ Chris Johnson Perplexed By Shonn Greene Signing
March 21, 2013 | Posted by
Chris Johnson, the Tennessee Titans’ top offensive threat, said he was unsure why the Titans signed free agent running back Shonn Greene, who plays the same position. Johnson told the Tennessean that Greene’s three-year, $10 million contract indicates he was signed to do more than just be used in short-yardage situations. “I have never been [...]
The Search for Relationship Compatibility
March 21, 2013 | Posted by
Are you in or contemplating a serious relationship but wondering whether you are really compatible? It is sometimes said that opposites attract, but is “being opposite” really a useful standard for determining compatibility in intimate, interpersonal relationships such as marriages, partnerships, and companionships? Like most clichés, this popular belief is overgeneralized and can be misleading, [...]
Havana: Treasure Trove of Crumbling Art Deco Design
March 21, 2013 | Posted by
HAVANA — Kathleen Murphy Skolnik gasped one recent morning as she gazed up into the stairwell of a 1939 downtown apartment building here and pointed at the chevron pattern in the ironwork, at the unpolished rust-pink marble and a simple alcove on the stairway crowned by a stepped arch. “It’s so beautiful,” said Skolnik, an [...]
Seemingly Crazy Parenting Advice Sometimes Works
March 21, 2013 | Posted by
Sigh. What is it about a baby that makes everyone and their mother (literally) want to give you random pieces of advice on how you should or should not parent your child? It’s like seeing those chubby little cheeks and 10 tiny fingers and toes suddenly makes people go into expert mode — and they [...]
