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☆ 1976 Seneca, Illinois Jane Doe identified as JoAnn ‘Vickie’ Smith
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Veronica Fulton | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

It’s a mystery that took more than 47 years to solve: The true identity of a woman known as Jane Seneca Doe. Jane Seneca Doe artist rendering Courtesy of Carl KoppelmanOn October 2, 1976, the body of a young woman was found murdered and tossed in a ditch along Highway 6 in an unincorporated area of Grundy County, Illinois, near the village of Seneca. After nearly two months of unsuccessful attempts to identify the Jane Doe, she was buried in an unmarked grave at a cemetery in Braceville, Illinois, where she remained until 2018. Margaret Press, who founded the DNA Doe Project in 2017, said Jane Seneca Doe was at the top of her list of cases she wanted to see identified. According to a press release on the Grundy County website, Jane Seneca Doe was identified on June 27, 2024, as a woman named JoAnn 'Vickie' Smith.

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A 30-year-old Hawaii woman at the center of a missing persons search in Los Angeles willfully crossed into Mexico, seemingly as part of her desire to "disconnect," police said Monday. He said that detectives can't say they're "100% right" about their determination but that they know she didn't have her phone after she left Los Angeles International Airport. That day, family members said, she sent messages that concerned them because of their content and a voice that didn't seem to match hers. McDonnell said Kobayashi was reported missing Nov. 13, but the LAPD took over the case on Nov. 15. The Los Angeles County medical examiner said Ryan Kobayashi, 58, died as a result of multiple blunt force trauma injuries.

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The Interior Design FreakRicky CliftonArtist, interior designer and writer, 71; Gramercy Park, ManhattanWhy New York: “When I met Andy Warhol in Dallas [in high school], I told him I was moving to the city. He said, ‘When you get there, call me.’ Every time I called the Factory, he’d pick up the phone. Artists were like Jewish mothers — there was a community.”Freakiest gig: “I’ve been driving since I was 11, so when I moved to New York in 1975, I drove delivery trucks for florists. I worked for Tony DiPace, who had a place below Halston’s [studio]. I put up Lauren Bacall’s Christmas tree.”Favorite freak: “I don’t know why Lady Bunny isn’t really famous.

Persons: Ricky Clifton, Andy Warhol, ”, “, Tony DiPace, Lauren Bacall’s, Bunny isn’t Organizations: Ricky Clifton Artist, Gramercy Locations: , Manhattan, New York, Dallas

Andrew Carnegie’s 1902 mansion on Fifth Avenue, a Georgian homage on an immense, Gilded-Age scale, is currently the home of a more modest domestic scene: the bass-baritone Davóne Tines’s childhood living room. As part of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s triennial exhibition, “Making Home,” Tines has worked with the director Zack Winokur and the artist Hugh Hayden to create “Living Room, Orlean, Virginia,” an uncanny, poignant replica of the house of Tines’s grandparents, who raised him.

Persons: Andrew Carnegie’s, Davóne, Cooper Hewitt, ” Tines, Zack Winokur, Hugh Hayden, ” Organizations: Smithsonian Design Locations: Orlean , Virginia

☆ These 3 people make art for shows like Critical Role and Dimension 20. Here's how to get a nerdworld dream job too.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-01 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Behind the scenes at CR and D20People who watch the shows may recognize Friederichs' art from CR series like "Exandria Unlimited" and, more recently, the team's third, long-running "D&D" campaign, "Bells Hells." Friederichs told BI that she was initially commissioned to work on CR's "Uk'otoa" board game, then brought back to make character art for O'Brien's character, Orym. May told BI that publishing as much of her art as possible and networking within the fandom helped her early in her art career. Fan art is fair gameAngiolini told BI that drawing fan art is one way to get noticed. "The pipeline becomes very different when you're making something that needs to be then altered or put into the editing," May told BI.

Persons: Eren Angiolini, Hannah Friederichs, Matt Mercer, Brennan Lee Mulligan, Liam O'Brien, who've, Friederichs, Liam, I've, Angiolini, Clay, Nott, Sam, O'Brien, Sam Riegel Organizations: CR, D20, Dark Horse, Darrington Press Locations: Australia, London

☆ New Orleans art triennial: Artist Amanda Williams revives George Washington Carver’s century-old patent for blue paint — and a powerful history
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-01 | by ( Jacqui Palumbo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

He had discovered the iron-rich soil could be used in a chemical reaction with a potassium compound and nitric acid to produce a vibrant blue pigment. But over the past three years, the Chicago-based artist and architect Amanda Williams has been reviving Carver’s blue with the help of researchers and scientists. “So there was a practicality to it, but there was also ingenuity in figuring out that things around you can yield unexpected results.”An arts building at Xavier University painted in Carver blue. GBM Historical Images/ShutterstockFor Carver, color was a tool to beautify the homes of the region’s poorest residents that could be achieved through natural resources. Courtesy the artistBut for her commission for Prospect.6, titled “In Her Rich Deposits of (Blue),” Williams chose to focus on “signaling joy, and not inequity or disparity,” she said.

Persons: George Washington Carver, Pablo Picasso, Hokusai, Carver, Amanda Williams, ” Williams, Tom Harris, Williams, —, Sheen, ”, Kramer, “, Booker T, Yves Klein, Klein Organizations: CNN, Tuskegee University, Xavier University, Chicago World’s, The University of Chicago, New Orleans African American Museum, Prospect, Tuskegee, Washington, “ Locations: Berlin, Kanagawa, ”, Chicago, New Orleans, Tremé, NOAAM, Montgomery , Alabama, Side, Englewood, Black, Washington

☆ Notre Dame is back – but not quite as you knew her
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-30 | by ( Joseph Ataman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

Five years after the flames roared and the world held its breath, Notre Dame cathedral is coming back to life. CNN teams have visited Notre Dame several times since the fire, even as the work ploughed on through Covid-19’s stranglehold on France. But for those soon to revisit Notre Dame, this improbable victory is best seen by looking up. The oak frameworks and lead roofing of the nave, choir and transept of Notre Dame were reconstructed to look exactly like the originals, according to Rebuild Notre Dame. “We use the same materials, oak and stone, and with the same techniques.”The nave of Notre Dame cathedral.

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☆ 16 songs have reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart this year — here they all are
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-30 | by ( Callie Ahlgrim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2024 so far. Ariana Grande, Post Malone, Kendrick Lamar, and Morgan Wallen each have two hits on the list. The Billboard Hot 100 is widely considered to be the definitive all-genre chart for songs in the US. 1 song, he went on to dominate the Hot 100 with his own breakout hit. Ariana Grande, Post Malone, Kendrick Lamar, and Wallen have also enjoyed massive commercial success this year, earning two chart-toppers on the Hot 100 apiece.

Persons: Ariana, Post Malone, Kendrick Lamar, Morgan Wallen, Shaboozey, Taylor, Sabrina Carpenter's, Jason Aldean, Zach Bryan, Carter Locations: Ariana Grande, Post, Nashville

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg leads the way with over 770,000 TikTok followers, while Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has a verified TikTok account with just over 1,100 followers. Of the 353 who supported the bill to force a sale, 13 have verified TikTok accounts, all of whom are Democrats. Luna’s communications director said that her TikTok account was for personal use and is not an official campaign account. Unlike in the House, where elected officials with verified TikTok accounts voted in both directions across party lines, 10 Senate Democrats with verified TikTok accounts voted to force a sale of the platform, while one independent and one Senate Republican with verified TikTok accounts voted against the bill to do so. Senators with verified TikTok accounts have an average of 318,000 TikTok followers, while representatives with verified TikTok accounts have an average of 178,000 TikTok followers.

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☆ Crypto investor eats banana art after buying it for $6.2 million
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( Hayley Cuccinello | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

AdvertisementCrypto investor Justin Sun bought a duct-taped banana for $6.2 million in a Sotheby's auction. Sun ate the banana at a news conference where he compared the conceptual artwork to NFTs. One week after paying $6.2 million for a duct-taped banana, crypto investor Justin Sun ate the pricey snack at a news conference in Hong Kong. The banana displayed at Sotheby's was purchased for 35 cents from a New York City fruit vendor. Advertisement"This conceptual artwork can be assembled and disassembled anywhere and at any time conveniently and in any place in the world," he said.

Persons: Justin Sun, Sam Bankman, Maurizio Cattelan, Sun, David Datuna, Donald Trump's Organizations: Sun, Art Basel Fair Miami, Sotheby's, Gros Michel, South, Liberty Financial Locations: Hong Kong, New York, Italian, New York City, Gros, South Korean

☆ Buy a building, get a Banksy. ‘Well Hung Lover’ Bristol property goes on sale
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-28 | by ( Rosa Rahimi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

London CNN —A Banksy mural in Bristol, southwestern England, is set to be sold at auction next year, along with the building it was created on. “Well Hung Lover” was painted on the side of a building on Bristol’s Frogmore Street in 2006, with the city’s residents later voting to keep the mural. The building, which once housed a sexual health clinic, will be put up for auction by Hollis Morgan, an estate agency and auction house in Bristol. While the future owner has to ensure the “Well Hung Lover” stays put, they have no obligation to maintain it. Last year, a Banksy mural in Dover, southern England, valued at around £1 million ($1.2 million), was lost for good after the building it was painted on was knocked down.

Persons: London CNN —, Hollis Morgan, ”, weathers, it’s Organizations: London CNN, European Union, Britain Locations: Bristol, England, Dover

☆ From AI to young new artists, London wants to attract a new generation of art buyers
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-28 | by ( Lucy Handley | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

As the art market shows signs of slowing, London is looking to attract a new generation of art buyers — and showcase young emerging artists in the process. Global art sales slid 4% year-on-year in 2023, according to the Art Basel & UBS Art Market Report 2024, falling to $65 billion after two years of growth. But now we are seeing more the 25- to 35-[year-old] buyers," he told CNBC's "The Art of Appreciation." HOFA represents artist Sougwen Chung, who uses a robot Chung designed to co-create work. "It was really, really interesting, because we could see my own stylistic input, my own decision making … transferred and translated into a machine system," they said.

Persons: Elio D'Anna, CNBC's, HOFA, Sougwen Chung, Chung, DOUG, … Organizations: Art Basel, UBS Art, of Fine, CNBC, MIT Media Lab Locations: London, London's Mayfair, —

Learn moreAmong the most-anticipated Black Friday beauty sales of 2024, Fenty Beauty by Rihanna tops our list. View at Fenty What we like Check mark icon A check mark. View at Fenty What we like Check mark icon A check mark. View at Fenty What we like Check mark icon A check mark. The Fenty Black Friday sale started on Wednesday, November 27, and will continue through Cyber Monday, December 2.

Persons: Rihanna, Beauty's, shea Organizations: Business, Fenty

Karol G is now a Bratz doll. The Colombian singer is the first musical artist to collaborate with the toy brand to create a Bratz doll in her likeness. “Now I get to share a doll inspired by that very moment in my career,” Karol G said in a statement. “This collaboration is a true labor of love and a celebration for fans across Latin America and beyond,” Karol G said. When Karol G embarked on a stadium tour in support of the album's release, she became the first Latina to headline at many of the venues where she performed.

Persons: Karol G, Shakira, ” Karol G, Karol, Karol’s, Karol G's merch, Jasmin Larian, Carolina Giraldo Navarro, Karol G's, Bonito ”, “, ”, Hekmat Organizations: Carolina, Billboard, Latina Locations: Colombian, America, Spain, U.S

The parade begins on West 77th Street & Central Park West at 8:30 a.m. Central Park West: Great views can be found along Central Park West from West 75th to West 61st Streets. There is no public viewing on Central Park West between West 59th & West 60th Streets, though. Great views can be found along Central Park West from West 75th to West 61st Streets. There is no public viewing on Central Park West between West 59th & West 60th Streets, though.

Persons: Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb, Al Roker, Peacock, Jennifer Hudson, Lea Salonga, Rachel Platten, Idina Menzel, Dan + Shay, TikToker, Tiler Peck, Roman Mejia, Ellie, Santa Claus, Eugene Gologursky, Minnie Mouse, John Romita Sr, Jenna Ortega Organizations: Street, Central Park West, Herald Square, New York City, West, Park, &, NBC, NBCUniversal, NBC News, WNBA, New York Liberty, Broadway, MetLife, The Bronx Zoo, Netflix, West 72nd, Columbus Locations: New York, West, Santa, East Rutherford, N.J

☆ Musicians are increasingly forgoing the major-label system. The problem is that most can't afford to.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-27 | by ( Callie Ahlgrim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

AdvertisementDespite the democratization of music in the streaming era, it's still very expensive to record an album. Although many artists are forgoing record labels, it's nearly impossible to become a superstar without one. When I did my album, I don't even know how much the producers got paid — it just was done," Chinouriri says. Advertisement"I don't know how I'd be able to do all of this and then have to think of the cost," Chinouriri adds. "I don't know how Raye does it, I don't know how Tinashe does it.

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☆ The Sidewalk Fruit Vendor Who Sold a $6.2 Million Banana for 25 Cents
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-27 | by ( Sarah Maslin Nir | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

At the fruit stand where he works on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, Shah Alam sells dozens of bananas a day at 35 cents a piece, or four for a dollar. He does a brisk business in cheap fruit outside Sotheby’s auction house; inside, art can sell for millions. But last Wednesday, Mr. Alam sold a banana that a short time later would be auctioned as part of a work of absurdist art, won by a cryptocurrency entrepreneur for $5.2 million plus more than $1 million in auction-house fees. A few days after the sale, as Mr. Alam stood in the rain on York Avenue and East 72nd Street, snapping bananas free of their bunches, he learned from a reporter what had become of the fruit: It had been duct-taped to a wall as part of a work by the Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, and sold to Justin Sun, the Chinese founder of a cryptocurrency platform.

Persons: Shah Alam, Alam, Maurizio Cattelan, Justin Sun Locations: York, Italian

A Kansas City Chiefs-themed romance is the center of the new Hallmark movie “Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story.” But don’t expect any references to tight end Travis Kelce and pop star Taylor Swift. King said the players were “all so sweet and very talented,” adding that Donna Kelce was also “a hoot” to work with. “But we’re just forever grateful that all of them agreed to be a part of our movie.”In the movie, Donna Kelce wears a No. On Friday, she will make her acting debut in a different Hallmark movie — this time with nods to her son Jason Kelce, the former Philadelphia Eagles center. For its 15th annual “Countdown to Christmas,” Hallmark said it plans to debut 47 new movies total.

Persons: Travis Kelce, Taylor Swift, Andy Reid, Donna Kelce, Kelce, ”, Tyler Hynes, Janel Parrish, Swift, Hynes, Derrick, ” Hynes, we’re, Alana, Hunter King, Trey Smith, Mecole Hardman, Clyde Edwards, George Karlaftis, King, Donna, ” King, Travis Kelce —, Nic’s, Jason Kelce, ” Darren Abbott, Hallmark’s, ” Hallmark Organizations: Kansas City Chiefs, Hallmark, NFL, Variety, Chiefs, ”, Kansas City, Philadelphia Eagles, Eagles, “ Sports Locations: Swift, Philadelphia

☆ ‘Ernest Cole: Lost and Found’: The anti-apartheid photographer who turned his lens on Black America
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-26 | by ( Thomas Page | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

“He left South Africa and resettled in the United States in 1966,” it ends, before listing his survivors. The image, taken by South African photographer Ernest Cole, is one of thousands taken during his time in exile in the United States. Not looking for an impression but authenticity, he cast the American actor over a South African. Courtesy Magnolia PicturesIn the film, Cole despairs, “exile is destroying us one by one.”“You leave your country heartbroken,” the director said. Inside were around 60,000 Cole negatives, spanning South Africa and the US, plus his notes and contact sheets.

Persons: Ernest Cole, Cole, Nelson Mandela, Cole’s, “, ”, Muhammad, Raoul Peck, LaKeith Stanfield, “ Ernest Cole, Peck, James Baldwin, Patrice Lumumba, ‘, Stanfield, it’s, Magnolia Pictures Cole, Jim Crow, ” Peck bristled, It’s, ” –, Hébert B, Peck – “, Cole despairs, I’ve, Leslie Matlaisane, Ernest Cole Family, SEB, — Organizations: CNN, New York Times, “, Islam, Cannes Film, Aperture, Democratic, Magnolia, Magnolia Pictures, Ford Foundation, Liberal, ANC, African National Congress, SWAPO, Ernest Cole Family Trust Locations: Manhattan , New York, South Africa, South, United States, New York City, African, Haitian, American, Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, Pretoria, New York, Harlem, Black America, Haiti, France, Berlin, Brazil, Nicaragua, —, York City, “, Africa, Sweden, America, Swedish, ”

☆ ‘Demure’ is Dictionary.com’s 2024 word of the year
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-26 | by ( Karina Tsui | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —“Demure,” a word that went viral over the summer, has been named Dictionary.com’s 2024 word of the year — beating out other contenders like “brainrot,” “brat,” and “weird.”In an announcement Monday, the site said that the word experienced a “meteoric rise in usage” in 2024 — up 1,200% between January and August — a spike that was largely attributed to TikToker and beauty influencer Jools Lebron’s popularization of the phrase “very demure, very mindful” in a series of satirical videos that shook the internet. “That’s the joke!”The satire is clearest in a clip in which the TikTok star asserts that she’s going to behave in a demure, mindful way while going out on the Las Vegas Strip. I don’t dog-ear pages, I put in a bookmark,” RuPaul said in a video promoting online bookstore Allstora. Lebron, who is transgender, said that the fame from her “demure” videos has helped her finance the rest of her transition. “Brat,” another word that has taken on new meaning in 2024, was named Collins Dictionary’s word of 2024 for being one of the most talked about words on and offline.

Persons: “, ”, Lebron, Marge Simpson, Patty, Selma, Demure, ” Dictionary.com, she’ll, Kim Kardashian, Jennifer Lopez, RuPaul, Kardashian, Patrick Ta, Jimmy Kimmel, Dictionary.com, Collins Organizations: CNN, Las Locations: “, ”

☆ Video: Courtroom sketch artist describes Giuliani’s behavior inside court
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-26 | by ( Sarah Jorgensen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ George Stubbs dog painting expected to sell for up to $2.5 million at auction
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-26 | by ( Rosa Rahimi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

London CNN —A painting by British artist George Stubbs is expected to sell for up to £2 million ($2.5 million) in London next week, as it comes to auction for the first time in more than 50 years. “The Spanish Pointer” is the artist’s earliest dog painting and is considered one of his most famous pieces of work, according to Sotheby’s. “The Spanish Pointer” also went on to become a popular painting, with Stubbs creating two versions of it and several copies being produced. The painting depicts a breed of the pointer dog, which was introduced to England from Spain in the early 18th century. “The Spanish Pointer” will be available to view in Sotheby’s exhibition of old master and 19th century paintings until early December.

Persons: George Stubbs, ‘, ’ ”, Julian Gascoigne, Stubbs, Gascoigne, catapulting, ” Gascoigne, “, Pointer ”, ”, Pointer Organizations: London CNN, of Sports, CNN, Tate Locations: British, London, Spanish, Munich, England, Spain, Europe

☆ Ariana Grande flies to her hometown for one day just to see ‘Wicked’ with her grandma
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-26 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Ariana Grande is sharing the magic of “Wicked” with her grandmother Marjorie “Nonna” Grande. She also shared a video of her Nonna smiling while watching Grande’s “Popular” musical number on the big screen. In March, Grande’s Nonna made history when she became the most-senior artist ever to appear on the Billboard Hot 100 at age 98, according to the music charting site. The Jon M. Chu-directed movie premiered in theaters on Friday and raked in an estimated $162 million at the box office worldwide during its opening weekend. It also became the third highest-grossing opening weekend of 2024 behind “Deadpool & Wolverine” and “Inside Out 2.”

Persons: CNN — Ariana Grande, Marjorie “ Nonna, Glinda, “, ” Grande, Frankie, Grande, ”, Ethan Slater, Grande’s, nonna, ’ ”, Grande’s Nonna, Cynthia Erivo, Elphaba, Jon M, Chu, “ Deadpool Organizations: CNN, Boca, Broadway Locations: Grande, Boca Raton , Florida, Oz

☆ Drake Lost His Rap Battle. Now He Claims the Streaming Game Is Rigged.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-26 | by ( Amanda Hoover | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

UMG's choice to saturate the music market with 'Not Like Us' comes at the expense of its other artists, like Drake." And Drake is one of the biggest artists streaming on Spotify, with about 10 million more monthly listeners than Lamar. Music industry insiders, meanwhile, are skeptical of the allegations themselves. In other words, for the top of the music industry, rigging with bots would be "not like us." By throwing lawyers and corporations into the rap battle, Drake has made it much less street and much more corporate.

Persons: Drake, Kendrick Lamar, UMG, It's, Lamar, Drake's litigiousness, Jan, Arian Foster, Tony Rigg Organizations: Universal Music Group, Spotify, Lamar, NFL, University of Central, Southern, of, of New York, Apple Music Locations: University of Central Lancashire, North Carolina, of New

☆ Emma Corrin and Maggie Nelson on the Strength in Vulnerability
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-26 | by ( Liz Brown | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Emma Corrin first encountered Maggie Nelson’s work three summers ago, when the actor was in Brighton, England, filming 2022’s “My Policeman,” a British drama about postwar sexual repression. At the time, Corrin, now 28, was grappling with their gender identity, and a friend recommended “The Argonauts” (2015), Nelson’s memoir about queer desire and making a family with her partner, the artist Harry Dodge. For Corrin, who recently wrote a screenplay with a friend, Nelson’s work remains a touchstone. Earlier this year, Corrin saw the playwright Margaret Perry’s adaptation of “Bluets,” starring Emma D’Arcy, Kayla Meikle and Ben Whishaw, in London. It was the first time that Nelson’s work had been performed onstage.

Persons: Emma Corrin, Maggie Nelson’s, ”, Harry Dodge, Nelson, Eileen Myles, ” Nelson, who’s, “ Bluets ”, Diana, “, Corrin, Robert Eggers’s, Zal Batmanglij, Margaret Perry’s, Emma D’Arcy, Kayla Meikle, Ben Whishaw Organizations: Argonauts, City University of New, The Argonauts, University of Cambridge Locations: Brighton , England, Northern California, New York, City University of New York, Los Angeles, London, “ Orlando, ” Virginia

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