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☆ Liam Payne changed the music industry in One Direction. Solo success was harder.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Ayomikun Adekaiyero | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Liam Payne, a singer who was part of One Direction, died Wednesday at the age of 31. One Direction was one of the most successful pop acts of the 2010s before they went on hiatus. The band never reformed, and Payne struggled to break out as a solo artist. AdvertisementThe death of Liam Payne, once part of One Direction, was a dark and abrupt turn for a person in a boy band that reinvigorated the pop-music industry. They became international stars, filling a gap in the market for a new type of boy band.

Persons: Liam Payne, Payne, —, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Simon Cowell, Stephen Graham, Michael Tran, Forbes, Taylor Swift, Savan, Stone, Kotecha, Alexis Petridis, Karwai Tang, WireImage Payne, Cowell, Rolling Stone, Styles, Payne's, would've Organizations: Service, Goldsmiths , University of London, Guardian, Billboard, YouTube, iFL Locations: Buenos Aires, Argentina, London

☆ Art Student Pulls Off a (Very Brief) Coin Heist at the British Museum
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Sarah Hurtes | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A Brazilian artist strolled into the British Museum last month and approached a table where visitors are allowed to interact with historic objects. After handling a 17th-century British coin for a moment, he seemingly returned it and moved on, like thousands of other visitors. Only last week did the museum discover — through the artist’s Instagram page — that he had replaced a genuine coin with his own replica and discarded the real artifact in the museum’s donation box on his way out. The act was the culmination of a more-than-yearlong project by Ilê Sartuzi, an art student at Goldsmiths, University of London. “The gesture of stealing as a central part of the project brings back the heated discussion about the role of looting in the museum’s foundation,” Mr. Sartuzi said.

Persons: strolled, Ilê Sartuzi, ” Mr, Sartuzi Organizations: British Museum, Goldsmiths , University of London

☆ UK museums to loan looted gold artifacts to Ghana
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The United Kingdom will send back gold and silver artifacts looted from Ghana in the 19th century after a long-term loan agreement was struck. Both the British Museum and the V&A will send items related to the Asante royal court to Ghana, where they will be displayed at the Manhyia Palace Museum in Kumasi, according to a press release from the UK museums Thursday. “Asante kings grew powerful on local gold deposits and the palace in Kumasi became the focal point for a lucrative international gold trade,” it adds. The items will be displayed in Ghana on a long-term loan. Lissant Bolton, keeper of Africa, Oceania and the Americas at the British Museum, hailed the partnership with the Manhyia Palace Museum.

Persons: Asante, ”, Osei Tutu, Albert Museum “, “ Asante, Albert Museum Tristram Hunt, he’s, Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II’s, Hunt, Lissant Bolton, Emmanuel Macron, Lord Elgin Organizations: CNN, British Museum, Asante, Albert, Victoria, Albert Museum, “, French Locations: United Kingdom, Ghana, Manhyia, Kumasi, Asante, Victoria, London, Asantehene, Africa, Oceania, Americas, Bolton, Greece

☆ Roman Abramovich and ex-wife Dasha Zhukova amassed a 'stupendous' art collection worth almost $1 billion, leaked documents reveal
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( Polly Thompson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Roman Abramovich and his ex-wife have an art collection worth close to $1 billion, leaked documents revealed. Works by Freud, Hockney, and Picasso are among the 367 items in the collection, The Guardian reported. Before oligarchs' assets were seized by the UK last year, Zhukova took majority control of the collection. Filip FilipovicAbramovich was among seven Russian oligarchs sanctioned by the UK in March last year. His assets, including Chelsea soccer club, were frozen and his $700 million superyacht, on which pieces from the art collection are believed to be displayed, was seized.

Persons: Roman Abramovich, Freud, Hockney, Picasso, Zhukova, Dasha, OCCRP, Monet, Andrew Renton, Francis Bacon's, Abramovich, Lucian Freud's, Cate Gillon, Vladimir Putin's, Putin's, Filip Filipovic Abramovich, Meritservus Organizations: Guardian, Service, The Guardian, Goldsmiths, University of London, Chelsea soccer, Government Locations: Wall, Silicon, Cyprus, London, Ukraine, Britain

☆ A strange TikTok trend called 'sludge content' has Gen Z hooked. Here's what you need to know.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-28 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

TikTok has a mindless new obsession called "sludge content." Gen Zers, already known for being overstimulated, are fixating on a TikTok trend that is making them even more so. Multiscreen videos, dubbed "sludge content," have been sweeping the platform. As well as "Subway Surfers," common clips used in sludge videos include screen recordings of various smartphone games and the TV show "Family Guy." The origin of the videos is unknown but some think they keep viewers watching content for longer.

☆ A strange new TikTok trend called 'sludge content' has Gen Z hooked
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

TikTok has a mindless new obsession called "sludge content." Gen Zers, already known for being overstimulated, have a new TikTok obsession that is making them even more so. Multiscreen videos, dubbed "sludge content," have been sweeping the platform. As well as "Subway Surfers," common clips used in sludge videos include screen recordings of various smartphone games and the TV show "Family Guy." The origin of the videos is unknown but some think they keep viewers watching content for longer.

☆ People with insomnia and sleep paralysis are more likely to believe in aliens, the afterlife, and 'things that go bump in the night,' researchers find
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-21 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A study in the Journal of Sleep Research found poor sleep correlates with paranormal beliefs. People with insomnia and sleep paralysis more often believe in ghosts, aliens, and an afterlife. The study's authors told Insider the results could improve health care, but there's more to learn. Those who see them may have one thing in common, according to a new study published in the Journal of Sleep Research: sleep disturbances. Sleep paralysis was also highly associated with the belief that near-death experiences are evidence of life after death.

This time round, Charles III hosted the first state visit of his reign and welcomed South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to the UK. The South African state visit was Charles’s first big diplomatic test. But this week, the prominence of the Prince and Princess of Wales during the state visit indicated that the couple have been elevated into crucial central roles. PHOTOS OF THE WEEKHere’s a few of our favorite shots from the first state visit King Charles hosted as monarch. Stefan Rousseau/WPA Pool/Getty ImagesThe state visit also allowed UK PM Rishi Sunak the opportunity to welcome Ramaphosa to 10 Downing Street for a bilateral meeting.

☆ Anti-Xi protest spreads in China and worldwide as Chinese leader begins third term
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( Cnn Staff | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

Obtained by CNNCNN spoke with two Chinese citizens who scribbled protest slogans in bathroom stalls and half a dozen overseas Chinese students who put up anti-Xi posters on their campuses. Chen had tried to share the Sitong Bridge protest on WeChat, China’s super app, but it kept getting censored. But as the widespread anti-Xi posters have shown, the rising nationalistic sentiment is by no means representative of all Chinese students overseas. In the day following the protest in Beijing, Jolie saw on Instagram an outpouring of photos showing protest posters from all over the world. But the extensive censorship around the Sitong Bridge protest also betrays its paranoia.

☆ O carte de puzzle oferă șansa de a câștiga un cufăr de aur de 750.000 de euro căutătorilor de comori
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-09 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Vânătoarea de comori intitulată Entente Cordiale (Antanta Cordială) a început joi, 8 aprilie. Cărțile cuprind nouă puzzle-uri cu ilustrații realizate Becker și text secret ascuns în povestea scrisă de Pauline Deysson. Vincenzo Bianca, care a creat puzzle-urile cărților, a declarat pentru The Guardian: „A fost ideea lui Michel Becker. El a găsit cufărul de aur, l-a cumpărat și a aflat tot ce puteți ști despre Entente Cordiale. Vânătoarea de comori Entente Cordiale ar putea să dureze între „patru și cinci ani”, potrivit organizatorilor, citați de Le Parisien.

Persons: Antanta, Artistul Michel Becker, Michel Becker, Cufărul, Pauline Deysson, Vincenzo Bianca, El, Edward al VII - lea, Michel, Le Organizations: and Silversmiths Company, The Locations: Golden, Franței, Anglia, Londra, Regatul Unit, Republica Franceză, Franța

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