1. So far Stephen King has been the recipient of several prestigious literary awards, ranging from the Bram Stoker Award (which he has received no less than 15 times), the British Fantasy ...
One of the largest, most beautiful and certainly popular parks of Bucharest, the capital of Romania, the Herastrau Park in the northern park of the city is nowadays surely a place to visit ...
One of the most famous and celebrated works of art from the 19th century, Whistler's Mother is considered to be the painter's masterpiece. Completed in 1871 it was a huge success for James ...
1. Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling share the same birthday - July 31st. 2. J.K. Rowling herself was offered a chance of playing Harry Potter's mother in the movies, yet she turned it down. ...
1. Nobel Prize Established by Swedish chemist, inventor and businessman Alfred Nobel (1833-1896), this is the most coveted distinction in the world. It was in Nobel's will that the inventor ...
The fortunate ones who came to visit Pablo Picasso in his studio were at first impressed by the modest surroundings. It was a small house in southern France, and nothing could convince you ...
The Pinball Museum, Las Vegas, USA When video games are becoming more and more realistic, is there any fun in playing on an old, classical pinball machine? Collectors and fans would surely ...
Nona Inescu / Her Latent Image 29.06 — 04.07.2016 Opening: 29.06.2016, 19h00 ART on DISPLAY @ Kube Musette Calea Victoriei 114, Bucharest ART on DISPLAY invites you on ...
He came from a rather wealthy family, one main difference from other young painters, but his father was not very enthusiastic about the idea of his son becoming a painter. Rather he wanted ...
One of the most important and influential modern art movements, Arts and Crafts began in the British Isles in about 1880 and quickly gained a lot of popularity and success, being ...
1. Robert Lawrence Stine was born on October 8th 1943 in Columbus, Ohio. He began writing when he was just nine years old, on an old typewriter that he had found in the attic of his house. ...
1. The National Museum of Spectacles, Amsterdam, Holland Seven centuries of history in a single museum, that is something that any such institution should be proud. Only this unusual and ...
It was a yellow building, at No 2, Place Lamartine, in Arles, France, where at the beginning of May 1888 Vincent van Gogh managed to rent four rooms, in no small part due to the continued ...
Eugene Delacroix, George Sand, Frederic Chopin. A great painter, one of the very first women who enjoyed literary success, a genius musician. And an art story and a painting which united the ...
1. Paul Gauguin, the famous French painter, had a biography which matches for sure his beautiful and haunting works. During his early years, in dire need of cash, he was one of the workers ...
1. Vladimir Nabokov - The Original of Laura Nabokov didn't want to publish and even to finish this book, and even asked for it to be destroyed. Was he unhappy with it? Did he feel that it ...
One of the best known Romanian brands, with a history which goes back hundreds of years, and a mineral water which has gained it's popularity over time due to it's natural qualities and ...
Steven Spielberg : he could have directed Spider-Man, and not just one movie, but the whole saga even. And it wasn't even the most succesful of the scripts that the director of E.T. or ...
1. Donald Sutherland: he seems to enjoy every little role he ever played, and gives his very best every time, even if he is already near the 200 landmark. He played in dramas and box-office ...
Born on July 19th 1947, Queen's guitar player is also (as strange as it may seem) a respected astrophysicist with a Phd, although his music has made him abandon the idea of a scientific ...
1. In the official video for Glory Days you can see both Bruce's first wife, Julianne Phillips, and his second and current wife, Patti Scialfa. 2. During decades of touring The Boss has ...