• Laurie Anderson Talks How Artists Respond to Tragedy in New Paris RBMA Lecture [WATCH]

    Influential artist Laurie Anderson recently gave a lecture at the Red Bull Music Academy in Paris to discuss how artists respond to tragedy. Anderson is, of course, renowned for masterpieces that fuse experimental electronic music with high-brow performance art, including the minimalist "O Superman" – which topped international charts as a single in the '80s and is on permanent display in the MOMA as an audiovisual work.

  • VH1 'Real Chance for Love' Star Ahmad Givens Dead at 33 After Long Battle with Cancer

    Sad news coming out of the reality television world today as it has been confirmed that Ahmad "Real" Givens has lost his long battle with colon cancer. He first rose to fame on VH1's I Love New York beside his brother Kamal "Chance" Givens. The two later had their own dating show on the network, Real Chance for Love and formed a rap group called The Stallionaires.Ahmad was first diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer back in 2013 and at the time was given only weeks to live. Not only did he survive, but he thrived until earlier this year.

  • Juan Lizama, Juan Lopez Released from Hospital after Dangling Off 1 WTC Yesterday Afternoon as Scaffolding Collapsed

    For only about a week has 1 World Trade Center been officially open for business, and already a heart-stopping crisis has been averted. It takes a special kind of bravery to choose to wash the windows of the 104-story building, and for Juan Lizama, 41, and Juan Lopez, 33, yesterday, Nov. 12 was business as usual. At least, until 12:42 p.m., when the slack in their scaffolding became uneven and collapsed, leaving them dangling. Within minutes the two men found themselves trapped in almost a completely vertical position between the 68th and 69th floors. Thankfully, this story had a happy ending: Both men have been released from the hospital and are safely at home this morning.
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