arts & entertainment
Video game soundtracks getting symphonic treatment
A lot of video game players can hum along to the original Super Mario Brothers theme song, but as time has passed and games have gotten more complex, so has their music. Now, a London orchestra has turned to video games for a new album.
Godmothers of Chick Rock release a new album
June and Jean Millington, trailblazers of rock and roll, have released a new album, Play Like A Girl — and they're doing it while they battle a new form of discrimination: ageism.
New movie 'Margin Call' called best Wall Street film, ever (with video)
Practically ripped from the headlines, Margin Call depicts the last days and hours of a Wall Street investment firm that is about to lose its shirt. It depicts the decisions people make in those circumstances and, perhaps most importantly, why.
Colson Whitehead's new book on politics, class and zombies
Whitehead's latest novel "Zone One" imagines America at its best and worst during a fictional zombie apocalypse.
Mexicans prepare for Dia de los Muertos, Day of the Dead, festival by making sugar skulls
The art of making sugar skulls for Day of the Dead festivities in Mexico is disappearing as artisans to make them give up the craft or die. Day of the dead is celebrated Nov. 1 and 2.
WTF Podcast host Marc Maron tells all
Host of one of iTunes's most successful podcasts talks about his fall from grace and return to fame in the realm of comedy.
NCAA set to receive proposals for college sports reform
After much criticism, the NCAA is poised to take up proposals that could bring about major changes to the rules governing college football, basketball and other sports.
Scientists show off their profession in tattoos
A writer blogged about a friend of his — a scientist — who had a particular tattoo: a strand of DNA. All of the sudden, other scientists came out of the woodwork to show off their odd ink.
Jesse Eisenberg discusses his new work, the off-Broadway play 'Asuncion'
In the wake of his success with The Social Network, Jesse Eisenberg is performing in an off-Broadway play he also wrote, called Asuncion.
Roller derby finds a home in Colombia
American culture has a way of spreading. in the case of Roller Derby, it found its way to Colombia, in South America, by way of a Hollywood movie, Whip it.
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My Other Car's the Tardis (20 May, 2013 11:37:03)I think you dropped a letter in the album's title: "Ela" is "she"--not "he"--in Portuguese.