Pop Culture - The Parnassian (Page 21)

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Wow, I had no idea that Jamie Lee Curtis is the daughter of Janet Leigh, the actress from "Psycho", and Tony Curtis, the actor from "Some Like It Hot"

In this photograph Jamie poses in imitation of the shot from the shower scene in "Psycho" with her mother, a frame iconic in the history of cinema. The scene, which lasts a matter of seconds, if you remember it, took a week to shoot, in 70 takes. But

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Since we are speaking of luxurious interiors today, here is another, in Ulyana Sergeenko's new "Orient Express" boutique

Since we are speaking of luxurious interiors today, here is another, in Ulyana Sergeenko's new "Orient Express" boutique. There is a great deal of polish and lacquered surface, magnificent work with veneer, combined with generous draping in velvet and vintage lighting: Murano chandeliers and vintage Art

Coming Up · Moscow · Pop Culture

In March the Mariinsky Theatre will give its most ambitious tour in recent years on the Historic Stage of the Bolshoi Theatre

In March the Mariinsky Theatre will give its most ambitious tour in recent years on the Historic Stage of the Bolshoi Theatre. As part of a festival of the operas of Richard Wagner, Valery Gergiev and the company will twice present updated productions of the tetralogy The Ring of the

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Kate Bush, photographed by the Dutch photographer Claude Vanheye in a car park in Amsterdam in 1979

Kate Bush, photographed by the Dutch photographer Claude Vanheye in a car park in Amsterdam in 1979. The crocodile is not real. I know nothing about Kate Bush, except that she is a singer and in her day made, together with Terry Gilliam and some celebrated actors, a video for

NB! · Art · Pop Culture · Humour

"Bathing of a Red Horse" by Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin and a print from the 2005 "Mazda Masterpiece" advertisement

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Harper’s Bazar, 19 February 1870

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Let us speak of how Peter Jackson introduced into the plot a middle-management orc who kept arguing with Saruman about the realism of the output targets at the orc factory

Faith · Art · Museums · Paris · Pop Culture

Wooden figure of Saint Mary Magdalene by Gregor Erhart, La Belle Allemande, 1510, Louvre collection

And photographs of Nicole Kidman from Vogue Australia, 1994, shot by Rocky Schenk

Art · Museums · Observations · Paris · Pop Culture

The Louvre's Department of Decorative Arts stages a fascinating exhibition setting objects from the museum's collection, from Byzantium and the early Middle Ages to the Second Empire, beside more than a hundred fashion looks and accessories…

The works have been lent from the archives of more than 45 fashion houses from France and elsewhere: Christian Dior, Yves Saint Laurent, Fendi, Chanel, Schiaparelli, Alaïa, Prada, Paco Rabanne, Balenciaga, Louboutin, Balmain, Yohji Yamamoto and many others. The central idea of the exhibition is the bond between fashion and

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Shall We Talk About Reptilians?

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Fashion Week: That's All

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