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Birthdays Today, Feb 15: Birdman, Matt Groening, Zachary Gordon, Lil Poopy

Our Top#1 Famous Birthdays Today is for the rapper known as Birdman –or Baby-. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana and, from Yareah, we wish him and his family all the best in this special day. Congrats and happy birthday, Birdman!

Celebrity Birthdays Today, Feb. 15. Matt Groening at the 2010 Comic Con in San Diego. Attribution: Gage Skidmore

More famous birthdays today, February 15: Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons and Futurama, born in Portland in 1954; Zachary Gordon, actor born in Dak Park in 1998; and the young rapper known as Lil Poopy.

Here’s to alcohol: the cause of, and answer to, all of life’s problems.

Life, Problems, Cause

There’s always room out there for the hand-drawn image. I personally like the imperfection of hand drawing as opposed to the slick look of computer animation. But you can do good stuff either way. The Pixar movies are amazing in what they do, but there’s plenty of independent animators who are doing really amazing things as well.

Matt Groening

Happy birthday to all of them. Have a very nice day, dear friends.

Famous Birthdays Today, February 15 Video: My Wasted Life – Matt Groening part 1

ARTBOOK will open a new arts and culture bookstore in the Downtown Los Angeles Arts District

On March 13th, ARTBOOK will open a new arts and culture bookstore in the Downtown Los Angeles Arts District. Known for its distinctive pop­up stores at art fairs, and its museum bookstores at MoMA PS1 and the Walker Art Center, ARTBOOK was invited by Hauser & Wirth to create a destination bookstore within the gallery’s new Los Angeles location​, Hauser Wirth & Schimmel​, in a converted historic flour mill complex.

Artbook

ARTBOOK @ Hauser Wirth & Schimmel is located at 917 East 3rd Street.

Bringing an experimental dynamic to book selling, ARTBOOK will devote a large portion of its retail space to spotlight selections that change every several months, focusing in great depth upon different movements and themes in contemporary and 20th ­century art. Complementing current exhibitions as well as new developments in art practices and writing, these rotating thematic displays will include new releases in addition to important backlist books, indie press titles, imported catalogs, and out ­of ­print selections.

ARTBOOK opens in March with its first thematic spotlight devoted to books about women artists, with titles chosen to contextualize the inaugural Hauser Wirth & Schimmel exhibition  Revolution in the Making: Abstract Sculpture by Women, 1947-2016,  co­-curated by Paul Schimmel, former chief curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and current Partner and Vice President at Hauser Wirth & Schimmel, and Jenni Sorkin, art historian, critic, and Assistant Professor of Contemporary Art History at the University of California, Santa Barbara. This special book selection brings dimension to the monolithic category of “women artists” by featuring practitioners working in a wide variety of styles, media, and genres spanning generations, races and nationalities, and religious and sexual identities.

“It’s been nearly ten years since MoCA’s seminal 2007 exhibition WACK!, ​and over the last decade we’ve finally seen a critical mass of serious publishing on women artists,” says Skúta Helgason, ARTBOOK’s Creative Director. “When that show traveled to MoMA PS1, it was difficult to find books on most of the artists featured. This is truly the first moment in history when a bookstore can stock a wall of shelves solely with women artists. I want to celebrate these books and encourage our visitors to discover them.”

ARTBOOK’s thematic focus will also guide its signings and events calendar, developed in tandem with Hauser Wirth & Schimmel. The bookstore will also carry Hauser & Wirth’s own extensive list of books, as well as monographs and related publications supporting the gallery’s international programming.

As part of the burgeoning Arts District in Los Angeles, and with the pedestrian­ friendly gallery complex connecting East 2nd and East 3rd Streets via a dramatic public breezeway, ARTBOOK will be actively engaged with the neighborhood. “Every bookstore has its own unique personality and strengths,” says Skúta. “Our goal is definitely not to stock every title. We’ll certainly be referring customers to the excellent bookstores and museum shops of Los Angeles, whose inventory complements our admittedly idiosyncratic and rapidly evolving selection.” He added that ARTBOOK @ Hauser Wirth & Schimmel will appeal to those who are interested in international arts and culture, “but we’re also featuring an up­to­date collection of titles on visual studies and critical theory, a selection of contemporary literature, the newest international magazines on art and culture, displays of postcards and stationery items, and a kid­friendly area for children’s books.”

“We are honored to welcome ARTBOOK to Hauser Wirth & Schimmel,” says Paul Schimmel, Partner and Vice President. “Books, publications, and scholarship have been essential to Hauser & Wirth’s activities since it was founded in 1992, and they will be central to the gallery’s program in Los Angeles. We look forward to collaborating with ARTBOOK in the months ahead.”

About ARTBOOK LLC.

Founded in 2004, ARTBOOK partners with cultural organizations seeking to enrich their programming with the editorial content that a focused selection of well­conceived, authored, and designed books makes possible. ARTBOOK runs bookstores at MoMA PS1, the Walker Art Center, and the Swiss Institute, in addition to numerous pop­up stores at art and photography fairs. On the web, artbook.com hosts e­commerce partnerships with museums and cultural institutions including the Guggenheim Museum, The Whitney Museum of American Art, the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis Institute of Arts and Creative Capital. ARTBOOK LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc.

About Skúta Helgason.

Skúta, an Icelander, ran his first concept bookstore, devoted to artists’ books, in Washington D.C. in the 1980s at Washington Project for the Arts. After, he spent seven years working as an artist and publisher in Berlin. He then moved to New York in the 1990s, continuing his own art practice. In 2004, he opened ARTBOOK @ MoMA PS1, which evolved over the following years from a small kiosk to a deeply stocked contemporary art bookstore with a separate international magazine store. Skúta also oversees ARTBOOK’s presence at art fairs such as Art Basel Miami Beach, Frieze New York, and the Los Angeles Art Book Fair as well as ARTBOOK pop­up stores. The mobile fixtures for the Hauser Wirth & Schimmel space are specially designed by Skúta himself to meet the changing needs of the store’s inventory.

Outlander season 2. Sam Heughan looks still more elegant in the official trailer!

Outlander season 2. Have you missed sexy Sam Heughan playing the role as Scottish warrior Jamie Fraser? Would you like to see Caitriona Balfe dressed as the sophisticated Claire Fraser in the Court of Louis XV of France? For sure! Then enjoy the official trailer and remember that Outlander finally have a premiere date! Mark your calendars for April 9th, 2016! Our heroes are back!

Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan in Outlander season 2

We already knew that Jamie and Claire moved to France to escape from ‘Black Jack’ Randall (Tobias Menzies) and to try and stop the uprising that happens in 18th century in Scotland. But could they? The second book by Diana Gabaldon, ‘Dragonfly in Amber,’ focus on this subject and season two is based on it.

According to the official trailer, Claire ends up back in the 20th century with her first husband. Can you imagine their current relationship? Frank Randall looks like the psycho Jonathan Randall. Could Claire live with him after the last events in prison? Remember the tragic torture that Jamie suffered. We’ll see!

In Outlander season 2, we’ll also meet Brianna (Sophie Skelton), Claire and Jamie’s daughter, and Roger Wakefield, played by the veteran Richard Rankin.

What do you expect from Outlander season 2? Is it possible a better season than season 1? Tell us your opinion now!

Enjoy your day, Yareah friends. Art is everywhere and up to you!

Video: Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe in Outlander season 2. Take a look!

Outlander is an American-British television drama series based on the historical time travel Outlander series of novels by author Diana Gabaldon. The show was developed by Ronald D. Moore and produced by Sony Pictures Television and Left Bank Pictures for Starz. It premiered on August 9, 2014, and the success was immediate. Outlander season 2 is schedule to be released on April 9. Great news!

Sunday Poetry with jenean C. Gilstrap. Today: the rest of my heart

Sunday Poetry with jenean C. Gilstrap. Today: the rest of my heart

the rest of my heart

on the night of the new moon

only one small sliver of light remains

all the rest is darkest dark

so unlike our very first spark

when on this journey we embarked

so too my heart since last we met

only one small sliver of light remains

when on that day i bid adieu

all the rest i sent with you

to hold in yours

till next we meet

in

love

renewed

TV Shows Today, Feb 14: The Walking Dead, Castle, Vinyl

Well, first of all, happy Valentine’s Day. It’s Sunday and we have great television shows today. First, Our Top#1 TV Shows Today is for the popular series The Walking Dead. Today’s episode: No Way Out. Season 6. Episode 9. 9:00 pm. AMC. From Wikipedia: The Walking Dead is an American horror drama television series developed by Frank Darabont, based on the comic book series of the same name by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard. Andrew Lincoln plays the show’s lead character, sheriff’s deputy Rick Grimes, who awakens from a months-long coma to confront a post-apocalyptic world overrun by zombies.

Our second choice is for the show, Castle. Today: Witness for the Prosecution. Season 8. Episode 10. 10:00 pm. ABC.

And our last recommendation is for a new series, Vinyl. Today: Pilot. Season 1. Episode 1. 9:00 pm. HBOe.

We hope you enjoy the shows. Have a very nice Valentine’s Day. Enjoy!

TV Shows Today, February 14 Video: No Way Out EXPLAINED Walking Dead Season 6 Story Breakdown

Birthdays Today, Feb 14: Shane Harper, Angel di Maria, Tati Westbrook, Freddie Highmore

Our Top#1 Birthdays Today is for the singer and actor Shane Harper, who played Spencer Walsh on Disney’s show Good Luck Charlie. He was born in San Diego in 1993 and, from Yareah, we wish him and his family all the best in this special day. Congrats and happy birthday, Shane Harper!

Famo us Birthdays Today, February 14: Shane Harper at Macy’s Annual Summer Blowout event in Herald Square, New York City, in July 2011. Source: Wikipedia. Author: dephisticate

When people know they are created with a purpose, and not here by accident, it is life-changing.

Shane Harper

Being in Hollywood and having a love for Christ is hard. I mean, it’s hard anywhere because Jesus is about the Upside Down Kingdom. You know, serve instead of being served, go last and don’t try to be first.

Shane Harper

More famous birthdays today, February 14: Angel di Maria, soccer player who plays for Manchester united, born in Argentina in 1988; Tati Westbrook, YouTube star born in Washington; and Freddie Highmore, actor born in 1992.

Happy Valentine’s Day and happy birthday to all of them. Have a very nice day, dear friends.

Famous Birthdays Today, February 14 Video: Shane Harper – Rocketship (Official Music Video)

On Valentine’s Day listen to Matt Bomer, Channing Tatum and Amber Heard

Valentine’s Day is coming! Love is in the air! What kind of couple are you looking for? Defiant, sweet, romantic or generous? Our quotes of the day are by some great stars with different point of views! Matt Bomer, Channing Tatum and Amber Heard rock!

Matt Bomer and Channing Tatum in Magic Mike XXL

Do you like Magic Mike XXL film? It’s a great movie starring great actors. On Valentine’s Day listen to Matt Bomer, Channing Tatum and Amber Heard speaking about love. What kind of love do they look for?

“My personal life is a source of incredible happiness for me, but it’s personal, and it’s not for me to hock or shop around to the highest bidder.” Matt Bomer.

Then, Matt Bomer wants a sensible person to run a happy life. In fact, Bomer has been married to publicist Simon Halls since 2011. The couple have three sons, including a set of twins, via surrogacy. Happy day!

And how about Channing Tatum? It seems he prefers a thrilling relation. Listen to him!

“I don’t think there’s a date minimum or maximum. I don’t get the whole ‘All right, you’ve got to wait three days to call after the date.’ If I got a number from a girl, I’d call that night. There’s no science to it for me. You just do what it is that you feel like doing.” Channing Tatum.

Meanwhile, Amber Heard dislikes stereotypes and labels. No doubt, she is a brave girl who looks for brave people.

“Young women from a very young age are taught that life will be easier if you can just turn on the charming smile and say very little and be complacent and docile and sweet.” Amber Heard.

Enjoy your day, Yareah friends. Art is everywhere and up to you” Happy Valentine’s Day!

Matt Bomer, Channing Tatum and Amber Heard. Magic Mike XXL trailer!

TV Shows Today, Feb 13: Black Sails, MythBusters, Sex Sent Me to the ER

We love this channel and we love this series and this is because our Top#1 TV Shows Today is for them, for Black Sails. Today’s episode: XXII. Season 3. Episode 4. 9:00 pm. STARZ. From Wikipedia: Black Sails is an American dramatic adventure television series set on New Providence Island and a prequel to Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel Treasure Island.The series was created by Jonathan E. Steinberg and Robert Levine for Starz that debuted online for free on YouTube and other various streaming platform and video on demand services on January 18, 2014.

Our second choice is for the show MythBusters. Today: Failure Is Not an Option! Season 14. Episode 7. 8:00 pm. DSC.

And our last recommendation is for Sex Sent Me to the ER. Today: Top 10 Mishaps. 10:00 pm. TLC.

We hope you enjoy the shows. Have a very nice day, dear friends.

TV Shows Today, February 13 Video: Black Sails | Season 3 Official Trailer | STARZ

Birthdays Today, Feb 13: Robbie Williams, Aston Merrygold, Katie Hopkins, Prince Michael Jackson

Well, he’s a little eccentric and we love it. He’s Robbie Williams, a fantastic singer and he was a star of the boy band Take That. He was born in Stoke-on-Trent, England in 1974 and, from Yareah, we wish him and his family all the best in this special day. Congrats and happy birthday, Robbie Williams!

Famous Birthdays Today, February 13: Robbie Williams at the Cannes film festival. Source: Wikipedia. Author. George Biard

People change. I wouldn’t like to be accountable for the interviews I’ve done, or the person I was when I was 20, 21.

Robbie Williams

My dad sent Frank Sinatra a dollar bill to autograph, and when it came back, signed, he had it framed: it was always up on the wall in whatever flat we were in.

Robbie Williams

More famous birthdays today, February 13: Aston Merrygold, English singer and dancer born in 1988; Katie Hopkins, reality star; and Prince Michael Jackson, son of “The King of POP”, Michael Jackson, born in Beverly Hills in 1997.

Happy birthday to all of them. Have a very nice day, dear friends.

Famous Birthdays Today, February 13 Video: Robbie Williams – Angels

Leonardo DiCaprio is a spontaneous and outgoing personality. Listen to him!

Leonardo DiCaprio rocks! ‘The Revenant’ is a 2015 American western epic film directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu. It’s inspired by the experiences of fur trapper Hugh Glass in 1823, in Montana and South Dakota. A thrilling and different movie! The film won three Golden Globe Awards and recently, it has been nominated for 12 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director (Iñárritu), Best Actor (DiCaprio) and Best Supporting Actor (Hardy).

Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant

“The best thing about acting is that I get to lose myself in another character and actually get paid for it… It’s a great outlet. I’m not really sure who I am – it seems I change every day.” Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo DiCaprio plays the role as Hugh Glass, a really tough man. However, how about the actor? Today listen to DiCaprio, a spontaneous and outgoing personality. Yareah quote of the day is by this great actor.

“I’ve always been spontaneous and outgoing… I’ve tried lots of things so I’ve got some good life experiences, which is great ’cause it means I’ve got lots of material to work with as an actor.” Leonardo DiCaprio.

Leonardo DiCaprio has already been nominated for six Academy Awards, five for acting and one for producing. Great! He is simply the best!

Leonardo DiCaprio in ‘The Revenant.’

Have you ever seen The Revenant? What is your opinion? Does DiCaprio deserve the Oscar? Tell us now!

“I realise that I do not change the course of history. I am an actor, I do a movie, that’s the end of it. You have to realise we are just clowns for hire. After I had success it was great, at first, not to worry about money. It was on my mind when I was growing up.” Leonardo DiCaprio.

Enjoy your day, Yareah friends. Art is everywhere and up to you!