Controversy

Gallery To Remove Controversial Painting From Website

AP | DONNA BRYSON | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: South Africa, Video, Jacob Zuma First Lady, Controversy, Defaced Painting, Goodman Gallery, African National Congress, Jacob Zuma Painting, Brett Murray, Brett Murray the Spear, Arts News

JOHANNESBURG — A handwritten sign that said "whites hate blacks" and was carried by one of more than 2,000 protesters in Johannesburg on Tuesday...

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Whale Shark Feedings Bring Tourist To The Philippines

Kip Patrick | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Controversy, Kip Patrick, Fish, Environment, Conservation, Travel, Oceans, Philippines, Whale Sharks, Travel Blogs, Oslob, Travel News
Kip Patrick

When a whale shark would venture into their territory, the fishermen caught fewer fish. Something had to be done.

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Huge Art Collection Completes Controversial Move

AP | By JOANN LOVIGLIO | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Barnes Collection, Cezanne, Controversy, Barnes Foundation, Ashcan School, Art Collection, Philadelphia, Picasso, Art Collector, Gaugin, Arts News

PHILADELPHIA -- The Barnes Foundation is no longer the greatest art collection you'll never see. Art aficionados and academics might never stop debat...

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Barnes Foundation Opening In New Philly Location

AP | JOANN LOVIGLIO | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Barnes Foundation, Art Museums, Philadelphia, Controversy, Famous Paintings, Art Museums Philadelphia, Free Admission, Museum Mile, Arts News

PHILADELPHIA — After years of bitter court fights, The Barnes Foundation opened its doors Wednesday for a sneak peek at its new location on the ...

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Hick: A Ground-Breaking Film About a Teen Girl as You've Never Seen Her

Erica Abeel | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Controversy, Derick Martini, "Hick, Juliette Lewis, Under-Age Girls, " Chloe Moretz, Road Movies, Blake Lively, Andrea Portes, Eddie Redmayne, Entertainment News
Erica Abeel

Among Luli's gifts is a .45 Smith & Wesson. After mom (trash queen Juliette Lewis) runs off with a sugar daddy and her father disappears as well, Luli -- flat-out abandoned -- decides to hit the road for Las Vegas to find a sugar daddy of her own.

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Lady Gaga, Naso-Gastric Tubes, and My Commitment

Shannon Cutts | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Wedding Diet, Recovery, Thin Ideal, Mentoring, Lady GaGa, Eating Disorders, Diet, Naso-Gastric Feeding Tube, Compassion, Reality TV, Anger, Dr. Oliver Di Pietro, Mentors, Controversy, Dieting, Shannon Cutts, Women Mentors, Bulimia, Celebrity News
Shannon Cutts

I have tried so hard to keep quiet in the recent spate of news headlines targeting the use of feeding tubes for pre-wedding diets, Lady Gaga's controv...

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Could Gaddafi Scandal Bring Down Sarkozy?

Elena Ulansky | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Fight, Win, Controversy, Muammar Gaddafi, Sarkozy, French Elections 2012, Presidential Debates, Race, Scandal, Lose, President, World News
Elena Ulansky

The second round of the French campaign, a.k.a. "le second tour," fought between now and the runoff May 6 is indeed a compelling race. The main quest...

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Scandal, Controversy, And The Future Of Yoga

Tara Stiles | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Future of Yoga, Yoga, Leadership, Yoga Spirit, Controversy, Yoga Rebel, William Broad, Gps-Soul, Tara Stiles, Yoga-Cures, New York Times, Gurus, Yoga Health, Healthy Living News
Tara Stiles

Millions of people are waking up, stepping away from harsh teachers, false gurus, and beginning to realizing yoga is not about the pose and the shape you can make with your body.

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Damien Hirst - The Great Divider (VIDEO)

Crane.tv | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Goldsmiths-University, Art, Controversy, Tate Modern, Damien Hirst, Olympics, London, Video, Arts News
Crane.tv

Damien Hirst is the art world's Marmite. You love him, or you hate him. Many have lambasted the forty something British artist for his use of shock ta...

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Why 'Homeless Hotspots' Caused So Much Anger

Nadia Gomos | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Homeless Hotspot, Controversy, Homelessness, Sxsw Homeless Hotspots, Sxsw, Impact News
Nadia Gomos

Bloggers have argued that it is inhumane and it is degrading. Jon Stewart was angry because on the guy's t-shirt it said I am a homeless hotspot and it didn't say I am a person. I believe those arguments misunderstood the point.

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Screening Job Applicants Through Facebook for Jobs Has Been a Dirty Little Secret for Years!

Stephen Viscusi | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Kathy Lee GIfford, Matt Lauer, Employment, Sexual Orientation, Facebook, NBC Universal, Unemployment, CBS News, Mark Zuckerberg, Racism, Washington Post, Discrimination, Hoda Kotb, Job Whisperer, The Today Show, Anne Curry, Linkedin, Relationships, Harpercollins, The View, David Muir, Gay, Bloomberg, Oprah Winfrey, Controversy, Rachel Maddow, Justin Bassett, Ellen Degeneres, Barbara Walters, Salary, Fox News, Identity, ABC News, Disney, Good Morning America, Business News
Stephen Viscusi

Recent news stories have announced as part of your ability to gain employment with some companies, perspective employers are demanding your Facebook password -- and now everyone thinks it's a big deal.

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Daily Texan: We Failed With Trayvon Martin Cartoon

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Student Newspaper, Trayvon Martin Case, Video, Trayvon Martin Cartoon, Trayvon Martin Coverage, Controversy, Austin, Racist Cartoon, Trayvon Martin, University of Texas, Doug Warren, Faculty Adviser, The Daily Texan, Media Coverage, Racism, Stephanie Eisner, Trayvon Martin Shooting, College News

The University of Texas at Austin's student newspaper, The Daily Texan, apologized Thursday for a controversial cartoon published earlier this week ab...

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Mike Daisey: Was It Theater Or Bad Journalism?

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Massara | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Retraction, Mike Daisey Steve Jobs, Video, Controversy, This American Life Mike Daisey, Mike Daisey, This American Life, Mike Daisey Apple Factory, Arts News

By now, most of you know that Mike Daisey, the actor and writer of "The Agony And Ecstacy Of Steve Jobs," admitted to fabricating parts of his one-man...

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Mighty Movie Podcast: Mike Wallis and Inge Rademeyer on Good for Nothing

Dan Persons | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Violence, Action-Adventure, Justice, Emotion, New Zealand, Romance, Drama, Controversy, Death, Indie, Sergio Leone, Good for Nothing, Inge Rademeyer, Comedy, Debut Feature, Off Beat, Mike Wallis, Spaghetti Western, Pavlova Western, Gritty, Cohen Holloway, Love, Entertainment News
Dan Persons

With Mike Wallis directing, writing, and producing and Inge Rademeyer as star and fellow producer, Good for Nothing takes advantage of its much-vaunted New Zealand locales for some Sergio Leone/John Ford impact, and throws in some impertinent, Kiwi attitude for kicks.

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"Fighting Sioux" Denied Invitation to University of Iowa Track Meet

The Huffington Post | Caitlin Brown | Posted 03.01.2012

Read More: University of Iowa, University of North Dakota, Controversy, College, College News, College Track Meet, Fighting Sioux, Track Meet, College Mascots, College News

The North Dakota "Fighting Sioux" will not be fighting at the University of Iowa anytime soon, thanks to UI's strict policy about Native American masc...

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Cambridge Students Outraged That Dominque Strauss-Kahn Speaking On Campus

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 02.27.2012

Read More: Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Controversy, Dsk, Women's Campaign, Dominique Strauss-Kahn Sex Scandal, Strauss-Kahn, Ruth Graham, Campus, International Women's Day, Cambridge University, Sexual Assault, College News

College students in Britain have declared they do not want Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund, to speak on the...

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Villanova Cancels Gay Artist's Workshop

AP | PATRICK WALTERS | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Catholic Universities, Video, LGBT Issues, Aids Research, Controversy, Villanova, Queer Art, Gay Artists, National Endowment for the Arts, Arts Funding, Tim Miller, Arts News

PHILADELPHIA — Villanova University has canceled a workshop on personal narrative by a gay performance artist, saying his shows aren't in keepin...

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Student Suspended For Writing His Prof Is Hot

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: Detroit College, Oakland University, Controversy, Adam Kissell, Writing Assignment, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Fire, Joe Corlett, Student Kicked Off Campus, College News

A college student at Oakland University in Detroit was banned from campus for a year and ordered to undergo "sensitivity" counseling because he wrote ...

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These Urinals Are Making A Lot Of Women Angry

Posted 02.02.2012

Read More: Video, Bathroom Mania, Controversial Urinals, Controversy, Mick Jagger, Sexism, Rolling Stones Museum, I Can't Get No Satisfaction, UK Arts, Feminism, Rolling Stones, Mouth Urinals, Arts News

Once upon a time the Rolling Stones lamented that they couldn't get no satisfaction. Today, the Rolling Stones Fan Museum in Germany has similar woes,...

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Mona Lisa Copy Shocks The Art World

AP | By DANIEL WOOLLS | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Mona Lisa, Authorship, Prado, Mona Lisa Copy, Video, Controversy, Prado Museum, Mona Lisa Fake, Leonardo Da Vinci, Da Vinci, Da Vinci Painting, Spain, Arts News

MADRID -- A "Mona Lisa" copy owned by Spain's Prado Museum was almost certainly painted by one of Leonardo da Vinci's apprentices alongside the master...

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Big Stink Over Saddam Hussein's Bronze Butt: Iraq Wants It Back

HuffPost Weird News | David Moye | Posted 01.20.2012

Read More: Video, Jim Thorpe, Treble Tap, Nigel Ely, Controversy, Saddam Butt Cheek, Special Forces, Saddam Statue, Weird Iraq, Hussein Bronze Butt Cheek, Weird News News

Saddam Hussein may have been an ass, but Iraq still wants a former British special forces soldier to give a bronze butt cheek that was part of a toppl...

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Is It Art Or Is It A Mistake? Colored Photos Cause Controversy

Posted 01.19.2012

Read More: Photography, Video, Controversy, Photojournalism, Colored Photos, Sanna Dullaway, Arts News

Sanna Dullaway, a Swedish artist who added color to a series of iconic black-and-white photos, is now receiving a lot of unwanted attention for her pr...

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Stop Judging: The Beauty Of A Body That Practices Regular Yoga

Kathryn Budig | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Yoga, Controversy, Viral Video, Honesty, Briohny Kate-Smyth, Kathryn Budig, Yoga Controversy, Briohny Kate-Smyth Controversy, Briohny Kate-Smyth Equinox, Video, Healthy Living News
Kathryn Budig

The controversy surrounding a recent yoga video serves as a gentle reminder that we are quick to judge when we have no idea where someone else is coming from. People often overcome mountains of adversary to be in a place where they can shine.

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Why Were Women and Minorities Shut Out Of The 2012 Whitney Biennial?

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Massara | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Controversy, 2012 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Biennial, Herb Tam, Minority Artists, Race, Museum of Chinese in America, Minorities, Arts News

Today Herb Tam wrote about the problems already plaguing the 2012 Whitney Biennial since the artists names were leaked last month. Tam writes on his b...

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PHOTOS: Gallery Asks: Are Corporations People?

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Massara | Posted 01.06.2012

Read More: Winkleman Gallery, Communism, Coca-Cola, Letters, Art, Apple, Controversy, Corporations, Yevgeniy Fiks, Coca Cola, New York Gallery, Capitalism, Are Corporations People, Arts News

In 2005, the Moscow-born, New York-based artist Yevgeniy Fiks mailed copies of "Imperialism the Highest Stage of Capitalism" by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin ...

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