Da Vinci Code

Controversial Da Vinci Unveiled At Louvre Thursday

AP | By THOMAS ADAMSON | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Sistine Chapel, Louvre, Leonardo Da Vinci, Rennaissance-Art, Rennaissance Painters, Da Vinci Code, The-Virgin-and-Child-With-Saint-Anne, Louvre Museum, Arts News

PARIS -- An intense and controversial restoration of the last great work by Leonardo da Vinci goes before the public Thursday at the Louvre Museum, re...

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Madonna And The Work Of God

Lorenzo Candelaria | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Catholic Church, Like a Prayer, Papa Don't Preach, Madonna, St. Teresa of Avila, Catholicism, Like a Virgin, Song of Songs, Opus Dei, Music, Da Vinci Code, Kabbalah, Sacred Sounds, Madonna Opus Dei, Madonna Kabbalah, Religion News

The coupling of Madonna and Opus Dei is an intriguing one that brings two seemingly irreconcilable public perceptions into stark juxtaposition. But our public perceptions are only part of the story.

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WATCH: Do You See These Hidden Animals In The Mona Lisa?

Posted 12.08.2011

Read More: Mona Lisa, Video, Mona Lisa Hidden Animals, Leonardo, Mona Lisa Lion, Ron Piccirillo, Leonardo Da Vinci, Da Vinci, Mona Lisa Envy, Art History Mystery, Da Vinci Code, Mona Lisa Secret, Lion in Mona Lisa, Arts News

The Mona Lisa has puzzled viewers for over 500 years with her enigmatic smile... but has her coy grin only been a distraction for Da Vinci's real myst...

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Da Vinci Hunt Film To Star Vin Diesel

ARTINFO | Posted 11.16.2011

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For years, a faction of scholars have maintained that "The Battle of Anghiari," a missing fresco by Leonardo da Vinci, still exists, hidden beneath an...

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Murder Mystery Scavenger Hunt At The Met

AP | By ULA ILNYTZKY | Posted 09.17.2011

Read More: Met Museum, Met, New York, Murder Mystery, Watson Adventures, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museums, Leonardo Da Vinci, Harry Potter, Da Vinci Code, Scavenger Hunt, Arts News

NEW YORK -- An assistant museum curator who questioned the authenticity of a Leonardo da Vinci has been murdered – but before he died he left a ...

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How Do You Solve A Problem Like St. Josemaria?

Cathleen Falsani | Posted 07.09.2011

Read More: Josemaria Escriva, Opus Dei, Saint, Sinner, There Be Dragons, Catholic, Spanish Civil War, Da Vinci Code, Redemption, Roland Joffe, Dan Brown, Catholic Church, Religion News

"There Be Dragons," is an epic period piece set during the Spanish Civil War that tells part of Escriva's back story. But instead of focusing on the would-be saint, the film casts him in a supporting role.

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'Da Vinci Code' Author Taking Over Sequel Script

ABC News | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mega-selling mystery author Dan Brown has taken over writing duties on the film adaptation of "The Lost Symbol." Columbia Pictures is developing the ...

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ART DISCOVERY: Art Historians Discover Numbers, Letters In Mona Lisa's Eyes

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa Eyes, Discovery Mona Lisa Eyes, Leonardo Da Vinci, Mona Lisa Letters, Art Historians, Mona Lisa Discovery, Da Vinci Code, Da Vinci Code Mona Lisa, Arts News

Leonardo Da Vinci's most famous work of art, the Mona Lisa, has been pored over by everyone from tourists to art historians, from amateurs to experts,...

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WATCH: The 10 Worst Movie Adaptations Of Great Books

Alex Palmer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Literature, Baz Luhrmann, Books, Slideshow, Da Vinci Code, Slidepollajax, Adaptations, Movies, The Great Gatsby, Video, Books News

Here are 10 of the most epic adaptation fails in the history of film.

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The Religious Thriller And Why It's Here To Stay

Raymond Khoury | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Religious Thriller, Da Vinci Code, Last Templar, Last Templar Religious Thriller, Thriller Religious, Bestseller, Thriller, Books News

This was the lay of the land back in the spring of 1996. "Lose the religion." Not from some second-rate, clueless publisher, but from one of the biggest players out there.

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Kevin Guilfoile Premieres Trailer for The Thousand on The Interview Show

Mark Bazer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Thriller, Mark Bazer, The Thousand, Hideout, Kevin Guilfoile, Chicago, Mystery, Da Vinci Code, Novel, Cast of Shadows, Talk Show, Dan Brown, Chicago News

Novelist Kevin Guilfoile premiered the "trailer" to his new book, The Thousand, on The Interview Show at The Hideout.

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Decade In Books: Going Digital And Fake Memoirs

Cleveland Plain Dealer | Ann Trubeck | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ereaders, Bestsellers, Davinci Code, Stephen King, Jeff Bezos, Kindle, Graphic Novel, James Frey, Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown, Ebooks, Amazon, Books News

The Aughts saw the birth of readerly social networking, a flowering of graphic novels and a bunch of faked memoirs. Books about health and food contri...

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Book Sales Not That Bad? Uh, OK. Sure.

The Huffington Post | Amy Hertz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ereaders, Walmart, Book Publishing, Target, Da Vinci Code, Free eBooks, Going Rogue, Amazon, Bestsellers, Authors, The Lost Symbol, Price War, Sarah Palin, Dan Brown, Ebooks, Books News

Book sales aren't that bad? Plenty of media outlets have been trying to make hay out of an article that appeared in Crain's on December 29th. Gall...

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Stephen Rubin: New President Of Henry Holt

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Henry Holt, Stephen Rubin, Book Publishing, Publishing, Books, John Sargent, Doubleday, Dan Farley, Macmillan, Pat Conroy, Tina Brown, Da Vinci Code, John Grisham, Bill O'Reilly, Dan Brown, Bill Moyers, Books News

Finally, some news from the publishing world's revolving door: Macmillan announced this Tuesday that Stephen Rubin, former publisher at Doubleday, wil...

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Porn For People Who Like Books

Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Edgar Allan Poe, Boswell's Life of Johnson, James Boswell, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Eat Pray Love, William-Dean-Howells, Samuel Johnson, Oliver-Twist, Tell-Tale Heart, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Edward Gibbon, Mark Twain, Da Vinci Code, Comedy News

The Decline and Fall of my Previously Erect Penis

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Blockbuster Books Of The Decade (PHOTOS, POLL)

The Huffington Post | Amy Hertz and Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

Bestsellers are harder to track than you'd think and it's not easy for everyone to agree which are the biggest. Each bestseller list--The New York Tim...

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Bestsellers: Lost Symbol Gets Beaten Up By Wimpy Kid

The Huffington Post | Amy Hertz | Posted 05.25.2011

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There are some big changes afoot on the bestseller lists, including the fact that on the USA Today bestseller list, Diary of A Wimpy Kid: Dog Days has...

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Dan Brown's 20 Worst Sentences

Telegraph | Tom Chivers | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Lost Symbol, the latest novel by The Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown, has gone on sale. We pick 20 of the clumsiest phrases from it and from his ea...

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Second Time's the Charm -- When Superior Sequels Surpass Lukewarm Originals

Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.25.2011

I'm feeling a little more optimistic than I probably should for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

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Angels & Demons teaser goes online... (a victim of the 'Tomb Raider rule'?)

Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Trailer, Casino Royale, Entertainment, Superman Returns, Angels & Demons, Quantum of Solace, Movie, Da Vinci Code, Tomb Raider, Movies, Star Trek, Entertainment News

The only thing about this trailer that makes me interested is the brief appearance of Stellan Skarsgard. Anyway, I wonder if this sequel will be the ...

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Da Vinci Code movie banned from filming in church

AP | ARIEL DAVID | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dan Brown, Angels & Demons, Tom Hanks, Da Vinci Code, The Vatican, Entertainment News

ROME — Rome's diocese said Monday it has barred the producers of "Angels & Demons" from filming in two churches for the prequel to the "The Da V...

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Forget Pooh: The Tao Of Leonardo

Ode Magazine | Fritjof Capra | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Mind.Body.Soul, Da Vinci Code, Leonardo Da Vinci, Taoism, Healthy Living News

In Western intellectual history, the Renaissance--a period stretching from the beginning of the 15th to the end of the 16th century--marks the transit...

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