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NBC’s Saturday Night Live returned for its first show of 2021, where, during its Weekend Update segment, there was a sketch skewering Fran Lebowitz (played by Bowen Yang) and Martin Scorsese (played by Kyle Mooney). The real Lebowitz and Scorsese are featured in the new Netflix series Pretend It’s a City, where the writer expounds … Read more
Legal battle over sketch of Princess Diana’s wedding dress: Former couple who created famous ivory silk gown are at war over plan to sell the image at auction David and Elizabeth Emanuel divorced nine years after creating Diana’s dress Mr Emanuel, 68, is now suing his ex-wife, 67, for putting sketches up for auction The … Read more
Diego Maradona’s first club, where he debuted as a 15-year-old, adds his likeness to the stadium’s center circle as tributes continue to pour in for the late Argentine star Argentinos Juniors sketched Diego Maradona’s likeness on their pitch’s center circle The Argentine soccer club has also unveiled a shrine at Diego Armando Maradona Stadium with … Read more
Considered by many to be the world’s greatest modern artist Pablo Picasso produced more than 25,000 works of art during his long career. Born in Spain in 1881 Picasso quickly became enamoured with art under the formal guidance of his art professor father, Don José Ruiz y Blasco. Picasso found himself as a painter, sculptor … Read more
The old jokes are the best: Famous Monty Python Black Knight sketch is found depicted in text from 1400 British Library curators told Radio 4’s Moving Pictures they discovered the joke Famous liturgical text was echoing 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail Image in margin of Sherborn Missal shows two mythical men fighting each … Read more
Netflix takes down Dave Chappelle’s sketch series Chappelle’s Show after the star requested they remove it from the platform because he doesn’t own the rights By Caitlyn Becker For Dailymail.com Published: 20:07 GMT, 24 November 2020 | Updated: 20:07 GMT, 24 November 2020 The debate over artists rights has been reignited by Dave Chappelle, who … Read more
Newly discovered oil sketch by artist John Constable of his beloved Dedham Vale is tipped to sell at auction for £150,000 An oil sketch by English artist John Constable is tipped to sell for £150,000 It hung in a London townhouse for many years and is now set to be auctioned The landscape painting from … Read more
A delicate wall carving of a curly-haired man on Florence’s town hall could be the work of Michelangelo, a historian has claimed. For years, tour guides in the Italian city have said the small outline of the man chiseled into the stone wall of the Palazzo Vecchio is by the famous artist and sculptor. Academics … Read more
MPs are facing fury today after it emerged they paid £10,000 for a sketch of the Elizabeth Tower covered in scaffolding. The outlay on the drawing of the obscured landmark was approved by a cross-party committee to commemorate the project for posterity, saying it represented a ‘significant moment’. But the news sparked disbelief as the … Read more
Kate McKinnon looks limber as she dresses up as an old lady to shoot silly SNL sketch By Kelby Vera For Dailymail.com Published: 23:22 GMT, 27 October 2020 | Updated: 23:22 GMT, 27 October 2020 Kate McKinnon is quite the character. The SNL comic got loose while shooting what looked like a very absurd bit … Read more