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Beards from around the world have travelled to Bad Schussenried and took part in 18 categories, including Imperial Moustaches, Dali Moustaches and Chin Beard Freestyle

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The 2012 International German Beard and Moustache Championships have been held in Bad Schussenried. Beards from around the world have travelled to Bad Schussenried and...

Barber Osgerby, the British creative team behind the London Olympic torch, has won the prestigious Design of the Year award 2012

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Barber Osgerby, the British creative team behind the London Olympic torch, has won the prestigious Design of the Year award 2012. The aluminum torch is...

Thomas Kinkade had planned to marry his live-in girlfriend, Amy Pinto-Walsh, as soon as he was finally divorced from his first wife Nanette

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Self-proclaimed Painter of Light Thomas Kinkade left behind some warring women when he died nearly three weeks ago. Though Thomas Kinkade had separated from his...

Thomas Middleton has been revealed as the most likely co-author of Shakespeare’s All’s Well That Ends Well by Oxford University academics

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William Shakespeare’s All's Well That Ends Well has a co-author, according to a research from Oxford University academics. Thomas Middleton has been revealed as the...

Thomas Kinkade was one of the most successful artists in the US, but he struggled with alcoholism before his death at the age of 54, and split from his wife Nanette in 2010

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Nanette Kinkade, the ex-wife of Thomas Kinkade, the successful Painter of Light who died earlier this month, has filed a restraining order against his...

Casoria Contemporary Art Museum director Antonio Manfredi sets fire to a Severine Bourguignon painting

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Casoria Contemporary Art Museum in Naples, Italy, has started burning its artworks in protest at budget cuts which it says have left cultural institutions...

JRR Tolkien and Charles Dickens descendants are to collaborate on two new fantasy books for children

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Poet Michael Tolkien, the eldest grandson of JRR Tolkien, and Gerald Dickens, the great-great grandson of Charles Dickens, are to collaborate on two new...

Jerome Siegel and Joe Shuster from Cleveland were paid $130 for all the rights to Superman by Detective Comics

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The original cheque used to buy the Superman comic character from its creators Jerome Siegel and Joe Shuster has been sold in an online auction...

Painter of Light Thomas Kinkade battled alcoholism over the past several years and had a relapse just before his death

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Painter of Light Thomas Kinkade battled alcoholism over the past several years and had a relapse just before his death at his home in...

J.K. Rowling has announced her first adult novel will be called The Casual Vacancy

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J.K. Rowling, the Harry Potter author, has announced her first adult novel will be called The Casual Vacancy. J.K. Rowling revealed in February that she...

Cezanne’s Boy in a Red Waistcoat was stolen from Zurich's Emil Georg Buehrle Collection in 2008

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Serbian police has recovered a Cezanne painting stolen in a raid on a Swiss museum in 2008. Authorities have not named the painting, but local...

Thomas Kinkade, the Painter of Light, died from what appear to have been natural causes at 54

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Thomas Kinkade, the Painter of Light, one of America’s most popular artist, died from what appear to have been natural causes at 54. Nanette, the...

The late 19th-century work on paper is one of Paul Cezanne's preparatory studies for his seminal Card Players series of five paintings

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A rare watercolor artwork of Paul Cezanne missing since 1953 is expected to sell for as much as $20 million at auction in May,...

The Blue Bottle by Fernand Leger was found in the estate of a German art dealer

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Four contemporary artworks worth $1 million stolen from a New York gallery have been recovered in Germany 24 years on. A total of six artworks...

Earl Scruggs, the pioneering banjo player who is credited with helping create modern country music, has died in Nashville aged 88

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Earl Scruggs, the pioneering banjo player who is credited with helping create modern country music, has died in Nashville aged 88. Earl Scruggs died of...

The image on the Turin Shroud is commonly associated with Jesus Christ, his crucifixion and burial

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Cambridge art historian Thomas de Wesselow came with a new theory about the Turin Shroud, being convinced that it is real and did touch...

A previously unknown Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart piano composition, believed to have been written when he was as young as 10, has been uncovered in Austria

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A previously unknown Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart piano composition, believed to have been written when he was as young as 10, has been uncovered in...

Moondog Coronation Ball, the world's first rock concert was staged in Cleveland in 1952 by two men whose passion for music bridged the racial divide in a segregated US

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Moondog Coronation Ball, the world's first rock concert, was staged in Cleveland in 1952 by two men whose passion for music bridged the racial...

Vincent Van Gogh originally painted a canvas of two wrestlers and then painted Still Life With Meadows and Roses over it

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Still Life With Meadow Flowers and Roses, a painting once thought to be by Vincent van Gogh but later dismissed has now been confirmed...

The world's largest book “This is Muhammad” has been put on public display in Dubai at IBN Battuta Mall

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The world's largest book has been put on public display in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)'s Dubai at IBN Battuta Mall. The book, named "This...

International Pop Music Festival

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  The International Pop Music Festival for Children and Youth "Crystal Star" begins registrations!     Starting on March 15, 2012, talented children and young singers, aged between...

Charles Pick's memoirs reveal Wallis Simpson was furious when Marilyn Monroe started to appear on newspaper front pages in place of her

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The late literary agent Charles Pick's memoirs revealed why Wallis Simpson hated Marilyn Monroe alongside other encounters with 20th century icons, including the Duke...

Encyclopaedia Britannica has decided to stop publishing its famous and weighty 32-volume print edition after 244 years of tradition

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Reference book firm Encyclopaedia Britannica has decided to stop publishing its famous and weighty 32-volume print edition after 244 years of tradition. Encyclopaedia Britannica will...

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Polish born Pawel Kuczynski (Pawła Kuczyńskiego)  was born in 1976 in Szczecin. He graduated the Fine Arts Academy in Poznan with specialization in graphics. You can...

Nan Weidong and Nan Weiping have been making playable flutes with everything from leeks to carrots

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Nan Weidong and Nan Weiping, two brothers from Beijing, have carved out an unusual career - making musical instruments from carrots, potatoes and other...