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Herbie J Pilato

Actor Buddy Ebsen, who died at age 95 in 2003, found fame by starring in two of the most popular classic television shows in history: The Beverly Hillbillies (CBS, 1962 to 1971) and Barnaby Jones (CBS, 1973 to 1980). On the Hillbillies, he played former Tennessee country mountain-folk-turned-wealthy Beverly Hills resident Jed Clampett. On Barnaby Jones, he was one of TV's most senior, slyest, health-conscious detectives. Ebsen, however, almost became even more famous for a certain big-screen classic film in which he ultimately did not appear.

'Beverly Hillbillies" Actor Buddy Ebsen Was "Bitter" about not playing the Tin Man in 'Wizard of Oz'

[Note: Unless otherwise indicated, the commentary and quotes in this article are from interviews the author conducted with those individuals mentioned.]. This year marks the 60th Anniversary of the classic TV show Bewitched, which originally aired on ABC from 1964 to 1972. The show remains popular in reruns, and will soon be released in a special Blu-ray edition to mark the anniversary.

Dick York ("Darrin #1") Would Have Stayed on 'Bewitched' Had He'd Been Given More Time To "Rest up"

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	Turkish authorities have banned an exhibition that explores the art and history of the country’s transgender community, the Art Newspaper reported Thursday. Authorities shut down the exhibition, titled “Turn and See Back: Revisiting Trans Revolutions in Turkey,” by an order of a district governor who said the show “incited the public to hatred.”Recipients of the 2024 Guggenheim Fellowship Announced, Including Nicholas Galanin, Lorraine O'Grady, and More




	“Turn and See Back” was staged at the non-profit space Depo Istanbul, which was established by Osman Kavala, a Turkish arts administrator who was arrested by the Turkish government in 2017 and placed in solitary confinement following...

Turkey Bans Transgender Art Exhibition Amid Intensified LGBTQ+ Crackdown

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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are two of the biggest celebrities in modern times. While much of the happenings between the two involved their marriage and divorce, there are bigger things for them to focus on. Most notably their children.

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s Son Diagnosed With Rare Skin Condition













	The Museum of Old and New Art (Mona) in Tasmania, Australia was spared the lash after it was revealed that several “Picassos” displayed in the institution’s exhibition “Ladies Lounge” were not by the Spanish master but rather were fakes by the curator and conceptual artist Kirsha Kaechele and her manicurist’s nieceTasmania's Mona Museum Embroiled in Fresh Scandal After Admitting to Showing Forged Picasso Paintings




	The “Ladies Lounge” exhibition, which was intended to be accessible only by those who identify as women, garnered a fair share of media attention after a man from New South Wales, Jason Lau, was denied entry in 2023....

Picasso Estate Forgives Mona Curator for Phony Paintings in the ‘Ladies Lounge’

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	Twelve artists have won the first batch of the Trellis Art Fund’s $100,000 awards, with Lorraine O’Grady, Candida Alvarez, and American Artist among the inaugural winners.Indian Artist Prajakta Potnis Receives the 2024 Loewe Foundation / Studio Voltaire Award




	The Trellis Art Fund, a New York–based private foundation, said it had specifically awarded two of the awards to working parents in recognition of the challenges they often face.




	“Making a grant unrestricted is akin to funding basic science research,” Corina Larkin, Trellis’s executive director, said in a statement. “We wanted to relieve our grantees from the financial challenges of being an artist at every...

Trellis Art Fund Names 12 Winners of $100,000 Artist Awards, Including Two Working Parents

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One raunchy piece of advice made Haliey Welch an internet sensation — though her fame has come with a price. The 23-year-old, best known as "hawk tuah girl," has had to deal with some rather creepy fans ever since a video of Welch giving a tip about intercourse went insanely viral online.

'Hawk Tuah' Girl Haliey Welch Says She Was Offered $600 to 'Spit in a Jar' After Her Lovemaking Tip

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The mantis shrimp is one tough customer. Beautiful and deadly are two words you don’t typically use to describe shrimp, but the mantis shrimp is definitely in a class of its own; earning a reputation as the ‘savage boxer of the sea’ and one of the most fearsome creatures in the ocean. And, they're right at home here in South Carolina.

Savage Boxer of the Sea: The Deadly Beauty of Mantis Shrimp

Denver, CO

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In addition to collecting more than 8,000 used needles in the past year from Denver drug users, the Harm Reduction Action Center passed out 10,000 meth pipes and “snort kits,” according to a newsletter sent to its supporters Thursday. They also connected about 1,700 people to medical, mental health and substance abuse treatment.

Denver group hands out 10K meth pipes, ‘snort kits,’ connects 1,700 to treatment annually

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	Ask any veteran of Aspen ArtWeek what to expect when attending for the first time and, after a few sentences about the community’s philanthropic ideals and the caliber of collectors, you’re sure to be told about the nature.  “I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention the nature, the landscape” is a constant refrain, always said without cynicism or irony. It was no surprise then that, less than an hour after an expectedly turbulent flight on a model airplane from Denver, I was invited to a cold plunge early the following morning in the nearby Roaring Fork River with a...

Aspen ArtWeek Is the Anti–Art Basel Miami Beach

Los Angeles, CA

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L.A. TACO has identified the police officer seen in a viral video sucker-punching a detained man named Alexander Mitchell in Watts over the weekend as Los Angeles Police Department Officer (LAPD) Joshua Sportiello.

LAPD Officer Identified After Punching Detained Man In Face In Watts On Video

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	Dominick Di Meo, an artist who shook up Chicago’s art scene in the 1960s with surreal paintings and collages, only to gain a following far beyond the city late in his career, has died at 97. His death was announced on Sunday by his Chicago gallery, Corbett vs. Dempsey.Bill Viola, Video Artist Who Established the Medium as an Integral Part of Contemporary Art, Dies at 73




	Di Meo was among the Chicagoan artists who during the ’60s plotted a new, off-kilter course of art-making that shared little in common with the Pop art and Minimalism emerging from New York. Neither totally...

Dominick Di Meo, Artist of Chicago’s Monster Roster with a Cult Following, Dies at 97













	The African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund (AACHAF), a program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, announced today that it is awarding $3 million in grant funding to protect and preserve 30 sites significant to Black history across the United States, with a focus on modern architecture, education, sports, and Black women’s achievement.After Viral 'Embrace,' Hank Willis Thomas Is Tapped for Boston's Next Public Art Program




	Individual grants will be dispersed in amounts from $50,000 to $150,000 and will be used to by the grantees to as capital to support restoration projects, increase organizational capacity, fund the development of preservation...

National Trust Announces $3M. in Grants to Preserve Black History Sites Across 30 U.S. Cities













	Pandora VIII, an annual joint operation between customs and law enforcement authorities from 25 countries against international art trafficking, led by the Spanish Guardia Civil and supported by Europol and INTERPOL, led to 85 arrests and the recovery of more than 6,400 cultural goods.Shahzia Sikander Sculpture Beheaded at the University of Houston




	According to INTERPOL, the operation involved several thousand checks at airports, ports, border crossings, auction houses, museums, and private residences. Law enforcement also conducted 6,000 online checks, leading to the recovery of 580 stolen goods. A total of 113 criminal and 137 administrative cases are still ongoing, with more...

International Trafficking Operation Leads to 85 Arrests and the Recovery of Thousands of Artworks and Artifacts

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A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group













	The Holy See is the latest religious entity to denounce a drag queen performance staged during the Paris Olympics’s opening. Compared by many to Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper, the performance was an “offense” to “many Christians and believers of other religions,” the Vatican said this week.Paris Olympics Start with a Bang, Bernini's Dark Side Revealed, and More: Morning Links for July 29, 2024




	The statement came roughly a week after the performance itself, which involved a group of performers voguing a catwalk. Some observers said that the lengthy catwalk and the formation of the dancers were references to the Leonardo...

Vatican Says That ‘Last Supper’–Like Olympics Drag Performance Was an ‘Offense’ to Christians

More dangerous substances are entering the Denver drug supply, Harm Reduction Action Center warned in a newsletter this week. “The Iron Law of Prohibition posits that as law enforcement becomes more intense, the potency of prohibited substances increases,” HRAC Executive Director Lisa Raville wrote in the newsletter. That is exactly what is happening, she said.

Dangerous substances entering Denver drug supply

Denver doesn’t look very “vibrant,” to use the mayor’s term, when bus stops are transformed into open-air drug dens. In fact, the people who smoke meth and fentanyl in homeless encampments, in front of businesses and walking down the street are tarnishing the reputation of Denver’s unhoused neighbors.

Opinion: Open-air drug use in Denver not so ‘vibrant’













	David Zwirner has eliminated around ten staffers from a team of engineers and web developers hired in March last year to revamp the gallery’s online presence.SFMOMA Acquires Yayoi Kusama 'Infinity Mirror Room' Featured at David Zwirner




	“We have significantly reorganized our digital team,” a gallery spokesperson told ARTnews in a statement. The change to its workforce comes more than four years after the gallery made expanding online a primary goal during the pandemic in 2020. In July of that year, the mega-dealer laid off 20 percent of its staff to make up for a shortfall in sales.




	A gallery spokesperson said the...

David Zwirner Cuts Digital Team After Reorganizing E-Commerce Business Platform

Port Richey, FL

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Florida’s buffet lovers are in for a shocker as the popular Royal Sushi Buffet & Hibachi in Port Richey has been temporarily shut down following a state inspection. This isn’t the first time the eatery has faced such trouble, but the recent closure has sparked quite a buzz among its loyal patrons and food enthusiasts alike.

Live roaches, flying objects in the kitchen and soiled shelves- Buffet closed again in Florida

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Jane Fonda Partners with Gagosian for Second Art Benefit Against Toxic Drilling: ‘I’ll Be Fighting the Oil Companies Until the Day I Die’













	Actor and activist Jane Fonda has once again partnered with Gagosian gallery to present a second exhibition aimed at protecting neighborhoods from toxic oil drilling.A $100...

Jane Fonda Partners with Gagosian for Second Art Benefit Against Toxic Drilling: ‘I’ll Be Fighting the Oil Companies Until the Day I Die’

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