Columbus, OH

For lack of taste and talent you would be hard pressed to find an act duller and more banal than this official state presentation by veteran pop persona Arielle Dombasle.

Beethoven abused at Paris Olympic preview

USA TODAY

Activist say migrants and the homeless are being forced out of Paris to improve the Olympic city's image.

Paris promised the most socially responsible Olympics ever. It's been moving out migrants

The Independent

American hip-hop legend Snoop Dogg will be among the torchbearers carrying the Olympic flame in the final stretch before the opening ceremony of Paris 2024 this Friday.Snoop Dogg, 52, will carry the torch through the streets of Saint-Denis – the northern Paris suburb that is home to the Stade de France Olympic Stadium – the town’s mayor Mathieu Hanotin confirmed on X/Twitter.“Saint Denis: last step before the Eiffel Tower. An international cast @SnoopDogg for the last stretch of the Olympic Flame,” Mr Hanotin wrote.Saint-Denis, ultime étape avant la Tour Eiffel !Un casting international @SnoopDogg pour le dernier parcours de la...

Snoop Dogg to carry Olympic torch ahead of opening ceremony in Paris

New York Post

The buzz is palpable from Paris ahead of the 2024 Olympics — although the stench from one concern continues.

Amid the scenery of the iconic city, the staple Seine River has raised alarm based on its safety for Olympic swimmers.

The river, set to host marathon swimming on Aug. 8 and 9 and triathlon events on July 30 and 31, has been thrust in the spotlight due to concerns over water safety quality.



“It’s insane that the IOC and the organization of the Olympics had that idea, and are now pushing to have the opening ceremony and some competitions in the Seine,” an...

The Seine River is a potential Olympics disaster: ‘It’s insane’

Ann Arbor, MI

The Society for American Music has announced the death of Charles Hiroshi Garrett, general editor of the 2013 second edition of The Grove Dictionary of American Music. He was a member of the faculty of the University of Michigan since 2004.

Death of Grove editor, 58

The Portuguese pianist Maria Joao Pires, 80 today, became a global legend when, at a lunchtime public rehearsal in Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw in 1998, she heard the orchestra start up a different Mozart concerto from the one she was expecting to play. Her face is a picture of panic and...

The nightmare moment of a mighty pianist

The persistent journalist Axel Brüggemann has obtained confirmation of long-running rumours that the artistic director of the Salzburg Festival Markus Hinterhäuser has been blacklisted by the Cafe Bazar, a popular watering hole. Ours not to reason why, but the Salzburg press office has told Axel that ‘apart from...

Salzburg artistic director is banned from local cafe

Francesca Fiore, cellist of the Archos Quartet, has married its first violinist Filip Jeska. We wish them great happiness. The quartet was founded in 2009 by four students at the Musikhochschule Lübeck.

Half a quartet gets wed

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Marriage is a significant life decision that requires extreme commitment, understanding, devotion and a heck of a lot of compromise. While many people dream of a lifelong partnership, others find the concept of marriage challenging. Astrology offers insights into personality traits and behaviors, suggesting that certain zodiac signs might face more difficulties in maintaining a traditional marital relationship. This article explores the five zodiac signs that are often considered less suited for marriage due to their unique characteristics and tendencies when it comes to lifelong commitment.

The 5 Zodiac Signs Not Meant for Matrimony

The Hollywood illusionist made a film of himself meeting, supposedly, the composer of Peter and the Wolf. You don’t have to look too closely to see that it’s not Prokofiev but a body double. He was a composer called Ingolf Dahl, a Stravinsky assistant well known in Hollywood.

When Walt Disney faked a meeting with Prokofiev

The award-laden Cuarteto Casals of Barcelona has lost its violist Jonathan Brown to a teaching vocation at Colburn in LA. Brown is replaced by his former student Cristina Cordero, 26, who was not yet born when the quartet was formed in 1997. She says it’s a dream come true. ‘It...

Top quartet swaps violist

The Italian soprano Elena Mauti Nunziata has died at the age of 77. She made her name internationally in a 1977 Madrid La traviata that is still considered a benchmark. She sang 26 times at the Met between 1977 and 1979. Interview with Elena here.

Death of a superb Violetta

Seven years ago, the Portuguese poet of the piano Maria Joao Pires shocked the classical world by announcing her retirement. It seemed somehow unreasonable as she was playing better than ever and her occasional four-hand partner, Martha Argerich, three years older, showed no sign of slowing down. But Pires said...

A titan of the piano turns 80

BroBible

Emmanuel Macron has yet to go for a swim in the Seine. The second-term President of France had time to eat lunch with athletes at the Olympics but not for a quick dip in Paris’ most famous water. Isn’t that interesting? Macron, 46, promised to take a dip in the Seine to prove that his […]
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French President Finds Time For Needless P.R. Stunt While Hiding From Poop Water At Paris Olympics

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I don’t know about you but summer is definitely my favorite season and I am definitely a sun worshipper. Living in the Pacific Northwest, we do not see enough of it so when it is here, that is where you will find me. Everything I do I do outside when the sun is out and the weather is warm. I wonder who else feels this way. I wonder what Zodiac Signs love the Sunshine. Want to find out? Let’s do a little research.

3 Zodiac Signs Who Love Sunshine

The erudite critic and provocateur Benoît Duteurtre, presenter of Astonish Me, Benoit on France Musique died at his rural holiday home of a heart attack this week, aged 64. An early groupie of Boulez, Stockhausen and Ligeti, he wrote an infleuntial 1995 essay, Requiem pour une avant-garde, and successfully sued Le Monde for calling him a revisionist. The following year he wrote a groundbreaking gay novel, Gaieté parisienne.. It was followed by Les malentendus, a novel about illegal immigants in France.

Sudden death of French gadfly

American rapper Snoop Dogg will be one of the torchbearers of the Olympic flame ahead of the 2024 Paris Games. He will be carrying it through the suburb of Saint-Denis, the final stretch before the Eiffel Tower, before Friday's opening ceremony. "U gots to do it!!" Snoop Dogg posted on...

Paris Olympics 2024: Snoop Dogg to serve as torchbearer in final stretch before reaching Eiffel Tower

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Caitlin Tan wanted to breed her childhood horse, JP, because she’s been “amazing” — the type of animal any equestrian would be lucky to have once in a lifetime. Having access to coveted bloodlines increased the allure. Via the Miller Ranch, she could pair her 18-year-old mare with a stud descendent of Playboy’s Buck Fever.

Cream of the crop: a cremello foal is born in Wyoming

The Guardian

Barricades and restricted zones set up as city centre experiences militarisation not seen since second world war

Paris transformed into city of metal and QR codes as security ramps up for Olympics

The Spun

The Olympics are set to officially begin on Friday, and organizers in Paris have spared no expense in putting on a show worthy of the entire world's attention. Friday's opening ceremony will be held on the Seine, with boats carrying each nation's athletes through the river while fans watch from ...

Summer Olympics Paying $2 Million For Opening Ceremony Performer

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Who’s conducting the Olympics?

The Romanian Cristian Măcelaru will conduct the Orchestre National de France at the opening ceremony of...

Who’s conducting the Olympics?

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