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Ralph Steadman, the legendary artist and provocateur known for ghoulish humans, ink splatter marks, and distorted Polaroids of historical figures and celebrities.

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Courtesy Ralph Steadman Alex Suskind ENTERTAINMENT 04.27.14 The Gonzo Artist: Behind Ralph Steadman’s Most Famous Work Inside the mind of Ralph Steadman, the legendary artist and provocateur known for ghoulish humans, ink splatter marks, and distorted Polaroids of historical figures and celebrities. Step into a gallery space on West 18th Street in New York City …

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Corruption At The Sochi Olympics

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Gary Hershorn / Reuters When pressed about the 2014 Sochi Olympics’ record $51 billion price tag — a sum that is five times the amount spent on the last Winter Games in Vancouver and that dwarves the GDP of three-fifths of the world’s countries — Vladimir Putin has shrugged off allegations of corruption, insisting that …

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Horror the Hobby Shop of the American Scream

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    H has grabbed the country by the throat, with the low-budget likes of Paranormal Activity and The Purge regularly breaking into the box-office Top 10, while cable’s highest-rated drama, The Walking Dead, leads a crowded TV lineup of witches, vampires, and other ghoulish fare Down to the Morgan Library I bat-flew one afternoon to pay homage to Edgar Allan …

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The Internet our grandchildren inherit might significantly more restrictive than network we enjoy today.

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    Revelations by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden in June about the U.S. government’s secret surveillance activities grabbed headlines across the globe. But while the world’s attention has been focused on the United States, prompting important discussions about the legitimacy and legality of such measures, disconcerting efforts to both monitor and censor …

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Fukushima Daiichi site represents challenges of unprecedented complexity.

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    Why Fukushima is worse than you think By Mycle Schneider, Special to CNN Editor’s note: Mycle Schneider is an independent international consultant on energy and nuclear policy based in Paris. He is the coordinator and lead author of the World Nuclear Industry Status Report. The views expressed are his own. “Careless” was how …

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The New Paradyne of Algorithms : Slavery

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More and more of modern life is steered by algorithms. But what are they exactly, and who is behind them? Tom Whipple follows the trail There are many reasons to believe that film stars earn too much. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie once hired an entire train to travel from London to Glasgow. Tom Cruise’s …

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Elite SuperStars surrounded by the Glam Squad

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Anatomy of an A-Lister: The Players Behind Hollywood’s Elite While most regular people spend half their waking hours wondering what to wear, how to shed pounds of booze and pizza, and why their latest tweet hasn’t received so much as a ‘favorite,’ A-Listers have a whole crew of trained professionals to make sure they look, …

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